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The Water of Life Remains in the Dead

Alejandra’s pursuit of justice forces her to confront the merciless eviction of Angelenos from their homes to make way for Dodger Stadium.

Book Author

Maria Nieto

Publisher

Floricanto / Berkeley Presses

Language

English

ISBN

978-1519146182

Pages

202

Format

Paperback

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Set in 1971, this book picks up where the award-winning novel, Pig Behind The Bear, ends. In this stand-alone sequel the reader will be treated to a fast paced drama told with grit and undercoated with humor. The story is centered on the canny, spirited and charming Los Angeles Times reporter, Alejandra Marisol. Alejandra displays relentless tenacity as she delves into the bowels of corrupt city politics, shady real-estate transactions, and an overbearing Archdiocese to fish out the truth surrounding unspeakable crimes using the art of deduction and forensic science. Alejandra’s pursuit of justice forces her to confront the merciless eviction of Angelenos from their homes to make way for Dodger Stadium as told through a cast of rich characters. While the story clearly demonstrates that the present is inextricably tied to the past, it does not let us forget that ordinary people have the ability to override the power of history to shape destiny.

About the Author:
Maria Nieto

Maria is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University, East Bay where she has been involved in underrepresented minority recruitment, teaching, and research for over 27 years. Maria’s recent interests have centered on the subject of sex and gender where she has written popular press articles and an amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States in support of marriage equality. Maria’s writings extend beyond science. Her first work of fiction, a murder-mystery/crime-drama entitled Pig Behind The Bear, has won four awards to date. Maria’s second novel, The Water of Life Remains in the Dead, was ranked #5 on the Latino Author’s top ten list for 2015, named a 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner, and is a finalist in three categories for International Latino Book Awards (winners announced in September). Both novels feature a feisty Chicana who uses her Revlon lipstick like a talisman as she works to investigate crimes against the most vulnerable among us - immigrants and children. Maria’s writing uses history, science, and dark humor to force us to see the unseen; the victims we never knew, those killed and abused under the cover of nightfall.




Reviews/Quotes

This is not your daddy's LA Noir. Nieto is a new refreshing voice in this predominantly Anglo male genre. Herbert Siguenza - Co-founder of Culture Clash, Playwright and Actor Maria Nieto, has managed to take the reader into an underground movement that is ugly, and at the same time provides remarkable insight into how the forensic experts work at their craft to capture the guilty. Her talent is right up there with some great suspense writers – no doubt about it! Corina Martinez Chaudhry - CEO, The Latino Author || REVIEWS: Review by Abel Salas of Brooklyn and Boyle (http://www.brooklynboyle.com/2016/03/book-review-maria-nietos-water-of-life.html) Water of Life mysteriously flows like the ancient LA River which still runs under Olvera Street, the original pueblo of Los Angeles. Water is life and has no borders, penetrating our bones and teeth to give us clues on where we were born and where we ended our path. But as Maria Nieto writes, "But life is never a clearly defined path. Five dead bodies in the back of a pick up truck, a cardinal with interests beyond the church, a real estate developer with ties to the Archdiocese, a possible metaphor with no known meaning, all proof that nothing was clear." This is not your daddy's LA Noir. Nieto is a new refreshing voice in this predominantly Anglo male genre. Her heroine is a feisty Chicana LA Times reporter that loves her Revlon lipstick, finds solace in her blue VW bug named Azulita, and is not afraid to confront the big boys that run the City of Angels like their own private palm laden country club. Nieto uses history, culture, science, and sharp female intuition with dark humor to tell her story that will keep you guessing and smiling. Herbert Siguenza, playwright, actor and co-founder of Culture Clash. Alejandra Marisol has it all, or does she? She works as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and has been assigned to cover the story of five murdered bodies found in a truck. The homicide investigator is sure the responsible person(s) is Detective Ashworth and his Los Angeles Police Department accomplices involved in two previous murders, but Alejandra isn’t so sure. The twists and turns of solving this murder are unrelenting and take Ms. Marisol on a ride of her life. The author, Maria Nieto, has managed to take the reader into an underground movement that is ugly, and at the same time provides remarkable insight into how the forensic experts work at their craft to capture the guilty. Her talent is right up there with some great suspense writers – no doubt about it! Corina Martinez Chaudhry – CEO, The Latino Author (www.thelatinoauthor.com) Maria Nieto has created a proto-Chicana crime reporter/solver who just gets more and more appealing. It's fun and clever the way she works barrio denizens into her exploits in the seamy Los Angeles of the 1970s. I hope there are lots more stories to come—I couldn’t put this one down till the awesome finish. Armando Rendón, Editor/founder of The Latino Literary Online Magazine, Somos en escrito, and author of Chicano Manifesto and The Adventures of Noldo and His Magical Scooter.

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Book Author

Maria Nieto

Publisher

Floricanto / Berkeley Presses

Language

English

ISBN

978-1519146182

Pages

202

Format

Paperback

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