{"product_id":"velvet-was-the-night","title":"Velvet was the Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eMexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary who spends her life seeking the romance found in cheap comic books and ignoring the activists protesting around the city. When her next-door neighbor, the beautiful art student Leonora, disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman-and journeying deeper into Leonora's secret life of student radicals and dissidents. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An amazing writer' S.A. Cosby, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlacktop Wasteland \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Razorblade Tears\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMexico in the 1970s is a politically fraught land, even for Elvis, a goon with a passion for rock 'n' roll who knows more about kidney-smashing than intrigue. When Elvis is assigned to find Leonora, he begins a blood-soaked search for the woman-and his soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A page-turning read full of colour and action' \u003ci\u003eTHE INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwirling in parallel trajectories, Maite and Elvis attempt to discover the truth behind Leonora's disappearance, encountering hitmen, government agents, and Russian spies. Because Mexico in the 1970s is a noir, where life is cheap and the price of truth is high.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVelvet Was the Night\u003c\/i\u003e: an edgy, simmering historical novel for lovers of smoky noirs and anti-heroes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41813574582450,"sku":"9781529417982","price":240.01,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/366903_62463430a5f0b6.33362929_9781529417982.jpg?v=1648768775","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/velvet-was-the-night","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}