Binding: Paperback
Description: " Pacing of the breakneck variety. Short chapters funny asides lethally potent descriptions: They all contribute to a frenetic page - turning momentum you ll have great fun reading it." The New York Times Book Review Introducing Antonia Scott the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander in Juan G mez - Jurado's Red Queen the #1 international award - winning bestseller & thriller that has taken the world by storm. 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. Jon Gutierrez a police officer in Bilbao disgraced suspended and about to face criminal charges is offered a chance to salvage his career by a secretive organization that works in the shadows to direct criminal investigations of a highly sensitive nature. All he has to do is succeed where many others have failed: Convince a recalcitrant Antonia to come out of her self - imposed retirement protecting her and helping her investigate a new terrifying case. The case is a macabre ritualistic murder a teen - aged boy from a wealthy family whose body was found without a drop of blood left in it. But the murder is just the start. A high - ranking executive and daughter of one of the richest men in Spain is kidnapped a crime which is tied to the previous murder. Behind them both is a hidden mastermind with even more sinister plans. And the only person with a chance to see the connections solve the crimes and successfully match wits with the killer before tragedy strikes again. is Antonia Scott.
Title: Red Queen A Novel
Author(s): Gomez - Jurado Juan
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781250903587
Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/27/2024
Series: Antonia Scott