The 3 best books by Jesús Valero

When the mystery introduces us to a historical imaginary, the myths, legends or even the most atavistic notions of the human shake us into an anxiety that transcends the literary. With a shallow reflection of made-in thrillers Javier Sierra o Julia Navarro, and with an ambition that borders on the depth of Umberto EcoDon Jesús Valero keeps us glued to his works.

A focus centered on artistic manifestations as something more transcendent as far as the ultimate testimony of the human is concerned. From there, Valero composes his agile plots that at the same time are capable of providing those depths that every reader of this type of novel seeks.

The perfect balance of suspense is served and delving into the solutions for the knots of each plot achieves a combined taste among the most popular bestsellers with an effort to provide that extra that can make this type of literature more profound. With her talismanic character by Marta Arbide, anything is possible.

Top 3 recommended novels by Jesús Valero

Invisible light

A surprising outburst from the author who soon achieved that word-of-mouth effect of great stories for readers looking for novels to stay with for days, like an adventure to recover during their free time from everyday life.

While working in an old church in Donostia, art restorer Marta Arbide finds a manuscript hidden behind a false wall for centuries. It is about the diary of Jean de la Croix, a medieval monk who, a thousand years ago, was entrusted with a mission: to take a mysterious relic to a safe hiding place and flee from the assassins who, by order of Pope Innocent III, were chasing him. to snatch it away

Intrigued by the contents of the diary, the restorer decides to investigate Jean's story and see for herself if the contents of those old papers are true. If so, she could completely change the history of the Church as it has been told to us. For this, she will have the help of Iñigo Etxarri, a priest with a dark past.

Together they will embark on a journey in search of clues that have withstood the test of time, which will take them from the abbeys and forests of southern France to the monasteries of San Millán and Santo Domingo de la Calzada and the vestiges of the ancient Sanctus Sebastianus.

Why was Jean running? What was the power of the strange object she carried with her? The key to everything could reside in a closely guarded secret from the year 33 of our era, a few hours before the death of Jesus Christ, when something happened that his apostles decided to hide...

Invisible light

The echo of the shadows

As we learn about the evolution of Marta in her search for answers to the most disturbing historical doubts, we succumb to a sensation of verisimilitude that arouses mixed sensations of estrangement and fascination. Because the foundations of our historical reality seem to be cracking.

The mysterious relic that art restorer Marta Arbide gave to the Vatican has been stolen. When she receives the news that she must be the one to lead the investigation to get it back, she feels that the adventure and mystery that pushed her to the limit in The Invisible Light have only just begun. And so it is: the same day that Marta arrives in Rome to begin her investigation, the Pope is assassinated.

This will start a frantic succession of intrigues and dangers that seem to be related to an enigmatic order, the White Brotherhood, founded in the time of Innocent III. In this way, the reader will travel back to the XNUMXth century at the hands of Jean de la Croix and the black knight, who on this occasion will have to battle against a powerful enemy who is fighting to get hold of the relic.

After the success of The Invisible Light, Jesús Valero once again takes us through dark paths, sinister monasteries and old castles, through a fascinating plot developed in three times -the XNUMXth century, the XNUMXth century and the present-, always on the trail of the rare relic that everyone covets.

The echo of the shadows

the touch of darkness

Each Jesús Valero title points to a sense of the paradoxical. Because, precisely, every new discovery places us in a space of confusion. A space that in this case Jesús Valero seems to share at times with that JJ Benitez who rewrote for us the most sacred history of our western world.

A year has passed since Marta Arbide discovered the whereabouts of the second relic of Jesus Christ and became obsessed with Solomon's knot and the ark of the covenant. After following in the footsteps of Jean de la Croix and revealing the darkest secrets of Christianity, the art restorer has been very close to death several times. Now, however, she has nothing to lose: her partner, Iñigo, has disappeared and a mysterious message, that only she can decipher, will start a new adventure.

Soon, Marta will again find herself involved in the story of the black knight and Jean de la Croix at a time when their visions of the world collide, but their friendship must endure. Between Jerusalem, Córdoba and Granada are some of the clues that, centuries later, will lead Marta to Alexandria and to the end of this tale of darkness, mysteries and betrayal.

What happened to the ark of the covenant and what does it have in common with the relics of Jesus Christ? To reveal the truth, Marta must go back to the origin of the secrets and, in all of them, there is always a woman. In this case, the story of the one that the Church has been trying to hide for centuries: Mary Magdalene.

The touch of darkness, Jesús Valero
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