La ola detenida

Creator: Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez

Title: La ola detenida

Date: 2018

Language: Spanish

Description: "The dangerous city of Caracas serves as the backdrop for a story about the search for the rebellious daughter of an influential conservative politician. The family hires Magdalena Yaracuy, a detective who combines witchcraft with expert marksmanship. The result is an unforgettable thriller featuring a compelling protagonist. A gripping thriller with a charming, romantic, and witty protagonist that readers won’t soon forget. Caracas, the most dangerous city in the world, is where Spanish national Begoña de la Serna, the rebellious daughter of an influential conservative politician, has vanished without a trace. To uncover her whereabouts, her family enlists the help of Magdalena Yaracuy, an unconventional detective who solves cases through a unique blend of witchcraft, martial arts, and sharpshooting skills. But Begoña’s disappearance turns out to be more complex than anticipated. Brutal murders, paramilitary groups, kidnappers, drug traffickers, and corrupt military officials populate the dark underworld that surrounds this young woman—who may have made the fatal mistake of uncovering dangerous secrets in a country crippled by scarcity, fear, and violence" (Publisher, translated from Spanish by Archivo Venezuela).

Subject: Literature, Fiction, Politics, Caracas, Venezuela, María Lionza, Spiritism, Migration, Return, 21st Century, Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez

Type: Text

Format: Printed book, audiobook, ebook

Rights: External reference

Relation: Latin American Literature Today's Dossier dedicated to Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez
“I’m interested in literature that peers into the abyss”: An Interview with Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez on Writing, el chavismo, and What’s Inside Briefcases from Caracas
by Wilfredo Hernández & Barbara Riess

Dossier de Latin American Literature Today dedicado a Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez.

Identifier: LIT0042

Collection: Narrative fiction

Tags: 21st Century, Caracas, Fiction, Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez, Literature, María Lionza, Migration, Politics, Return, Spiritism, Venezuela

Citation: Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez, La ola detenida, HarperCollins Español, 2018, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/64