Black Diamond by Marcela Citterio

Black Diamond by Marcela Citterio Lila chose a cold profession: she works at the morgue to avoid dealing with the living.

One night, a body arrives on her table: Alejandro Cross, a millionaire entangled in shady dealings and excess. She examines him, signs the death certificate, and—following protocol—logs his belongings: a gold watch, a rosary… and a ring with a black diamond.
End of the story.

Until days later, she receives a message on her phone: “Thank you for taking care of me while I slept. A.C.”

At first, she thinks it’s a cruel joke. But the message mentions the black diamond—a detail only she saw at the morgue. When the bag of belongings is returned to the family, the ring has disappeared.

So who did she examine at the morgue? Why does Cross supposedly emerge now from the shadows? And who stands to benefit from his disappearance?

Lila becomes trapped between financial mafias, greedy heirs, and secrets that drag her into mortal danger. And in the shadows, a man everyone believes is dead seduces her with an impossible mission: to recover the black diamond—and, with it, his life.