Dr. Hernan Castillo Rivas, a renowned expert on Maya culture and history and a long-time acquaintance of Toronto antiquities dealer Lara McClintoch, asks her to come to Mérida to help with a mysterious investigation. But Hernan Castillo unexpectedly disappears. The search for the doctor leads Lara into the Mexican jungle near Mérida, where she faces a perilous journey through the Maya underworld, the fearsome Xibalba.
Lyn Hamilton is a popular Canadian author and winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award. The Xibalba Murders opens the series of captivating detective novels about the adventures of Lara McClintoch, a Toronto antiquities dealer.