The Divine Boys by acclaimed Colombian author Laura Restrepo is a prize-winning novel inspired by a true crime that shattered a community and exposed the dark recesses of toxic masculinity and privilege. Claustrophobic and harrowing, this fictionalized account of a true crime that rocked 2016 Bogota is a searing look both at the stratification of…
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Snatched by Bruce Porter—author of the NYT bestseller Blow—is the true story of a woman caught between two worlds, as she goes from a drug queen to an informer to a hostage (Available April 19, 2016). Raised an aristocrat in Colombia and educated in European schools, Pilar transfixes everyone with her charm and her guile.…
Broadly speaking, there are two types of mystery stories: whodunnits and whydunnits. We read a mystery story to find out who committed the crime (with the why, the motive, often serving to help the investigator find the culprit), or we read knowing from early on who the guilty party is as the story lays out…
