Betibu

A MIND-BLOWING THRILLER FROM ONE OF ARGENTINE'S MOST IMPORTANT WRITERS OF CRIMINAL LITERATURE. Three years after his wife's murder, when tranquility seemed to have returned to the luxury condominium La Maravillosa, businessman Pedro Chazarreta was found with his throat slit, sitting in his favorite armchair, an empty whiskey bottle beside him and a bloody knife in his hand. Everything suggests it was suicide, but doubts soon arise. One of the country's most important newspapers put aside its disputes with the government for a few days to cover Chazarreta's death in depth, sending Nurit Iscar, a writer in creative crisis, and a young, inexperienced journalist from the newspaper's crime section to the crime scene. They are joined by Jaime Brena, the former head of the crime section and an admirer of Nurit, whom he nicknamed Betibu—a reference to the sexy cartoon character Betty Boop. The trio's discoveries will lead the reader into an intricate plot involving powerful men and terrible secrets from a shared past. • The author is named by the newspaper La Nación as one of the most translated Argentine authors in the world, ranking third on the list. • In El Guardián, Betibu was considered by Sergio Olguín as one of the 10 best books of 2011. The title was also voted as one of the best books of 2013 in the Foreign Revelation category by the French magazine Tess.