Veronica Rosenthal has retreated to a cousin's remote cottage in the province of Tucuman, to recuperate from the traumatic events in The Fragility of Bodies. She befriends two female tourists -an Italian and a Norwegian - invites them to stay and starts a sexual relationship with one of them. After a party they attend together, Veronica travels on alone but days later discovers that the women have been murdered. Suspicion falls on a local Umbanda priest, but Veronica starts to uncover a web of corruption, abuse and femicide in which government, wealthy landowners and a high-ranking official from the Argentina's 'Dirty War' are all implicated. Veronica's investigation, with its unforeseen political dimensions, has alarmed new enemies who will try to stop her at all cost.
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This is going to be one long email my friend. PROLOGUE
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(@bitterlemonpub, 18 February 2021, 400 pages, ebook, #ARC from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed, #BlogTour 18 February via @RandomTTours)
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This is my first book by the author. It was a corker and I need to read more of his work. The book is a fantastic translation and easy to believe it was originally written in English. The title of the book speaks volume and sets the tone for the book and the attitude towards the two murdered tourist, one which infuriates Veronica and she is determined to change. The books open seemingly innocently when Veronica writes to a friend and recounts meeting the two tourists and the bond that developed between them but gets darker as Veronica's hopes of meeting up with her friends are obliterated. I was pulled right into the book and didn't want it to end.
