Etiqueta: Crime
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The case of the murdered woman (El caso de la mujer asesinadita)
Mercedes is a wealthy woman who shares her boring life with her husband Lorenzo and the servants Teresa, Rosaura and Renato, in a villa on the outskirts. One night, Mercedes has a strange dream in which a married couple, accompanied by a Native American, burst into their home claiming that it is their own home,…
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Madame Renard´s chalet (El chalet de Madame Renard)
Monique Renard is a rich woman who lives in a chalet in Nice, doing shady businesses. Her life changes when two men that turn out to be just as crooked as her arrive to her house, but fall in love with her. Then, a love story starts between these three characters in which they constantly try…
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The horrifying secret of Maximo Marville (El espantoso secreto de Máximo Marville)
A deceived husband, who shelters an assassin on his estate, encloses his wife and his mistress with the assassin’s help. The prison he has thought for them are cages of small dimensions. THEMES: Revenge, Conspiracy, Adultery, Infidelity, Deceit, Marriage GENRE: Drama, Suspense, Mystery RELEVANT FACTS: Very interesting short novel that this great author wrote…
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The Saboya Gang (La banda de Saboya)
The story is about a man who had made a deal with a group of evildoers in tails, and now he is obliged to steal, even thou he does not feel any kind of pleasure doing it. The crimes committed by the group will be investigated by a young lady police officer who tries to…
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A Cat With Nine Lives (Las siete vidas del gato)
A woman investigates the murder attempt on a young woman recently married to a man whose family appears to be cursed, since up to seven* women have been murder around that family. A waltz tune and a black cat are always found at the crime scene. *In Spanish, the title and the number of women…
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Eloísa is under an almond tree (Eloísa está debajo de un almendro)
This story has as its basis 11 main characters. The main theme is articulated by Fernando’s story, the protagonist, who comes back home after his father's death. In a letter his father left, he asks him to solve a crime: the murder of a woman that took place years ago. This takes Fernando to a…
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The Lower Noblewoman (La infanzona)
This story relates the life of Doña Isabel, who raised a son on her own. The young man suspects that his father was killed by his uncles. What he does not know is that he is the fruit of an incestuous relationship between Isabel and one of her bothers. The story reaches its climax when…
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Coming from a good family (De muy buena familia)
One of the children from a family that appears to be high class but really is not, following his impulses that come from an unstoppable desire for luxury and easy money, ends up committing a murder. In this debauchery he loses all moral reference and nothing will stop him. THEMES: Family, Murder, Corruption, Money, Social…
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Adoration (Adoración)
A scream, a shot gun… Eulalia has killed her husband Isidoro after a violent argument. Rosendo, who is deeply in love with her, pleads guilty of the crime to protect her. Finally, Eulalia confesses her crime to her children and declares that all Rosendo did was to help her, preparing everything to make it look…
