Velvet Was the Night

Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who
spends her life seeking the romance found in cheap comic books and ignoring
the activists protesting around the city. When her next-door neighbor, the
beautiful art student Leonora, disappears under suspicious circumstances,
Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman-and journeying deeper into
Leonora's secret life of student radicals and dissidents.

'An amazing writer' S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of Blacktop Wasteland and
Razorblade Tears

Mexico in the 1970s is a politically fraught land, even for Elvis, a goon with
a passion for rock 'n' roll who knows more about kidney-smashing than
intrigue. When Elvis is assigned to find Leonora, he begins a blood-soaked
search for the woman-and his soul.

'A page-turning read full of colour and action' THE INDEPENDENT

Swirling in parallel trajectories, Maite and Elvis attempt to discover the
truth behind Leonora's disappearance, encountering hitmen, government agents,
and Russian spies. Because Mexico in the 1970s is a noir, where life is cheap
and the price of truth is high.

Velvet Was the Night: an edgy, simmering historical novel for lovers of smoky
noirs and anti-heroes.