sentences:  It was shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel in Canada and won the Giller Prize Readers' Choice Award in 2012.It has since been published in the UK (Midnight in Havana, Polygon), the US (The Beggar's Opera, Pintail), Norway (TiggerDramaet, Cappelen Damm), Germany (Die Geister von Havanna, Rowholt), Holland (Schaduwzijde, Unieboek), and the Czech Republic and will soon be published in Israel.Blair's second book in the Inspector Ramirez series, The Poisoned Pawn, has also been critically acclaimed.