PositiveLos Angeles Review of BooksMelchor ... describes her intention to \"tell a story with the maximum amount of detail and the minimum amount of noise.\" But she is particular about what counts as detail and what is noise ... An enigma gives way to corrupt policing, strife among government factions, and brutal violence. This is the pattern of Melchor’s relatos ... The deceptions of ordinary people in This Is Not Miami are not these major conspiracies or elite schemes. Rather, they are the silences, the rumors, and the superstitions that conjure a world of ghosts to explain extraordinary events. The lies are the decision not to ask questions or investigate.