Cari Mora, Harris - B +

                                  The author is of course the creator of such memorable monsters as Francis Dolarhyde (the Tooth Fairy), Buffalo Bill and Hannibal Lecter. Here the eponymous Cari is a young woman in her twenties who is in Miami illegally after growing up as a child soldier in the FARC in Columbia. As a consequence, she is very, very careful in addition to being smart, adept with weapons, and wary of men. Being beautiful carries its risks in her world. Then there's Hans-Peter, maniacal murderer of Paraguayan-German heritage, reciter of obscure songs and owner of a liquid cremation machine and obsidian scalpels. He sells body parts and 'customizes' women for his customers. At the center of a vast layer of thieves and killers is a refrigerator size box under the late Pablo Escobar's Miami house. The box is filled with about $25m of gold and protected by an explosives system. This is another very enjoyable read.