The images of Rio de Janeiro are well known: high-rises aligned along white sandy beaches, a blue sea, freshwater lakes and luxuriant forests that stretch through winding mountains of stone and the iconic Sugar Loaf linked to the ground by cable car. However, the city revealed in this book is a different Rio. Even though famous landscapes are present in the pages of 'Rio Noir', what is exposed here is a world of shadows, blood, intrigue, violence, hideouts and mystery.