Author: Antonio Hill
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
ISBN: 0385678711
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A skillfully plotted tale of misdeeds and murder--introducing Inspector Hector Salgado, a detective with a complicated past, a love of cinema . . . and a tendency to violence. Under a hot Barcelona sun, a killer is feeling the heat. When the death of a vulnerable young witness in a case of human trafficking and voodoo causes the normally calm Police Inspector Hector Salgado to beat someone up, he is moved off the project and sent instead to investigate a teenager's fall to his death in one of Barcelona's uptown areas. As Salgado begins to uncover the inconvenient truths behind the city's most powerful families, two seemingly unsolvable cases are set to implode under the hot Barcelona sun.
The Summer of Dead Toys
Author: Antonio Hill
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
ISBN: 0385678711
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A skillfully plotted tale of misdeeds and murder--introducing Inspector Hector Salgado, a detective with a complicated past, a love of cinema . . . and a tendency to violence. Under a hot Barcelona sun, a killer is feeling the heat. When the death of a vulnerable young witness in a case of human trafficking and voodoo causes the normally calm Police Inspector Hector Salgado to beat someone up, he is moved off the project and sent instead to investigate a teenager's fall to his death in one of Barcelona's uptown areas. As Salgado begins to uncover the inconvenient truths behind the city's most powerful families, two seemingly unsolvable cases are set to implode under the hot Barcelona sun.
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
ISBN: 0385678711
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A skillfully plotted tale of misdeeds and murder--introducing Inspector Hector Salgado, a detective with a complicated past, a love of cinema . . . and a tendency to violence. Under a hot Barcelona sun, a killer is feeling the heat. When the death of a vulnerable young witness in a case of human trafficking and voodoo causes the normally calm Police Inspector Hector Salgado to beat someone up, he is moved off the project and sent instead to investigate a teenager's fall to his death in one of Barcelona's uptown areas. As Salgado begins to uncover the inconvenient truths behind the city's most powerful families, two seemingly unsolvable cases are set to implode under the hot Barcelona sun.
A Body in Barcelona
Author: Jason Webster
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473512360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Tensions in Spain are rising: political violence and social unrest have suddenly re-emerged. Madrid is trying to keep a tight leash on Catalonia, where the call for independence is getting louder by the day. The last time Barcelona moved to break away, in the 1930s, Spain quickly descended into civil war. Down in Valencia, a shallow grave is found among abandoned orange groves just outside the city. Chief Inspector Max Cámara, now heading up the new Special Crime Unit, is put on the case. But this is no ordinary murder. Behind it, Max uncovers a tangled web that could awaken ghosts from the past, decimate Barcelona and destabilise the whole country It’s all down to Max, but the stakes are higher than anything he’s ever known. 'One of the most creative writers working within the field of crime fiction, and one of the most entertaining' Daily Express 'A series that gets better and better' Mark Billingham 'Conveys a wonderful sense of Spain... [Webster] does for the country what Michael Dibdin did for Italy' Daily Mail 'An exceptional writer' Guardian
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473512360
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Tensions in Spain are rising: political violence and social unrest have suddenly re-emerged. Madrid is trying to keep a tight leash on Catalonia, where the call for independence is getting louder by the day. The last time Barcelona moved to break away, in the 1930s, Spain quickly descended into civil war. Down in Valencia, a shallow grave is found among abandoned orange groves just outside the city. Chief Inspector Max Cámara, now heading up the new Special Crime Unit, is put on the case. But this is no ordinary murder. Behind it, Max uncovers a tangled web that could awaken ghosts from the past, decimate Barcelona and destabilise the whole country It’s all down to Max, but the stakes are higher than anything he’s ever known. 'One of the most creative writers working within the field of crime fiction, and one of the most entertaining' Daily Express 'A series that gets better and better' Mark Billingham 'Conveys a wonderful sense of Spain... [Webster] does for the country what Michael Dibdin did for Italy' Daily Mail 'An exceptional writer' Guardian
A Dead Man in Barcelona
Author: Michael Pearce
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1569475377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The fifth exciting crime novel in Michael Pearce's Dead Man series.
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1569475377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The fifth exciting crime novel in Michael Pearce's Dead Man series.
Murder in the Multinational State
Author: Stewart King
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000021858
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
As Spaniards set out to transform the political, social and cultural landscape of the nation following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, its crime fiction traces, challenges and celebrates these radical changes. Crime Fiction from Spain: Murder in the Multinational State provides a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between detective fiction and national and cultural identities in post-Franco democratic Spain. What sort of stories are told about the nation within the state in the crime genre? How do the conventions of the crime story shape not only the production of national and cultural identities, but also their disruption? Combining criminological theories of crime and community with an analysis of the genre’s conventions, this study challenges the simple classification of Spanish crime fiction as texts written by Spaniards, set in Spain and with Spanish characters. Instead, it develops a dramatic new reading practice which allows for a greater understanding of the role of crime fiction in the construction and articulation of different and, at times, competing, national and cultural identities, including in the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia. The book provides a stimulating introduction to the key debates on the study of crime fiction and national and cultural identities in the context of a multinational state.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000021858
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
As Spaniards set out to transform the political, social and cultural landscape of the nation following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, its crime fiction traces, challenges and celebrates these radical changes. Crime Fiction from Spain: Murder in the Multinational State provides a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between detective fiction and national and cultural identities in post-Franco democratic Spain. What sort of stories are told about the nation within the state in the crime genre? How do the conventions of the crime story shape not only the production of national and cultural identities, but also their disruption? Combining criminological theories of crime and community with an analysis of the genre’s conventions, this study challenges the simple classification of Spanish crime fiction as texts written by Spaniards, set in Spain and with Spanish characters. Instead, it develops a dramatic new reading practice which allows for a greater understanding of the role of crime fiction in the construction and articulation of different and, at times, competing, national and cultural identities, including in the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia. The book provides a stimulating introduction to the key debates on the study of crime fiction and national and cultural identities in the context of a multinational state.
