On a summer's night in 1955, CIA officer Michael Suslov is summoned to a secret vault in the heart of Buenos Aires. His mission: transport the corpse of Eva Peron to a safe hiding place in the wake of her husband’s fall from power. But before Michael can comply, everything goes tragically, horribly wrong… Fifteen years later, Suslov is a ghost of man living off the radar―and the only soul alive that knows where Eva Peron is buried. When a shadow from his past appears and asks him for help in bringing the body home, as part of a peace deal to end the civil war tearing Argentina apart, Michael agrees, hoping this last mission will quiet the demons from his former life. But Michael Suslov isn't the only one on a recovery mission, others are desperate to unearth Eva Peron first―and lay claim to the shattering secret she took to the grave… Based on a little-known yet fascinating true story, Blood Makes Noise is both a riveting thriller and an examination of the power of the dead over the lives of the living. Starred Review Michael Suslov meets some very curious and dangerous people working in the hugger-mugger world of espionage in Argentina during the 1950s. Unfortunately for Michael, the course of his convoluted life and bizarre and often dark assignments may leave him as crushed and wounded as the people he is trying to understand. Strangely, he discovers, some individuals wield as much power dead as they did alive. Evita Peron (1919–52), for instance, with her cult following and traveling cadaver, still controls politics from her hidden grave. Verdict : Based on some startling facts surrounding the Juan and Eva Peron “Empire” and the broken country, people, and history they exploited, this debut novel by a well-known screenwriter ( Highlander ; Backdraft ) grips the reader from the first intriguing page. Violent, intense, and utterly captivating, this will be required reading for anyone who enjoys a good thriller, spy story, historical fiction, or fast-paced suspense story. Hollywood screenwriter Widen’s first novel effectively mixes historical fiction with a touch of noir. In the early 1950s, CIA agent Michael Suslov lives in Buenos Aires with his pregnant wife. They both want to get back to America but keep encountering roadblocks. The beloved Eva Perón has recently died, and the country is in turmoil. Then Suslov receives a bizarre proposal involving Eva’s corpse. It all goes bad, and years later Suslov, no longer with the CIA, gets a chance to bury the demons from his past. Widen handles suspense well, but Suslov is difficult to like at times, and his wife isn’t much more than a shadow. What makes this first novel work, though, is its sense of place, especially in the Argentina portion of the book. Widen uses real-life events and historical figures to fine effect here. Recommend Blood Makes Noise to fans of Philip Kerr’s A Quiet Flame (2009), also set partially in Argentina toward the end of the Perón era.— Jeff Ayers “A gripping book, one that reminded me of James Ellroy’s style. It’s gritty and vivid and steeped in a history we don’t get to read in school. If you are fascinated by alternative history in fiction it’s worth a read.” ― Glass House Reviews “a gripping book, one that reminded me of James Ellroy's style. It's gritty and vivid and steeped in a history we don't get to read in school. If you are fascinated by alternative history in fiction it's worth a read.” -Claire Stone for Glass House Reviews A native of Laguna Beach, California, Gregory Widen is a former firefighter, NPR station host, and mountain-rescue team member. While a film student at UCLA, he penned the script for what would become the movie Highlander , starring Sean Connery. Among his other screenplays are Backdraft and The Prophecy , and his television writing includes scripts for Tales from the Crypt and Rescue 77 . A committed traveler, his explorations have taken him to war-torn Somalia, Uzbekistan, Namibia, the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the arctic island of Svalbard, Indonesia, and Argentina. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is at work on a film for Universal Pictures. Used Book in Good Condition