First published 2013
Pablo Simó stares at another sterile office tower he's designed, watching it rise from the Buenos Aires streets like a concrete monument to his failed dreams. His architectural career has withered into corporate monotony. At home, his wife battles their defiant teenage daughter while Pablo nurses a futile attraction to Marta Horvat, the office secretary who likely shares his boss's bed. Pablo's carefully compartmentalized misery shatters when Leonor arrives. This striking young woman carries knowledge of an old crime, one that implicates everyone in Pablo's office. As Leonor forces the past into daylight, Pablo discovers how far his colleagues will go to bury their secrets. The revelation strips away the comfortable lies that have sustained his relationships, exposing the fear and ambition that drive ordinary people to extraordinary betrayals.
Genres: fiction, drama, mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Buenos Aires
Period: contemporary
218 pages · Paperback · Bitter Lemon Press