Mexico City Mystery

Akashic Books’ acclaimed series of original noir anthologies has set a high standard for portraying cities and their neighborhoods in all their dark and violent splendor. Now, Mexico City Noir surpasses that standard with phantasmagorical tales of double-dealing, corruption, violence and self-delusion.... This collection is such a varied literary feast.

Book One -Blood of Quetzalcoatl – Crimes Against the State – Shortly after getting a new position as security guard for El Templo Major in Mexico City, Mario Martinez makes a grisly discovery when he finds his sister Angela murdered in an Aztec style ritual. He is immediately summoned by her boyfriend, the powerful new Presidente of Mexico, Benito Juarez who is kidnapped by the El Templo Cult, a modern group who worship the ancient gods, because he is believed to be the returned embodiment of their god Quetzalcoatl. Will Mario find Benito in time to save him, or will the vicious cult ...

When Jacqueline Tracey purchases a hand carved leather journal at a Chicago book auction, it promises an adventure in New Mexico for her and her friends. Instead, they are chased by a modern day Conquistador who will stop at nothing to have the book and the secrets it holds. The journal describes an expedition in 1539 led by Franciscan Friar, Marcos De Niza on a search for the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. The author, Pedro, accompanies the Spaniards disguised as a priest, but his writings suggest he was far from a holy man. As the middle age adventure-seekers follow ancient clues and maps...

Railway cop and former Marine Sydney Parnell is on the hunt. So is a killer she knows only as the Alpha. They’re in a race to find Malik, an 11-year-old Iraqi boy with secrets to guard. Sydney wants to help him. The Alpha wants him dead. From the dark alleys of Mexico City to the mean streets of Denver, Sydney and her K9 partner, Clyde, use their wits and determination to chase down the ruthless killer. But when their path collides with his, Sydney realizes just how far-reaching and sinister the Alpha’s past is. And how far he’s willing to go to save his secrets.

Surrounded by towering pyramids on Mexico City's Walk of the Dead, a frightened yet resolute young woman searches for a perilous truth and for the beloved parent she thought was gone forever. But there are dark secrets lurking in the shadows of antiquity, a conspiracy she never imagined, and enemies who are determined that Carol Farley will not leave Mexico alive.

Jaded reporter Andrew and his photographer boyfriend, Carlos, are sick of telling just another story. From cartel massacres to corrupt politicians, sifting the dregs of Mexico's drug war, they think they've seen it all. But when they find a body even the police are too scared to look at, what started out as just another reportage becomes the sort of story all reporters dream of. Until Carlos pushes for answers too fast and winds up murdered, leaving Andrew grief-stricken and flailing for answers, justice and revenge.