Chicano Detective Fiction
Sotelo, Susan Baker![Chicano Detective Fiction](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/156/1560262/CHSBZCOP031560262.jpg)
In his 1985 novel Partners in Crime, writer Rolando Hinojosa introduced homicide investigator Rafe Buenrostro, the first Chicano protagonist in one of the most enduring genres of modern literature. Since that time, Chicano writers have embraced the detective novel, successfully diversifying and refining a traditional Anglo American and British genre. The 21 whodunits of Hinojosa, Rudolfo Anaya, Lucha Corpi, Michael Nava and Manuel Ramos are cl...