TEQUILA SUNSET: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 14934112B53080

English Summary/英文概要： El Paso and Ciudad Juárez sit across the Texas/Mexico border from each other. They share streets, share industry, share crime. One gang claims territory in both: Barrio Azteca, or as the Mexicans call them, Los Aztecas. This single criminal organization is responsible for 80% of the homicides committed in Juárez. 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 could mean his life. Witness to murder and intimidation, he tries one desperate gamble to get out.

On the American side, El Paso detective Cristina Salas struggles to balance the needs of single motherhood, and the parenting of a disabled child, with those of life in the city’s 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. Like any other Mexican cop, he’s a target, all the more so because of his position. As the operation against Los Aztecas gains traction, Matías relies on Flip and Cristina to do their parts even as his marriage falls apart and his life becomes forfeit. The Aztecas, north and south, the gang whose members call themselves Indians, 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 as high as they can be.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 埃爾帕索和圣特萊莎城坐落在德克薩斯州和墨西哥城的邊界兩邊，共享相同街道、同一工業受到相同犯罪案件的騷擾，還受到同一個匪幫的肆虐：Barrio Azteca，墨西哥人叫稱為Los Aztecas。這個組織造成了Juárez 80%的殺人案。他的老大Azteca不但殺人放火、做毒品買賣，還走私軍火。他做的唯一一件好事就是在監獄里照顧了一個小夥子Felipe Morales。出獄之後，雖然繼父給他準備了一份農產品倉庫的工作，Azteca也給他準備了工作。Felipe別無選擇，只能繼續深入這個黑暗的世界，因為他握有一個與他的生命息息相關的秘密。在他的心理，他恐懼，又無奈，畢竟目睹了那麼多謀殺和血腥案件，他多麼希望能逃離這個世界，只想開一間普通的木工店。

警局這邊，負責埃爾帕諾案件的偵探克莉絲蒂娜現在焦慮的是在這個被匪徒控制的城市，大量單身媽媽獨自照顧孩子，又有許多殘疾兒童沒有父母的愛護。當她認識了Flip, Flip的生命軌跡就此改變，關鍵在於他會在鐵窗后度過餘生還是敢於冒險，在自由和死亡間做出選擇…… 同時，墨西哥聯邦特工Matías Segura，正在興頭上，他與美國政府合作，打擊Los Aztecas的行動大獲成功。雖然每個人都嚮往他的職位，但他的生活卻是一團糟，婚姻失敗，生活中除了辦案只剩下空虛。因此，打擊任務遇到挫折時，他只能依靠Flip 和Cristina完成後續的事情。橫行霸道的Aztecas阻礙著這三個人的生命發展，他們冷血、殺人不眨眼，但當賭注越來越高時，他們又會有什麽選擇？（Celia）

Awards/获奖情况：入圍金匕首獎-Longlisted for the Gold Dagger

“Sam Hawken在這個第二本小說開頭就塑造了一種陰鬱的氣氛，預示著美國和墨西哥交界處即將發生的驚險案件。他筆下勇敢的人物不管是警察。匪幫成員還是囚犯都將案件描畫地如此真實。故事的場景在後街、過去恐怖的謀殺之間回轉，直到那個勁爆的結尾。” ——《書單》

“如果你不只想要一個精彩驚險的結尾，希望整個閱讀過程都能享受，《Tequila Sunset》就是你該閱讀的書。這本書能滿足你所有的要求，而且必將成為經典。它值得你用睡覺的時間好好讀讀。”——《Shots, Crime & Thriller e-zine》

“Hawken用平淡、直接的語言營造了豐富的背景。故事好讀易懂，雖然故事中關於墨西哥和美國邊界的城市騷亂四起，但讀者依然能感受故事的驚險。”——《Crime Fiction Lover》

Despite the uninspired title, Hawken delivers on the promise of his debut, The Dead Women of Juárez, 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 José 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 Matías Segura directs a task force against Los Aztecas in Ciudad Juárez, 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.Agent: Svetlana Pironko, Author Rights Agency. (June)

About the Author/作者介绍： Sam Hawken畢業于馬裡蘭大學，研究歷史和寫作兩個專業。他的研究領域包括比較理論、猶太耳環中東歷史、美國建國史。Sam的文章風格多變，出現在各種雜種中，他的西南部黑色小說、歷史小說還有驚悚小說刊登在《Revelation》、《Dead Letters》、《War Journal》、《Back Roads》、《Hardluck Stories》和《anthologies Way Out West and Revelation, Vols. I and III.》。他現在是美國西部作家協會的會員。第一本驚悚小說《THE DEAD WOMEN OF JUAREZ》獲得CWA2011年新作家匕首獎（‘New Blood Dagger’Finalist）

Sean Moncrieff was born in London to an Irish mother and a Scottish father. When he was twelve, his family moved to Ballinasloe, County Galway. He has worked a journalist in Dublin and London and later became involved in broadcasting, presenting a string of hit television shows on Irish television. In the UK he has worked for the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5, both as a scriptwriter and presenter.

His first novel, Dublin, a needle-sharp, funny and scathing thriller, was published in May 2001 by Doubleday and reached the bestseller lists in Ireland. A non-fiction book, Stark Raving Rulers: twenty minor despots of the twenty-first century, was published in October 2004, followed by God, A Users’ Guide in 2006. A second novel, The History of Things, was published in 2007.

Sean writes a weekly column for The Examiner and hosts Moncrieff, a multi-award winning radio show every afternoon on Newstalk in Ireland.

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