Nina L. Molinaro is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.

• Table of Contents:Acknowledgments1 Detection and Correction in the Petra Delicado Series2 Rationalizing Rape and Other Offenses in Ritos de muerte3 Dogging Gender and Dia de perros4 (Re)Solving Castration Anxiety in Mensajeros de la oscuridad5 Criminal Images and Muertos de papel6 Masquerading Mothers and Serpientes en el paraiso7 Home, Homicide, and Un barco cargado de arroz8 The Romance of Family Planning in Nido vacio9 Afterword: El silencio de los claustros and Nadie quiere saberWorks CitedIndex

'Offering a comprehensive examination of Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s crime fiction, this thoroughly researched and accessibly written volume is an invaluable contribution to existing scholarship in the field of contemporary Peninsular literature.' Jacky Collins, Northumbria University, UK

Nina L. Molinaro is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.

• Table of Contents:Acknowledgments1 Detection and Correction in the Petra Delicado Series2 Rationalizing Rape and Other Offenses in Ritos de muerte3 Dogging Gender and Dia de perros4 (Re)Solving Castration Anxiety in Mensajeros de la oscuridad5 Criminal Images and Muertos de papel6 Masquerading Mothers and Serpientes en el paraiso7 Home, Homicide, and Un barco cargado de arroz8 The Romance of Family Planning in Nido vacio9 Afterword: El silencio de los claustros and Nadie quiere saberWorks CitedIndex

'Offering a comprehensive examination of Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s crime fiction, this thoroughly researched and accessibly written volume is an invaluable contribution to existing scholarship in the field of contemporary Peninsular literature.' Jacky Collins, Northumbria University, UK

Nina L. Molinaro is Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.

• Table of Contents:Acknowledgments1 Detection and Correction in the Petra Delicado Series2 Rationalizing Rape and Other Offenses in Ritos de muerte3 Dogging Gender and Dia de perros4 (Re)Solving Castration Anxiety in Mensajeros de la oscuridad5 Criminal Images and Muertos de papel6 Masquerading Mothers and Serpientes en el paraiso7 Home, Homicide, and Un barco cargado de arroz8 The Romance of Family Planning in Nido vacio9 Afterword: El silencio de los claustros and Nadie quiere saberWorks CitedIndex

'Offering a comprehensive examination of Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s crime fiction, this thoroughly researched and accessibly written volume is an invaluable contribution to existing scholarship in the field of contemporary Peninsular literature.' Jacky Collins, Northumbria University, UK