In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press by Katherine Corcoran

Hello my lovely readers! This was one of the book selections for the Morbidly Curious Book Club. I don't follow the book selections each month. I usually just find what interests me from their list for the year and put it on my TBR list. This book really piqued by interest, since I am a journalist and we all know I love a good journalism book. Let's get into it!

SYNOPSIS

Regina Martínez was no stranger to retaliation. A journalist out of Mexico's Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, Regina's stories for the magazine Proceso laid out the corruption and abuse underlying Mexican politics. She was barred from press conferences, and copies of Proceso often disappeared before they made the newsstands. In 2012, shortly after Proceso published an article on corruption and two Veracruz politicians, and the magazine went missing once again, she was bludgeoned to death in her bathroom. The message was clear: No journalist in Mexico was safe.

Katherine Corcoran, then leading the Associated Press coverage of Mexico, admired Regina Martínez's work. Troubled by the news of her death, Corcoran journeyed to Veracruz to find out what had happened. Regina hadn't even written the controversial article. But did she have something else that someone didn't want published? Once there, Katherine bonded with four of Regina's grief-stricken mentees, each desperate to prove who was to blame for the death of their friend. Together they battled cover-ups, narco-officials, red tape, and threats to sift through the mess of lies-and discover what got Regina killed.

MY THOUGHTS

I flew through this book because it was interesting and I was eager to know why Regina Martinez died, but alas, I didn't get an answer, which was a huge letdown.

I learned SO MUCH about Mexican journalism through this book which was extremely fulfilling, but the incredible amount of information about corruption and journalist deaths, felt like too much at times.

It was a decent read, but not having a resolution to Regina Martinez's death, left it feeling unfinished.