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Investigating a murder attempt in which the targeted victim was a Mayan infant, baffled child abuse investigator Bo Bradley undertakes a journey that leads her to Tijuana, where Mayan mysticism helps her uncover an important clue. Reprint. K. NYT. From Publishers Weekly When poison from a tropical plant puts eight-month-old Acito, whose name means "little turtle," into a San Diego hospital, child abuse investigator Bo Bradley is drawn into her third suspenseful case (following Strawgirl). According to Andy LaMarche, a hospital pediatrician and Bradley's determined suitor, Acito's caretakers could not have poisoned the baby accidentally. This casts suspicion on Acito's mother, Chac, a bar singer who visited her son just before he fell ill. Bo meets Chac in Tijuana and comes to believe she would not have poisoned her son, but this becomes tough to prove after the woman collapses and dies on stage. Since the San Diego police aren't acting on Acito's case and the Mexican cops don't care about the death of another ex-prostitute, Bo focuses her lively curiosity on Chac's acquaintances and her American husband, who has escaped from from a Louisiana prison. Padgett expertly crafts this m

Who reads Turtle Baby : a Mystery Novel?

Author

Padgett, Abigail

Publisher

Warner Books Inc

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780892965809

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Rating

4.5 / 5 (99 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14