Desert Blood
The Juárez Murders
by Alicia Gaspar de Alba
An incisive and thrilling mystery that delves into the violent deaths of young women plaguing the U.S. / Mexico border.
An incisive and thrilling mystery that delves into the violent deaths of young women plaguing the U.S. / Mexico border.
Through a literary mosaic of conversations, court transcripts, newspaper clippings, and intimate letters, Bencastro's Latino immigrants—who have come from Guatemala, El Salvador, and even further south—tell their stories as they struggle to survive in the restaurant kitchens, bars, courtrooms, crowded tenements, and detention centers that become their proving grounds.
A gripping mystery novel about Argentina’s “children of the disappeared.”
This gripping novel by an acclaimed writer explores the life of a young man let down by society at every turn.
In this bittersweet tour de force, the First and Third Worlds join hands, and Mexican pueblo life and Internet post-modernity dance together in one of the most memorable fables to shed light on issues such as immigration, cultural assimilation, and the future of the United States with its ever-increasing Latino population.
A gripping crime novel that reunites private investigator Gus Corral, from the Mile High Noir series, and attorney Luis Móntez, from the Luis Móntez Mystery series, as they race to solve a case involving money laundering, drug smuggling and even Mexican crime cartels.