Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00E8PUW0G |
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| Number of Pages | : | 440 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Daniel Olivas said Fine collection should engross any lover of mystery (not just Latinos). With the newly released "Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery" (Arte Público Press, $19.95 paperback), editors Sarah Cortez and Liz Martínez have succeeded in bringing together some of the best mystery fiction being written today.This anthology features the work of Mario Acevedo, Lucha Corpi, Sarah Cortez, Carolina García-Aguilera, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Carlos Hernandez, Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Bertha Jacobson, John Lantigua, Arthur Muñoz, R. Narvarez, L.M. Quinn, Manuel Ramos, S. Ramos O'Briant, A.E. Roman, Steven Torres and Sergio Troncoso.In the foreword to "Hit List," Ra. A Friend Opens the Door I'm not a fan of short stories, but my friend (L.M. Quinn) has a story in this collection called "A Clear Cut Case of Murder." Makes it required reading, no? It's written with a consistent mood, it's intellectual, interesting, and her characters are well drawn, from a cancer ridden research analyst drawn into a murder mystery to "missing husbands and non-existant nephews" (P. 109) a story like a vacuum that sucks you in from the first paragraph.To paraphrase a clever bit of marketing, betcha can't read just one!I found myself absorbed in murder, mayhem, money, revenge, twists, and sorrow, with plenty of. Midwest Book Review said A highly recommended read for mystery fans everywhere. Mystery is a genre that captivates readers of every culture. "Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery" is a collection of short stories from acclaimed Latino short fiction authors. The anthologies use elements which are uniquely Latino in their writing, yet the stories will still ring out and hold keen interest for readers of any color or heritage. "Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery" is a highly recommended read for mystery fans everywhere.
Roman's smart-ass New York City PI, Chico Santana, gets a nice lead-in to his debut novel, Chinatown Angel (Reviews, Jan. All rights reserved. Of the 17 selections, the best is Edgar-finalist Manuel Ramos's The Skull of Pancho Villa, a terse, twisty tale of theft purporting to tell the real story of the fate of that relic. While Lucha Corpi's Hollow Point at the Synapses may be the first story told from the perspective of a bullet traveling from a sniper's rifle to the target's head, that novelty comes across more gimmicky than clever. Other contributors include such established writers in the genre as Mario Acevedo, Carolina García-Aguilera and Steve Torres. From Publishers Weekly Billed as the first-ever anthology of mystery short stories by Latino authors, this volume wil
Reflecting the authors’—and society’s—preoccupation with identity, self, and territory, the stories run the gamut of the mystery genre, from traditional to noir, from the private investigator to the police procedural, and even a “chick lit” mystery. This groundbreaking anthology of short fiction by Latino mystery writers features an intriguing and unpredictable cast of sleuths, murderers and crime victims. Contributors include award-winning writers such as Carolina García-Aguilera, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Rolando Hinojosa, Manuel Ramos and Sergio Troncoso, as well as emerging writers who dese
. She is the author of a poetry collection, How to Undress a Cop (Arte Publico Press, 2000), which won the PEN Texas Literary Award in Poetry, and she edited Windows into My World: Latino Youth Write Their Lives (Pinata Books, 2007), winner of a 2008 Skipping Stones Honor Award. SARAH CORTEZ is a poet, educator, and law enforcement officer. She lives and works in Houston, Texas