Mystery in Noir

Table of Contents PART I 1. Meeting Stella 2. Journey to the Past 3. Fragrant Harbor 4. Carmen 5. Beyond Paradise 6. Baltasar 7. Movie Star 8. Maximiliano 9. Lucrecia and Lola 10. The Last Breath of Light 11. Isabel 12. New Year’s Eve 1929 PART II 13. Desert Moon 14. Imanol 15. In the Enchanted Forest 16. La señora misteriosa de Lima Epilogue For my Mother, in memory of our travels Characters of the Past: Carmen Arismendi (Carme n Carson), movie star Lucrecia Ávila, Carmen’s mother Gustavo Arismendi, Carmen’s brother Lola Ávila, Lucrecia’s sister Bud Preston, movie star Isabel de la Puente, housekeeper of the Arismendi family with Baltasar Aristizábal, South American pilot & Maximiliano Aragón, Carmen’s husband Characters of the Present: Anthony Noir, detective Bánky Vilma, Anthony’s secretary Stella Arismendi, the client Imanol Roldán, the last eyewitness and Jonny Santiago, Anthony’s former roommate PART I