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Claudia Piñeiro, Frances Riddle: Elena Knows (Paperback, 2021, Charco Press) 4 stars

After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation …

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Elena’s daughter has died. The court and police say it is suicide, but Elena knows it’s not. 

Elena—who has Parkinson’s—sets out on a journey to call in a debt and find the truth. The result of this journey will stay with me for a long time. 

Elena’s internal monologue is worthy of Virginia Woolf. The book as a whole challenges simple notions of what is “right” and “good.”

I would love to read more crime
fiction like this and will certainly be seeking out more of Claudia Piñeiro’s books.