Ngwazi yosayembekezeka ya mtundu wa ofufuza omwe amayang'ana pagalasi la Vazquez Montalban. Chifukwa Melchor Marín ndi kubadwanso kwina, ndi kusiyana kwake koyenera kwa nthawi, Pepe Carvalho yemwe adatitsogolera ife kudutsa maofesi akuda kapena pakati pa usiku wamdima kwambiri ku Barcelona. Javier Fences Imakulitsidwa mndandanda (Terra Alta, Independiencia ndipo tsopano nyumbayi) yomwe ilibe mapeto, pamene phompho la trilogy lafika. Chifukwa pali anthu omwe amamatira ku moyo pamapepala ndipo Melchor Marín ndi mmodzi wa iwo. Makamaka pambuyo pa gawo lachitatu lomwe limatitengera mkati mwa khungu lake. Kufika pamalo pomwe matumbo anu ndi mzimu zimatsutsana ndi ma duels awo obadwa nawo.
Zaka zingapo pambuyo pa zomwe zafotokozedwa mu Independencia, Melchor Marín wasiya mossos d'esquadra ndipo amagwira ntchito yoyang’anira laibulale ku Gandesa, ku Terra Alta. Cosette, mwana wake wamkazi, ndi wachinyamata wopanduka, yemwe samamvetsa kuti abambo ake adabisala momwe amayi ake adafera, ndipo amasankha kupita ku Mallorca ndi bwenzi lake lapamtima kuti akakhale ndi tchuthi lalifupi.
Akapanda kubwerera kapena kuyankha mafoni a m'manja mwake, Melchor Marín, mwachibadwa cha wapolisi wodziwa zambiri, osataya mphindi imodzi akuganiza zodzibzala pachilumbachi kuti azitsatira mayendedwe ake aposachedwa. Winawake amamuuza za nyumba ya mabiliyoni ambiri kumapeto kwa chilumbachi, pafupi ndi Pollença, kumene atsikana aang'ono amaitanidwa kuti achite nawo maphwando apamwamba. Melchor Marín adzafunika thandizo. Kuposa kale lonse. Ndipo khalani ndi anzanu pa ntchito yodzipha. Kodi adzaika moyo wawo pachiswe limodzi naye? Kodi zikhala bwino?
Tsopano mutha kugular buku la "El castillo de Barbazul", lolemba Javier Cercas, apa:
