The Speculative Detective Agency
Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic
$33.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2026
Summary
A wildly entertaining collection of interconnected stories filled with monsters, myth, and personal mysteries – blending speculative and crime fiction – that reflects our fractured yet shared global reality in which borders blur, consequences ripple, and no one and no story exists in isolation.
Each story follows a distinct agent of the Speculative Detective Agency as they confront cases that defy conventional logic: haunted environments that resist documentation; a Bloody Mary sighti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798895151747 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Richie Narvaez, Matthew David Goodwin |
| Publisher: | Diversion Books |
| Imprint: | Diversion Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“A delicious smorgasbord of otherworldly mysteries.”
—William Alexander, New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Sunward
Richie Narvaez
Richie Narvaez
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Richie Narvaez is the award-winning author of the novels Hipster Death Rattle and Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco, as well as the short story collections Roachkiller & Other Stories and most recently Noiryorican. His writing centers on Nuyorican and Latinx experiences, using multiple genres, including crime fiction, horror, literary, and speculative fiction. A recipient of a Letras Boricuas Fellowship, he teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College and the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Matthew David Goodwin
Matthew David Goodwin is an Associate Professor in the Chicana/o Studies Department at the University of New Mexico. His research is centered on Chicanx/Latinx science fiction and Critical Mystery Studies. He is co-editor of the Latinx Archive speculative fiction trilogy: Latinx Rising, Speculative Fiction for Dreamers, and Not Your Papi’s Utopia. He has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UMASS Amherst and is an active agent in the very much real Speculative Detective Agency.
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