Àngel Gil Cheza

A fast-paced thriller with deeply human characters that confirms Ángel Gil Cheza’s talent as one of the most original and unmissable mystery writers of the new wave.

A series of murders committed at different spots around Barcelona, a city rocked by social and political turmoil, combined with the mysterious disappearance of a best-selling author, brings together three characters at their wits’ end. An alcoholic sergeant in the middle of a midlife crisis, devastated by the death of her dog. An unemployed cultural journalist on the verge of depression who haunts the local soup kitchens. And a police corporal who’s recently undergone gender reassignment surgery, and is now suffering from abuse as a transgender person.

These three antiheroes must overcome their sorrows and trust each other as they join forces to thwart a complex plot. This story reveals the contradictions of a generation that fought to change the world in the 80s, and now hates to admit that the world has changed them.