When a child vanishes, a city's darkest secrets rise to the surface - and in the shadows of Catalonia, justice comes at a price. Detective Elisenda Domènech is no stranger to grief. Haunted by personal loss and worn down by infighting within the force, she's already on the edge. Then a young boy disappears - the son of a powerful local politician, just days before an election. As pressure mounts to find the child, a wave of violent break-ins is terrorising the city, and Elisenda's key informant has disappeared.
With the public demanding results, Elisenda finds herself navigating a tangled web of lies, violence, and political pressure. Taut, elegant, and relentlessly compelling - this is European Noir at its finest, for fans of Elly Griffiths and Ragnar Jónasson. Chris Lloyd, author of the Girona trilogy set in Catalonia and the award-winning Occupation series, crafts immersive, atmospheric crime fiction.
When a child vanishes, a city's darkest secrets rise to the surface - and in the shadows of Catalonia, justice comes at a price. Detective Elisenda Domènech is no stranger to grief. Haunted by personal loss and worn down by infighting within the force, she's already on the edge. Then a young boy disappears - the son of a powerful local politician, just days before an election. As pressure mounts to find the child, a wave of violent break-ins is terrorising the city, and Elisenda's key informant has disappeared.
With the public demanding results, Elisenda finds herself navigating a tangled web of lies, violence, and political pressure. Taut, elegant, and relentlessly compelling - this is European Noir at its finest, for fans of Elly Griffiths and Ragnar Jónasson. Chris Lloyd, author of the Girona trilogy set in Catalonia and the award-winning Occupation series, crafts immersive, atmospheric crime fiction.