Showing results for "Mexico" in International Mystery & Crime

Akashic Books’ acclaimed series of original noir anthologies has set a high standard for portraying cities and their neighborhoods in all their dark and violent splendor. Now, Mexico City Noir surpasses that standard with phantasmagorical tales of double-dealing, corruption, violence and self-delusion.... This collection is such a varied literary feast.

Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story...Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no suspect. Until, one night, on Mexico Street, a ghetto of high-rise blocks in the north of the city, a Fiat is torched. Only this car isn’t empty.

Cameron Cripps Hayman is on vacation in the Yucatan Peninsula, taking a break from life as an amateur sleuth in Metamora, Indiana. With her crew back home, Cameron relaxes by the pool, walks along the beach, and tours Mayan ruins - until her whole trip gets ruined by a murder. She should've known something was up when a little chihuahua started following her around the resort. When Cameron follows the dog to a secluded area of rocks and palm trees, she discovers a new acquaintance lying dead....

Als blijkt dat haar voormalige collega Diego Martinez wordt vermist, twijfelt journaliste Tara Linders geen seconde. Ze moet naar Mexico, waar hij voor het laatst is gezien. Diego verbrak zijn relatie en verliet huis en haard om in Mexico, het thuisland van zijn vader, uit te zoeken wat hij nu echt wil: vrijheid en avontuur of een gesetteld gezinsleven. Tara's baas heeft aanvankelijk zijn bedenkingen – nergens sneuvelen er momenteel zoveel journalisten als in Mexico – maar stemt toch toe als hij kansen ziet voor een wereldwijde primeur.