title: Dead of Night: A Novel
author:  Alex Abella 
description: Alex Abella's first book about Cuban American private eye turned lawyer Charlie Morell, <i><a href="/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140174192/${0}">The Killing of the Saints</a></i>, got some fine notice for its vivid writing and its unusual setting--the small but lively Cuban American subculture in Los Angeles. The mysteries and rituals of the religion known as <i>santeria</i> play a large part in this new story, as Morell searches for the murderer of his friend, Armando, who first got him interested in the subject. "We're not all like Ramon Valdez, Charlie," Armando says about the villain of the first book. "He was a devil worshipper. We follow the path of the light. You should come see us sometime." As Morell tells us, "with those simple words Armando opened the door to my own forgiveness. No, I did not find salvation at the foot of some ridiculous idol, nor did I pledge my soul to an imp from the African forest.... I came to see that in its theological complexity, hierarchical subtleties and accumulated wisdom, <i>santeria</i> was as passionate and stirring as the ancient Greco-Roman myths, as enlightening as the unfolding monads of Hinduism." Charlie--called "the voodoo counselor" by a sarcastic cop--will need all the enlightenment he can muster as he discovers that the brutal killer has made him his next target. Amidst all the local color and considerable bloodletting, Abella proves that he also knows how to deliver a suspenseful mystery. <i>--Dick Adler</i>
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  # Carolina Dance
  
  
  An Orlando Black Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, places, and situations were
  all created from the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner and
  are not to be interpreted as real. Any parallels to actual people, places, or
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  Carolina Dance. An Orlando Black Novel (Book 1)
  
  
  
  
  
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