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Taut, acidly witty, menacingly erotic, and often absolutely terrifying: this is a literary thriller of propulsive force that introduces a powerful storyteller.. *An Edgar Finalist for Best First Novel*Semifinalist for the 2017 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award It begins when a meth-addicted grave robber unearths the death mask of Montezuma, setting off a violent struggle for its possession. There is the drug lord who employs him, who would kill for that mask. There is the expat American collector, sinister and possibly mad. There is the greatly respected curator, who for a fee will provide provenances for his countrys looted artifacts, and his long-suffering housekeeper, a deeply religious lesbian in a culture of machismo, who despises her patron. And there is the looter himself, who has stolen the mask and is now running for his life.. Above all, there is Anna Ramsey, an American with a history of bad choices, who has hidden behind a mask all her adult life. A deeply wounded woman, Anna knows that masks protect and conceal. Anna is a heroine for our times, as she searches for the courage to remove her mask and show her true face.



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Lili Wright

Lili Wright is author of DANCING WITH THE TIGER, a literary thriller set in Mexico, and the travel memoir, LEARNING TO FLOAT. Her essays and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Chicago Tribune, Down East, and many other publications.

Lili Wright worked as a reporter for 10 years before earning her MFA at Columbia University. During her many trips to Mexico, she has studied Spanish, lived with Mexican families, worked as a journalist, visited ghost towns, watched dancing tigers parade down the streets, and started her own mask collection.

A professor of English at DePauw University, she lives in Greencastle, Indiana, with her husband and two children in a yellow Victorian that always needs work. You can learn more about DANCING WITH THE TIGER, read her essays, and check out her mask collection at her website www.liliwright.com.



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