A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens

"It’s a rare book that scares you and makes you think in equal measures. In this viscerally affecting debut, Raul Palma reimagines the manifestations and consequences of debt in terrifying and thought-provoking ways. Debt is more than what you owe the bank. It’s the sins you commit that come back to haunt you just when you think you’ve made an escape. For widower and Santeria priest Hugo Contreras, grief-stricken and hellbent on revenge, the devil is a dangerous debt collector to challenge. Hugo is haunted and tormented by the myriad debts he has accumulated since his brother helped him escape the mines of Bolivia as a child. He’s a widower who feels implicated in his wife’s suffering and death, and the mistakes he has piled up aren’t easy to shake."