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Sergio Olgun was born in Buenos Aires in 1967 and was a journalist before turning to fiction. Olgun has won a number of awards and his books have been translated into German, French and Italian. The translator Miranda France is the author of two acclaimed volumes of travel writing: Don Quixote's Delusions and Bad Times in Buenos Aires. She has also written the novels Hill Farm and The Day Before the Fire and translated much Latin American fiction for Bitter Lemon Press, including all the Veronica Rosenthal series and Claudia Pieiro's novels.
"The Fragility of Bodies""One of the three best thrillers of 2019."" Financial Times ""A distilled single malt noir, a gripping reflection on the woes and angst of Argentinian society."" NB Magazine The Foreign Girls ""An excellent thriller, with a fully-developed, wholly engaging protagonist.' CrimeFictionLover Book of the Month: ""in the gutsy, raunchy Veronica we have a contemporary heroine to cherish."" The Times There Are No Happy Loves ""Like The Wire, does a great job of connecting the dots between religious, political, and judicial institutions. A solid entry in an impressive series.""----KIRKUS Reviews "" Full of swaggering attitude, this gritty and raw novel peels open the horrors of corruption and exploitation within the state and church.""---LoveReading ""I don't think there's a character in all of crime fiction quite like ""Vero."" She's irresistible and mesmerizing .""==Morning Star"
