The captain stands up, breathing heavily, and his righteous indignation propels him out of the room. As if he himself never tampered with evidence, stretched the penal code, or laid one trap here, another there. Allegedly. But he’d never been stupid enough to get caught. Antonia Scott―the daughter of a British diplomat and a Spanish mother―has a gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. But after a personal trauma, she's refused to continue her work or even leave her apartment.

La acción es genial, adecuada, construido con frases y diálogos sin florituras pero muy ágiles y realistas, controlando bien los tiempos y las expresiones. Muy equilibrado y tejido a cada paso. A boy has been murdered…not just any boy and not in a typical way—he is left completely bloodless and staged in the family home. This is followed by the kidnapping of the daughter of one of the richest men in Spain. Enter a secret group that works in the shadows to resolve crimes that are highly sensitive. The person that really makes it all work is Antonia Scott. Her mind functions in ways that others can’t fathom and her ability is legendary—but after paying a high personal price, she refuses to work. It’s not a question of aesthetics. These stairs are old (he saw the building dates from 1901); they creak and are bowed in the middle after 119 years of use, but they are solid, well looked after, and varnished. Where the hell did he come from? The National Intelligence Center? The Interior Ministry? The Avengers?” Antonia Scott—the daughter of a British diplomat and a Spanish mother—has a gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. But after a personal trauma, she's refused to continue her work or even leave her apartment.

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Fast paced, memorable characters and a cinematic story that draws you in hook, line and sinker. I can’t wait to get my hands on the next in the series." —John Marrs, author The One and Keep it in the Family Gran narración y prosa, es una máquina, escribe tan sencillo pero a la vez tan ágil que te comes las paginas. Una lectura fluida y agradable, el mensaje y la trama en general se adaptan excelentemente a unos personajes únicos y muy bien desarrollados, juegan un papel clave en hacer que el lector sonría y también forjar una empatía en cada página como en cada nuevo problema creando la debida tensión. If the district attorney is pissed at you, he could demand ten years. And the judge would happily agree. No one likes corrupt cops,” the captain says, slapping the steel desk. They’re in the interview room, a place no one enjoys visiting as guest of honor. Inspector Gutiérrez is getting the whole works: radiators turned up to that comfortable level between stifling and suffocation. Bright lights. The water jug empty but right in front of him.

I’m going to offer you a deal. You do something I want, and I’ll get you out of … what did your boss call it? Out of this ‘great stinking mess.’”

Red Queen is one of the most extravagantly entertaining novels I’ve ever read. Sprinting from spectacular surprise to even-more-spectacular surprise; whirling from one crisply textured character to the next…it's an electrifying serial-killer thriller, fiendishly clever puzzle mystery, and sensitive portrait of a fascinating young woman. Red Queen tops even The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as a thinking reader’s thriller, and Antonia Scott is like a more sympathetic Lisbeth Salander. I loved every word." —A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Jon (policia que cometeu um erro que ameaça destruir a sua carreira) é recrutado para encontrar Antonia e convencê-la a entrar num carro com o intuito de resolver um crime misterioso. Antonia está habituada a estes casos mas após o marido sofrer um acidente mostra-se reticente em ir. No entanto, acaba por arriscar e partem os dois nesta nova aventura. Juan Gómez-Jurado (December 1977 Madrid, Spain) is an award winning journalist and bestselling author. He is one of the three most successful contemporary Spanish authors along with New York Times bestselling authors Javier Sierra and Carlos Ruiz Zafón. In 2016, Juan celebrated the mark of 6 million readers worldwide. Las notas de investigación del autor al final, le da un contexto que simplemente une la historia y lo convierte en un pequeño detalle genial. Desde el principio hasta su conclusión estamos ante una historia ágil que nos lleva a hacernos muchas preguntas de las que necesitamos con impaciencia las respuestas.

Este es un thriller maravillosamente escrito de principio a fin, es atractivo, es adictivo y está lleno de curiosidades raras lo suficientemente extrañas como para sentirse nuevo y original.The Red Queen is not a super-graphic book, if you are squeamish. I mean, it’s NOT a cozy by a million miles, but it’s not Karin Slaughter or Thomas Harris level graphic. It’s not one of her neighbors: she would recognize the way they climb the stairs. And it’s Sunday, so it can’t be a delivery man. Red Queen is my favorite kind of thriller, a race against time with a uniquely fascinating protagonist who's almost as big a mystery as the villain. Antonia Scott is one of the most memorable characters I've met in thriller fiction, and I can't wait to see what she does next." —Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire Lo único que importa es la experiencia lectora. Para mí, crear la historia es sencillísimo. He escrito trece thrillers ya. Si quisiera crear una historia llena de giros complejísimos y acontecimientos truculentos, podría hacerlo sin sudar ni una gota.

Es diseñar una experiencia brutal y novedosa (y un libro como Todo Arde, en el que todo es sutilmente progresivo) lo extremadamente difícil, lo que lleva más de un año. Crear técnicas narrativas nuevas, personajes inolvidables, hacer avanzar el género, seguir aprendiendo y construyendo una carrera a muy largo plazo. Eso no se puede hacer escribiendo todas las veces la misma novela, aunque fuera lo más cómodo y sea lo que hacen algunos compañeros. Por eso hago las cosas como las hago, sin importarme nada más que EL PLAN. Bastante buena. Te mete en la intriga y esta está bien llevada de comienzo a fin. Hombre, ya puestos me hubiese gustado que me rematase al final algunas conversaciones pendientes entre personajes pero bien, vale, que le compro esta moto con agrado. La cosa va de muertes y como pillar al asesino (no nos deja el autor revelar nada de nada, lo dice al final del libro) y si ya he dicho que original no es, al menos está bien construida.

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Es un libro que empieza con buen ritmo y una trama interesante. Dos personajes variopintos: Jon y Antonia, que la primera impresión es que a ver cual de los dos está peor y un cadáver cuyo asesinato hay que resolver por estos dos personajes fuera del sistema, con todos los medios disponibles y unas capacidades "especiales". Something of the sort. You’ve been on the force for more than twenty years, with plenty of arrests to your name. Several reprimands for insubordination. No great tolerance for authority. You love shortcuts.”