Speaking of Latino, Chicano detectives, anent Mosely's
historical setting, Rudolfo Anaya takes his character, Sonny
Baca, great grand nephew of the historical Elfego Baca, into
historical events in Anaya's _Shaman Winter_, a novel about
the past.
Manuel Ramos' _Blues for the Buffalo_ refers to a Los Angeles
Chicano lawyer and writer, Oscar Acosta, "the Brown Buffalo,"
a novel set in the present that uses the past (Acosta, left,
at http://hometown.aol.com/msedano/mvsfoto/roll2.htm).
Ramos' character, Luis Montez, is worth knowing if you can
get all the novels, and, more than Sonny Baca, more closely
meets the standards of this list.
Lucha Corpi's _Elegy for a Brown Angel_ starts off on an
historical date for Chicanismo, August 29, 1970. Following a
murderous police riot, the woman dick stumbles across a
horrible crime in a noir Chicana detective novel you might
enjoy.
I have enjoyed Chicana and Chicano detective work and look
forward to your views, once you've taken the opportunity.
Manuel Ramos' list. Not on Ramos' list is Guy Garcia's _Skin
Deep_, which is just a bit noir. Garcia uses history, Laguna
Park on August 29, as a place to write about, in a beautiful
scene that alone makes reading the book worthwhile. If you're
interested in Chicano culture or LA fiction, _Skin Deep_ will
involve you as it moves back and forth between East Coast and
West coast, West LA to East LA.
regards, mvs
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