Mystery in Noir

Table of Contents

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