"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 Gómez-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.
