The Best Enemy
Miranda France
(Translated by)
Description
The fourth in Olguin’s Buenos Aires thriller series starring the gutsy, earthy yet vulnerable investigative reporter Veronica Rosenthal. A former director of the magazine where she works and his ex-partner have been executed in cold blood. The authorities are trying to pass the murders off as a burglary gone wrong. Veronica has her doubts.
The magazine’s investigation of a high-level corruption scandal seems more likely to have triggered the violence. A scandal involving influential Argentine businessmen involved with an Israeli linked to atrocities committed in Gaza in 2014. This is a dazzling thriller but also a story about the possibilities of love, in which jealousy, eroticism, and humor make an appearance.Product Details
| Publisher | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Publish Date | March 25, 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Digital download and online |
| EAN/UPC | 9781916725102 |
About the Author
Sergio Olguín was born in Buenos Aires in 1967 and was a journalist before turning to fiction. Olguín has won a number of awards, among others the Premio Tusquets 2009 for his novel Oscura monótona sangre (“Dark Monotonous Blood“) His books have been translated into German, French and Italian. The Veronica Rosenthal series (The Best Enemy, There Are No Happy Loves, The Fragility of Bodies and The Foreign Girls) are his first novels to be translated into English.
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, including Claudia Piñeiro’s novels and all the Veronica Rosenthal series for Bitter Lemon Press.
Reviews
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
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