{"product_id":"9781529417982","title":"Velvet was the Night : President Obama's Summer Reading List 2022 pick","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Moreno-Garcia, Silvia \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/05\/2022,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529417982,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMexico 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 TearsMexico 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A page-turning read full of colour and action' THE INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwirling 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVelvet Was the Night: an edgy, simmering historical novel for lovers of smoky noirs and anti-heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43491683008556,"sku":"9781529417982","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529417982.jpg?v=1718103330","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529417982","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}