{{Short description|1994 novel by Joe R. Lansdale}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book| | name = Mucho Mojo | image = Muchomojocover.jpg | caption = '''The Cemetery Dance Publications edition''' | author = Joe R. Lansdale | illustrator = | cover_artist = Mark A. Nelson | country = United States | language = English | series = Hap and Leonard | genre = | publisher = Mysterious Press, Cemetery Dance, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard | pub_date = 1 August 1994 | media_type = Print (Hardcover, Trade paperback) | pages = 308 | isbn = 0-89296-490-1 | preceded_by = Savage Season (1990) | followed_by = The Two-Bear Mambo (1995) }}
'''''Mucho Mojo''''' is a mystery/crime novel by American author Joe R. Lansdale. This is the second in Lansdale's ''Hap and Leonard'' series of crime novels.<ref>{{cite web |title=MUCHO MOJO, by Joe R. Lansdale |url=http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/review.html?id=7936 |website=www.reviewingtheevidence.com}}</ref>
==Plot summary== This story revolves around the death of Leonard Pine's Uncle Chester who happens to live next to a crack house. Under the floorboards of his uncle's house the two discover the skeleton of an infant wrapped in child pornography. Leonard refuses to believe his uncle could be involved so he enlists the help of his best friend, Hap Collins, to solve the murder and clear his uncle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/joe-r-lansdale/mucho-mojo/|title=MUCHO MOJO | Kirkus Reviews}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Publishers Weekly |first= Review|title=Mucho Mojo|url= http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-89296-490-1|accessdate=24 September 2013}}</ref>
==Editions== This book was published as a limited edition by Cemetery Dance Publications and as a trade hardcover by Mysterious Press in 1994. Both are now out of print. A trade paperback was published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard on Jan. 6, 2009. [[File:Muchomojocovr.jpg|thumb|'''''Vintage Crime/Black Lizard cover''''']]
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==Awards== Mucho Mojo was listed as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was awarded British Fantasy Award.<ref>{{cite web |date= August 22, 1997 |last1= Savlov |first1= Marc |title= Joe Lansdale |url= https://www.austinchronicle.com/books/1997-08-22/529456/ |website= www.austinchronicle.com }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.joerlansdale.com/ Author's official Website] * [http://www.randomhouse.com/book/search/search.php?title_subtitle_auth=joe+r.+lansdale&x=9&y=7 Paperback Publisher's website] * {{ISFDB title|id=1264|title=Mucho Mojo}}
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Category:Novels by Joe R. Lansdale Category:American crime novels Category:1994 American novels Category:1994 English-language novels Category:Novels set in Texas Category:Works by Joe R. Lansdale