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![]() | Home Killings (2001) (The first book in the Romilia Chacon series) A novel by Marcos M Villatoro |
Teeming with the shadows of revolution in Central America, the illicit drug trade, and pre-Colombian Myth, this spell-binding detective novel featuring Latin detective offers many new twists to the genre.
Romilia Chacón, a rookie in the Nashville police force, finds herself thrown immmediately into her first big case on her new beat. Are the ceremonially slaughtered cadavers popping up around town the product of ancient ritual, a serial killer or a campaign to shock rival drug lords into compliance? Can the recently arrived detective prove herself on her first assignment while juggling her work and her home, where mother and child are both so dependent on her? Combatting the machismo of the police force and the challenges of being an outsider within the Latino community, Chacón follows the trail of murder in this fully textured and well-developed whodunit.
Genre: Mystery
Romilia Chacón, a rookie in the Nashville police force, finds herself thrown immmediately into her first big case on her new beat. Are the ceremonially slaughtered cadavers popping up around town the product of ancient ritual, a serial killer or a campaign to shock rival drug lords into compliance? Can the recently arrived detective prove herself on her first assignment while juggling her work and her home, where mother and child are both so dependent on her? Combatting the machismo of the police force and the challenges of being an outsider within the Latino community, Chacón follows the trail of murder in this fully textured and well-developed whodunit.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
2001 : Hardback
| Title: Home Killings. Author(s): MARCOS MCPEEK. VILLATORO Publisher: Arte Publico Press, Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2004 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Home Killings (Romilia Chacon Novel) Author(s): Marcos Villatoro ISBN: 0-440-24210-X / 978-0-440-24210-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Dell Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2001 : Paperback
| Title: Home Killings: A Romilia Chacon Mystery Author(s): Marcos McPeek Villatoro ISBN: 1-55885-336-7 / 9781558853362 (USA edition) Publisher: Arte Publico Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1989 : Paperback
| Title: Home Killings Author(s): Marcos McPeek Villatoro Publisher: Thorsons Publishers Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
September 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: Home Killings (A Romilia Chacón Mystery) Author(s): Marcos McPeek Villatoro Publisher: Arte Público Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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