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Recommended thriller books (5)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into thriller here are some thriller books from Mexico for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
"Originally published in Spanish in 2010 as Fiesta en la madriguera by Anagrama, S.A., Barcelona, Spain; English translation originally published in 2011 by And Other Stories, Great Britain"--Title page verso.

2.

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia EN

Rating: 4 (48 votes)
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian IN DEVELOPMENT AS A HULU ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES PRODUCED BY KELLY RIPA AND MARK CONSUELOS • WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, NPR, The Washington Post, Tordotcom, Marie Claire, Vox, Mashable, Men’s Health, Library Journal, Book Riot, LibraryReads An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose the... continue

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Paradais by Fernanda Melchor EN

Rating: 3 (3 votes)
Description:
Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor - an attractive married woman and mother - while Polo dreams about quitting his gruelling job as a gardener within the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village. Each facing the impossibility of getting what he thinks he deserves, Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme. Written in a chilling torrent of prose by one of our most thrilling new writers, ... continue

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The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas EN

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Description:
Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches... During the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father was executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife’s sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security that his estate in the countryside provides. She will have her own home again, no matter the cost. But Hacienda San Isidro is ... continue

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Un dulce olor a muerte by Guillermo Arriaga Jordán ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Tale of deception, passion, and violence fused together by the tragic killing of a young girl in a small Mexican village.