Argentinian writer Claudia Piñeiro

Claudia Piñeiro is a multi-award winning novelist, with many of her books being adapted for television. She's one of Argentina's most translated writers, as well as being a popular screenwriter and playwright.

The BBC's Andrea Kidd joins Claudia in her apartment in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires, as she works on her latest, as yet, untitled novel. It follows the story of two step-sisters, one a radio journalist, the other an escort, both unaware of the other's existence, until a dramatic incident brings their lives together. But was it an accident or something more sinister?

Claudia's been called the Queen of Suspense and Argentina's Queen of the Noir Novels and although her works often revolved around a crime or the dead, her books centre on relationships and capture the country's society.

She is also interested in what makes her characters tick, a trait she thinks that could stem from the Argentinian's love of psychoanalysis.
Claudia also explains how she starts her novels with an image and how her ill cat was the catalyst for this latest work.

Presented and produced by Andrea Kidd