The Intrigue
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The Intrigue
Narrated by:
Andre Bellido
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Narrated by:
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Andre Bellido
He thinks he's found it when he captivates his newest correspondent, Perla, the owner of a small-town boardinghouse in picturesque Veracruz. But when he meets her, he finds something he didn't expect. The woman has a niece, Inés, who is as observant as she is desperate to escape her aunt's household.
When Inés discovers Ulises' true intentions, she wants in on the scheme. They'll convince her aunt that Ulises is a great catch, Perla will marry him, and her money will vanish. Easy, fast and clean. But Perla is not the desperate, silly spinster Ulises imagines. She harbors secrets. And although Ulises does not believe in true romance, Inés is more alluring than he bargained on. Suddenly, a simple plan may become perilously complicated.
Venture into the streets of a small town where the patina of convention and good manners conceals a cauldron of avarice and lust.©2026 Silvia Moreno-Garcia (P)2026 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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Critic reviews
Lush and passionate with magnetic prose, The Intrigue takes up the mantle of true noir classics like Double Indemnity or Black Wings Has My Angel, and reinvigorates the genre with a new perspective. Silvia Moreno-Garcia writes with the soul of a sensualist and the eye of a practiced observer of human nature. The Intrigue will grab you by the throat and won't let go until its earth-shaking finale!
Silvia Moreno-Garcia has a great gift for making you cheer for things you shouldn't in her books, and The Intrigue is no exception. As the deception and the bodies mount, I rooted increasingly for this Bonnie & Clyde to get away clean with the loot. Do they? Read and find out; you won't be sorry!
A pulpy noir-telenovela mashup that would make James M. Cain jealous
From its expertly evoked settings to its flawlessly paced plot, everything about Moreno-Garcia's latest exudes noir at its very best
Moreno-Garcia keeps the power dynamics unstable in this deliciously dark thriller, with most of the characters concealing momentous secrets that inform their respective motivations. The resulting fireworks are difficult to look away from
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