A dead blonde in the elevator of a modern apartment house. No one knows anything, as there only the nice, polite people live there.
But the female has been poisoned.

Authoress that is called the Argentinian Agatha Christie? As a big fan of Ms Christie I could not do anything else than to grab this novelette! But while the novel cointains the known tricks and methods from the Golden Age of police procedural (probably because of the trends in the then writing fashion), I would not call it an Agatha Christie-like novel (as it misses the subtlety and wit of the Queen of Crime's settings and the well-worked psychology behind the wrongdoings). Also this promo is not very kind towards Ms Bosco, too, as she has had her own style and the Argentinian realities were different.
I do not know Ms Bosco's style and if this is one of her first works (there is potential and the writing skills are good, but this certain lightness which shows the experienced author is missing), but there is certain charm to be found here. The better translation would probably help, as it feels stifled and it is probably quite literal, which works against the best reading experience.

The setup also also cover the dark realities of the many naturalized Argentinians - this has probably worked better for the Argentinian readers who would know first-handedly the likes of the immigrants (many of whom had immigrated to Argentina have been quite evil people).

I would say that the novel reads better than many of the superficial, but popular modern works. The authoress should not get forgotten!

A very cozy mystery whose premise and plot was interesting. I wasn't able to guess the twists of the plot ahead of time so it was very fun to read. I really enjoyed discovering a lovely mystery writer in Argentina.

I am loving the genre of crime noir fiction at the moment - and this is no exception.

This time the setting is in Buenos Aires - Pancho Francesco Soler discovers the body of a murdered woman in an elevator. All the residents of the building have something to hide - after WWII, many immigrants made their way to Argentina - and many had skeletons in the closet.

The story is punchy, and not short on suspects, motives, secrets, red herrings and death.

Who is the victim and why was she killed - all is revealed in the final chapter as the pieces of this puzzle fall into place.

Further reading: Frederic Dard, Augusto de Angelis, Caimh McDonnell, Bradley Spinelli.