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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Este es el primer libro de la serie policiaca protagonizada por Petra Delicado. En esta la inspectora tiene que abandonar el servicio de documentacion en el que trabaja dentro de la policia para resolver un caso de violacion que en principio no presenta grandes dificulades, pero que se ve complicado por el role de los medios de comunicacion y la repeticion del crimen. Tanto Petra Delicado como su companero Garzon son personajes interesantes cuyas personalidades se van mostrando mas complejas hacia el final de novela. La novela incluye, como es tipico en el genero, elementos de critica social ytambien, lo cual es menos corriente, una buena trama. I first credited my inability to get excited about this book to the awkward sentence construction of a bad translation. But when after 100 pages I still didn't have any interest in the characters or the plot, I decided it was just poorly written and gave up. Too bad....I'm always interested in finding new writers of mysteries from other cultures. It might the translation, but it took some time to get comfortable with the narrative and warm up to the characters. By the middle or so, however, the characters take over and actually outshine the mystery. Looks like there's another volume already in translation (Prime Time Suspect), so let's hope more of them arrive. no reviews | add a review
Book One of thePetra Delicadoseries Tough, sexy, at times apparently pitiless, Petra Delicado is a new kind of cop in Spanish crime writing. As she battles with sexist colleagues, ruthless reporters, indifferent witnesses, and hardened criminals, she sometimes thinks her thirst for new challenges and perpetual change is more trouble than it's worth. Inspector Delicado has been chained to a tiresome desk job in the documentation department of the Barcelona police force for months. But things are about to change. The department is short-handed and there's a serial rapist on the loose. Delicado is partnered with the portly and impossibly compliant Sergeant Fermín Garzón with orders to solve the case before it succeeds in ruining the good name of the Barcelona police force. However, the only lead they have is therapist's mysterious signature: a circular mark of unknown origins he leaves on his victims' forearms. No witnesses, no other leads, and no help from the victims themselves. To further complicate her life, Inspector Delicado is dealing with two ex-husbands, the belittling Hugo and incompetent Pepe. From the winner of the Feminino Lumen Prize for best female writer in Spain comes this gripping and entertaining book in thePetra Delicado series which was widely enjoyed by Spanish-language readers. No library descriptions found. |
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Petra also experiences plenty of sexism in the department, or at least she thinks she does. This leads to a certain amount of shrillness and violence on Petra's part. Some of her methods are rather unorthodox. In fact, she's downright obnoxious sometimes, doing the equivalent of killing a fly with an automatic rifle. The most compelling part of the book is Petra's partnership with Fermin Garzon. They are a wholly entertaining odd couple. I'm not sure if my issues with the book stem from translation or from writing. I found the writing to be weak, but that might be due to translation issues. This is an award-winning book, but I just didn't see it.