02295cam a2200385 i 4500 544142246 TxGeo 20211216120000.0 211203s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781951709464 hbk. 1951709462 hbk. (OCoLC)1287100222 TxGeo rda Diaz, Eloisa. Repentance / Eloisa Diaz. First North American edition. Aberdeen, NJ : Agora Books, an imprint of Polis Books, LLC, 2021. 289 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "First published in February 2021 by W&N" -- verso of title page. "1981. Argentina is in the grip of a brutal military dictatorship. Inspector Joaquín Alzada's work in the Buenos Aires police force exposes him to the many realities of life under a repressive regime: desperate people, terrified people and - worst of all - missing people.Personally, he prefers to stay out of politics, enjoying a simple life with his wife Paula. But when his revolutionary brother Jorge is disappeared, Alzada will stop at nothing to rescue him. ... 2001, the country is in the midst of yet another devastating economic crisis and riots are building in the streets of Buenos Aires.This time Alzada is determined to keep his head down and wait patiently for his retirement. But when a dead body lands in a skip behind the morgue and a woman from one of the city's wealthiest families goes missing, Alzada is forced to confront his own involvement in one of the darkest periods in Argentinian history - a time of collective horror and personal tragedy" -- publisher's description. 20220104. Police Argentina Buenos Aires Fiction. Political violence Fiction. Political prisoners Argentina Fiction. Disappeared persons Fiction. Murder Investigation Argentina Buenos Aires Fiction. Argentina History 20th century Fiction. Political fiction. Noir fiction. Suspense fiction. QS5