by Ernesto Mallo · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498415100
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«Crimen en el Barrio del Once» is the crime novel by Ernesto Mallo, published by Siruela in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
In 1970s Buenos Aires, Inspector Lascano, still affected by his wife's recent death, discovers a third body by the Riachuelo: a Jewish moneylender from the Once district, which doesn't fit the pattern of political executions. Police, military, clandestine youths and high society cross paths in his investigation.
First instalment of the Inspector Lascano series, awarded the Memorial Silverio Cañada Prize at the Semana Negra de Gijón (2007).
For readers of crime and detective fiction who appreciate plots set in 1970s Argentina and political violence.
