Blood Ties
$38.64
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2025
Summary
They called her 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 suspects is that the origin of these crimes lies in the forgotten, real-life story of Felicitas Sanchez, the midwife turned child-killer who became known in the 1940s as “The Ogress of Colo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781914495809 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1914495802 |
| Author: | Verónica E. Llaca, Mark Fried |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Mountain Leopard Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 22mm |
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Verónica 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”A raw and exciting thriller * Modernidades *
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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