The Aragonese crime novel finds new props in which to sustain a growing trend. Luis Esteban recently offered us his proposal The river was silent. On this occasion it is up to María Frisa, an author who takes off her lambskin from juvenile literature to delve into the very black black genre.
Both authors stage their cases in the always immortal city of Zaragoza, where its mortal inhabitants suffer from the sinister vicissitudes of these two plots.
The case of María Frisa is unique where they exist. The change of third is frankly surprising. From her latest youth books to this new novel, the author crosses a thematic abyss to emerge unscathed and even triumphant. Creative genius is what you have, it just takes a turn of the dial to tune in to new frequencies.
Zaragoza as the setting, Berta Guallar and Lara Samper as police officers specializing in gender violence. A case that splashes them indirectly ...
Manuel Velasco, accused of rape and finally free of all charges, is videotaped after his death. It has been burned as some kind of parallel justice, beyond what the courts could have dictated.
The idea of summary justice, executed by the victim or by her environment, emerges strongly as the only possible response. The kind of wrathful justice that we all think is most appropriate when human harshness affects us directly. General morality, the institutionalization of all conflicts, the need to rationalize everything ..., justice is a pillar so that everything works in a civilized and aseptic way.
It could be said that Berta and Lara also represent that institutionalization of the conflict, that necessary order, that desire for social coexistence. But both are women and both move through muddy terrain when they prepare to investigate the death of a more than probable rapist escaped from justice thanks to the procedural guarantees.
But meddling in the case for resolution will mean much more for the two police officers. Badly closed wounds, personally and professionally, will mysteriously reopen, as if someone were taking charge of delving into their lives to destabilize them.
A passionate novel of fast-paced reading and with moments of tension typical of the most intense thriller according to the truth of the two victims, Manuel Velasco and his former sexual victim Noelia Abad flashes between a dark reality.
You can now buy the novel Take care of me, the new book by María Frisa, here: