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Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of several novels, including Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. She has also edited a number of anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a. Cthulhu's Daughters). Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination. ...more

The Intrigue: cover and review copies

My next novel, THE INTRIGUE, will be out July 2026 and it has a cover. Jacket design: Drusilla Adeline / Sister Hyde⁣.

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Description: A sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which seduction is the ultimate con.

Review copies can be requested via Netgalley. Add it to your Goodreads to-read shelf.

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Published on November 20, 2025 10:03
Average rating: 3.7 · 754,170 ratings · 114,126 reviews · 157 distinct worksSimilar authors
Mexican Gothic

3.66 avg rating — 439,363 ratings — published 2020 — 91 editions
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Gods of Jade and Shadow

3.88 avg rating — 77,112 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

3.57 avg rating — 39,353 ratings — published 2022 — 36 editions
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The Bewitching

3.83 avg rating — 33,636 ratings — published 2025 — 17 editions
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Silver Nitrate

3.58 avg rating — 30,004 ratings — published 2023 — 20 editions
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Velvet Was the Night

3.51 avg rating — 30,560 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions
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The Beautiful Ones

3.84 avg rating — 24,515 ratings — published 2017 — 23 editions
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Certain Dark Things

3.72 avg rating — 19,820 ratings — published 2016 — 24 editions
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The Lover

3.79 avg rating — 15,628 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions
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The Seventh Veil of Salome

3.75 avg rating — 12,247 ratings — published 2024 — 15 editions
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The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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UPDATE NOV 2025: Can be requested via Netgalley by reviewers Go here.

What genre is this?
Noir/historical/drama. This is *not* horror. There are no fantastical elements. Please do not tag it as horror/gothic or anything similar.

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The Shadow of the Mammoth by Fabio Morábito
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I picked up a copy of Fabio Morábito's collection The Shadow of the Mammoth, translated from the Spanish by Curtis Bauer. Morábito, who was born in Egypt to Italian parents but relocated to Mexico as a teenager, is a precise writer who tends towards ...more
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UPDATE Is there a playlist?
Yes. One of the timelines is set in 1998 and thus it's mostly composed of alternative music from this decade. Enjoy:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4IS...

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Horror/suspense

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A graduate
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“Words are seeds, Casiopea. With words you embroider narratives, and the narratives breed myths, and there's power in the myth. Yes, the things you name have power.”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

“Books, moonlight, melodrama.”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

“A woman who is not liked is a bitch, and a bitch can hardly do anything: all avenues are closed to her.”
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexican Gothic

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