メキシコ市に住み、ビリヤード用品の販売で生計を立てる野心家は、突然、中学で学ぶ彼の恋人が誘拐されたことを知る。少女を救出しようとの思いに苛まれ、メキシコの人身売買、女性の搾取の巣窟で彼女の行方を捜す。このようにして捜索が始まる本書『Solo que Marla no volverá（ただマルラは帰らないだけ）』はベラ・ブラウンの2作目で、最良の推理小説の要素がすべて盛り込まれている。著者はメキシコで最も時代を感じさせる若手小説家のひとり。

A hustler who makes a living selling billiard paraphernalia in Mexico City suddenly discovers that his lover – a teenaged girl who is still at high school – has been kidnapped.

Um vigarista que ganha a vida na Cidade do México vendendo artigos de bilhar, de repente descobre que sua amante, uma adolescente do ensino médio, foi sequestrada.

'Solitud' was an immediate success with readers and was translated into various languages. One hundred years after its publication, this modern, startling novel is still just as relevant today.