Don't disappoint your father
Don't disappoint your father is the third and final volume of the Ana Arén trilogy, a set of suspense and mystery novels written by the Spanish journalist and author Carme Chaparro. The work, preceded by the award-winning I'm not a monster y The chemistry of hate, was published by the Planeta publishing house in 2021, giving this universe a round ending for its readers.
Since I'm not a monster won the Primavera Novel Prize, the eyes of critics were focused on the next steps of inspector Ana Arén. As Carme Chaparro advanced in this world of crime and personal traumas, readers began to wonder what it would be like the big twist responsible for close the trilogy.
Synopsis of Don't disappoint your father
Someone imitates the executions of the past
After everything that happened during the previous books, Ana Arén's life became complicated to stratospheric levels, and it was not far from continuing to become even more complex. From the first page of Don't disappoint your father there is a personal conflict and a crime to solve. The protagonist must face a terrible case when Nina Vidal is found dead.
She is a rich and depressive young woman, daughter of one of the most powerful families of Madrid's elite. When they take the body to the Forensic Anatomical Institute, they realize that the girl was murdered in a way that was as creative as it was brutal. She was subjected to a classic gold drowning torture reminiscent of the way Marcus Licinius Crassus, who brought Julius Caesar to power, was murdered.
Could there be a copycat?
As if what happened were not enough, a few days later they find another body. This time, the victim is María Vives, a close friend of Nina Vidal, also belonging to the highest birthplace of Spain. Her death was as tragic as the previous woman's, only They executed Mary in the same way as Hypatia of Alexandria: by skinning her with seashells.
“Is it possible that this crime is just an imitation of the first?” is something that those in charge of the investigation ask themselves all the time. But, How likely is it that someone would try to simulate an aberration like the one those poor women had to suffer? Furthermore, why were they murdered in such unorthodox and archaic ways?
Who will be the next victim?
Under such attacks on the elite, Civilians, the press and the police force rack their brains to find out who will be next to die, and how she will be killed. Ana Arén and her team must investigate even under the stones in a race against time, without clues or apparent witnesses. However, while the investigation takes place, the protagonist understands that these homicides affect her directly.
As Ana finds the hidden clues and the most gruesome secrets come to light, she realizes that her personal life, in some way, is being resolved as she resolves the princesses' case. But The distressing deaths of Nina and María are not the only thing that moves the protagonist of your site.
About those old ties
In the first pages of the novel, the main character is shaken by events that disrupt his existence. To make his already shattered life worse, Inés reappears, a friend from the past who comes to put Ana's stability in check.. They both meet when Inés is released from prison by a popular jury. The freedom of women also implies a rough attitude towards the protagonist.
Inés begins to present herself as a journalist in the homicide case against María and Nina, which becomes increasingly more media-friendly, thus complicating the work of the police. These obstacles are added to the scandals that Nina Vidal caused because of her fame, which she had obtained by recording pornographic videos, in the best style of Kim Kardashian.
It's not a question of who, it's a question of how and why
It is evident that since the first murder was discovered, people want to know who was responsible. Nevertheless, The most important thing seems to be why he attacks precisely elite women., and, furthermore, why he tortures them in such a vile way. Will Ana Arén and her team be able to discover what is behind this murderer before someone else ends up dying?
These and other questions can only be resolved at the culmination of Don't disappoint your father. A dizzying novel that reads quickly and that, according to readers, hooks you from the first pages like the rest of the trilogy.
About the author, Carme Chaparro Martínez
Carme Chaparro Martínez was born on February 5, 1973, in Salamanca, Spain. He graduated in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1996.. Later, she began a professional career in writing, collaborating on programs You sew them as they are, Generation, Ciutadans, among others. Later, she served as a reporter for the Sunday supplement of La Vanguardia.
Likewise, She was an editor for the information services of Cadena Ser in Tarragona, and then became editor-in-chief of the magazine High side. Over the years she has also been a host of the show 39 BTV life points, of which she was also director. Starting in 1997 she began to be part of the News telecinco, as a driver.
Her development as a presenter in TV programs, reports and documentaries has been seen in News Telecinco Catalonia, News Telecinco 14:30 e Telecinco Weekend News. Similarly, has hosted special programs on the death of John Paul II, the 11-M attacks and the T4 de Barajas attacks and the Montmeló Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Literary chronology of Carme Chaparro
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- I'm not a monster (Planet, 2017);
- The chemistry of hate (Planet, 2018);
- Crime (Planet, 2023).