Mexican Criminals

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister’s murderer to justice years after the fact” (The Boston Globe), from “one of Mexico’s greatest living writers” (Jonathan Lethem)...

What if you found out that Donald Trump really didn’t say that “Mexicans are rapists and criminals,” that he really didn’t make fun of a reporter’s physical disability, that he really didn’t impose a ban on Muslims, and that he really didn’t call white supremacists “very fine people”? What if you were to learn that those and many other stories about him were false? Would that change your view of him? And even if it didn’t, wouldn’t you still prefer to know the truth? Don’t you – and all Americans – deserve to know the truth?”This book not only exposes 10 of the...

Before Texas became a state in the United States of America, Texas Rangers would become the first state law enforcement agency that would be formed. For about 150 years, this group of law enforcement agents has been viewed as both heroes and villains. Often portrayed in the movies and on TV as the kind of men who stick up for justice or who are the victims of truly sinister bad guys, the reality was far less black and white.

A walk to fight off boredom puts a young man in a position he may die getting out of. He finds himself in the middle of a criminal act he can only wonder at the origins of. In any case, he is now a part of it until the end of what ever it is... ... He was breathing hard. "We got to kill some time: Find a place." He looked at the girl. “What the f*ck is it you want, manita?” He showed her the 45 just in case she hadn't seen it. She turned and looked to the back of the lot, motioning with one hand as she did, and spat out a stream of Spanish that was lost on me. At the end, I caught the ...

In an era of increasing anti-immigrant sentiment and bigotry, each of these 13 stories illuminates the issues affecting the Mexican community and shows the breadth of a frequently stereotyped population. Dreamers and their allies, those who care about immigration justice, and anyone interested...

Book #16 of the Jab Boone Murder Mystery Series FBI ASAC Mickey O’Malley receives a desperate voicemail from a trapped teenage girl. Together with Jab and three other FBI agents, Mickey invades the underbelly of Miami. They not only rescue the girl but dare her vicious captors for a showdown. Jab reluctantly enlists a Mexican drug-lord to quash the Miami syndicate despite the disapproval from his FBI superiors! But he reasons that is the only way to stop the Miami drug lords from trapping more teenage girls!

The start of a big, commercial, crackling, suspense filled series featuring a sexy, tough-gal DEA agent, Kay Hamilton—perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Patricia Cornwell, and Sara Paretsky...