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It is the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the globe's leading sporting event. The host country is Brazil. All sight are on the country's main striker, Tico "The Designer" Santos, the greatest player in the history of the activity. All of the politicians in Brasilia, from the Chief executive of the Republic on down, have their seating squared away for the finale, when they hope to see Argentina, Brazil's bitterest competitor, humbled by the Brazilian eleven. But, just three weeks before the first game, Juraci Santos, Tico's mom, is kidnapped. The celebrity is distraught. The general public is appalled. The politicians are outraged. And the pressure is on Chief Inspector Mario Silva to get her back again. Suspects aren't missing. Among them are a cabal of Argentineans, suspected of having spirited the girl away to place Tico off his game; the star's gold-digging, top-model girl, whom his mom dislikes and has been trying to get out of his life; his main rival, who would like to play in the World Cup in Tico's place; and the person whose lower leg Tico broke during a match, thereby destroying his profession. In the end, Silva and his staff discover that the solution to the secret is less complex--but completely unexpected.
