Mariachi Murder
Mariachi Murder

Author: D. R. Ransdell

Publisher: Dark Oak Mysteries

Published: 2013-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781610090568

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Andy Veracruz is content with his life as the leader of a mariachi band, but when his lover is accused of murder, he has no choice but to defend her. In the process he faces the loss of his strongest loyalties as well as his entire career. arly Readers Say.... What do you get when you mix warm sultry days, late nights filled with Mariachi music, a jealous husband and a beautiful seductive wife? D.R. Ransdell's new book, Mariachi Murder will plunge you into the smoky and seamy world of machismo, musicians, and the women who love them. Pour a cool drink, sit back and enjoy a glimpse into a world few people will experience outside the pages of this book. You will learn about the music and people that make it, and find out that sometimes there are no neat answers. --I.C. Enger, Author of BLUE ICE "It's mystery, music, and murder, Southern California style. Andy Veracruz just wants to play his music, but when his girlfriend wants a baby, his boss goes on a trip and the boss' sexy wife gets involved with murder, Andy just can't keep from jumping into the thick of it. Ransdell burns up the nightclub scene with a slick and saucy story to keep your feet moving to the tunes and your mind guessing till the end." -- Stephen L. Brayton, author of Alpha Mariachi Murders is set near LA, in the fictional Squid Bay. It's summer with long, stifling nights and no air conditioning. The heroine Yiolanda is a sensuous temptress with a murky past. The hero Andy Veracruz is a thirtyish man, who although he refuses to be tied down by anyone or anything but his music, is drawn deeper and deeper into Yiolanda's web....So get a copy quick and feel the heat of summer begin. --J. L Greger, Author of COMING FLU About the Author: D.R. Ransdell teaches writing in Tucson, Arizona, where she moonlights as a mariachi player. Travel is her passion, so she spends vacations traipsing around new countries, experimenting with new languages, and dancing to new music. She shares her house with five cats, whose bird-chasing and lizard-eating activities add color to her stories.

The Mariachi Murder
The Mariachi Murder

Author: Marie Romero Cash

Publisher: Jemimah Hodge Mystery

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781603813006

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A popular mariachi singer is found shot and buried south of Santa Fe near Cerrillos, putting him in the jurisdiction of Detective Rick Romero and Forensic Psychologist Jemimah Hodge. Eduardo Sanchez had a massive ego that could well have gotten him killed, considering his penchant for reckless womanizing. However, as the weeks pass, the trail grows cold, increasing the pressure on law enforcement. Was the mariachi killed by a spurned girlfriend or an angry husband? Why was he traveling back and forth between Santa Fe and Mexico? Although Rick and Jemimah have been dating for two years, they have yet to commit. So when Rick's beautiful ex-wife breezes into town and makes a play for him, she stirs up trouble all around. Meanwhile Jemimah receives her own unwelcome visitor: a friend of her FLDS family who's tracked her down and wants to dredge up the past. To add to the drama, Detective Romero's wayward ex-con brother Carlos lands in deep trouble when he hooks up with a woman hiding her checkered past. When the clues come together, they intersect in volatile ways no one could have foreseen. Book 4 of the Jemimah Hodge Mystery series.

Mariachi Meddler
Mariachi Meddler

Author: D. R. Ransdell

Publisher:

Published: 2017-08-07

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781938436291

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When the death of a fellow musician threatens his mariachi band, Andy Veracruz must risk everything to find the killer even if evidence points to Yiolanda, the boss's flirtatious wife. The more Andy learns, the more trouble he gets into.

Mayan Murder
Mayan Murder

Author: Martha Brack Martin

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 2018-08-28

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13: 1459819594

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Tom is looking forward to spending spring break in Mexico with his girlfriend, Kat. Her father, an FBI agent, has invited Tom to join them at a fancy Cancun resort for some much-needed R&R. But when the daughter of a local law-enforcement officer goes missing, Kat's dad is pulled into the investigation. Soon after, Tom notices a yacht in the marina with a suspicious-looking crew and a kid matching the missing girl's description. Investigating further could lead Tom into the dangerous world of ruthless Mexican drug cartels. Mayan Murder continues the story started in River Traffic.

The Daughters of Juarez
The Daughters of Juarez

Author: Teresa Rodriguez

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-03-27

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1416538895

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Despite the fact that Juarez is a Mexican border city just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, most Americans are unaware that for more than twelve years this city has been the center of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women and girls, consisting of kidnappings, rape, mutilation, and murder, with most of the victims conforming to a specific profile: young, slender, and poor, fueling the premise that the murders are not random. Indeed, there has been much speculation that the killer or killers are American citizens. While some leading members of the American media have reported on the situation, prompting the U.S. government to send in top criminal profilers from the FBI, little real information about this international atrocity has emerged. According to Amnesty International, as of 2006 more than 400 bodies have been recovered, with hundreds still missing. As for who is behind the murders themselves, the answer remains unknown, although many have argued that the killings have become a sort of blood sport, due to the lawlessness of the city itself. Among the theories being considered are illegal trafficking in human organs, ritualistic satanic sacrifices, copycat killers, and a conspiracy between members of the powerful Juárez drug cartel and some corrupt Mexican officials who have turned a blind eye to the felonies, all the while lining their pockets with money drenched in blood. Despite numerous arrests over the last ten years, the murders continue to occur, with the killers growing bolder, dumping bodies in the city itself rather than on the outskirts of town, as was initially the case, indicating a possible growing and most alarming alliance of silence and cover-up by Mexican politicians. The Daughters of Juárez promises to be the first eye-opening, authoritative nonfiction work of its kind to examine the brutal killings and draw attention to these atrocities on the border. The end result will shock readers and become required reading on the subject for years to come.

