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Fascinating, intelligent murder mystery. Filled with psychological horrors.
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Sensational and gripping mystery set in Seville, Spain with major detours to the life of his father a famous painter who lived in Morocco.
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Javier Falcon is a complex character with flaws, but he's a brilliant investigator. He discovers that the case he's investigating has direct links to his family, hitting far closer to home than he imagined.
I decided to read this book after seeing the European TV series. The book and series are vastly different, but both are compelling. I can recommend both to anyone wishing to read a psychological thriller that keeps you wondering what comes next.
I decided to read this book after seeing the European TV series. The book and series are vastly different, but both are compelling. I can recommend both to anyone wishing to read a psychological thriller that keeps you wondering what comes next.
This book completely blew me away. It's a many-layered, metaphysical (and real-life) drama that you'll appreciate more if you are familiar with existential dread and the works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. At its center is an exploration of what the ultimate unbearable horror might be and what it is that we'd rather die than come to know.
The surface story concerns art and money, parenthood, sexual fluidity, fear and depravity, as well as some police details, but it's the other level that captivated me so much and that is driving me to read more of WIlson's work.
The surface story concerns art and money, parenthood, sexual fluidity, fear and depravity, as well as some police details, but it's the other level that captivated me so much and that is driving me to read more of WIlson's work.
Inspector Falcon stuggles to solve murders with no apparent motive, and tries to avoid becoming the next victim.
