In Cristina Rivera Garza’s novel “Death Takes Me,” a professor becomes both witness and suspect in a gruesome killing spree. Credit...Hokyoung Kim Supported by By Katie Kitamura Katie ...

Tanya Garza, 27, was last seen alive on June 7, per police, and her boyfriend is currently behind bars on unrelated charges Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk.

Books by Mexican author and professor Cristina Rivera Garza tend to defy expectation and genre. In 2020, Rivera Garza was named a MacArthur Genius Fellow, and in 2024, her book, Liliana's ...