Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked, deckle edges. There is one letter - B - on the front free end paper. Blue boards, with pink and blue metallic print on beige spine. Jacket now in new removable protective cover. An intricate, satisfying novel.įirst edition.
In direct and eloquent prose, Nava deftly handles the political, legal and cultural strands of his plot while leading Rios through demanding personal terrain in which he must confront issues from his past as well as those of his future. While tracing the movements of both the victim and his uncooperative client before the crime, Rios tries to accept the increasing distance that has developed between him and his lover, Josh, whose life has come to center around his diagnosis. After Pena is shot by an unidentified Latino youth, Ruiz is arrested and charged with murder. Teenager Michael Ruiz and state senator Gus Pena were heard arguing violently while both were clients at the rehab center. Meanwhile he is defending a youth accused of murdering a popular politician just returned to public life after a stint in a drug- and alcohol-rehab center. At age 40, Rios faces a breakup with his lover of five years, who has been diagnosed as HIV-positive. Nava's extremely appealing hero Henry Rios is a gay latino criminal lawyer in Los Angeles. The Hidden Law (1992) is the fourth novel in the Henry Rios series. His novels have received six Lambda Literary Awards and critical acclaim in the GLBT and Latino communities. He authored a seven-volume mystery series featuring Henry Rios, an openly gay protagonist who is a criminal defense lawyer. He has worked on the staff for the California Supreme Court, and ran for a Superior Court position in 2010.
Michael Nava is an American attorney and writer.
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