by Norma Huidobro · L ECOLE DES LOISIRS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782211214537
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«Une soupe de diamants» is the young adult mystery novel by Norma Huidobro, published by L'École des Loisirs in paperback (181 pages, in French).
Maléna spends a holiday with her grandfather in a small town and becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of a local nurse. An innocent man is accused of the crime, but the clue of the abandoned house of a mysterious Englishman and the theft of a valuable diamond in 1930s England point to a more complex story.
The work was originally published in Spanish as «Sopa de diamantes» in 2009; this French edition is from 2014.
For young readers looking for a mystery novel, suitable from around 11-13 years.
Norma Huidobro is an Argentine writer, based in Lanús. She was born on July 28, 1949. She is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires. A former teacher, she came to writing rather late, only publishing her first book ¿Quién conoce a Greta Garbo? in 2000. She has written more than 20 books, including the six-volume Anita Demare series. She won the Premio Clarin de Novela for her 2007 novel El Lugar Perdido.
