The beggar's opera
(Book)

Inspector Ricardo Ramirez investigates the murder of a Cuban boy in Havana.

The little Cuban boy was last seen begging the couple for a few pesos ... now he's dead in the water. For Inspector Ricardo Ramirez, head of the Havana Major Crimes Unit, arresting suspect Mike Ellis isn't the problem -- the law is. He has only seventy-two hours to secure an indictment and prevent Ellis from flying back to Ottawa. And Ramirez has his own troubles -- he's dying of an incurable disease that makes him see the ghosts of victims of his unsolved cases. As he races against time, the dead haunt his every step ....