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A review by constantreader471
Dark Echoes of the Past by Ramón Díaz Eterovic, Patrick Blaine
4.0
4 stars
Attention cat lovers!! This book was written for you. Heredia is a Santiago, Chile private detective who makes much of his income by writing reviews of books that he reads. He also talks to his cat, Simenon, and Simenon talks back to him. Virginia Reyes asks him to investigate the murder of her brother, German. The police have written it off as a robbery gone wrong. Heredia investigates and suspects that the murder has to do with German's arrest and torture under the Pinochet dictatorship. German had been trying to find out who tortured him. They wore masks and used false names, but he is determined.
Heredia does solve the case with some unorthodox help from another detective, Montegon.
I thought that the translation was very good. This book has some interesting information on Chilean society.
Some quotes:
Santiago coffee shops--"...the cafes con plemas--'coffee with legs,' where drinks are served by waitresses in high heels and miniskirts..."
Book reviewing-- "Boredom was eating away at my skin like voracious bacteria, and I was still stuck on the first page of the book I was trying to review. It was as seductive as a drunk's breath the morning after."
Chilean past-- "It's not my fault there are so many times between the past and the present. History can't be left behind, especially when the picture is drawn in blurred lines,..."
Cat conversation-- "I said to him, 'Haven't you ever asked yourself what your life would be like if you had a master who came home every day and the riskiest thing he did was cross the street?'
'Dont't screw with me, Heredia, you know I'm used to your foolishness."
Thanks to AmazonCrossing for sending me this e book through NetGalley.
Attention cat lovers!! This book was written for you. Heredia is a Santiago, Chile private detective who makes much of his income by writing reviews of books that he reads. He also talks to his cat, Simenon, and Simenon talks back to him. Virginia Reyes asks him to investigate the murder of her brother, German. The police have written it off as a robbery gone wrong. Heredia investigates and suspects that the murder has to do with German's arrest and torture under the Pinochet dictatorship. German had been trying to find out who tortured him. They wore masks and used false names, but he is determined.
Heredia does solve the case with some unorthodox help from another detective, Montegon.
I thought that the translation was very good. This book has some interesting information on Chilean society.
Some quotes:
Santiago coffee shops--"...the cafes con plemas--'coffee with legs,' where drinks are served by waitresses in high heels and miniskirts..."
Book reviewing-- "Boredom was eating away at my skin like voracious bacteria, and I was still stuck on the first page of the book I was trying to review. It was as seductive as a drunk's breath the morning after."
Chilean past-- "It's not my fault there are so many times between the past and the present. History can't be left behind, especially when the picture is drawn in blurred lines,..."
Cat conversation-- "I said to him, 'Haven't you ever asked yourself what your life would be like if you had a master who came home every day and the riskiest thing he did was cross the street?'
'Dont't screw with me, Heredia, you know I'm used to your foolishness."
Thanks to AmazonCrossing for sending me this e book through NetGalley.