La Visible Oscuridad / Visible Darkness

«El verde se extiende inh spito en lo m s alto de una zona boscosa. All no existe concepto humano de vida, de hombre, de mujer, de pol tica ni de moral. Es el escenario de la vida sin filtros: depredadores y presas. Capital de M xico, 1942. Alicia Sierra, estudiante de qu mica e hija de un prominente general, desapareci sin dejar rastro. La nica pista apunta hacia un sobresaliente alumno de posgrado que le da clases particulares. l asegura no saber nada, pero algo en sus gestos lo delata. La investigaci n se vuelve siniestra al descubrir los restos de varias mujeres sin identificar en el jard n de su casa.

Mientras la polic a celebra haber atrapado al asesino que persegu a meses atr s, aparece otro cuerpo. La prensa y la polic a se encarrilan en una carrera desesperada por resolver el caso, ante la presi n de altos mandos del gobierno postrevolucionario. De un lado, el veterano reportero Haghenbeck y el novel fot grafo Manuel «el Pollo Artigas; del otro, las agentes Ana Ter n y Leticia Ord ez. Una idea en com n: desentra ar el misterio.

En esta nueva novela, Norma Lazo recrea una ciudad de apagones programados, como el tel n de fondo de un hecho hist rico que cimbr el imaginario de la palabra odio. El resultado es un thriller potente que atrapa y retuerce, que fascina y obsesiona.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"The green expanse stretches inhospitably to the top of the forested zone. There, human concepts about life, men, women, politics or morals don't exist. Unfiltered nature is all there is: predators and prey."

Mexico City, 1942. Alicia Sierra, a chemistry student and daughter of a prominent general, disappears without a trace. The only clue points to a brilliant graduate student and private tutor. He swears he knows nothing about the case, but something about his mannerisms is suspect. The investigation takes a sinister turn when the unidentified remains of several women are discovered buried in his yard.

But as the authorities celebrate the arrest of a killer they've been hunting for months, another body appears. The police and the media compete to see who can solve the case first, under pressure from the post-revolutionary government. Among those scrambling for clues are veteran reporter Haghenbeck and photographer Manuel "the Chicken" Artigas, and agents Ana Ter n and Leticia Ord ez. They may be on competing sides, but their goal is the same: solving the mystery.

Norma Lazo recreates the atmosphere of a wartime city, whose residents plan their lives around daily blackouts during an era that redefined the word hatred. The result is a powerful and disturbing thriller that will fascinate and obsess readers."