The Witch of Sonora

Nocona Ketemoczy, a battle-scarred Marine turned border agent, is barely holding his life together when girls start disappearing from the scrub and river crossings of West Texas. Their bodies—when they’re found—bear the unmistakable signature of ritual killings tied to Palo Mayombe, an African-Cuban religion twisted here into a weapon of terror. Locals whisper about an old woman with cataract eyes and a rotted smile: the Witch of Sonora, a p...