Manuel,
After my screw up of this morning, you may never trust
anything I say again but, one suggestion. Are you familiar
with Allana Martin, a Texas author who has written 3 books
featuring Texana Jones. There is the Death of a Healing
Woman, Death of a Santero, and the most recent in hardback
that I don't have the name of in front of me. They are about
Texana's life on the Texas Mexico border in far West Texas,
where the river doesn't even count as a divider. Her
characters, both Anglo and Mexican are very well conceived
and according to my experience, very honestly observed. In
fact, I do not know why I cannot find anyone else who knows
about her books. I wonder if she is being marketed as a
Western Writer as the cover of her books says she is the
winner of the Western Writer's of America's Medicine Pipe
Bearer Award. She calls them Texana Jones Mysteries.
Forgive me if I am slightly off-topic, because Allana is not
hard-boiled or noir. But there is nothing 'cozy' about her,
and her cat is a Bob Cat and it does not solve crimes, nor
does she cook. Hope this is helpful,
PatZ
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