Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Life after crime from the author of International Booker-shortlisted Elena Knows.Fifteen years after killing her husband's lover, In s is released from prison and left to put together a new life. Manca, the friend she made inside, recently got out too, and they decide to set up business together, one working in pest control and the other in private investigation. But Se ora Bonar, one of In s's clients, wants her to do more than kill bugs - she claims to need her expertise, and her criminal past, to help her poison an adversary. When In s's estranged daughter shows up, however, we realise that things are not as they seem.Crimes against women and crimes by women, the complex loyalties among friends, mothers and daughters, and a breathtaking twist - this is classic Pi eiro: dark, intelligent, and suspenseful.
Synopsis
Life after crime from the author of Elena Knows
Fifteen years after killing her husband's lover, In s is fresh out of prison and trying to put together a new life. Her old friend Manca is out too, and they've started a business - FFF, for Females, Fumigation and Flies - dedicated to fumigation and private investigation, by women, for women. But Se ora Bonar, one of her clients, wants In s to do more than kill bugs--she wants her expertise, and her criminal past, to help her kill someone, too.
Crimes against women versus crimes by women; culpability, fallibility, and our responsibilities to each other--this is Pi eiro 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.