bloodsacrifice.jpgI love reading mysteries, and in particular mysteries that are situated in places I am, have been or will visit. Those are not necessarily easy to find, unless the title is somewhat explicit or the author is very famous. Fortunately for me, Blood Sacrifice is subtitled “A mystery of the Yucatan” – which meant it appeared in the library catalog when I searched for “Yucatan”. I was also able to find another mystery by Gary Alexander, Dead Dinosaurs at the library, which I’ll start reading soon.
Both books are from the early 90’s, so they don’t reflect the Yucatan (or the Cancun/Riviera Maya area, as it’s now called) as it is today. I traveled through the region in ’91, so they are pretty much contemporary to my image of the Yucatan. That doesn’t mean that I loved Blood Sacrifice, but it was entertaining enough. I liked that the detective was Maya and poor, and it was amusing that he was a travel guide. I skipped over the descriptions of Maya culture/history, as I’m reading about this in another book, but it was cool that it was included. In all, it’s a good book to read to help put you in a Yucatan mood. As a mystery, though, it’s pretty mediocre.