Books by Carme Chaparro

The name of Carme Chaparro must sound familiar to you from television. She has been a presenter in the Telecinco news, in Noticias Cuatro as well as in programs such as Mujeres al poder, Cuatro al día, Todo es lie or, in 2022, as a reporter in En el punto de mira. But did you know that she is also a writer? Do you know Carme Chaparro's books?

If you have just discovered it, or have already read its creative writing and you want to know if you have more of this author, then we are going to reveal it to you. Do not miss it!

Who is Carmen Chaparro?

First of all, we will review his career so that you know the basis he has for his novels. It is something that influences every writer. In the case of Carme Chaparro Martínez, her full name, she studied Journalism in Barcelona. His career was totally focused on this area, starting as an editor in Catalan programs, such as TV3, with Ciutadans, Generació X and Les coses com són.

While working as a copywriter, I also He did some reports for La Vanguardia, which appeared in the Sunday supplement.

She was an editor at Cadena Ser in Tarragona. She was in charge of information services and she did not do so badly when she was later appointed editor-in-chief of the magazine Zona Alta.

His step up took place with the program 39 punts de vida on BTV, where she was both director and presenter. This opened the doors for her to also be a director and presenter on De nou a nou, a weekend program on Ràdio L'Hospitalet.

It was in 1997 when he made the leap to Informativos Telecinco. First in the Catalonia edition as editor and, a year later, as presenter and editor. At that time she also presented political debates, elections, etc.

In 2001 he became a national News Telecinco and in 2004 he was the visible face of the weekend news.. But he has also been present in many special programs such as the death of Juan Carlos II, 11-M, Formula 1, the wedding of the current kings of Spain...

In 2017 he went on to present Noticias Cuatro, a daily program that, after its cancellation, went to Four a day. In 2020 she presented the docu-series Mujeres al poder.

Keep in mind that in 2017 he announced that he suffered from Ménière's disease, a degenerative problem that leaves her deaf.

Her facet as a writer

On a literary level, The truth is that this author is not well known. His first book was published in 2017, and was awarded the Spring Novel Prize, which boosted his career.

This book it was actually the first of a trilogy, but in later years he finished them.

Books by Carme Chaparro

You already know a little more about the life and career of this author, so now we can focus on the books by Carme Chaparro. How many has she written? What are they about? Let's go one by one.

I'm not a monster

If there is something worse than a nightmare, it is that nightmare repeats itself. And among our worst dreams, those of all of us, few produce more anguish than a child disappearing without a trace.

That is precisely what happens at the beginning of this novel.: In a mall, in the middle of the bustle of an afternoon of shopping, a predator lurks, choosing the prey that he is about to snatch. Those few lines, those minutes of waiting, will be the last moments of peace for the protagonists of a story to which the common qualifiers, "exciting", "impossible to let go", "surprising", fall short, very short.

Because what Carme Chaparro does in I'm not a monster, her first novel, is to take his characters and his readers to the limityes And neither they nor we will come out of this test unscathed. Check it out.

With this book he became known, and the truth is that he was very successful., especially since he won an award with it. The truth is that, due to the plot, it reminded me at first of the video game Heavy Rain where the plot begins with a father in a shopping center who suddenly loses his son.

The chemistry of hate

What would you do if, having survived what you thought was the hardest test you could endure, destiny will take you to the limit again?

For the chief inspector Ana Arén there is no respite: after she solved the case that practically ended her, she must face a devilish challenge, the murder of one of the most famous women in Spain.

Always questioned by her superior, at the head of a team that still does not trust her and with the media focus on the investigation, Ana finds herself once again faced with an apparently unsolvable crime in which time and the past insist on playing against him.

A year after the success she had with I'm not a monster, Carme Chaparro released the second part. In fact, in some places they talk about a bilogy, ending with this book, but in reality there was one more to be released, which we will discuss below.

Don't disappoint your father

This is a novel for the bold. Already on the first page the reader receives the first impact: read on if you dare, the author challenges us

If you do, You will attend the autopsy of a strange corpse at the Forensic Anatomical Institute of Madrid. It is the body of a young, famous, rich and depressed woman -Nina Vidal- who has been murdered with a cruelty as unimaginable as… creative?

Days later, the corpse of another young woman, also famous and rich, appears. The two victims were friends and had grown up together in the most elite and powerful environment in Spain.

someone andis imitating the most brutal torture in the history of mankind. Nina Vidal is murdered like the greedy Crassus, the Roman who brought Julius Caesar to power. María Vives is skinned with seashells, like Hypatia of Alexandria. Who will be the next victim? What torture would the murderer have planned for her?

In a race against time, Ana Arén faces the greatest challenge of her professional career. What she will not know until the end is that all the research will lead her to solve the unknowns in her own life.

Published in 2021, it is the book that ends the story of Ana Arén. Once again we will meet familiar characters who will be immersed in a new story.

Quiet you are more beautiful

Since 2012, Carme Chaparro has been developing a great activity in different written media, such as Yo Dona, GQ or VozPópuli, and on social networks, publishing articles and reflections almost daily in which her acute, accurate opinion, without half measures, on the current issues that challenge her and that affect us are evident. everyone, and especially everyone, in their valiant defense of equality.

And he does it with a master hand and a fresh spirit, critical, which focuses on habits, customs and hobbies of our society, but also on our will to fulfill ourselves, supportive and without imposture.

Carme Chaparro also reflects on how to deal with the servitudes of modern life from which it is so difficult for us to ignore: the dictatorship of the image and the counting of calories and hours in the gym, the submission to the networks every day and at all hours, the machismo that does not stop, the challenges of love and of sexuality in the time of Tinder…

His vindictive prose, which displays as much warmth and empathy as a strong social content, delves into the contradictions and edges of the world in which we have had to live.

While this last book was actually written before Don't Let Your Father Down, it's not actually part of the crime novel trilogy, but it is a non-fiction book (as you may have read in the synopsis).

Do you know my tear?

This book does not usually appear in the lists of Carmen Chaparro books, but it did come up when we were looking for synopses of the previous ones on Amazon. Do you know my tear? It is a story that he wrote for Children's Villages where emotions and values ​​are worked on for children. In addition, your purchase helps other children in situations of vulnerability. We leave you its synopsis:

Have you ever tried to collect a tear? Have you held it with the tip of your finger and tried to look through it? You may be in for a surprise, because sometimes tears speak. And Paulina is about to embark on a fantastic journey to try to make hers happy. Do you accompany her?

What Carme Chaparro books have you read?