A hypnotic thriller whose clues lie in mysterious archaeological remains. The novel that started the unstoppable phenomenon of the White City Trilogy.
«A city terrorized by the return of ritual murders. An expert in criminal profiles who hides a ...
A hypnotic thriller whose clues lie in mysterious archaeological remains. The novel that started the unstoppable phenomenon of the White City Trilogy.
«A city terrorized by the return of ritual murders. An expert in criminal profiles who hides a tragedy. A hypnotic thriller whose clues lie in mysterious archaeological remains»
Tasio Ortiz de Zárate, the brilliant archaeologist convicted of the strange murders that terrorized the quiet city of Vitoria two decades ago, is about to leave prison on his first leave when the crimes begin again: in the emblematic Old Cathedral of Vitoria, a twenty-year-old couple appears naked and dead from bee stings in the throat. Shortly after, another twenty-five-year-old couple is murdered in the Casa del Cordón, a well-known medieval building.
The young inspector Unai López de Ayala ―alias Kraken―, an expert in criminal profiles, is obsessed with preventing crimes before they occur; a personal tragedy still fresh in his mind does not allow him to face the case as just another one. His unorthodox methods irritate his boss, Alba, the deputy commissioner with whom he maintains an ambiguous relationship marked by crimes… Time is running against him and the threat lurks in every corner of the city. Who will be next?
An absorbing crime novel that moves between the mythology and legends of Álava, archaeology, family secrets, and criminal psychology. An elegant and complex noir that shows how the mistakes of the past can influence the present.
The first part of the White City Trilogy: The Silence of the White City, The Rites of Water, and The Lords of Time.
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