Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2015 Best Spanish Crime Novel of the Year, 2013 by major Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia Top 10 Crime Novels of the Summer by Le Figaro Magazine, France βPluma de plataβ (Silver Quill) 2014 by the Basque Booksellers Association Best Novel of 2013βCreatio Social Media Best Spanish Novel of the Year, 2013ββContinuarΓ β TVE Cultural Programme
Already a #1 international bestseller, this tautly written and gripping psychological thriller forces a police inspector to reluctantly return to her hometown in Basque Countryβa place engulfed in mythology and superstitionβto solve a series of eerie murders.
When the naked body of a teenage girl is found on a riverbank in Basque Country, Spain, homicide inspector Amaia Salazar must return to the hometown she always sought to escape. A dark secret from Amaiaβs past plagues her with nightmares, and as her investigation deepens, the old pagan beliefs of the community threaten to derail her astute detective work. The lines between mythology and reality begin to blur, and Amaia must discover whether the crimes are the work of a ritualistic killer or of a mythical creature known as the Basajaun, the Invisible Guardian.
Torn between the rational procedures of her job and the local superstitions of a region shaped by the Spanish Inquisition, Amaia fights against the demons of her past in order to track down a killer on the run.
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