Mystery and Thriller Books by Latine Authors
From locked-room mysteries and blood-thirsty vampires to cozy mysteries and genre-smashing noirs, these thrillers are as rich and diverse as the backgrounds of this superb group of Latine authors. Celebrate these amazing authors by staying up all night with these reads … you won’t be able to sleep anyway!
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by Lauren Muñoz
Seven friends throw a 1920s-themed party, where it’s all pretend — until one of them is murdered. One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out in this glamorous locked-room mystery.
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The House in the Pines: Reese’s Book Club
by Ana Reyes
Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend’s sudden, mysterious death, and has since spent her life trying to forget, sets out to track down answers. What she uncovers, deep in the woods, is hardly to be believed…
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Vampires of El Norte
by Isabel Cañas
As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters — her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead. Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda.
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Our Share of Night
by Mariana Enriquez
A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the first novel to be translated into English by the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed — “the most exciting discovery I’ve made in fiction for some time” (Kazuo Ishiguro).
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Silver Nitrate
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film — and awakens one woman’s hidden powers.
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The Self-Made Widow
by Fabian Nicieza
From the co-creator of Deadpool and author of Suburban Dicks comes a diabolically funny murder mystery that features two unlikely sleuths investigating a murder that reveals the dark underbelly of suburban marriage.
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This Body’s Not Big Enough for Both of Us
by Edgar Cantero
From the New York Times bestselling author of Meddling Kids comes a mind-blowing, gender-bending, genre-smashing romp through the entire pantheon of action and noir. It is also a bold, tautly crafted novel about family, being weird, and claiming your place in your own crazy story.
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Mango, Mambo, and Murder
by Raquel V. Reyes
Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith becomes a seasoned sleuth in Raquel V. Reyes’s Caribbean Kitchen Mystery debut, a savory treat for fans of Joanne Fluke and Jenn McKinlay.
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The Haunting of Alejandra
by V. Castro
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this “utterly terrifying and wholly immersive … story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood” (Library Journal, starred review).
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Undead Girl Gang
by Lily Anderson
Veronica Mars meets The Craft when a teen girl investigates the suspicious deaths of three classmates and accidentally ends up bringing them back to life to form a hilariously unlikely — and unwilling — vigilante girl gang.
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Fever Dream
by Samanta Schweblin
Experience the blazing, surreal sensation of a fever dream … A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He’s not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story, and a cautionary tale.
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What’s Coming to Me
by Francesca Padilla
Seventeen-year-old Minerva Gutiérrez plans revenge on her predatory boss in this equally poignant and thrilling contemporary YA about grief, anger, and fighting for what you deserve, perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson and Erika L. Sánchez.
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