Claudia Piñeiro Book order

Life after crime from the International Booker-shortlisted author of Elena Knows Fifteen years after killing her husband's lover, Inés is fresh out of prison and trying to put together a new life. Her old friend Manca is out now too, and they've started a business - FFF, or Females, Fumigation, and Flies - dedicated to pest control and private investigation, by women, for women. But Señora Bonar, one of their clients, wants Inés to do more than kill bugs--she wants her expertise, and her criminal past, to help get her kill her husband's lover, too. Crimes against women versus crimes by women; culpability, fallibility, and our responsibilities to each other--this is Piñeiro at her wry, earthy best, alive to all the ways we shape ourselves to be understandable, to be understood, by family and love and other hostile forces.

A woman returns home to confront the past, a family, and the reverberations of a death that she had abandoned decades before.

In a single day, a journey across Buenos Aires reveals a daughter to her mother, a mother to herself, and the oppressive weight of received ideas to women connected by a fleeting encounter, twenty years before.

Seemingly unconnected deaths lead to the darkest secrets of the Argentine establishment. It all begins in a luxurious gated community.

Exploring themes of betrayal and revenge, the narrative follows a wife who initially seeks to mend her broken marriage. As her desperation transforms into a fierce desire for retribution, the story delves into her emotional turmoil and the lengths she is willing to go to reclaim her power. The character's evolution from vulnerability to vengeance highlights the complexities of love and the consequences of infidelity.

The narrative explores the stark contrasts between desperate lives and societal prejudice within a community that isolates itself behind gates and high walls. It delves into the struggles of individuals yearning for connection and understanding, while also examining the barriers created by fear and discrimination. Through vivid storytelling, the book reveals the complexities of human emotions and the longing for acceptance in a divided world.