On a hot June night, ten people rush at the same time from their rooms on the seventh floor of one of the most emblematic hotels in Madrid. They do not know each other. Their worlds never crossed. Only the occupant of 716 dares to leave a clue. The second is within the bodies themselves.
This is the impressive start of the new novel by Carmen Chaparro. Crime will be released in bookstores on April 12 and will allow us to meet Santi Munarrizthe most charismatic, rebellious and asocial coroner of the Institute of Forensic Medicine ever Berta Gigliania successful journalist who reappears after disappearing without a trace eleven years ago.
after the trilogy Inspector Arenthe journalist returns with a new story that consolidates her place of honor in the black and thriller scene of our country with its frantic pace and well-crafted intrigues which have already earned her, in 2017, the Spring Novel Award con I am not a
freakthe first episode of its previous history.
reflections
But it’s not just about solving a crime. Chaparro is a friend of reflections and this new novel is not going to change her behavior, raising questions always closely linked to the present. At a time when deaths by suicide are on the rise, makes us think about this.
There is also a reflection on how some women feel when they have to face accusations of rape from their husbands, what they experience Joana Sanz oh Hiba Abouk lately. It raises questions about the repression of these crimes, the responsibility of people close to this type of criminal or guilt.
It will also make us reflect on the ethics of photographing fetuses, the hidden face of sects, the role of the media in major events, the trade and tourism of morbidity or transplants.
500 pages that will leave no one indifferent and that they will entertain us and make us think in equal measure.