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The characters in this mystery is what makes this book so good. The mystery, the deaths of a husband & wife 3 years apart from each other, is fine but it‘s the cub reporter, a crime reporter, & a novelist and their work together to find the killer that I grew to care about. Pineiro‘s humor is not as prevalent in this one but you can feel it underneath. And the ending, one that seems much more realistic than many other thrillers, is satisfying.

This novel tends to have no paragraphs and never uses quotation marks. Multiple conversations can take place in a paragraph and you need to decipher who is speaking. It‘s a tiny bit like Sally Rooney‘s recent novel. When I read a book like this, I need the assistance of a bookmark to keep my place on the lines as I read down the page. It makes the experience of reading more enjoyable and less daunting.

A mystery, yes, but also more of a character study. We meet Nurit, her friends, her old lover, a has-been crime writer, and the clueless newbie who is never named other than for his occupation. We view all of their complexities from a cool distance. It is possible to see the trajectory of their investigation and lives but like fate, we just await the happening. Our involvement in the story would not change destiny.

This was a bit of a slow burn mystery/crime novel of revenge, topped off with an unsettling ending. A maid finds a wealthy man with his throat slit, and a journalist, mystery novelist, among others attempt to investigate the murder and uncover a pattern of similar suspicious deaths.

This was a really enjoyable crime story set in Buenos Aires as a the eponymous heroine a former crime novelist, a fading crime journailst and his niave successor combine to solve the murder of a suspected killer in a gated community. Great characters and interactions, humour and good plot with a menancing ending. I really liked the book and my informal #litsyatoz of diverse female writers is going well with bk 2. Happy friday reading everyone

Congratulations to @readinginthedark on her Litsy milestone! 🎉🎉🎉 These are a couple of books from my TBR that I‘d love to own! #TBRforthewin

Finishing up this brilliant book whilst travelling to London.

Does a personal library count as a joint asset? This is something we can understand 😂

Starting this today for my unfinished Read Harder Challenge.

A man is murdered, and the public wants to know why. Enter Nurit Iscar, AKA Betty Boo - a crime novelist who agrees to get closer to the crime scene in order to write about it for the newspaper. The writing here is sharp and clear (once you get used to streams of dialogue with no quotation marks). Mystery isn't a top genre for me but this was interesting. 🕶🗡🌫

#readharder #mystery #crime #Argentina #whodunnit

A good murder mystery book. The writing was a bit strange since the conversations were written in paragraph form, but once I got used to that, it was enjoyable.

Another popular book I found meh. The translation wasn't very good, in my opinion. The conversation structure took concentration to figure out who was talking with no quotations, written in paragraphs. The murder mystery could have been really interesting and at times sucked me in, but it was so slow going. Nothing even happened for the first 100 pages. I wish I could read it in its original form. #readharder #readwomen #diversereads #diversebooks

This took a little while because all conversation is within the narrative paragraphs instead of split out with quotation marks, making it a little difficult to follow sometimes. The characters were very well developed and this was an interesting story. I've already picked up another book by the author. So happy to discover this as my #SouthAmericanAuthor for #ReadHarder2017 and #TranslatedFromAnotherLanguage #LitsyRC15 #LitsyChallenge2017

On my TBR this month...#latinxauthors #feistyfeb

No work today because of the snow meant time to read. Even if Chloe did still my spot. #CatsofLitsy #ReadHarder2017 Challenge #SouthAmericanAuthor

This was a really strange read to me. I really liked the story, but the writing style was like nothing I've ever seen. Long, long paragraphs full of dialogue but without quotation marks so that I had to really concentrate to understand who was saying what. I'm rating this book a "pick" because of the story.

Library visit plus Amazon order plus #BOTM shipment equals a nice #bookhaul.

I was feeling a little crappy this week, so I went to the library after work & saw this book...I knew I had to get it. It's not every day that a girl in the book cover looks like me. AND then I got an email from @BookishMarginalia and told me that someone offered to be my secret Santa since my Santa never responded. I couldn't believe it. My heart is filled with gratitude! I don't know who the person is, but thank you thank you thank you.

Here are two books from my tbr pile set in South America. #booktober #SouthAmericanLit