The Cinco de Mayo Murder
The Cinco de Mayo Murder

Author: Lee Harris

Publisher: Fawcett

Published: 2009-02-19

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0307517624

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MAYDAY! When Christine Bennett is invited on a sightseeing trip to Arizona, she jumps at the chance for a little adventure. But the excursion reminds her of a former high school classmate, Heinz Gruner, who died twenty years earlier on Cinco de Mayo while hiking Picacho Peak near Tucson. Chris decides to contact Heinz’s mother, who has been wondering all these years how her beloved son, an experienced hiker, plunged to his death. Her one wish is to find out the truth–whether it was an accident, as the police report claimed, or murder. So Chris begins sleuthing–tracking down anyone and everyone connected to her old classmate. Determined to unravel a mystery, if there is indeed one to unravel, Chris will stop at nothing to uncover the dire secrets that exist about that fateful day in May.

Murder at the X-Mas Eve Tamale Party
Murder at the X-Mas Eve Tamale Party

Author: Anna Santoscoy

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2014-12-02

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781505344912

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Meet Mercedes de la Cruz Former crime reporter, now owner of the newest tamale shop, the Hot Tamale Mama. Nothing heats up a fiesta like platters of tamales and pitchers of margaritas. And Mercedes has provided plenty of both at her annual Christmas Eve Tamale Party. Friends and family fill the house shouting to be heard over the trumpets and violins of the Mariachis. But everyone will remember this Christmas Eve party — and not because of the tamales. Someone's been murdered. Strangled with a string of chile lights in Mercedes front yard. Mercedes's brother Rudy, who argued with the victim, lies to police, and then disappears. Now, against the advice of her boyfriend, Cisco Valdez, Mercedes is determined to use her years of experience as a crime reporter to solve this murder and prove her brother innocent. With the help of some wannabe gang members, Mercedes follows a trail of secrets, lies, and betrayals. And discovers some members of this tight knit community are not what they seem—including her own brother.

Desert Blood
Desert Blood

Author: Alicia Gaspar de Alba

Publisher: Arte Publico Press

Published: 2005-03-31

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781611921168

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It's the summer of 1998 and for five years over a hundred mangled and desecrated bodies have been found dumped in the Chihuahua desert outside of Juárez, México, just across the river from El Paso, Texas. The perpetrators of the ever-rising number of violent deaths target poor young women, terrifying inhabitants on both sides of the border. El Paso native Ivon Villa has returned to her hometown to adopt the baby of Cecilia, a pregnant maquiladora worker in Juárez. When Cecilia turns up strangled and disemboweled in the desert, Ivon is thrown into the churning chaos of abuse and murder. Even as the rapes and killings of "girls from the south" continue, their tragic stories written in desert blood, a conspiracy covers up the crimes that implicate everyone from the Maquiladora Association to the Border Patrol. When Ivon's younger sister gets kidnapped in Juárez, Ivon knows that it's up to her to find her sister, whatever it takes. Despite the sharp warnings she gets from family, friends, and nervous officials, Ivon's investigation moves her deeper and deeper into the labyrinth of silence. From acclaimed poet and prose-writer Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Desert Blood is a gripping thriller that ponders the effects of patriarchy, gender identity, border culture, transnationalism, and globalization on an international crisis.

Murder, She Wrote: Margaritas & Murder
Murder, She Wrote: Margaritas & Murder

Author: Jessica Fletcher

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-09-05

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0451219317

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San Miguel de Allende is a picturesque town in central Mexico’s highlands that attracts artists, retirees, and those in need of some rest and relaxation. So when publisher Vaughan Buckley and his wife, Olga, invite Jessica to join them for a little R & R, she jumps at the opportunity to spend time basking in the sun and enjoying Mexican culture with her friends. But there are those who don’t share Jessica’s appreciation for the arts. Ruthless kidnappers abduct Vaughan and demand a considerable ransom for his safe return—or else Olga will be made a widow. Jessica can’t imagine why local criminals would be interested in Vaughan. To solve the mystery, she turns her attention to his friends in San Miguel—friends who don’t appreciate Jessica poking her nose into their business....

The Mamacita Murders
The Mamacita Murders

Author: Debra Mares

Publisher:

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9780985089344

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When Laura, a seventeen year old key witness, goes missing during trial, Assistant Prosecutor Gaby Ruiz is called to action. Ruiz investigates the sexual assault on Laura, who is left for dead in a motel in a drug- and gang-riddden community. Gaby is a Latina sex crimes prosecutor and runs the Mamacita Club, a community outreach effort. Gaby travels with her three girlfriends around the country to reach at-risk women. But is it not until Laura goes missing, that Gaby is able to start seeking justice for herself and fix her own guilt-ridden past for not protecting her mom from an abusive relationship.