Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Already a major bestseller in Spain and Latin America, the sensational Trilogy of the White City returns with a second installment, where Inspector L pez de Ayala investigates a set of ritualistic murders that target pregnant women -- among them, his childhood girlfriend. English edition forthcoming from KDPG in 2020. Kraken's first girlfriend, Ana Bel n Lia o, has been murdered in a ritualistic manner that has not been seen in the last 2,600 years. She has been burned, hung, and then placed in a Bronze Age cauldron. But she is not the only one. Other women--always pregnant--are dying at the hands of a psychopath who imitates"the rituals of water" in sacred places of the Basque country and Cantabria. There is no time to waste, because Deputy Superintendent D az de Salvatierra is also waiting for a child. And the father could very well be Kraken himself.
Synopsis
Tras El silencio de la ciudad blanca, llega la esperada segunda parte de la trilog a.
Ana Bel n Lia o, la primera novia de Kraken, aparece asesinada. La mujer estaba embarazada y fue ejecutada seg n un ritual de hace 2600 a os: quemada, colgada y sumergida en un caldero de la Edad del Bronce.
1992. Unai y sus tres mejores amigos trabajan en la reconstrucci n de un poblado c ntabro. All conocen a una enigm tica dibujante de c mics, a la que los cuatro consideran su primer amor.
2016. Kraken debe detener a un asesino que imita los Ritos del Agua en lugares sagrados del Pa s Vasco y Cantabria cuyas v ctimas son personas que esperan un hijo.
La subcomisaria Diaz de Salvatierra est embarazada, pero sobre la paternidad se cierne una duda de terribles consecuencias. Si Kraken es el padre, se convertir en uno m s de la lista de amenazados por los Ritos del Agua.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Kraken is back for the second installment in the acclaimed White City Trilogy, and this time he investigates a series of ritualistic murders that target expectant parents, only to find that the key to uncovering the killer may be found in his own past.
A pregnant woman has been murdered in a brutal, ritualistic way: burned, hung, and then placed upside down in a Bronze Age cauldron. When Kraken discovers the victim is his first love, Ana Bel n Lia o, memories of their time together come flooding back, and with them reminders of a dark secret long buried. Then the killer strikes again, enacting the same ritual against a second expectant parent. Kraken knows he must confront his past in order to unmask this fiend. And there's no time to waste, because Deputy Superintendent D az de Salvatierra has just found out she's carrying a child. And the father could very well be Kraken himself...