<p><font>''An accomplished, inventive detective novel thrumming with tension and family secrets'' <b>Sana¿emoine, author of <i>The Margot Affair<br></i></b><br>''An astonishingly assured first novel, both funny and moving''<br><b><i>The Times</i> Crime Club<br></b><br>''Very impressive... <i>Repentance </i>is an evocative crime thriller with a likeable, self-aware protagonist, but also skilfully explores the darkest period in Argentina''s modern history''<br><b><i>Financial Times</i></b><br><br>''A powerful crime novel ... Opening old historical wounds that still strongly affect Argentinian society, this is a tale with many layers, many of them painful to evoke and a strong depiction of a country and a period that still simmers between the pages of history books and the crime novel is a perfect way of lancing the boil. Recommended''<br><b>Maxim Jakubowski, <i>Crime Time</i></b></font><br><br><b>BUENOS AIRES, 1981.<br></b>Argentina is in the grip of a brutal military dictators