The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories

The first half of this collection of short stories by Teresa Solana (translated by her husband) is just a hella fun smattering of crime vignettes. We've got prehistoric detectives, sunscreen wearing vampires, murderous grannies and soap opera loving ghosts. Gleefully black social satire that shifts gears for the second half. Here Solana teases the reader to make the connections across these stories. Less fantastical and instead focused on a small section of Barcelona. (I can't help but think of George from the movie Booksmart smugly pronouncing Barcelona with the spanish lisp - I imagine him cowering somewhere at the pivotal pharmacy) It's still got that playful style, satirical noir as it were, despite being anchored in the “real” world.