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"Once upon a time, there was a woman the press called the Hyena-Woman. Infant Annihilator. Witch. Child-Chopper. Butcher of Little Angels. Monster. The Ogress of Colonia Roma. Julian and I called her Mother. When the writer Ignacio Suarez is sent photographs of two murdered women, mirroring a passage of his very own detective novel, he drops everything to uncover who is responsible. What no-one suspects is that the origin of these crimes lies in the forgotten, real-life story of Felicitas Sanchez, the midwife turned child-killer who became known in the 1940s as ""The Ogress of Colonia Roma"". Diary entries and newspaper articles come together in this gripping tale to reveal how the woman called Felicitas, who grew up in a small community in La Huasteca, Mexico, became the infamous child trafficker and murderer in the country's capital, and how her long-ago crimes are linked to a wave of killings. Veronica E. Llaca evokes a tale of cursed bloodlines, forcing us to question the origin and inheritance of evil and how far we can truly escape our past."

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Verónica E. Llaca is James Ellroy's literary sibling. This crime novel astonishes with its handling and use of language, time and voice -- Guillermo Arriaga, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of “Babel” A raw and exciting thriller * Modernidades *

'With rich prose and based on a horrifying true story, Veronica E. Llaca builds a thriller about blood ties and difficult decisions with consequences that may destroy more than one life' * Diario de Mexico *

'With rich prose and based on a horrifying true story, Verónica E. Llaca builds a thriller about blood ties and difficult decisions with consequences that may destroy more than one life' * Diario de México *

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Veronica E. Llaca was born in Queretaro, Mexico, in 1967. She has worked as a journalist for many years, and was previously a playwright. Llaca is the winner of the Premio Nacional de Novela Negra. She lives now in Madrid and in Queretaro. Mark Fried is an American translator of Latin American literature, primarily known for his translations of the Uruguayan writer Eduardo and the Mexican writer Elmer Mendoza. He has also translated many Spanish novels, including Echoes of the Mexican-American War by Luis Gerardo and Firefly by the Cuban author Severo Sarduy.

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