Mexico Mystery

Though the lives of Mexico's characters are effected by the corrupt and dangerous subculture of their country, these are much more than simple "crime stories". They are complicated and deeply moving tales that tap into universal and enduringly powerful themes: love and loss, religion, family relationships, government abuse, sexual identity, professional ambition, cancer; they introduce us to characters that feel fully realized in their humanity.

It’s October 1931. When Winnie Ruth Judd arrives at the Los Angeles train station from Phoenix, her shipping trunks catch the attention of a suspicious porter. By the time they’re pried open, revealing the dismembered bodies of two women inside, Ruth has disappeared into the crowd. The search for, and eventual apprehension of, the Trunk Murderess quickly becomes a headline-making sensation. Even the Phoenix murder house is a sideshow attraction.

When the story opens, the eponymous hero of Rudolfo Anaya's novel is in an ambulance en route to a hospital for crippled children in the New Mexican desert. A poor boy from Albuquerque, 16-year-old Tortuga takes his name from the odd, turtle-shaped mountain that is rumored to possess miraculous curative powers. Tortuga is paralyzed, and not even his mother's fervent prayers can heal him. But under the mountain's watchful gaze, with the support of fellow patients, he begins the Herculean task of breaking out of his shell and becoming whole again.

After exposing and dismantling a deep-state conspiracy that nearly destroyed his life, Ryan Decker finds his covert skills have put him on the radar of influential Senator Steele. Now Steele needs his help. Two patrol agents were killed in a bizarre explosion near the US-Mexico border—and the evidence doesn’t line up with the official story.

It has been a rough winter and money is scarce. The fur business has collapsed, and the mining has played out. A train robbery near Colorado Springs was successful and a large reward has been offered. Jake Rawlins and his friends Moses, and Iron Knife learn the robbers have ridden south to Mexico. The robbers took gold, silver, and eight mail-order brides from Boston. A long trek south is more difficult than they ever imagined. Rich with Mexican history and non-stop action, the three bounty hunters encounter one hurdle after another. How do you cross the Mexican Badlands with eight ...

When the CIA calls on former Army Ranger Pierce Hunt to find a missing operative and friend, the last thing he wants to do is leave the peace of home and family behind. But there’s more to this mission than meets the eye, and Hunt knows he has no choice but to risk everything to save his friend and protect his country. Hunt’s target is Jorge Ramirez, who allegedly has information that poses a threat to the national security of the United States. As Hunt tracks Ramirez in Switzerland, he learns that someone close to his operation has betrayed the CIA.

A man at his end faces a new beginning.Vincent Malone didn’t set out to be a failure—but he didn’t set out to be an alcoholic either. Disbarred, disgraced, and divorced, with his health in decline, Malone tries working as an investigator, but just can’t seem to keep his head above water. When his last client fires him, there’s no fight left in Malone and he decides to live his last years on booze and social security.Ending up in Santa Fe, Malone becomes a shuttle driver for a newly opened B&B. But what should have been a low-key job becomes a crisis when a high-profile LA sports ...

Taylor had a heart problem and a high stress job. Dead in a year without some changes the doctors said. So Taylor went to Mexico to effect changes, or to die. She didn't mean to find an ex-lover dead at her feet. The nice police Captain thought she was a prime suspect. The chariming beach bum couldn't keep his eyes off her, or his hands. The bird watcher fell out of the sky ... And then things got really exciting.

Does extraterrestrial life exist? Have alien beings actually visited Earth and, indeed, left clear traces of their visits? One man has the answer...and his son can now break the silence. The Roswell Legacy is the story of Major Jesse Marcel, the intelligence officer for the 509th Bomber Group (famous for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan), and the first military officer to reach the scene of one of the most famous and enduring UFO events in the recorded history of mankind.

Railway cop and former Marine Sydney Parnell is on the hunt. So is a killer she knows only as the Alpha. They’re in a race to find Malik, an 11-year-old Iraqi boy with secrets to guard. Sydney wants to help him. The Alpha wants him dead. From the dark alleys of Mexico City to the mean streets of Denver, Sydney and her K9 partner, Clyde, use their wits and determination to chase down the ruthless killer. But when their path collides with his, Sydney realizes just how far-reaching and sinister the Alpha’s past is. And how far he’s willing to go to save his secrets.

