Mercedes Rosende

With this novel, Rosende joins the ranks of Claudia Pieiro, Patricia Melo and Mara Ines Krimer, who do not attempt to rework magic realism, but simply write good, witty and hard-hitting crime novels. It all starts in an overcrowded prison, where Diego is being held on a charge of kidnapping. Diego's lawyer, the fastidious Antinucci, secures Diego's release. But the...

The attempted robbery of the armoured car in the back streets of Montevideo is a miserable failure. A lucky break for the intrepid Ursula Lopez, who manages to snatch all the loot, more hindered than helped by her faint-hearted and reluctant companion, Diego. Only now, the wannabe robbers are hot on her heels. As is the police. And Ursula's sister....