The Last Milonga

The Last Milonga: A Novel Set in Argentina - Dance Like No One Is Watching

One dance. Forty-nine years late.

Sofia Reyes, 34, inherits a crumbling tango hall in San Telmo, Buenos Aires - La Casa del Tango - from her grandmother Carmen. Under the floorboards she finds a pair of red tango shoes, inscribed: "Para Carmen - baila como si nadie te mirara."

Then a man comes to the locked door. Tomás Ferrer, now in his seventies, has come every Thursday at 9pm for forty-nine years, waiting for a dance he was promised in 1977 - the night before he was taken, and held for eleven months.

To understand why, Sofia must follow Carmen's trail: a letter and a list of seven names hidden in the hall piano, a man in Patagonia who hid Tomás and buried an empty coffin to fake his death, and a priest in Córdoba who has kept a secret for almost fifty years.

A dual-timeline novel of tango, family secrets, and a love that refused to stay buried - from San Telmo to Patagonia, and back to the hall on a Thursday at nine.

A short, complete novel: 7 chapters plus Epilogue, 44 pages, 6 x 9 in paperback. Perfect for readers of dual-timeline historical fiction, tango, and second-chance love stories.