Summary
BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF MEXICO’S MOST FAMOUS FEMALE SERIAL KILLER.
Once upon a time, there was a woman the press called the Hyena-Woman. Infant Annihilator. Witch. Child-Chopper. Butcher of Little Angels. Monster. The Ogress of Colonia Roma.
Julian and I called her Mother.
When the writer Ignacio Suarez is sent photographs of two murdered women, mirroring a passage of his very own detective novel, he drops everything to uncover who is responsible. What no-one suspec…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781914495199 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1914495195 |
| Author: | Verónica E. Llaca, Mark Fried |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Mountain Leopard Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 32mm |
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“Vernica E. Llaca is James Ellroy’s literary sibling. This crime novel astonishes with its handling and use of language, time and voice” - Guillermo Arriaga, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of ‘Babel’
About The Author
Verónica E. Llaca
Veronica E. Llaca was born in Queretaro, Mexico, in 1967. She has worked as a journalist for many years, and was previously a playwright. Llaca is the winner of the Premio Nacional de Novela Negra. She lives now in Madrid and in Queretaro.
Mark Fried is an American translator of Latin American literature, primarily known for his translations of the Uruguayan writer Eduardo and the Mexican writer Elmer Mendoza. He has also translated many Spanish novels, including Echoes of the Mexican-American War by Luis Gerardo and Firefly by the Cuban author Severo Sarduy.
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