When a young journalist named Bernardo Blanco is killed in the fictional
Mexican port city of Paracun, investigation into his murder reveals
missing links in a disturbing multiple homicide case from 20 years
earlier. As police officer Ramn el Macetn Cabrera discovers, Blanco had
been writing a book about a 1970s case dealing with the murder of
several young schoolgirls in Paracun by a man known as el Chacal.
Cabrera realizes that whoever killed Blanco wanted to keep the truth
about el Chacal from being revealed, and he becomes determined to
discover that truth.
The Black Minutes chronicles both Cabrera's investigation into
Blanco's murder and goes back in time to follow detective Vicente
Rangel's investigation of the original el Chacal case. Both narratives
expose worlds of corruption, from cops who are content to close the door
on a case without true justice to powerful politicians who can pay their
way out of their families' crimes. Full of dark twists and turns, and
populated by a cast of captivating and mostly corrupt characters, The
Black Minutes is an electrifying novel from a brilliant new voice.
