02976cam a2200517 i 4500 1502009113 TxAuBib 20240813120000.0 231124s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023950965 9780316427012 hardcover 0316427012 hardcover TxAuBib rda Iglesias, Gabino, author. House of bone and rain [Print] : a Barrio Noir / Gabino Iglesias. Hardback. New York : Mulholland Books, 2024. 352 pages ; 1.13" H x 9.5" L x 6.32" W (1.25 lbs.) txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Horror (2024.) Puerto Rico. In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME, a group of five teenage boys, living in Puerto Rico, seek vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered; a doomed tale of devotion and the afterlife of violence. For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas was Gabe’s grandmother’s refrain. We are surrounded by ghosts. But this time is different. Bimbo's mom has been shot dead. We’re gonna kill the guys who killed her Bimbo swears. And they all agree. Feral with grief, Bimbo has become unrecognizable, taking no prisoners in his search for names. Soon, they learn Maria was gunned down by guys working for the drug kingpin of Puerto Rico. No one has ever gone up against him and survived. As the boys strategize, a storm gathers far from the coast. Hurricanes are known to carry evil spirits in their currents and bring them ashore, spirits which impose their own order. Blurring the boundaries between myth, mysticism, and the grim realities of our world, House of Bone and Rain is a harrowing coming of age story; a doomed tale of devotion, the afterlife of violence, and what rolls in on the tide. 20240813. Cartels Fiction. Drug dealers Fiction. Death Fiction. Spirits Fiction. Assassins Fiction. Mothers Fiction. Revenge Fiction. Hurricane Maria, 2017 Fiction. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General. FICTION / Horror. FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural. FICTION / Coming of Age. FICTION / Crime. bisacsh San Juan (P.R.) Fiction. Puerto Rico Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Horror fiction. Paranormal fiction. Noir fiction. TXTLL