The Dead Girls-9781509870172

The Dead Girls

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Author(s): Ibarguengoitia, Jorge,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 12/07/2018,
Pagination: 192 pages,
Series: Picador Classic,
Imprint: Picador,
Published By: PAN MACMILLAN ,
Book Classification: Crime & mystery,
Dimensions: 196 x 133 x 14
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781509870172

With an introduction by award-winning novelist Colm TóibínOpening with a crime of passion after a years-long love affair has soured, The Dead Girls soon plunges into an investigation of something even darker: Serafina Baladro and her sister run a successful brothel business in a small town, so successful that they begin to expand. But when business starts to falter, life in the brothel turns ugly, and slowly, girls start disappearing . . . Based on real events, the story of serial-killing brothel owners Delfina and María de Jésus González, whose crimes were uncovered in 1964, The Dead Girls is a deliciously satirical black comedy - a potent blend of sex and mayhem. Written in the laconic tones of a police report, it cleverly uncovers the hopeless pedantry of a broken justice system, and the dark world of prostitution.