It's mayhem, murder and masks in the acclaimed genre-bending novel from the "First Lady of Hard Case Crime Christa Faust (Money Shot, Choke Hold). 
 Hoodtown, ghetto of masked wrestlers, inner-city sanctuary of hooded culture. Evolved from lucha libre, the family gimmick is sacred, and the mask is the sole expression of one s identity. 
 Now, Hood prostitutes are turning-up murdered and worse, unmasked, and the Skin establishment is as much help as a paid-off ref. Enter X, former luchadora with a bruised past, a bum knee and no time to play Santo. She s no hero, but there s nobody else to tag-in, as her hunt for a killer uncovers a conspiracy that could take down all of maskedkind. 
 Like Casablanca with wrestling masks, Hoodtown is vintage pulp noir with a lucha libre pop culture twist. 
 The print edition of Hoodtown&gt; includes exclusive interior illustrations by Sonambulo creator Rafael Navarro.

Hoodtown

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Christa, Faust

Mystery

From Parts Unknown Publications

Ciudad Rencor (aka ‘Grudge City’)—the cross-cultural border mecca of wrestling and lucha libre — sees its streets bathed in blood after a bizarre museum robbery and hysterical reports of living mummies on the loose. It’s now up to the unlikely team of the city’s most noble técnico El Victor and its most notorious rudo El Mil Calaveras to stop pounding on each other, put aside their families’ three-generation-old rivalry, and bring back the glory days of masked ‘lucha-heroes’ battling Mexican monsters on the march. Written by Matt Wallace (Envy of Angels, The Failed Cities, Slingers), the former pro-wrestler-turned-scribe of the hit supernatural comedy series Sin du Jour, from a story by From Parts Unknown ‘zine-maestro Keith J. Rainville, Rencor: Life in Grudge City is like 48 Hours or Starsky and Hutch fused with El Santo and the Aztec Mummy. No mere ring or steel cage can contain the blood-feuds, body slams, brass knuckles and bandages that spill onto the streets, turning Rencor City itself into one giant arena.

Rencor: Life in Grudge City

Literature & Fiction

Wallace, Matt

Rainville, Keith J

Action & Adventure

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