Jaguars and Other Game
By Brynn Barineau
By Brynn Barineau
1808 Rio de Janeiro.
The Portuguese Court flees Napoleon to Brazil. For the first and only time in history, a European royal family transfers its capital to an American colony.
Maria Azevedo and her sister, Isabel, have spent years transporting gold through the jungle to Rio’s port. They can dispatch jaguars and smugglers with a crack of a whip, but the Prince Regent’s efforts to civilize the city have them looking over their shoulders. More soldiers. New laws. Full stocks.
Then the sisters’ childhood friend is wrongly imprisoned for murder.
Maria knows the only hope a Brazilian has for justice in the Court’s Rio is if someone drops the real murderer on the palace steps. The sisters recruit Victoria Cruz, a Portuguese refugee in service to Mad Queen Maria, and together they begin hunting a murderer through a city teeming with corruption.
The women soon discover a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the Portuguese court. To save their friend from execution, they’ll have to decide what they’re willing to risk for justice, love and family.
Review
Some books really grab you and once read can never be forgotten. Jaguars and Other Game is such a book. Not only is it brilliantly executed, but it is also utterly enthralling from start to finish.
The attention to the historical detail has to be commended. The author has certainly done her homework and this shines clearly through. Likewise, I thought the author had created a cast of very believable characters.
If you enjoy quality historical fiction then this book has to be on your to-read list. I highly recommend it.
From Atlanta to Washington DC to Rio de Janeiro and finally settling in Vitoria, Brazil, Brynn Barineau began writing creative nonfiction about her experiences traveling abroad and life as an American immigrant in Brazil. She's now found a passion writing historical fiction set during fascinating but overlooked events in history and is currently revising a gender-flipped Three Musketeers set in colonial Rio de Janeiro.
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