A terrible crime shakes the peaceful region of Terra Alta: the owners of its largest company, Gráficas Adell, are found murdered after being subjected to atrocious torture. Melchor Marín, a young police officer and voracious reader who arrived from Barcelona four years ago, is in charge of the case, with a dark past that has made him a legend in the force and that he believes he has buried under his happy life as the husband of the town librarian and father of a girl named Cosette, just like the daughter of Jean Valjean, the protagonist of his favorite novel: Les Misérables. Starting from that event, and through a fast-paced narrative full of memorable characters, this novel becomes a...
A terrible crime shakes the peaceful region of Terra Alta: the owners of its largest company, Gráficas Adell, are found murdered after being subjected to atrocious torture. Melchor Marín, a young police officer and voracious reader who arrived from Barcelona four years ago, is in charge of the case, with a dark past that has made him a legend in the force and that he believes he has buried under his happy life as the husband of the town librarian and father of a girl named Cosette, just like the daughter of Jean Valjean, the protagonist of his favorite novel: Les Misérables. Starting from that event, and through a fast-paced narrative full of memorable characters, this novel becomes a...