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Side roads volume 1
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Sheridan Montgomery leads a charmed life as the wife of Eliot, U.S. ambassador to Venezuela. But an attack on their lives cripples Eliot, and they retreat to a remote Mexican village. As Sheridan quietly cares for her husband, she sees her dreams slipping away. Luke Traynor shatters their reverie when he arrives to tell Sheridan of her father's heart attack and the evidence implicating him in a conspiracy. Sheridan returns to Chicago to untangle the...
6) Sunstroke
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
370 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
When Carl, the boss she has secretly loved for years, goes missing during his annual visit to Mexico, Gloria Mendez begins a search for answers that reveals hidden, sinister aspects of her employer's life.
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
281 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Detective Gideon Oliver and his wife are on vacation in Mexico when a local police chief requests his assistance on a case. After Oliver realizes the coroner has misidentified two bodies, he concludes these two mistakes are no coincidence.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 25 cm
Description
In the mountains of Oaxaca, a major storm wipes out the roads and all communication with the outside world, trapping a tour group in the jungle with a dangerous predator with a secret to protect. With her only resource her determination to live, single mother Eve must fight a dangerous foe and survive against incredible odds--if she's to make it back home alive.
10) La laguna
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
653 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
Harrison Shepherd nació en Estados Unidos, pero cuando aún era un niño tuvo que irse a México. Acabó trabajando en la cocina de la casa de Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo. Fue en esa casa donde Shepherd conoció a Leon Trotsky. De vuelta a Norteamérica, se dedica a la escritura y deja un diario que llena su propia laguna con palabras reveladoras. Una novela que muestra la influencia de la política en el destino de cada persona.
Author
Series
Border trilogy (Cormac McCarthy) volume 1
Description
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The first volume in the Border Trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Passenger and the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Road
All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With...
All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life he has ever imagined for himself. With...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
384 pages
Description
The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with M?xico over the disputed R?o Grande boundary.? Ximena Salom? is a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she loves on the coveted land she calls home. But when Texas Rangers storm her ranch and shoot her husband dead, her dreams are burned to ashes. Vowing to honor her husband?s memory and defend her country, Ximena...
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Publisher
B, Grupo Zeta
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
402 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
Eve Hardaway, madre soltera reciente de un ni?o, ha emprendido el viaje con el que so?aba: una excursi?n en canoa y a pie a trav?s de las selvas y monta?as de Oaxaca, en el sur de M?xico. En cierto momento, Eve se aparta del grupo de excursionistas porque algo ha llamado su atenci?n: una casa distante en cuyo patio trasero un hombre de aspecto amenazador est? lanzando machetes contra un blanco de forma humana. Turbada y desconcertada, Eve se apresura...
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