May R. Ayamonte

An extreme thriller that will keep you on edge until its harrowing final.

1975, Granada: At Virgen del Carmen, an exclusive religious school for girls, one of the students waits with hope to be adopted. The years go by and her hope, close to fading, is rekindled when she receives word that a family is interested in her.

2017, a brutal murder: Jimena Cruz, a journalist at a low point in her career, learns that a lifeless body has been found in the Albaicín. When she arrives at the scene, she discovers it is María, her childhood teacher and the woman she considered her second mother. Hugo, her lover and one of the officers in charge of the investigation, tries to keep her at a distance. But for Jimena, the case has just become personal, and nothing and no one will be able to stop her.

And a revelation that will change everything: when the past breaks into the present and secrets long believed buried come to light, the lives of all the characters who move through this novel will be changed forever..