A Mysterious Review of Blood Tango by Annamaria Alfieri.
Review summary: Set in October 1945, the murder mystery here is a good one, especially the twist on the traditional mistaken identity gambit, but what is most interesting about the story is how Juan Peron and Eva Duarte set the course for their future together, one that would return Peron to power and give Evita the public stage she so craved. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Blood Tango
Annamaria Alfieri
Minotaur Books (June 2013)
Publisher synopsis: It is the most dramatic and tumultuous period in Argentina's history. Colonel Juan Perón, who had been the most powerful and the most hated man in the country, has been forced out of power. Many people fear that his mistress, radio actress Evita Duarte, will use her skill at swaying the masses to restore him to office. When an obscure young woman is brutally murdered, police detective Roberto Leary concludes that the murderer mistook the girl for Evita, the intended target of someone out to eliminate the popular star from the political scene.
The search for the killer soon involves the murdered girl's employer, who is Evita's dressmaker; her journalist lover; and Pilar, a seamstress in the dress shop and a tango dancer. The suspects include a leftist union leader who considers Juan Perón a fascist and a young lieutenant who feels Perón has dishonored the army.
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