Two dead at the Adell house . . . But nothing in the duty officer's report can prepare Melchor Marin 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 Miserables 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
| ISBN: | 9781529410020 |
| Publication date: | 29th September 2022 |
| Author: | Javier Cercas |
| Publisher: | MacLehose Press an imprint of Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 339 pages |
| Series: | A Terra Alta Investigation |
| Primary Genre | Crime and Mystery |
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Two dead at the Adell house . . . But nothing in the duty officer's report can prepare Melchor Marin 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 Miserables 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 features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Fiction in translation, Fiction, Fiction: special features
Even the Darkest Night is available in Paperback, Ebook
Even the Darkest Night was written by Javier Cercas and published by MacLehose Press an imprint of Quercus Publishing
Even the Darkest Night has 339 pages
Yes it is part of A Terra Alta Investigation series
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