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Get ready to discover the books you won't want to part with this fall. With these 8 crime novels you will not want to leave home (nor will you miss it). Read? 😙
1. Corcira's evil
To what extent do we become what we fight against? The tenth case of Bevilacqua and Chamorro leads them to solve a crime that transports the second lieutenant to his past in the fight against terrorism in the Basque Country.
It all begins when a middle-aged man appears naked and brutally murdered on a lonely beach in Formentera. According to several testimonies collected by the Civil Guard of the islands, in the previous days he had been seen in the company of different young people in gay clubs in Ibiza. When his bosses call Bevilacqua to take over the investigation and inform him of the peculiarity of the deceased, a Basque citizen once convicted of collaborating with ETA, the second lieutenant will understand that it is not just another case …
"Lorenzo Silva portrays the Civil Guard with a care similar to that of Le Carré when he writes about British espionage", comments Antonio Muñoz Molina. Are you going to miss the one that readers already rate as the best book in the Bevilacqua and Chamorro saga? 🔝
two. The door
A ritual crime. A woman desperate to save her son. Manel Loureiro surprises with a thriller set in the mysterious and legendary Galicia.
The discovery of the corpse of a young woman, killed by an ancient ritual form at the foot of the mythical Puerta de Alén, puzzles its researchers. Agent Raquel Colina is a newcomer to that lost corner of Galicia to try to save her son, whom medicine can no longer cure. With no other alternative, and full of doubts, Raquel had resorted to a menciñeira local, which promised his healing.
However, the mysterious disappearance of the healer and the discovery of the victim of the Door make Raquel suspect that both cases may be related. With the complicity of her partner, in a magical and rural environment that she does not fully understand and where everyone seems to keep a secret, the agent will begin a desperate countdown to solve the case and thus find the last lifeline she has left to his son. Will it succeed?
3. Seven lies
They tell you everything. Except the truth.
Or in other words, get ready for the most shocking confession of the year! The new novel by Elizabeth kay comes to surprise you.
Jane and Marnie have been inseparable since the age of eleven. They adore each other and have always shared everything. But, when Marnie introduces her to the man she has fallen in love with, Jane lies to her best friend for the first time in her life. Because he doesn't like Charles, but prefers not to tell him. Because even the best of friends keep a secret.
As the years go by, that first unimportant lie will be followed by others that will mark their lives forever. Because if Jane had been sincere from the beginning, maybe now her best friend's husband would still be alive … Now Jane has a chance to tell the truth. The question is: are they going to believe it?
4. No dead
In this selection of crime novels we are very happy to be able to incorporate a character among characters of the genre: the return of Petra Delicado!
This time the new case of the inspector will be herself: a young nonconformist who enlists in a mission reserved for men.
«Being born in my generation imposed on you some precepts that you assumed without rebellion. Straddling the Francoist past and modernity, you had to abide by Catholic morality, for which the loss of time and talents was the worst sin that can be committed. "
The police inspector decides to put distance from her day to day to remember her past in order to take charge of the present. With her particular gaze, she will review her life, from the diligent girl who is expelled from a nuns' school, to the young anti-Franco university student who changes course when she gets married, until she decides to break with everything and be one of the first women to live. enter the police force.
Alicia Gimenez Bartlett In this novel he offers us an irresistible case where discovery and adventures run parallel to an inclement vision of family, customs, authority, sex and love.
5. All of us
That of Javier Menéndez Flores is a fascinating police plot that hits the head and shoots the heart.
Madrid, 1981. A couple of police inspectors investigate the fatal accident of a completely naked young woman whose autopsy reveals terrible injuries prior to the accident. Soon after, two girls of similar ages disappear. All three were last seen at nightclubs. Thus begins an absorbing criminal intrigue, spanning two decades, in which the action and psychology of the characters masterfully intertwine. The Madrid at the end of the Transition, where Franco's fierce methods were still alive, contrasts with that of an already established democracy although exposed to the dangers of the globalized world.
A novel that does not give the reader respite thanks to its rhythm, suspense and violence, with an epic ending, as surprising as it is devastating, that reflects on the complexity of the human being and its darkest areas, but also on the all-powerful force of love . You will not be able to stop reading.
6. The Thursday Crime Club
We bring you the craziest and craziest detective novel of the year. You know why? Because you should never underestimate the talent of a group of grandparents. 😏
In a peaceful private retirement complex, four unlikely friends meet once a week to review old unsolved local murder cases. They are Ron, an ex-socialist activist full of tattoos and revolution; sweet Joyce, a widow who is not as naive as she appears; Ibrahim, a former psychiatrist with incredible analytical skills, and the tremendous and enigmatic Elizabeth, who, at 81, leads the group of amateur researchers … or not so much.
When a local property developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph next to his body, The Thursday Crime Club is in the middle of its first real case.
Don't miss out on the exciting research he has conceived Richard Osman to the delight of fans of the crime novel. Can this unorthodox but brilliant group catch the killer?
8. The Silence of the White City Trilogy
Eva García Sáenz de Urturi signs one of the most successful crime novel series in recent times. The myths and legends of Álava, archeology, family secrets and criminal psychology form the core of this trilogy made up of volumes The silence of the white city (2016), The water rites (2017) and The time lords (2018).
It all starts with Tasio Ortiz de Zárate, a brilliant archaeologist convicted of the strange murders that terrorized the quiet city of Vitoria two decades ago. Tasio is about to get out of prison on his first leave of absence when the crimes resume again: in the emblematic Old Cathedral of Vitoria, a twenty-year-old couple is found naked and dead from bee stings to the throat. Shortly after, another twenty-five-year-old couple are murdered in the Casa del Cordón, a well-known medieval building.
The young inspector Unai López de Ayala -alias Kraken-, an expert in criminal profiles, is obsessed with preventing crimes before they occur … although a still fresh personal tragedy will not allow him to face this case as "one more". Who will be the next victim? Will Kraken manage to advance in the footsteps of the criminal? In addition, you will not have to take your head off the book this summer because the trilogy comes in a paperback edition. Did someone say pool and reading? 😙
7. Baztán trilogy
And we could not close this post on crime novel without mentioning Dolores Redondo and his phenomenon around the Baztán Valley, "the composer" and our beloved detective Amaia Salazar.
If you are a fan of illustrated books you also cannot miss this edition, because Ernest Sala brings us this beautiful complete edition of the three volumes, in black and white, which adapts Dolores Redondo's trilogy to the comic.
The shoes show the way. There are dead girls in Elizondo. Someone is killing them to send a message. Amaia Salazar will investigate these deaths even if it means unearthing ghosts from the past, removing the foundations of her family and establishing contact with forces that are beyond our understanding… Are you looking at the illustrated universe of Baztán with us?
And if the criminal enigmas take you upside down and you need even more doses of mystery, do not miss our selection of crime novels. Behind each deck a case, a criminal, a secret awaits you. Will you be able to discover the culprit before the story ends? We are very clear that this fall we are going to enjoy reading crime novels. 🍁😎
