Selena's Secret: The Revealing Story Behind Her Tragic Death

María Celeste Arrarás

Mar 2015 · Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

20th Anniversary Edition
An intimate and investigative portrait of beloved Mexican American singer Selena Quintanilla’s murder by Emmy Award-winning journalist María Celeste Arrarás. Now with a new foreword and afterword by the author for the 20th Anniversary Edition.

There is no doubt that Yolanda Saldívar pulled the trigger and killed Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla Pérez on March 31, 1995. But does anyone know what really happened in Room 158 of the Days Inn, moments before the crime took place? María Celeste Arrarás has many answers, and her unrivaled coverage of the murder, trial, and aftermath made her the undisputed expert on the Selena case. Arrarás shares firsthand information about the crime and the people involved—including details of her headline-making jailhouse interview with Yolanda, who repeatedly spoke of “Selena’s secret”—a powerful hidden piece of information that she refused to divulge in the courtroom but revealed to Arrarás at length. Many questions were raised, and not all were answered until this revealing interview shed light on the crime.

Why was there a suitcase filled with Selena’s clothes at the murder scene? What was the significance of the jeweled ring, adorned with the initial S that fell from Selena’s bloody fist? Who was the doctor from Monterrey who called himself Selena’s confidant and business adviser? Selena’s Secret fits together the pieces of this puzzle and depicts what really happened on that rainy day in March.

Ratings and reviews

This book is trash! This woman got her 'facts' from Selena's murderer! Nobody and I mean nobody will ever really know what happened in that motel room! The only person who does is no longer here to tell the real story! Yolanda wanted attention and here she's gotten it. She's a cold blooded killer and was so jealous of Selena and she was rotten to the core before she met the quintanilla family. I'm just so sorry that Selena had to die because of her! Just sickening.

Just beacuse you meet someone as famous as selena don't give you the right to write a book and make money of of her life. If you didn't know what happened in closed doors or ain't family you should not write a book and make profits. Quintanilla family and Chris Perez should get every penny this book has made. If they have not yet sued her is beacuse they are good people. But even though this is the most money hungry some people are.

I honestly think it was a waste of money. Still didn't find out what the secret was, she (author) tells us to read between the lines. Oookk obviously Selena wasn't happy in her marriage and wanted a divorce Chris even wrote that in his book but Chris claimed she reconciled. Selena did have an affair. Nothing else about the secret besides that.

About the author

María Celeste Arrarás is a three-time Emmy Award–winning broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. She is the host and managing editor of Telemundo’s Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste that airs nationally in the US and in fifteen Latin American countries. She has been a guest cohost on NBC’s Today Show and appeared on the cover of Newsweek’s “20 Most Powerful Women of the Next Generation.” Arrarás is also the author of an inspirational autobiography, Make Your Life Prime Time, and a children’s book, The Magic Cane. She lives in Miami with her three children.