The Henry Rios Mysteries

9 books in series
4.5 out of 5 stars 62 ratings

Lay Your Sleeping Head Summary

A completely revised edition of the first Henry Rios mystery, The Little Death, Lay Your Sleeping Head introduces Michael Nava’s singular protagonist, gay Latino criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios. Rios, beset by personal and professional problems, begins a passionate affair with the black sheep heir to a great California fortune who tells Rios an improbable tale of murder and sexual predation in his wealthy family. When the young man is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Rios begins an investigation that ultimately reveals much more than that his lover’s death was murder.

One reviewer said Lay Your Sleeping Head “retains all the complexity and elegance of the original novel but deepens the themes of personal alienation and erotic obsession that both honored the traditions of the American crime novel and turned them on their head.”

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  • Book 1

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  • Book 2

    • A Henry Rios Novel (The Henry Rios Mysteries, Book 2)
    • By: Michael Nava
    • Narrated by: Thom Rivera
    • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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  • Book 3

    • A Henry Rios Novel (The Henry Rios Mysteries, Book 3)
    • By: Michael Nava
    • Narrated by: Thom Rivera
    • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 21-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating

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  • Book 4

    • A Henry Rios Novel (The Henry Rios Mysteries, Book 4)
    • By: Michael Nava
    • Narrated by: Thom Rivera
    • Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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  • Book 5

    • The Henry Rios Mysteries, Book 5
    • By: Michael Nava
    • Narrated by: Thom Rivera
    • Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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  • Book 6

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  • Book 7

    • A Henry Rios Novel (The Henry Rios Mysteries, Book 7)
    • By: Michael Nava
    • Narrated by: Thom Rivera
    • Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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  • Book 8

    • A Henry Rios Novel (The Henry Rios Mysteries, Book 8)
    • By: Michael Nava
    • Narrated by: Thom Rivera
    • Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 14-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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