A María Elvira Bermúdez Reader, in English: Translations of the first Mexican detective novel by a woman (1953); the first Latin American detective fiction with an all-female cast of characters (1961); and the first study of gender relations in Mexico (1955). Plus an analysis of Bermúdez’s works. Translations, annotations, and analysis by Stephanie Merrim, Brown University. Read or download at https://go.brown.edu/maria-elvira-bermudez