The Summer of Dead Toys

Informationen zum Autor Antonio Hill studied pyschology and lives in Barcelona. He is a professional translator of English-language fiction into Spanish and speaks fluent English. The Summer of Dead Toys is the first in a detective series set in Barcelona, introducing Inspector Salgado and was a major best seller in Spain. It is translated into fifteen languages.The second in the series, The Good Suicides , comes out in Doubleday hb in summer 2013. Klappentext When the death of a young witness causes the normally calm Inspector Salgado to beat someone up, he is moved off the project and sent to investigate a teenager's death in one of Barcelona's uptown areas. As he begins to uncover the truth behind the city's most powerful families, two seemingly unsolvable cases collide. This is a skilfully plotted tale of misdeeds and murder in high society Spain. Zusammenfassung 'Evokes the master of Barcelona-set narrative, Carlos Ruiz Zafon' IndependentWhen the death of a young witness in a case of human trafficking and voodoo provokes the normally calm Inspector Salgado to beat someone up, he is swiftly removed from the project.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Hill
• Assisted by: Laura McGlouglin (Translation)
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9780552778268
• ISBN: 978-0-552-77826-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Héctor Salgado; Héctor Salgado
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Spanische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.)