Mexican Standoff

Antonio "Chico" Cervantes #1

by Bruce Cook

Private investigator Antonio "Chico" Cervantes, looking into the death of a couple on the eve of their wedding, follows a trail of opium, and battles opposition in his quest for a killer

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Bruce Alexander Cook was an American journalist and author who also wrote under the pseudonym Bruce Alexander. He wrote historical fiction and nonfiction.

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Cook's first book was a nonfiction work, The Beat Generation, published in 1971. His first novel was Chicago-based Sex Life, in 1978.

He wrote four novels featuring Los Angeles detective Antonio "Chico" Cervantes under the name Bruce Cook and also a series of novels about the blind magistrate Sir John Fielding, the real-life founder of London's first police force, under the name Bruce Alexander, the last of which was published posthumously by his widow and writer John Shannon. Young Will: The Confessions of William Shakespeare was also published posthumously.