Andrea selected "Untamed Shore" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for our July book.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A coming-of-age story set in Mexico quickly turns dark when a young woman meets three enigmatic tourists.
Baja
California, 1979. Viridiana spends her days watching the dead sharks
piled beside the seashore, as the fishermen pull their nets. There is
nothing else to do, nothing else to watch, under the harsh sun. She’s
bored. Terribly bored. Yet her head is filled with dreams of Hollywood
films, of romance, of a future beyond the drab town where her only
option is to marry and have children.
Three wealthy American
tourists arrive for the summer, and Viridiana is magnetized. She
immediately becomes entwined in the glamorous foreigners’ lives. They
offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from the promise of a humdrum
future.
When one of them dies, Viridiana lies to protect her
friends. Soon enough, someone’s asking questions, and Viridiana has some
of her own about the identity of her new acquaintances. Sharks may be
dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour a naïve
young woman who is quickly being tangled in a web of deceit.
Silvia
Moreno-Garcia is one of the most exciting voices in fiction, and with
her first crime novel, UNTAMED SHORE, she crafts a blazing novel of
suspense with an eerie seaside setting and a literary edge that proves
her a master of the genre.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of Silver Nitrate, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Mexican Gothic, and many other books. She has won the Locus, British Fantasy and World Fantasy awards.
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