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|title=The Dead Women of Juarez
|sort= Dead Women of Juarez
|reviewer=Robin Leggett
|genre=Crime
|summary=It is claimed that since 1993, some 5000 young women have gone missing, presumed dead, in the Mexican town of Juárez. Hawken sets his novel in this world and opens a window into the violent, frightening situation and fictionalises potential perpetrators and victims. Shocking and powerful stuff.[[Category:]]
|rating=4
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=320
|publisher=Serpent's Tail
|date=January 2011
|isbn=978-1846687730
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Although the story related here is a work of fiction, the situation is based on fact. The Mexican border city of Juárez has a shocking problem with female homicides (usually young and invariably pretty). Official statistics put the number of murders at 400 since 1993 while, we are told, residents believe that the true number of disappeared women is closer to 5000. But attention to this problem is diverted by drug crime, although the two may not be entirely unrelated. Anything that raises public awareness of this terrible situation, such as Hawken's book, is to be encouraged.
For more great American crime fiction, you might enjoy [[Shoedog by George Pelecanos]] while for a more literary Mexican-American story, the award winning [[The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver]] is a very different experience but a great read.
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[[Category:General Fiction]]