After abandoning a bad job and a worse wife, Carter moves to Mexico to start over. But after a few months of enjoying the sunshine and tacos he's kidnapped by a brutal drug lord who thinks Carter can help bring down an equally ruthless rival. It soon becomes clear that Carter probably won't make it out of the coming war alive, and he decides that if he has to go, he's going to bring his enemies down with him.

This bundle includes Basil of Baker Street, Basil and the Cave of Cats, Basil in Mexico, and Basil in the Wild West.

A half-century after its original publication, Edward Abbey's classic 1962 novel, Fire on the Mountain, still retains its beauty, power, and relevance. This extraordinary tale by the legendary icon of the environmentalism movement and author of The Monkey Wrench Gang proudly celebrates rugged American individualism, as it tells the story of one tough old loner's stand against the combined, well-armed forces of government that are determined to clear him from his land.

Laying low in Mexico, Tom meets Carmen who is searching for her little sister Rosa, recently abducted and trafficked by a vicious gang. Tom sees that Carmen is likely to get herself killed and decides he is duty-bound to help her. The hunt for Rosa pits them against a terrifying Mexican cartel and ultimately leads them back to the US and a criminal conspiracy to open a vast stretch of the border for the trafficking of guns, drugs, and women.

Still mourning the murders of his wife and children, former Texas Ranger Arlo Baines now works security at a bazaar in Dallas. Grief-stricken, he’s invested his heart and hope in the welfare of Miguel - a street kid who’s become his surrogate son. But the wounds of a brutal past are hard to heal, especially when a new case threatens to rip them open all over again. Approached by a colleague now working for the DEA to investigate the seemingly random murders of prominent Latino businessmen, Arlo works to expose the common link.

Jake Webber should be feeling great. He was in the prime of life. He was a young successful corporate attorney in Pittsburgh living in a a posh shadyside townhouse. But Jake didn't feel. Jake had a secret. Since childhood Jake had vivid and powerful dreams that were so realistic he sometimes had trouble distinguishing between his dreams and the real world. His new pro bono case had Jake feeling even more uncertain and had Jake not only questioning his own reality but the very structure of existence!

Selected as a Finalist for the 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Best Mystery! TROUBLE IN VALDEZ COUNTY is the first novel in the new Doc Gunther Mystery series, which is centered around a modern-day Texas Ranger assigned to the Texas border with Mexico. A rural Texas border community, mired in corruption, on a lark elects a twenty-seven-year-old woman with absolutely no law enforcement experience as the county sheriff. This throws a wrench in the plans of the local politicos and their cartel backers. When the body of a young woman is discovered during the annual Javelina Harvest, an...

Former poetry professor Jodi Luna hasn’t quite adjusted to life as a game warden. Her boss thinks she’s better with animals than humans, and the man she’s seeing wants a real relationship. Still reeling from her husband’s death, Jodi has to admit that she keeps people at a distance.

Convencido de que quizá la Ciudad de México no sea el lugar más aconsejable para vivir, pero también de que es tan intrincada y apasionante que resulta imposible abandonarla, Villoro propone este libro escrito desde la devoción del urbanita recalcitrante y maravillado que se despliega como un rompecabezas infinito: los atajos viales, el cine de luchadores, los héroes nacionales, el comercio tepiteño, la tramitología gubernamental, el enigma de las vulcanizadoras, las incontables multitudes, la ingesta de chile, los templos ancestrales.

Past misdeeds, including murder, lead to suspense, threats and another murder in the next Vincent Malone novel. It begins with a Santa Fe visiting mystery book author claiming she is being followed. Private Investigator Vincent Malone volunteers to find out what is going on. From there everything starts to go downhill. The author’s fist book details a murder that took place forty years in the past with specific information few knew. How did she get this information; the dead man’s son wants to know. This tale involves the long dead man’s grown son, the author’s grandfather, a bully ...