In "Dead of Night," Charlie Morell, the fierce and impassioned Cuban-American lawyer -- and sometimes private investigator, finds himself once again facing a landscape of unrelenting evil cloaked in the mesmerizing rituals of the Afro-Cuban religions santería and palo mayombé, which summon ancient spiritual powers to the service of its modern-day practitioners. ...

     This latest novel by Alex Abella is available now. For a detailed description, please see the page on Dead of Night.

     "The Great American" is the story of one man's search for love, justice and redemption in the maelstrom of revolutionary Cuba. William Morgan, a dyed-in-the-wool marine from Ohio, is first introduced as a typical yanqui out to have a good time in the fleshpots of pre-Castro Havana. By story's end, he has become a noble, tragic figure, Zhivago-like in his pursuit of goodness and in his surrender to the enthrallment of a great passion. ...

     In this first Cuban-American thriller, the genre is reinvigorated with a stunning, brutually authentic tale of commerce and witchcraft, crime and the law in Hispanic Los Angeles. A story of mysterious sin, love and redemption, "The Killing of the Saints" explores the hidden life of that great western metropolis and its strange, seductive alliances. ...