Acknowledgments
Introduction: Argentina Noir
From the Whodunit to the Novela Negra: The Poetics of Crime Fiction
Development of the Genre in Argentina
An Overview of Current Practitioners in Argentina
Toward a Characterization of and Approach to the Genre in Argentina
1. Combatting Organized Crime and Institutional Complicity, with a Sentimental Subtext
Trafficking Enabled by Institutional Corruption
A Sentimental Cop Goes Up against Human Traffickers: Los hombres te han hecho mal by Ernesto Mallo
The Foul Breezes of Buenos Aires: Ciudad Santa by Guillermo Orsi
2. The President and All His Men: Watchdog Journalists Tackle Corruption during the Menem Presidency
The Menem Presidency and the Neoliberal Era
"Novelas menemistas": El vuelo de la reina by Tomás Eloy Martínez and El muerto indiscreto by Rubén Correa
3. Terrorist Attacks on Jewish Buenos Aires and the Mysterious Death of Alberto Nisman
The Hapless Investigation of the Attack on the AMIA
A Sexy Journalist Cracks an Anti-Semitic Plot: Asalto al paraíso by Marcos Aguinis
The Rogue Spy and the Demise of the Special Prosecutor: El fiscal by R. S. Pratt
4. Trouble in the Country Club, or "Los Nuevos Ricos También Lloran"
The Gated Community as Emblematic of the Neoliberal Era
Disintegration of Family Ties: Retrato de familia con muerta by Raúl Argemí
The High Cost of Keeping Up Appearances: Las viudas de los jueves by Claudia Piñeiro
Regendering the Genre: Betibú by Claudia Piñeiro
The Gated Community: A Disturbing Message
5. The "Other Side": The Urban Poor and the Crime Novel
No Longer a Middle-Class Society
Collateral Damage of Consumer Society: Puerto Apache by Juan Martini
Fatal Attraction: La fragilidad de los cuerpos by Sergio Olguín
Conclusion: Social Collapse and Human Connections
Territorialization and Transformation
The Sentimental Subtext
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz is Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Center for Global and Area Studies at the University of Delaware. Her previous books include Mothers, Lovers, and Others: The Short Stories of Julio Cortázar, also published by SUNY Press.