April in Spain

Resumen del libro

THE LOCK-UP - A THRILLING NEW STRAFFORD AND QUIRKE MYSTERY - IS AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDERThe sumptuous, propulsive, sun-kissed follow up to the bestselling Snow, from the Booker Prize winning author'He wanted to know who she was, and why he was convinced he had some unremembered connection with her. It was as simple as that. But he knew it wasn't.

It wasn't simple at all.'When Dublin pathologist Quirke glimpses a familiar face while on holiday with his wife, it's hard, at first, to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him. Could she really be who he thinks she is, and have a connection with a crime that nearly brought ruin to an Irish political dynasty?Unable to ignore his instincts, Quirke makes a call back home and Detective St John Strafford is soon dispatched to Spain. But he's not the only one on route: as a terrifying hitman hunts down his prey, they are all set for a brutal showdown.

Praise for Snow:'Superb ... crime fiction for the connoisseur.' The Times'Outstanding.' Irish Independent'Exquisite.' Daily Mail'Hypnotic.' Financial Times'Compelling.' Sunday Times'Superb to the last drop.' Independent

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B John Banvillex{0026}lt;/B (Wexford, Irlanda, 1945) ha trabajado como editor de x{0026}lt;I The Irish Timesx{0026}lt;/I y es colaborador habitual de x{0026}lt;I The New York Review of Booksx{0026}lt;/I . Con x{0026}lt;I El libro de las pruebasx{0026}lt;/I (Alfaguara, 2014) x{0026} x02014;integrado más tarde en x{0026}lt;I Trilogía de Freddie Montgomeryx{0026}lt;/I (Alfaguara, 2020), junto con x{0026}lt;I Fantasmasx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Ateneax{0026}lt;/I x{0026} x02014; fue finalista del Premio Booker, que obtuvo en 2005 con x{0026}lt;I El marx{0026}lt;/I (Alfaguara, 2019), consagrada además por el Irish Book Award como mejor novela del año. Entre sus obras publicadas en Alfaguara destacan también x{0026}lt;I El intocablex{0026}lt;/I (2015), la x{0026}lt;I Trilogía Cleavex{0026}lt;/I x{0026} x02014;x{0026}lt;I Eclipsex{0026}lt;/I (2014), x{0026}lt;I Imposturasx{0026}lt;/I (2015) y x{0026}lt;I Antigua luzx{0026}lt;/I (2012)x{0026} x02014;, x{0026}lt;I La guitarra azulx{0026}lt;/I (2016), x{0026}lt;I La señora Osmondx{0026}lt;/I (2018) y x{0026}lt;I Tetralogía científicax{0026}lt;/I (2022), que reúne en un solo volumen las novelas x{0026}lt;I Copérnicox{0026}lt;/I (ganadora del James Tait Black Memorial Prize), x{0026}lt;I Keplerx{0026}lt;/I (merecedora del Premio de Ficción de x{0026}lt;I The Guardianx{0026}lt;/I ), x{0026}lt;I La carta de Newtonx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Mefistox{0026}lt;/I . Bajo el pseudónimo de Benjamin Black, que continúax{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P utilizandoexclusivamente en sus ediciones en español, ha publicado en Alfaguara x{0026}lt;I El lémurx{0026}lt;/I (2009), la serie protagonizada por el doctor Quirke x{0026} x02014;x{0026}lt;I El secretox{0026}lt;/I x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;I de Christinex{0026}lt;/I (2007, 2023), x{0026}lt;I El otro nombre de Laurax{0026}lt;/I (2008), x{0026}lt;I En busca de Aprilx{0026}lt;/I (2011), x{0026}lt;I Muerte en veranox{0026}lt;/I (2012), x{0026}lt;I Venganzax{0026}lt;/I (2013), x{0026}lt;I Órdenes sagradasx{0026}lt;/I (2015), x{0026}lt;I Las sombras de Quirkex{0026}lt;/I (2017) y x{0026}lt;I Quirke en San Sebastiánx{0026}lt;/I (2021)x{0026} x02014;, x{0026}lt;I La rubia de ojos negrosx{0026}lt;/I (2014) y x{0026}lt;I Los lobos de Pragax{0026}lt;/I (2019). En 2014 le fue otorgado el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras por su inteligente, honda y original creación novelesca . x{0026}lt;I Las singularidadesx{0026}lt;/I (2023) es su última novela.x{0026}lt;/P