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WINNER OF THE CWA DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION

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A gem of a book, easily the best I've read this year. A contemporary police procedural with a literary edge. I was rooting for the flawed, but deeply compassionate Melchor Marín from the first page to the last. Highly recommended" M W Craven


Two dead at the Adell house . . .


But nothing in the duty officer's report can prepare Melchor Marín for what he finds. A wealthy couple tortured to death in an almost ritualistic manner. The little town of Gandesa in the backwater region of Terra
Alta, Catalonia, is suddenly at the eye of a media storm.

Melchor is no stranger to notoriety. He was sent to Terra Alta to lie low after foiling a terrorist attack. And, before
that, he was jailed for his role as driver for a Colombian drug cartel, his decision to join the police inspired by a
desire to avenge his mother's murder and a copy of Les Misérables from the prison library.

Gradually, the leads in the Adell case dry up, and Melchor is ordered to back off. He doesn't, willing to sacrifice his reputation and career in a ruthless pursuit of the truth. But dusk is already falling on the darkest night of his life.

Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean

Even the Darkest Night: A Terra Alta Investigation

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WINNER OF THE CWA DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION "A gem of a book, easily the best I've read... Read more

    Publisher: Quercus Publishing
    Publication Date: 29/09/2022
    ISBN13: 9781529410020, 978-1529410020
    ISBN10: 1529410029

    Number of Pages: 352

    Fiction , Crime & Thriller

    Description

    WINNER OF THE CWA DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION

    "
    A gem of a book, easily the best I've read this year. A contemporary police procedural with a literary edge. I was rooting for the flawed, but deeply compassionate Melchor Marín from the first page to the last. Highly recommended" M W Craven


    Two dead at the Adell house . . .


    But nothing in the duty officer's report can prepare Melchor Marín for what he finds. A wealthy couple tortured to death in an almost ritualistic manner. The little town of Gandesa in the backwater region of Terra
    Alta, Catalonia, is suddenly at the eye of a media storm.

    Melchor is no stranger to notoriety. He was sent to Terra Alta to lie low after foiling a terrorist attack. And, before
    that, he was jailed for his role as driver for a Colombian drug cartel, his decision to join the police inspired by a
    desire to avenge his mother's murder and a copy of Les Misérables from the prison library.

    Gradually, the leads in the Adell case dry up, and Melchor is ordered to back off. He doesn't, willing to sacrifice his reputation and career in a ruthless pursuit of the truth. But dusk is already falling on the darkest night of his life.

    Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean

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