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The Devil Takes You Home

Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

Mario never expected to become a hitman, but medical debt and a crumbling marriage push him there anyway — and he discovers a disturbing talent for violence. When tragedy destroys what's left of his old life, he agrees to a near-suicidal final job: hijacking a cartel cash shipment with an old friend and a cartel insider named Juanca, crossing the Texas border and back for either $200,000 or a bullet.

Gabino Iglesias blends grounded crime fiction with supernatural horror as the three men's hidden motivations surface alongside encounters that defy explanation, in a genre-bending odyssey through violence both human and otherworldly.

How it reads

Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Violence

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