Velvet Was the Night

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK ΓÇó From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a simmering historical noir about a daydreaming secretary,a lonesome enforcerand the mystery of the missing woman theyΓÇÖre both desperate to find. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book ReviewNPRThe Washington PostThe Boston GlobeNew York Public LibraryMilwaukee Journal SentinelBookPageShe ReadsLibrary Journal ΓÇó ΓÇ£An adrenalizeddarkly romantic journey.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Washington Post Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous countryeven for Maitea secretary who spends her life seeking the romance found in cheap comic books and ignoring the activists protesting around the city. When her next-door neighborthe beautiful art student Leonoradisappears under suspicious circumstancesMaite finds herself searching for the missing womanΓÇöand journeying deeper into LeonoraΓÇÖs secret life of student radicals and dissidents. Mexico in the 1970s is a politically fraught landeven for Elvisa goon with a passion for rock ΓÇÖnΓÇÖ roll who knows more about kidney-smashing than intrigue. When Elvis is assigned to find Leonorahe begins a blood-soaked search for the womanΓÇöand his soul. Swirling in parallel trajectoriesMaite and Elvis attempt to discover the truth behind LeonoraΓÇÖs disappearanceencountering hitmengovernment agentsand Russian spies. Because Mexico in the 1970s is a noirwhere life is cheap and the price of truth is high.