Thriller Latino

A new family moves in over the road. The new family is acting strange. This new family has some secrets. From the author of Audible's Thriller of the Year, Silent Child, comes another psychological thriller to keep you guessing until the very end. Performed by Sophie McShera, (Daisy Mason, Downton Abbey), enter the world of a family broken by lies, a woman traumatised by a dark past, and a child caught in the crossfire.

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.

Una mañana Ramón Castaños, un adolescente que vive en un pequeño poblado en Tamaulipas, descubre en un sembradío el cadáver desnudo y apuñalado de Adela, una muchacha a quien apenas conocía. Cuando el resto de los pobladores llega a la escena del crimen, corre el rumor de que quien ha muerto era la novia de Ramón. Así, el protagonista se verá obligado a vengar el asesinato de la mujer que supuestamente amaba para defender su honor y su hombría. Al mismo tiempo, voces en el pueblo achacan el crimen al Gitano, un hombre inocente.

Baja California, 1979. Viridiana spends her days watching the dead sharks piled beside the seashore, as the fishermen pull their nets. There is nothing else to do. Yet her head is filled with dreams of Hollywood films, of romance, of a future beyond the drab town where her only option is to marry and have children. Three wealthy American tourists arrive for the summer, and Viridiana is magnetized. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape. When one of them dies, Viridiana lies to protect her friends. Soon enough, someone’s asking questions....

You can’t keep the past buried forever… When private investigator Nikki Garcia comes to New Mexico, raging wildfires in the nearby mountains force her and her family to evacuate. In the ensuing chaos, people close to her, including her husband, mysteriously disappear. Join Nikki as she races across the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Colorado prairie in a desperate attempt to save her loved ones. Her search unearths decades-old secrets and an international spy network that will stop at nothing to steal secrets from the heart of Cheyenne Mountain. As she navigates treacherous terrain ...

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~ Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "ALICE CROWLEY IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST LIVING WRITERS!" ~ Author G. Taylor Cassie Jenkins is a masseuse in Los Angeles who has a client named John who keeps asking her for a date She's attracted to him, only she is nursing a broken heart from a previous relationship so the hesitates to jump on board John's idea. When the President of the US announces a national sexual holiday of free love, to try and boost the American birth rate, Cassie figures what the heck and opens up to John, joining him ...

Anthony Cade acepta entregar unas memorias en Londres, sin saber que se verá envuelto en una red de intrigas, persecuciones y asesinatos. Todo lo conduce a Chimneys, una antigua mansión donde secretos del pasado resurgen con fuerza. Entre documentos comprometidos, identidades ocultas y peligros inesperados, Anthony deberá resolver el misterio que esconde la casa... antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

Set in Nicaragua in 1984, The Stars at Noon is a story of passion, fear, and betrayal told in the voice of an American woman whose mission in Central America is as shadowy as her surroundings. Is she a reporter for an American magazine, as she sometimes claims, or a contact person for the anti-war group Eyes of Peace? And who is the rough English businessman she begins an affair with? The two foreigners become entangled in sinister plots and ever-widening webs of corruption, until a desperate attempt to escape the country brings their relationship to a crisis point.

Their foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens 13-year-old Joaquin’s life. Over and over, child services fails to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time. Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. There are others like her - people the law has failed. They’ve formed an underground network of “helpers”, each agreeing to eliminate the abuser of another.

The upscale neighborhood of Summerton doesn’t know what hit them. In the last year, all the women of the neighborhood have become pregnant within months of each other. Then, one by one, each husband suffered inexplicable deaths, leaving the women of Summerton widows with newborn babies. Brendan, on the heels of a break up with the woman he thought he was going to marry, arrives in Summerton, unaware of the community’s recent events. As the only adult male in the vicinity, all his female neighbors want to welcome him personally. As he gets to know his beautiful neighbors, he can't shake ...

Blood pooled at Hannah’s feet. Phinn was dead. Long hours stuck in a windowless lab, Hannah needed a break. A place to unplug and think. Delivering medical care in the remote Amazon, alongside Alisha and Dan, soon became the most meaningful work of her life. Then terror strikes. Vicious gunmen attack the team’s campsite and murder their guide. The three doctors are taken hostage and forced deep into the deadly jungle—to a hellish realm of lawlessness and cruelty. And they soon realize they will never leave alive. Stateside, an urgent call pulls Thomas Kendrick from the pub. He must ...

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.

Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida. Until Manu's protective bubble is shattered.

Desde su primera publicación en 1983, esta novela se convirtió en un libro de culto para ajedrecistas en particular y amantes de la gran novela americana en general. Un secreto que de repente explotó a finales de 2020 con el estreno de la serie basada en esta historia, conquistando en tiempo récord al mundo entero.

When the dead body of a Latino woman is found in a reservoir about 50 miles north of Manhattan, with a photo of a baby in her purse nearby, the police try to determine who the child is and if it is still alive. Along with the photo, they also find a disturbing note in the purse: "Go back to your country. You don't belong here."

¡Prepárate para una emocionante travesía en "El orgullo de Morelos: Nacido narco"! Juan Tostado, un joven valiente, anhela con fervor formar parte de la poderosa banda delictiva a la que su padre pertenece, con el objetivo de aprender todos los secretos de la implacable Colonia Morelos. En la escuela, es admirado por sus compañeros, y desde temprana edad muestra un talento innato para los negocios. Sin embargo, su intrépido barrio se sume cada vez más en la desesperación, y la banda liderada por El Cráneo se vuelve cada día más sanguinaria y brutal. ¿Será capaz Juan Tostado de ...

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.

In her debut for younger listeners, Aya de León pits a teen spy against the ominous workings of a white nationalist. Fourteen-year-old Andréa Hernández-Baldoquín hails from a family of spies working for the Factory, an international organization dedicated to protecting people of color.

A rebellious young woman. A beloved companion. Can they survive the horrors of a post-apocalyptic world?Kimberly and her beloved dog Kaya grow up in an underground military base during a nuclear apocalypse. They are more than anxious to explore the new world now that the radiation levels have subsided, but there are evils inside the base that might be greater than what exists on the surface. Are the teen and her loyal pet ready to face the dangers and horrors of what was left behind? Bestselling author Scott W. Kimak spins another tale of love, loss, and suspense in this breathtaking ...

Venezuela, 1992. Unknown colonel Hugo Chávez stages an ill-fated coup against a corrupt government, igniting the passions of Venezuela’s poor and catapulting the oil-rich country to international attention. For two rival spies hurriedly dispatched to Caracas - one from Washington, DC, and the other from Fidel Castro’s Cuba - this is a career-defining mission.