The Zigzag Way

A young American in Mexico discovers his family’s past—and a present-day danger—in this “elegant, exquisite” novel of suspense ( Elle ).   Eric is a newly minted historian just out of graduate school, plagued by self-doubt over both his past choices and his future options. With no clear direction, he follows his lover, Em, when she travels to the Yucatan for her scientific research, but ends up alone in this foreign place. And so he pursues his own private quest, tracing his family’s histor