The Secret in Their Eyes

Review ''Beguiling . . . [A] complex and engaging narrative.'' --Publishers Weekly ''A brutal murder is the starting point for this strange, compelling journey through Argentina s criminal-justice system . . . A view of the world as a dark place illuminated by personal loyalties.'' --Kirkus Reviews''Intriguing and often riveting . . . This book is primarily a murder mystery, but the focus on 1970s Argentina and the internal angst of the protagonist add layers of complexity. Highly recommended for readers with an interest in suspense, history, and the human psyche.'' --Library Journal''In straightforward prose, Sacheri builds a startling psychological mystery--about the secrets of a country corroded by state terror, and the secrets of a heart so suffocated that it cannot utter its simple, pure desire.'' --Michael Greenberg, author of Beg, Borrow, Steal and Hurry Down Sunshine Product Description [Read by Mark Bramhall] [Translation by John Cullen] The story that became the 2010 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film, which the New Yorker called ''powerfully and richly imagined: a genre-busting movie that successfully combines the utmost in romanticism with the utmost in realism.'' (The film is now the second biggest box office success in Argentine film history.) Part mystery, part love story, and part thriller, this novel will take you on an unforgettable journey. Benjamin Chaparro is a retired detective still obsessed by the brutal, decades-old rape and murder of a young married woman in her own bedroom. While attempting to write a book about the case, he revisits the details of the investigation. As he reaches into the past, Chaparro also recalls the beginning of his long, unrequited love for Irene Hornos, then just an intern, now a respected judge. Set in the Buenos Aires of the 1970s, Sacheri's tale reveals the underpinnings of Argentina's Dirty War and takes on the question of justice--what it really means and in whose hands it belongs. About the Author Author Bio: EDUARDO SACHERI was born in Buenos Aires in 1967. His first collection of short stories, ''Esperandolo a Tito y otros cuentos de fútbol (Waiting for Tito and Other Soccer Stories)'' was published in Spain in 2000 under the title ''Traidores y otros cuentos (Traitors and Other Stories)''. Three other collections were published between 2001 and 2007, all of which have been bestsellers in Argentina. The film adaptation of his novel ''La pregunta de sus ojos'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2010. Translator Bio: JOHN CULLEN is the translator of many books from Spanish, French, German, and Italian, including Margaret Mazzantini's 'Don t Move', Yasmina Khadra's Middle East trilogy ('The Swallows of Kabul, The Attack, The Sirens of Baghdad'), Christa Wolf's 'Medea', and Manuel de Lope's 'The Wrong Blood'. He lives in upstate New York.