{"product_id":"the-enemy-sleeps-paperback","title":"The Enemy Sleeps - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid A. Romero\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArt Carrillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eMarisol Cortez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho killed Eliza Vazquez? As a Mexican-American family moves from Boyle Heights, Los Angeles into the sleepy suburban town of Harper, they are met with suspicion. Who is the so-called \"Harper Murderer?\" Is it Michael Martinez, a construction supervisor with a quick temper and an anti-immigrant bias, Robert Parsons, a known racist with a number of secrets kept from his family and community, or Kenton Weaver, a disgraced former teacher who is haunted by the ghost of one of his former students? Grievances both new and old emerge as members of the Martinez family, the Parsons family, and Weaver become tangled in a disastrous chain of events before a shocking conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Weaving complex characters, supernatural elements, murder, racism, and suburban melodrama, \u003cem\u003eThe Enemy Sleeps\u003c\/em\u003e is a rousing, ghastly debut novel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Pedro Iniguez, Bram Stoker Award winner and author of \u003cem\u003eFever Dreams of a Parasite\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Who knew the East San Gabriel Valley needed a noir story to excavate its darkness, humanity and complexity? In his debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Enemy Sleeps\u003c\/em\u003e, David A. Romero explores how the ones closest to us may be the people we need to fear the most.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Naomi Hirahara, the Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eClark and Division\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEvergreen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Enemy Sleeps\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing blast of genuine, straight-shooting prose from a writer whose fearless pen stakes its claim in L.A.'s underground and scrawls truth across the face of this country's tired suburban pop melodramas. From the same tierra that produced hard-hitting storytellers like John Rechy, Luis J. Rodriguez, Fante, and Bukowski.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Tim Z. Hernandez, author of \u003cem\u003eThey Call You Back: A Lost History, A Search, A Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53008397730099,"sku":"9798295447471","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/45LFPJfD_69798295447471.webp?v=1769673606","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-enemy-sleeps-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}