Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of Velvet Was The Night. This novel is set in the 1970's in Mexico which can be a dangerous country. The main character is Maite, a woman nearing 30 who works as a secretary. Maite's mother expresses her disappointment in her with almost every sentence she speaks. Maite is compared to her younger sister who is married and has kids and seems to do everything right in her mother's eyes. Maite spends her free time reading romance novels. She has had a few boyfriends who dumped her. Maite has a neighbor, Leonora, who is younger and very beautiful. Leonora appears to have an abundance of money because she wears expensive clothes and jewelry. One day Leonora asks Maite to feed her cat while she is gone for the weekend. Maite doesn't want to do it so she asks for an exorbitant amount of cash which she gets. When Leonora fails to return on time, Maite goes looking for her. She contacts her sister and some of her acquaintances who appear to be students protesting the government. Dangerous people are watching the protestors. One of the most dangerous is Elvis and Elvis is watching Maite. Elvis and Maite enjoy the same music and books. Elvis thinks Maite is beautiful. In this story are hitmen, government agents and Russian spies. Will Elvis find his soul in his search for Leonora? The book was a tad violent but not in a gratuitous way. Like Maite, I don't like cats either. I did enjoy this story.
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