The past always comes with a price.
After spending fifteen years in prison for the murder of Charo, her ex-husband’s lover, Inés is released and must face a world that has changed drastically. Society has evolved with the advancement of feminism and the laws of equal marriage and abortion. Inés, who had always been a traditional housewife and for whom motherhood was an unhappy experience, realizes she must be practical and adapt to this new reality, even if it is difficult for her.
Determined to reinvent herself, she teams up with the only friend she made in prison, la Manca. Together, they start a business with two services: Inés handles fumigations, and la Manca, now a private detective, takes on investigations as modern-day Thelma and Louise in Buenos Aires.
The plot thickens when a client of Inés, Mrs. Bonar, makes her a disturbing proposal that could unearth Inés’s dark past. However, it could also change their lives in an unexpected way. Amid these new experiences, Inés and la Manca find themselves embroiled in a detective story, where a potential crime becomes the center of their new reality, forcing them to navigate the challenges of the present and the ghosts of the past.
RELEVANT INFORMATION:
The novel has reached the No. 1 spot in sales in Argentina. It continues the story of Inés, the protagonist of the author’s previous novel, Tuya.
Claudia Piñeiro is an Argentine writer, television scriptwriter, and playwright, winner of the Clarín Award, the Latin American Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, the Pléyade Award, the ACE Award, the LiBeraturpreis Award, the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award, and the Pepe Carvalho Award, and she has been a finalist for the Planeta Argentina Award and the La Sonrisa Vertical Award, as well as being selected in the Edebé Publishing Contest. Her works have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
What the reviews say:
“A new twist by Claudia Piñeiro in the genre.” Juan Carlos Galindo, Babelia
“Her plots are devilishly clever.” Matías Nespolo, El Mundo
“The crime novel of the year… It has it all. Literary ambition, social criticism, major themes.” Pedro Almodóvar
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV Series, Miniseries, Film, TV Movie.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish, English, Polish.
