Tequila Sunset
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Publisher Description
El Paso and Ciudad Juárez sit across the Texas / Mexico border from each other. They share streets, industry, crime. One gang claims territory in both: Los Aztecas. This single criminal organisation is responsible for most of the homicides committed in Juárez, and Felipe Morales is one of them.
Recruited in prison, and now on the streets of El Paso, 'Flip' has no choice but to step further into that world, but he has a secret that threatens his life. A witness to murder and intimidation, he tries playing both the cops and the outlaws in a bid to escape.
On the American side, El Paso detective Cristina Salas struggles to balance the needs of single motherhood with those of life in the city's anti-gang unit. When her path crosses with Flip, their relationship will spell the difference between a life behind bars for the young gang member, a grisly death or freedom.
Meanwhile, Mexican federal agent Matías Segura must contend with the scourge of Los Aztecas while coordinating a long-term operation with the American authorities.
The Aztecas, north and south, stand in the way of three lives. They have no qualms about crossing the line, about killing, about moving their deadly product, and it all comes together in a confrontation where the stakes are, truly, a matter of life and death.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Despite the uninspired title, Hawken delivers on the promise of his debut, The Dead Women of Ju rez, with his outstanding second character-driven crime novel set along the Texas-Mexico border. Having just finished a four-year prison stint for armed robbery, Felipe "Flip" Morales is back home in El Paso, Tex., trying to abide by the terms of his parole. A Latino gang called the Aztecas protected Flip in prison, and now he owes a debt to local gang chieftain Jos Martinez. Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies have targeted Martinez for a massive sting intended to cripple the violent gang. Police officer Cristina Salas (a single mom with a special-needs son) leads the efforts in El Paso, while Mexican federal agent Mat as Segura directs a task force against Los Aztecas in Ciudad Ju rez, where the cartels have terrorized the citizens. When Flip becomes a confidential informant against Martinez, the stakes quickly get high, and it becomes clear that he may not live to marry Graciela, the beautiful girl he's fallen for, or to see their baby born. Hawken doesn't hit a false note.
