SAM HAWKEN is a writer of contemporary crime novels and other fiction, who makes his home near Washington, DC with his wife and son. Current events in Mexico are his preoccupation, and Tequila Sunset is his second novel set in the Ciudad Juárez/ El Paso area.

Praise for The Dead Women of Juárez

“Tense and gripping” Sunday Times

“Unusual and convincing” The Times

“Evokes the dust, decay and death” Metro

“Heartfelt” Guardian

“Haunting” Irish Times

“Powerful and shocking” Dreda Say Mitchell