The Last Hanging of ?ngel Martinez -- Kate Niles, Paperback

In Taos County, New Mexico, probation officer Nina Montgomery thinks she knows all about ?ngel Martinez, a "frequent flyer" in the judicial system for increasingly sadistic treatment of his ex-partner, Liza Monaghan. When Liza is found dead on her kitchen floor, everyone suspects ?ngel--Nina most of all.

When ?ngel's aunt Loretta, Nina's neighbor and friend, asks her to look into Liza's murder, Nina reaches out to friend and sheriff's deputy Larry Baca and becomes embroiled in the case. As Nina delves into ?ngel's and Liza's lives, she is surprised to learn that ?ngel is a santero artist on the rise. A talented but struggling ceramic artist herself, Nina finds her worlds colliding when a Hollywood celebrity wants her art just as the entanglements of ?ngel's family history begin to suggest the source of Liza's death. Amid the cultural and natural beauty of the Northern Rio Grande Valley, Nina finds herself steeped in the drama of a family gone terribly and violently wrong.

Author: Kate Niles
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 10/15/2024
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780826367044