Etiqueta: Crime
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Little Indiscretions (Pequeñas infamias)
There are secrets that are way too difficult to bury. The bakery of the most important pastry chef of the 'rich and famous' is going through a rough patch. However, all signs point to the fact that Nestor Chaffino's luck is about to change when he is hired to work at the…
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In Her Blood (En la sangre)
Champagne and crime. Eva Valverde lives in Barcelona, has two degrees and wears Prada. Years ago, she stole her first laptop from a table in the library where she studied, and that moment marked a turning point in her life. Now she is a professional pick pocketer, but she doesn’t only settle for stealing…
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155, Simon Radowitzky
A fierce struggle for ideals. Simón Radowitzky, a young Ukrainian anarchist, fled in 1908 from Russian repression to take refuge in Argentina. Soon after settling in, Simón assassinated the bloodthirsty Buenos Aires police chief responsible for the massacre of workers known as “La Semana Roja” (Red Week). He served a sentence of 21 years…
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The Darkness Inside Me (Lo oscuro que hay en mí)
His inheritance is an enigma that he will be forced to discover. Buenos Aires, late nineties. Luis is a city employee who enjoys his routine, both at work, which does not demand too much of him, and in his marriage. Luis suffers from a disorder he calls "flattening", in which he lapses into a sudden…
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The Millionaires of War (Los millonarios de la guerra)
To make millions you don't need to win the war. December of 2006, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared the war on drugs, an era of blood and fire that has left hundreds of thousands dead. However, a handful of businessmen, some associated with former Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna, used this crisis to…
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Crime is Spelled with an A (Crimen se escribe con A)
Three dates, three alibis, one murderer. Rebeca Sanz is murdered in her home. Just before she takes her last breath, she manages to write her killer's name in her own blood, but when she is found, only the initial A remains. In the days prior, she had met three men through a dating service…
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Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco
Two teenage investigators willing to do anything to find the culprit. Holly Hernandez can't wait to start classes at her new elite high school in New York City. However, everything changes when Mr. Friedman, her social studies teacher, is murdered and her mother must take over the case. Holly, an avid and passionate crime…
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The Sound of your Hair (El sonido de tu cabello)
“But I promise to lie as much as it takes.” Dawn breaks in Las Tres Mil Viviendas, Seville (Spain), one of the most dangerous suburbs in all of Europe: drug supermarkets, diseases that, although officially eradicated, persist, areas forgotten by the state services… The anti-riot police seal off the Calvinist Evangelical Church,…
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Prisons, Whores and Guns (De prisiones, putas y pistolas)
Divide and conquer: The great strategy to put an end to ETA. In the early morning of December 2nd, 1991, Cadena SER broadcasted an exclusive: for the first time in history, ETA prisoners criticized the leadership of the band for their latest terrorist actions and expressed their opposition to the attacks that had children…
