El País chooses four non-fiction stories about real crimes with one characteristic in common: they go far beyond the mere account of events.
I've been wanting to write about my favorite non-fiction subgenre, the one that has to do with crime, be it on docuseries, podcasts or, as befits this space, books. Always attracted by the scope and intensity of the work that is done in France and, especially, the United States and the United Kingdom, the arrival in Spanish bookstores in recent weeks of two good examples written by women has given me the idea to quote another two (one in French) and get closer to the work of four valuable journalists, very different and with much to tell.
They are not the only ones. The Spanish crime chronicles has in Mayka Navarro and my partner, Rebeca Carranco, two other notable examples of rhythm and accuracy. The four chosen books have a uniqueness that does not always occur: they are not just the mere story of a more or less spectacular crime, but also the entire transcendence and investigation.
By Juan Carlos Galindo
- La hermandad del mal by Cruz Morcillo (Alrevés Editorial)
- A orillas del pantano by Tura Soler (Editorial Península)
- Olor a muerte en Pioz by Beatriz Osa (Alrevés Editorial)
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