Milena, or the Most Beautiful Femur in the World

Winner of the Premio Planeta—the Spanish-speaking world's richest literary prize "The spirit of Stieg Larsson visits Mexico City" (Kirkus): Milena, or The Most Beautiful Femur in the World is a pulse-pounding international political thriller about sex, power, and information—and the extreme lengths people go to get them. When Milena's lover, the chief of Mexico's biggest newspaper, dies in her arms, she knows it's only a matter of time before the ruthless thugs behind the human-trafficking ring that kidnapped her from her Croatian village catch her and force her back into sex slavery. Soon, three comrades bound together by childhood friendships, romantic entanglements, and passion for justice are after her as well—but for different reasons. The new chief of the paper, Tomás Arizmendi, must retrieve Milena's mysterious black book before his media empire collapses, while the...