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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The face of the assassin The face of the assassin David L. Lindsey When a mysterious woman arrives at the home of Paul Bern, a forensic artist who lives in Austin, Texas, she brings him two things: a human skull that she smuggled out of Mexico and an incredible secr… OL15131508W
The Poison That Fascinates The Poison That Fascinates Jennifer Clement Deserted by her mother as a baby, Emily lives with her father in Mexico City, working in the local orphanage. When a mysterious cousin, Santi, appears on the doorstep, he brings with him family secre… OL15169955W
Mexico City Noir Mexico City Noir Paco Ignacio Taibo II,Achy Obejas Mexico City enters the Noir Series arena, edited by one of Mexico's most revered novelists."Set across Mexico City in a variety of neighborhoods, the stories feature acast of characters as diverse as… OL15179368W
Return to the same city Return to the same city Paco Ignacio Taibo II "Regreso a la misma ciudad y bajo la lluvia (1989) is another Héctor Belascoarán Shayne caper in the hilarious series of venality and violence as told by Mexico's favorite one-eyed detective in thi… OL1632046W
The Neruda case The Neruda case Roberto Ampuero "Originally published in Spanish as El Caso Neruda by La otra orilla/Grupo Norma, Barcelona, Spain"-- "Published for the first time in English, an atmospheric, brilliant novel from an internationall… OL16499143W
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne retribution Robert Ludlum's The Bourne retribution Eric Van Lustbader Jason Bourne's friend Eli Yadin, head of Mossad, learns that Ouyang Jidan, a senior member of China's Politburo, may have been working with a major Mexican drug lord in something far deadlier than dr… OL17746634W
The House of Wolfe The House of Wolfe James Carlos Blake On a rainy winter night in Mexico City, a ten-member wedding party is kidnapped in front of the groom's family mansion. The perpetrator is a small-time gangster named El Galan, who wants nothing more… OL17893292W
Signal to noise Signal to noise Silvia Moreno-Garcia "Mexico City, 1988: Long before iTunes or MP3s, you said "I love you" with a mixtape. Meche, awkward and fifteen, has two equally unhip friends, Sebastian and Daniela, and a whole lot of vinyl record… OL20002072W
I'll sell you a dog I'll sell you a dog Juan Pablo Villalobos Long before he was the taco seller whose 'Gringo Dog' recipe made him famous throughout Mexico City, our hero was an aspiring artist: an artist, that is, till his would-be girlfriend was stolen by Di… OL20035179W
Modelo antiguo Modelo antiguo Luis Eduardo Reyes "Engaging, idiomatic translation of Modelo antiguo (1992) is first translation into English of work by Mexican playwright, script writer, and novelist Reyes. In this novel, his first-person narrator,… OL2696023W
La ley del amour La ley del amour Laura Esquivel "Fusion of science fiction and adventure-romance attempts to produce a multimedia 'event' that narrates through comic-strip panels and period music on accompanying CD. New Age tracts, precolumbian po… OL953154W