Ramón Díaz Eterovic

Heredia is a private detective working in Santiago. Things are slow until his girlfriend introduces him to Virginia, who wants him to investigate the death of her brother. The brother, Reyes, was killed in the course of a robbery, but Virginia thinks there is more to it.

Heredia takes on the case and soon turns up the fact the Reyes was a political prisoner during the Pinochet regime. Things get murkier from there, as he seeks to unearth an ugly past that plenty of people would like to forget.

This could have been quite a grim novel, but Eterovic manages to write with a light, almost breezy touch. Heredia loves to read, which enables the author to sneak in references to his favourite works. Heredia also discusses the case with his cat, who answers back and gives him advice. This is not your ordinary detective fiction; it's a skilful blend of noirish themes with a pacy and crisp narrative style and a touch of magic realism.… (plus d'informations)

El leve aliento de la verdad es la decimocuarta novela protagonizada por Heredia y, como en todas las anteriores, su trama apunta hacia la denuncia de la corrupción del poder en una sociedad en la que el dinero parece ser la medida de todas las cosas. Drogas, mentiras públicas y privadas, muchachas atrapadas por la miseria y las falsas ilusiones, policías corruptos son parte de esta novela en la que un Heredia cada día más solo y descreído busca un poco de amor para sus noches, mientras pretende esclarecer el misterio que se oculta tras la muerte serial de mujeres.… (plus d'informations)