Prey for the Shadow
Javier Cercas
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Belletristik / Gegenwartsliteratur (ab 1945)
Beschreibung
The mayor of Barcelona is being blackmailed.A sex tape from her student days - one she never knew existed. The price: 300,000 euros and her immediate resignation.A political chameleon who swept to power on a populist wave, she has her enemies. Nor can she trust those closest to her. Both her ex-husband and her deputy would profit from her fall.Melchor Mar n, living a quiet life in Terra Alta, is tempted back to Barcelona to work the case. But what seemed a simple matter has its roots in far more serious and disturbing crimes.With the mayor on the verge of capitulation, a shock revelation changes everything - not least the course of Melchor's life. At long last, his heart's dark desire is in his grasp. Praise for Even the Darkest Night"e;A gem of a book, easily the best I've read this year"e; M W Craven"e;A wonderful novel. I look forward to many more Melchor stories"e; A N Wilson"e;The first in what promises to be an excellent series"e; GuardianTranslated from the Spanish by Anne McLean