All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro; translated from the Spanish by Miranda France; Bitter Lemon Press.
I searched out this book based on how impressed I was with Piñeiro’s more recently translated Elena Knows. I do not usually read crime novels or thrillers but I really enjoyed her work so I wanted to give it a try and I am pleased that I did. Based on a husband’s ongoing infidelities, his wife Inés goes to great lengths to keep him safe and present in her life after an accident with his supposed lover. This fast-paced novel includes many twists and turns as Inés manipulates reality to fit her positive outlook of how her and Ernesto’s life will turn out. I like what the author was doing with the daughter Lali but I didn’t feel her story meshed with the adult’s shenanigans very well. Still, I enjoyed this dark and sometimes humorous story.
