Synopses & Reviews
A suspicious suicide calls Javier Falcón to a wealthy neighborhood on the outskirts of Seville in this sensational follow-up to Robert Wilson's thriller The Blind Man of Seville. Falcón begins to investigate a case with no solid evidence when suddenly, in quick succession, two more suicides occur-one of them a fellow police officer in the sex crimes unit. Left to discover what made life so unbearable for these victims, Falcón must find the connection among the suicides. As his investigation deepens, so too does suspicion that perhaps these deaths aren't suicides after all, and the mystery takes a shocking, explosive turn.
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"Tangly, sprawly, garrulous, astute, here's one more Wilson witchery that intertwines literature and art."--Los Angeles Times
"A Chandleresque mystery to be savored."--The News-Press(Fort Myers, FL)
ROBERT WILSON is the author of seven novels, including A Small Death in Lisbon, which won the Gold Dagger Award as Best Crime Novel of the Year from Britain's Crime Writers' Association. He lives in Portugal and Oxford, England.
"Wilson builds a many-layered portrait of survivors and perpetrators, each consumed by rage, guilt, or depression." -- The Boston Globe
In an exclusive suburb of Seville, Rafael Vega lies dead on the kitchen floor and his wife has been suffocated under her own pillow. It appears to be a suicide pact, but Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón has his doubts.
In the brutal summer heat Falcón starts to untangle the mystery of Rafael Vega when he receives threats from the Russian mafia who have begun operating in the city. Within days two further suicides follow - one of them a senior policeman - and a forest fire rages through the hills above Seville, obliterating all in its path. Falcón must now sweat out the truth, revealing that all these events are connected and that there is one more secret in the black heart of Vega's life.
Robert Wilson is the author of seven novels, including A Small Death in Lisbon, which won the Gold Dagger Award as Best Crime Novel of 1999 from Britain's Crime Writers Association. He divides his time between Portugal and Oxford, England.
Review
"Wilson builds a many-layered portrait of survivors and perpetrators, each consumed by rage, guilt, or depression." Boston Globe
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"Wilson continues his bold inversion of the classic detective story, in which trifles conceal monstrous evil and every single character really is as guilty as he or she looks." Kirkus Reviews
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"Wilson's characters are so well drawn that they walk off the page and into your mind." Library Journal
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"[An] ingeniously complex mystery driven by rich, intelligent dialogue and bathed in a stylish ambience, evoking a world of soulful sophistication." Booklist
Synopsis
In an exclusive suburb of Seville, Rafael Vega lies dead on the kitchen floor and his wife has been suffocated under her own pillow. It appears to be a suicide pact, but Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón has his doubts.
In the brutal summer heat Falcón starts to untangle the mystery of Rafael Vega when he receives threats from the Russian mafia who have begun operating in the city. Within days two further suicides follow one of them a senior policeman and a forest fire rages through the hills above Seville, obliterating all in its path. Falcón must now sweat out the truth, revealing that all these events are connected and that there is one more secret in the black heart of Vega's life.
Synopsis
A suspicious suicide calls Javier Falcon to a wealthy neighborhood on the outskirts of Seville. In quick succession, two more suicides occur one of them a fellow police officer in the sex crimes unit. As Falcon's investigation deepens, so, too, does suspicion that perhaps these deaths aren't suicides, and the mystery takes a shocking, explosive turn.
Synopsis
A suspicious suicide calls Javier Falcón to a wealthy neighborhood on the outskirts of Seville in this sensational follow-up to Robert Wilson's thriller The Blind Man of Seville. Falcón begins to investigate a case with no solid evidence when suddenly, in quick succession, two more suicides occur-one of them a fellow police officer in the sex crimes unit. Left to discover what made life so unbearable for these victims, Falcón must find the connection among the suicides. As his investigation deepens, so too does suspicion that perhaps these deaths aren't suicides after all, and the mystery takes a shocking, explosive turn.
Synopsis
Robert Wilson is back with the follow-up to his sensational thriller, The Blind Man of Seville. Javier Falcón has been through therapy and is in the process of breaking free of the psychological damage sustained during his last major investigation. Called to the scene of a suspicious suicide in a wealthy neighborhood on the outskirts of Seville, he begins to investigate a case with no solid evidence when suddenly, in quick succession, two more suicides occur-one of them a fellow police officer in the sex crimes unit. Left to discover what made life so unbearable for these victims, Falcón's task is to find the connection among the suicides. Or were they, in fact, murdered?
About the Author
ROBERT WILSON is the author of numerous novels, including The Company of Strangers and A Small Death in Lisbon, which won the Gold Dagger Award as Best Crime Novel of the Year from Britains Crime Writers Association. A graduate of Oxford University, he has worked in shipping, advertising, and trading in Africa, and has lived in Greece, Portugal, and West Africa.