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I'm interested in exploring genre fiction written in Spanish by Latin American authors. By "genre fiction" I mean not literary fiction, but stuff that fits in commercial genres like mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance.

I've been able to find quite a few Spanish authors writing pure genre (especially mystery: Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, Dolores Redondo, Juan Gómez Jurado, Ibon Martín, Mikel Santiago), but almost no Latin American ones.

Latin American authors I have on my list: first and foremost, for mystery, Claudia Piñeiro, whose books I really love. But she's kind of over the edge into lit fic (her books are mysteries, but the mystery is not the point; it's more about exploring particular societal issues). Then Florencia Bonelli for romance novels (not a fan), and I also got a rec for Liliana Bodoc's Los días del venado for fantasy. Then there are a couple of authors who some consider write horror (Mariana Enriquez, Samanta Schweblin), but who also probably also straddle lit fic.

That's about it for authors I'm aware of, and I would like more. Any recs?

ETA - hablo español como lengua madre. Escribí el post en inglés solo porque vi en las reglas que es idioma de preferencia en el sub 😊

I went hiking in Sipoonkorpi yesterday and both on the way there and on the way back I was lucky enough to get on buses without air con. Two different lines: 731 and 739, too. It wasn't that hot outside, but it was just unbearable inside (especially on the way back, where I was supposed to be on for about 40 minutes, too).

It seems the official line is that all the buses have air con, and that the problem is that sometimes it's just not working, but I'm not sure that is right. These two buses were clearly quite a bit older than the usual ones (visibly so, and they didn't have phone charger points, for instance, and in one the electronic display wasn't even showing the upcoming stops), so either they don't even have air con, or the older air con units fail more often.

Is there a way to plan and avoid such buses? Are older buses more likely on particular lines, or to particular areas? Buses in the 730s lines, maybe?

I'm looking for a summer duvet that has a little bit of weight to it.

I find it very difficult to sleep completely uncovered, as I feel I need something with a bit of weight on me. It doesn't have to be especially heavy, like what is sold specifically as a weighted duvet. A normal winter duvet is enough.

The problem is that in summer my normal duvet gets much too warm. I already have a summer duvet which I switch to around this time of year, but it's significantly lighter than my winter one, and I find it hard to sleep when I use it. I have looked at a few of the usual places one would search for duvets (e.g. Jysk, Ikea), and I can't seem to find a cool-weather duvet that is not super light. The heaviest I've been able to find is 1450g for a double, which is about the same as the one I already have.

Do you know of any such thing as a heavier or weighted summer duvet or blanket being sold in Finland? Recommendations very much appreciated.

Me gustan muchísimo los misterios y las novelas policiales, pero no he leído muchos en español, y me gustaría hacerlo.

En inglés mis favoritas son las autoras de la Edad de Oro (Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, ECR Lorac). En cuanto a misterios más contemporáneos, entre mis preferidas están Ruth Ware, Elly Griffiths, Robert Galbraith, Anne Perry, Anne Cleeves, Tana French.

O sea, más bien libros enfocados en una trama ingeniosa y donde la ambientación juega un rol importante, con detectives profesionales o amateurs, pero interesantes. E idealmente no super oscuros en tono.

ETA: Generalmente no me gusta la novela negra. O sea, la que a diferencia de los relatos clásicos de detectives, se centra en ambientes urbanos decadentes, corrupción, violencia cruda, mafiosos y criminales de carrera. Prefiero crímenes en ambientes donde el crimen no es algo normal y esperado, y con protagonistas no criminales.

En español me ha gustado muchísimo Claudia Piñeiro, aunque en sus libros la trama de misterio es más una excusa para una exploración de aspectos de la sociedad. Leí también El silencio de la ciudad blanca, de Eva García Sáenz de Urturi, y me gustó, aunque me pareció un poco oscuro de más para mi gusto.

Viendo un poco tengo también en mi lista para probar los siguientes libros:

• La mala hija - Pedro Martí
• Los crímenes de Alicia - Guillermo Martínez
• Puerto escondido - María Oruña
• La última princesa - Alaitz Leceaga

Qué me recomiendan?