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La peligrosa ciudad de Caracas es el trasfondo de una historia de la búsqueda de la hija díscola de un influyente politico conservador. La familia contrata a Magdalena Yaracuy, una detective que emplea la brujería con la puntería con las armas de fuego. La resulta es un thriller involvidable con un personaje entrañable. Un thriller apasionante, con un personaje entrañable, enamoradizo y divertido que los lectores no podrán olvidar. Caracas es la ciudad más peligrosa del mundo, y allí se ha perdido el rastro de la española Begoña de la Serna, hija díscola de un influyente político conservador. Para averiguar su paradero, la familia de la chica contrata a Magdalena Yaracuy, original detective que para resolver sus casos combina la brujería, las artes marciales y una certera puntería con las armas de fuego. Pero la desaparición de Begoña se complica. Crímenes sanguinarios, grupos paramilitares, secuestradores, narcotraficantes y militares corruptos, rodean el mundo de esta muchacha que quizá ha cometido el error de enterarse de peligrosos secretos en un país aplastado por la escasez, el miedo y la violencia.

About the Author :
Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez is a Venezuelan writer born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela in 1967. At an early age, he and his family moved to Caracas, where he lived in the popular area of Los Jardines del Valle. He, however, always kept a close connection with his hometown. He earned a BA from the Central University of Venezuela with a thesis on the poetry groups ""Traffic"" and ""Guaire."" Later he earned a Ph.D. in Hispanic American Literature from the University of Salamanca with a thesis on the Venezuelan writer José Balza. He has published fifteen books including novels, volumes of short stories and essays. He lives in Spain, the country where he has written and published most of his work. His work has been anthologized in Spanish in Líneas aéreas and Pequeñas resistencias. Some of his other works have been published in Switzerland, France, Bulgaria, Italy, Slovenia and the United States. In Venezuela, his texts are part of two recent short story anthologies: Las voces secretas, published by Alfaguara, and 21 del XXI, that was commercially released by Ediciones B. He has been invited to several important international literary events such as the International Guadalajara Book Fair, the Fair of Santiago de Chile, the Madrid eñe Festival, and has lectured at universities and institutions in Algeria, Colombia, Croatia, Spain, France, Switzerland, Venezuela, etc. In April 2013 his novel Arena Negra was awarded Book of the Year by booksellers in Venezuela