Urgent Matters

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A devastating train crash in the suburbs of Buenos Aires leaves forty-three people dead, but not Hugo Lamadrid, a criminal wanted for murder. He seizes his chance to disappear, abandoning his possessions - and, he hopes, his identity - among bodies mangled beyond all recognition. As the police descend on the scene, only grizzled Detective Dominguez sees a link between the crash and his murder case. Soon, he's on Hugo's tail. But he hasn't banked on everything from media misinformation to Hugo's criminal mother-in-law getting in his way. Readers love Urgent Matters!


'If this novel by Paula Rodriguez is anything to go by Argentinian noir may be the next big thing'


'It is a perfect slice of Argentine Noir with a current of dark humour running through it and I would highly recommend picking this up if you are looking for a sharp, energetic and compelling read'


'The stand out element of the story was the fabulous character development. All the key players feel like they are pushing their way out of the book into my world'

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'A vivid and unforgiving depiction of a world in which everyone..is guilty of something' - Guardian

'[A] breathless procedural... a notable addition to South American noir' - Times and Sunday Times Crime Club pick of the week

'Written in the taut, clean style of the classic pulp noir... the story barrels along at a ferocious rate' - Irish Times

'Part thriller, part telenovela, Paula Rodriguez's bleakly comic novel is all Argentine in its awareness of how society makes accommodation with corruption... [a] well-wrought tango noir.' - The Times (Best thrillers of November)

'This fast-moving novel evokes the teeming metropolis of Buenos Aires in a vibrant fashion, travelling between its poles of social differences and affording insights into a country still divided by race and class' - Crime Time

Author Bio

Paula Rodriguez is a journalist, editor, writer, comedian, ghostwriter and feminist activist. She has worked for twenty-five years in magazine print journalism. Urgent Matters is her first novel. Paula lives in Buenos Aires.