{"product_id":"9781846688546","title":"Tequila Sunset","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Golden Dagger Award 2013.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTequila Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e :\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haunting . . . recalls the best of James M. Cain.\"— \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating, tense, and engaging read that draws you into the lives of the characters with consummate ease until you reluctantly turn that final page.\"— \u003ci\u003eCrimesquad\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Women of Juárez\u003c\/i\u003e :\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful, compassionate, gruelling novel, as ferocious to read as it is soul-wrenching. . . . This book will haunt you for a long, long time.\"—Ken Bruen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[The] book roars into gear as a bluntly forceful hard-boiled thriller that also manages to address, movingly and respectfully, it's troubling subject matter.\"— \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEl Paso, Texas. Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo cities. Different sides of the border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey share streets. They share families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut most of all they share crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd one gang rules over it all: Los Aztecas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTequila Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e , three people are confronted by Los Aztecas's ruthless power: a reluctant gang member, an El Paso police officer, and a Mexican federal agent. As their paths cross with the gang and each other, they all become involved in a complex struggle between law and crime, violence and order, and ultimately, life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSam Hawken\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Texas and now lives in Maryland. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Women of Juárez\u003c\/i\u003e , also set on the US-Mexico border, was shortlisted for the 2011 Crime Writers' Association New Blood Dagger, a prize for the best debut crime novel of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpent's Tail Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043347185904,"sku":"9781846688546","price":12.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781846688546_p0.jpg?v=1763747174","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781846688546","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}