Intimate Murderer— Bernardo Esquinca

Asesina íntima (Intimate Killer) centers on the story of the Mataviejitas (Old Lady Killer): a figure created by tabloid journalism as being responsible for the murders of numerous elderly women that occurred in Mexico City over three years.

This urban myth and media phenomenon is reconstructed from the testimonies of various characters involved with the case: a sharp journalist, a gluttonous investigator, ambitious police agents, numerous accused individuals who had nothing to do with it. But this novel is also the story of Chana Barrera, the woman behind the myth, an enigmatic wrestling fan who, after seeing almost all her hopes dashed outside the ring, decides to undertake one last desperate act before she herself falls to the mat.

In this novel, Bernardo Esquinca deploys new narrative techniques in his career to offer us a choral novel that, based on real events, shows us how much fiction can say about reality.

No. of Pages: 264