The Vagabond Virgins

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Praise for The Vagabond Virgins..."This is a fast-moving adventure that effectivelycombines mainstream historical fiction with theconventions of the hard-boiled detective novel. Kuhlken hasanother winner." -BooklistWeeks before the 1979 Mexican elections, San Diego P.I.Alvaro Hickey follows the stories Baja California campesinosare spreading about visits from the Holy Virgin. ThoughAlvaro doubts her divinity, he's firmly on her side. Shewants them to vote the corrupt and tyrannical PartidoRevolucionario Institucional (PRI) out of power. WhenLourdes Shuler asks him to unite her with her sister Lupe, Alvaro doesn't think much of it until Lourdes claims Lupeis the campesinos' Virgin.Alvaro's not the kind to turn down an appeal for help, especially from such a beauty. Besides, the publishedsketch a savant girl drew of the Virgin looks just likeLourdes. He suspects that Lourdes might not have a sisterafter all. Then someone arrives to rid the land of thisvagabond Virgin....Ken Kuhlken's novels have been honored as finalist for theErnest Hemingway Award for best first novel, won the PrivateEye Writers of America/St. Martin's Press Best First Novelcompetition, and been chosen as finalist for the Shamus BestNovel Award. He lives and writes in La Mesa, California.www.kenkuhlken.net