Velvet Was the Night, Mexico, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, February 14, 2023

Author page from Stop, You’re Killing Me!

Silvia Moreno-Garcia author website

Silvia Moreno-Garcia page on Wikipedia 

A music playlist for the book on Spotify

Silvia Moreno-Garcia Has Crafts Covered from the New York Times

Saying Goodbye to Magic Realism, an article by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for the New York Times

Silvia Moreno-Garcia Explains the 1970s Noir on YouTube (3:04)

Silvia Moreno-Garcia takes us behind the scenes from ForbiddenPlanetTV on YouTube (16:22)

Reviews and Commentary

“…immensely satisfying, refreshingly new and gloriously written”, from the New York Times

This Noir Adventure Shows Silvia Moreno-Garcia Can Do It All, With Style To Spare, from NPR

“…a noir-thriller as captivating as its title”, from the Washington Post

Mysteries and Mayhem in … “Velvet Was the Night”, from the Chicago Review of Books

Velvet Was the Night is a thrillingly fresh take on a hard-boiled classic, from Slate

“A noir masterpiece“, from Kirkus Reviews

A gathering of RAVE reviews from BookMarks