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Father. Husband. Hitman. He lost it all – he’ll kill to get it back.

Perfect read for fans of Breaking Bad and Stephen King.
*GUARDIAN BEST CRIME AND THRILLER BOOKS OF 2022*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST NOVEL PRIZE AT THE 2023 EDGAR AWARDS*

“Some of the finest, most terrifying and heartbreaking writing you will read this year. The Devil Takes You Home is not to be missed.” S.A. Cosby, New York Times-bestselling author of Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland

“The Devil Takes You Home is an unforgettable neo-noir nightmare written with a poet’s heart.” Steve Cavanagh, bestselling author of the Eddie Flynn series

“Complete horror sung by an angel. I was transfixed. This is superb writing.” Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of Blood Orange

“Gives the genre a welcome shot in the arm.” Guardian

‘Sometimes God is your copilot, but it’s the Devil who takes you home.’

It was never just a job. Becoming a hitman was the only way Mario could cover his young daughter’s medical expenses. But before long his family is left in pieces, and he’s barely even put a dent in the stack of bills.

Then he’s presented with an offer: one last score that will either pull him out of poverty forever or put a bullet in the back of his skull. A man named Juanca needs help stealing $2 million dollars from a drug cartel.

Together, they begin a journey to an underworld where unspeakable horrors happen every day. He’s a man with nothing to lose, but the Devil is waiting for him.

Wrestling with demons of our world and beyond, this blistering thriller charts the unforgettable quest of a husband and father in search of his lost soul.

Publisher Review

Some of the finest, most terrifying and heartbreaking writing you will read this year. The Devil Takes You Home is not to be missed. * S.A. Cosby, New York Times-bestselling author of Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland * The Devil Takes You Home is an unforgettable neo-noir nightmare written with a poet's heart. * Steve Cavanagh, bestselling author of the Eddie Flynn series * Complete horror sung by an angel. I was transfixed. This is superb writing. * Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of Blood Orange * Gives the genre a welcome shot in the arm * Guardian, the Best crime and thriller books of 2022 * Here there be bloodshed, oh yes, sudden lyrical frenzies peppers over the main course of calamity. Every time you think the book got quiet, it screams again. * Josh Malerman, New York Times-bestselling author of Bird Box and Daphne * A ragged-edged bloody bullet-hole of a book. * Chuck Wendig, bestselling author of Wanderers * Brutal, bloody and brilliant. This book will thrill and terrify in equal measures and it'll break your heart. An unforgettable ride. * Lisa Gray, bestselling author of the Jessica Shaw series * [A] haunting noir thriller...a borderlands odyssey that blends noir and magical realism * The New York Times * Masterful. [A] brawny, serpentine and remarkably poignant novel. * BookPage * A meditation on grief and rage. * Vanity Fair * Though a young writer, Gabino Iglesias writes with the authority of a writer who's been down this road many times before. Iglesias' prose is smooth where smooth is called for and rough or a bit mean when smooth won't work. * Daniel Woodrell, award-winning author of Winter's Bone * Sears itself into your mind-a book that cannot be unread. * Dominic Nolan, author of Vine Street * Utterly compelling, absolutely brutal, terrifying and heartbreaking - but these words barely sum it up. * Susi Holliday, author of The Last Resort and Substitute * The Devil Takes You Home is an incredible slice of horror-noir, utterly unique and unlike anything I've read before * Tariq Ashkanani, author of Welcome to Cooper * A page-turner with attitude...don't miss it. * David Heska Wanbli Weiden, award-winning author of Winter Counts * A brutal and brilliant novel. Brace yourself for the ride-this is his best work yet. * Jennifer Hillier, award-winning author of Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts * Brilliantly written, Iglesias has created a riveting character that leaps off the page and will stay with you long after you close the book. * Victor Methos, bestselling author of A Killer's Wife * The Devil Takes You Home is a new kind of fiction, profoundly moving, despairing and scary all at once. * Brian Evenson, author of Last Days * The Devil Takes You Home is a wild ride through grief, faith, loss and monstrosity. Gabino Iglesias's sharp prose and visceral, haunting vision have birthed a riveting novel no reader will soon forget. Fresh and genuinely scary. * Tananarive Due, American Book Award-winner author of Ghost Summer and My Soul to Keep * With a noir voice reminiscent of Jim Thompson, this book charges into rage and despair, sparing no one, least of all the reader. Strap yourself in. * Chris Offutt, author of The Killing Hills and Country Dark * Some nightmares you wake from just leave you in an even worse nightmare. And then Gabino Iglesias holds his hand out from that darkness, takes you home. * Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians * The Devil Takes You Home is carried by a voice and rhythm, shaving sharp and wholly indelible. Iglesias never fails to keep a masterful foot on the pedal, feathering off the gas at times only to inevitably press it to the floor and pin us to our seats. * David Joy, author of When These Mountains Burn * Pure noir, overflowing with the rage and sorrow of our times, The Devil Takes You Home is brutal, hallucinatory, and somehow, beautiful. This novel confirms what some of us already knew: Gabino Iglesias is a fierce, vital voice. * Paul Tremblay, bestselling author of Survivor Song * The line between noir and horror not only gets blurred in Iglesias's The Devil Takes You Home; it gets obliterated. His barrio noir is a new kind of fiction, profoundly moving, despairing and scary all at once. * Brian Evenson, author of Last Days * An excellent crime novel driven by righteous grief, fierce narration, and raw violence. Iglesias takes us on a vivid exploration of pain and rage, along the Southwest border where the horrors of reality and the supernatural intertwine. * John Woods, author of Lady Chevy * A dark and disturbing tunnel into another world, Iglesias deftly walks the line between beautiful and haunting. A tense and unapologetic story, I devoured this in a weekend, my eyes widening with every unflinching word. * Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man * The Devil Takes You Home is an almighty powder keg of a novel that explodes across the page, filling the reader with shock, awe, terror and pity. A hypnotic marriage between jet-black narco noir and magic realism, it's a high-octane road trip you'll never forget. * Tim Baker, author of City Without Stars and Fever City * Full of violent truths, The Devil Takes You Home is one of the best books I have read in a long time. An incredible, unforgettable read. * Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger and The Fervor * Brutally poetic * Craig Sisterson, author of Southern Cross Crime * A gory journey through Texas and Mexican border towns. The incongruity of devotion to family with brutal vigilante justice creates dreadful tension as Mario tests his new moral compass. * Washington Post * A thriller you will never forget. Hard-hitting like a punch to your gut. * The Book Trail * The killer ending is a reminder of Iglesias' mastery of the noir format. The Devil Takes You Home is one of those books that gets better the more you think about it. * Crime Fiction Lover * If Quentin Tarantino collaborated with Stephen King on a hair-trigger film for Magnum-era Clint Eastwood, this could be it. A sledgehammer story with explosive Sicario-like violence from a flawed hero you'll care about. * Peterborough Telegraph * Tense and gripping. An absolute must for all fans of American dark noir fiction. * Paul Burke, Crime Time * The Devil Takes You Home just might be the most incredible book I read this year; it left me speechless * Peter Turns the Page *