The Intrigue

De: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Narrado por: Andre Bellido

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which seduction is the ultimate con.

“Lush and passionate with magnetic prose . . . The Intrigue will grab you by the throat and not let go until its earth-shaking finale!” —S. A. Cosby, author of King of Ashes

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times, People, Book Riot, Southern Living, Marie Claire, Time

Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters in order to steal their money, but money is hard to come by in 1940s Mexico. Ulises knows his looks won’t last forever, and he’s desperate to get his hands on a real fortune.

He thinks he’s found it when he captivates his newest correspondent, Perla, the owner of a small-town boardinghouse in picturesque Veracruz. But when he meets her, he finds something he didn’t expect. The woman has a niece, Inés, who is as observant as she is desperate to escape her aunt’s household.

When Inés discovers Ulises’s true intentions, she wants in on the scheme. They’ll convince her aunt that Ulises is a great catch, Perla will marry him, and her money will vanish. Easy, fast, and clean. But Perla is not the desperate, silly spinster Ulises imagines. She harbors secrets. And although Ulises does not believe in true romance, Inés is more alluring than he bargained for. Suddenly, a simple plan may become perilously complicated.

Venture into the streets of a small town where a patina of convention and good manners conceals a cauldron of avarice and lust.

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“A pulpy noir–telenovela mashup that would make James M. Cain jealous.”—Los Angeles Times

“Lush and passionate with magnetic prose, The Intrigue takes up the mantle of noir classics like Double Indemnity or Black Wings Has My Angel, and reinvigorates the genre with a new perspective. Silvia-Moreno Garcia writes with the soul of a sensualist and the eye of a practiced observer of human nature. The Intrigue will grab you by the throat and not let go until its earth-shaking finale!”—S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of King of Ashes

“Silvia Moreno-Garcia has a great gift for making you cheer for things you shouldn’t, and The Intrigue is no exception. As the deception and the bodies mounted, I increasingly rooted for this Bonnie and Clyde to get away clean with the loot. Do they? Read and find out; you won’t be sorry!”—Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network

“[The Intrigue is] clever, taut, and just flat-out fun.”—Kirkus Reviews

“The Intrigue looks to be Silvia Moreno-Garcia in peak form, for another entry in a storied career.”—Crime Reads

“An irresistible plot in a noir tale of desire, greed, and seduction.”—Book Riot

“The Intrigue mixes lust, greed, and dark humor in a noir story where no one’s heart—or wallet—is safe.”—SheReads

“Writing with elegantly crafted prose to rival Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain’s discerning flair for morally complex characterization, Moreno-Garcia (The Bewitching) serves up her own seductive literary cocktail composed of equal measures of deception, danger, desire, and desperation. From its expertly evoked settings to its flawlessly paced plot, everything about Moreno-Garcia’s latest exudes noir at its very best.”—Library Journal, starred review

“Moreno-Garcia (The Bewitching) satisfies with this devilish tale of a con man in 1940s Mexico who meets his match in the niece of his latest victim. . . . Moreno-Garcia keeps the power dynamics unstable in this deliciously dark thriller, with most of the characters concealing momentous secrets that inform their respective motivations. The resulting fireworks are difficult to look away from.”—Publishers Weekly

she did it again

Yet another banger from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Intrigue delivers a perfect cast of complex characters that you'll either love to hate or hate to love. It's a masterful noir set in Mexico amidst WWII which serves as the perfect backdrop for a tale wrought with tension, danger, and appalling atrocities. Of all of her works, I could easily see this book being turned into a film one day.

Wow!! The name says it all.

I love it. Thrilling to the end. Very entertaining and full of twists and turns. A fun listen!

More a read than a listen

I love all books by Sylvia Moreno García but please never use this narrator again. so monotone, no excitement, none of the feeling you get with each sentence of what's happening, the character you give each person is just not there.

slow Burn

The Intrigue is a slow-burn historical noir. It follows Ulises, a charming con man who goes from place to place as he tries to con single women out of their money. The beautiful single Perla is the next woman in his sights. He found her through the lonely hearts column of the paper and rented a room in her home. Things aren't going quite to plan because Perla's very observant niece Ines has caught onto him and wants in on his plan. This book did a great job examining the constraints placed on women in the 1940s. Silvia Moreno-Garcia does a great job of writing a very vivid, detailed story. If you enjoy a character-driven story, this one is for you. I started out with the audiobook of this, but had to switch to the physical copy because I found the narration to be rather flat and dry.

love every bit of it!

Love the book. Toda la historia más que anombran mi ciudad de Monclova! lo único fue que el final no termino como pensé. Quería que tuvieran un mejor final ellos pero entiendo que es algo diferente a todos los finales.