Barcelona Shadows
Author: Marc Pastor
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782270639
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In 1917, Barcelona's infamous Raval district is alive with outlandish rumours. A monster is abducting and murdering young children. The police are either powerless to prevent his terrible crimes,or indifferent to them, since they concern only the sons and daughters of prostitutes. But Inspector Moisès Corvo is determined to stop the outrages, and punish their perpetrator. His inquiries take him on a tour of the Catalan capital,through slum, high-class brothel and casino, and end in a stomach-turning revelation.
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782270639
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In 1917, Barcelona's infamous Raval district is alive with outlandish rumours. A monster is abducting and murdering young children. The police are either powerless to prevent his terrible crimes,or indifferent to them, since they concern only the sons and daughters of prostitutes. But Inspector Moisès Corvo is determined to stop the outrages, and punish their perpetrator. His inquiries take him on a tour of the Catalan capital,through slum, high-class brothel and casino, and end in a stomach-turning revelation.
Murder International, Inc., Murder and Kidnapping as an Instrument of Soviet Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Murder International, Inc
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assassination
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assassination
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Murder of Asunta Yong Fang
Author: Mark Guscin
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527515591
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
In September 2013, the body of 12-year-old Asunta Basterra (born in China and adopted while still a baby) was found abandoned at the side of a woodland path near Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Some days later, her parents were arrested as the prime suspects of the murder, and, after a long and complicated trial, which left various matters unsolved, were each sentenced to 18 years in prison. This is the first book in English about the murder and trial, and the only book to include the whole story as told in the author’s interviews with Asunta’s mother in prison (the only authorized visit in her four years in prison), the lawyers of both parties, the policemen and women who were directly involved in the arrest and the investigation, Asunta’s ballet teacher and journalists who covered the story from beginning to end.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527515591
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
In September 2013, the body of 12-year-old Asunta Basterra (born in China and adopted while still a baby) was found abandoned at the side of a woodland path near Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Some days later, her parents were arrested as the prime suspects of the murder, and, after a long and complicated trial, which left various matters unsolved, were each sentenced to 18 years in prison. This is the first book in English about the murder and trial, and the only book to include the whole story as told in the author’s interviews with Asunta’s mother in prison (the only authorized visit in her four years in prison), the lawyers of both parties, the policemen and women who were directly involved in the arrest and the investigation, Asunta’s ballet teacher and journalists who covered the story from beginning to end.
Revenge in Barcelona: A Nikki Garcia Thriller
Author: Kathryn Lane
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733282734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Nikki Garcia, former international fraud auditor turned private investigator, escapes to Spain with her fiancé after a death threat on her last assignment. She puts the past behind her and turns the trip to Barcelona into her destination wedding. A week later, Nikki and the love of her life find themselves caught up in a terrorist attempt at one of the city's major tourist attractions. As events unravel, Nikki discovers she is being stalked, and worse yet, may have been the target of the bombing that killed several people.In a foreign country, can Nikki navigate the system and uncover the sinister person seeking revenge? And if so, will she outsmart her assassin?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733282734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Nikki Garcia, former international fraud auditor turned private investigator, escapes to Spain with her fiancé after a death threat on her last assignment. She puts the past behind her and turns the trip to Barcelona into her destination wedding. A week later, Nikki and the love of her life find themselves caught up in a terrorist attempt at one of the city's major tourist attractions. As events unravel, Nikki discovers she is being stalked, and worse yet, may have been the target of the bombing that killed several people.In a foreign country, can Nikki navigate the system and uncover the sinister person seeking revenge? And if so, will she outsmart her assassin?
Barcelona Noir (Akashic Noir).
Author: Adriana V. Lopez
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1936070952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Barcelona, with all its illustrious colour and exterior finery, hasn't always been able to curb its darker yearnings. Blame it on a bubbling, repressive concoction made with a pinch of Church, a touch of Crown and a large dose of General Franco to stir up the insides of its very independent and anarchic Catalonian spirit. Repression, vice, immigration - the 14 stories in Barcelona Noir will divert readers' eyes from Barcelona's lively Ramblas and Gaudi spires and open them to the city's tainted side; one that will never appear on any tour.
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1936070952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Barcelona, with all its illustrious colour and exterior finery, hasn't always been able to curb its darker yearnings. Blame it on a bubbling, repressive concoction made with a pinch of Church, a touch of Crown and a large dose of General Franco to stir up the insides of its very independent and anarchic Catalonian spirit. Repression, vice, immigration - the 14 stories in Barcelona Noir will divert readers' eyes from Barcelona's lively Ramblas and Gaudi spires and open them to the city's tainted side; one that will never appear on any tour.