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Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A Gothic horror novel set in the film scene of 1990s Mexico City.

A Gothic horror novel set in the film scene of 1990s Mexico City

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The book cover shows wide eyes on a red background.
(Del Rey)

Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend,Tristn, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she's been in love with him since childhood.

Then Tristn discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their liveseven if his tale of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed.

Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristn to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristn begins seeing the ghost of his ex-girlfriend.

As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristn may find that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies. (From Del Rey)

Silvia Moreno-Garciais a Canadian author, who was born and raisedin Mexico. She is also the author of the novelsSignal to Noise,Gods of Jade and Shadow,The Beautiful Ones,Velvet Was The Night,Untamed ShoreandThe Daughter of Doctor Moreau.

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