LA PLAYA DE LOS AHOGADOS / THE BEACH OF THE DROWNED
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Autor:
DOMINGO VILLAR VÁZQUEZ
Country:
Spain (ES)
Book Theme:
From book to video
Publisher:
Siruela
Publishing Year:
2022
Began his literary work with Ojos de agua, his successful police series set on the Galician coast and starring Inspector Leo Caldas. His second work, La playa de los ahogados, meant his consecration in the international panorama of crime novels, obtaining excellent reviews and sales. In 2019 he published El último barco. The series has been translated into more than 15 languages and won a large number of awards, including the Novelpol on two occasions, the Antón Losada Diéguez, the Sintagma Award, the Brigada 21 Award, the Frei Martín Sarmiento, Book of the Year of the Federation of Galician Booksellers, the Cultura Viva and the Pata Negra Award. He was a finalist for the Crime Thriller Awards and Dagger International, Le Point du Polar Européen and Martin Beck of the Swedish Academy.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
One morning, the corpse of a sailor is washed up on the shore of a beach in Panxón, on the coast of Galicia near the city of Vigo. If his hands were not tied, Justo Castelo would be another of the sons of the sea who found his grave in the waters while fishing.
With no witnesses and no trace of his boat, Inspector Leo Caldas will have to carry out a major investigation. The daily life of a seafaring and tourist town, the hidden fears and lies of the past are the scenery where Leo Caldas walks, not knowing where to direct his personal life.
Leo immerses himself in the seafaring atmosphere of the village, trying to solve the crime among men and women who are reluctant to reveal their suspicions and who, when they decide to talk, point in a direction that is too unusual.
A complicated case for Caldas, who is going through difficult days: his father’s only brother is seriously ill and his radio collaboration in Onda Vigo is becoming unbearable. Nor does the impulsive character of Rafael Estévez, his assistant, who does not quite adapt to the inspector’s way of being, make things easier.
