The most unexpected hero of a detective genre who looks in the mirror of Vazquez Montalban. Because Melchor Marín is a reincarnation, with its due space-time-plot variations, of that Pepe Carvalho who led us through gloomy offices or among the darkest nights in Barcelona. Javier Fences It is extended in a series (Terra Alta, Independiencia and now this castle) for which there is no end in sight, once the abyss of the trilogy has been reached. Because there are characters who cling to life on paper and Melchor Marín is one of them. Especially after a third installment that takes us deep into his skin. Reaching that space where your guts and spirit dispute their most incarnate duels.
Some years after the events narrated in Independence , Melchor Marín has abandoned the mossos d'esquadra and works as a librarian in Gandesa, in Terra Alta. Cosette, his daughter, is a rebellious teenager, who does not understand that her father has hidden from her how her mother died, and who decides to go to Mallorca with her best friend to spend a short vacation.
When he does not return or answer calls to his mobile, Melchor Marín, with the instinct of an experienced policeman, without wasting a second decides to plant himself on the island to track his latest movements. Someone tells him about a billionaire's mansion at one end of the island, near Pollença, where young girls are invited to participate in lavish parties. Melchor Marín will need help. More than ever. And have friends for a suicide mission. Will they risk their lives with him? Will it do any good?
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