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    Prey for the Shadow: A Terra Alta Investigation

    Javier Cercas

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    The mayor of Barcelona is being blackmailed.

    A sex tape from her student days - one she never knew existed. The price: 300,000 euros and her immediate resignation.

    A political chameleon who swept to power on a populist wave, she has her enemies. Nor can she trust those closest to her. Both her ex-husband and her deputy would profit from her fall.

    Melchor Marin, living a quiet life in Terra Alta, is tempted back to Barcelona to work the case. But what seemed a simple matter has its roots in far more serious and disturbing crimes.

    With the mayor on the verge of capitulation, a shock revelation changes everything - not least the course of Melchor's life. At long last, his heart's dark desire is in his grasp.

    Praise for Even the Darkest Night

    "A gem of a book, easily the best I've read this year" M W Craven

    "A wonderful novel. I look forward to many more Melchor stories" A N Wilson

    "The first in what promises to be an excellent series" Guardian

    Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean

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    Praise for Prey for the Shadow

    • This novel is not just good, it's great - Diari AraCercas' best. A terrific novel - ABC CulturalThe new Cercas shines brightly - La VanguardiaA courageous Javier Cercas seeks to give an allegorical dimension to social observation, and succeeds ... a committed moral novel and belligerent tale of denunciation - Zenda Libros

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    Javier Cercas

    Javier Cercas

    Javier Cercas was born in 1962. He is a novelist, short-story writer and columnist, whose books include Soldiers of Salamis (which sold more than a million copies worldwide, won six literary awards in Spain and was filmed by David Trueba), The Tenant and The Motive, The Speed of Light and The Anatomy of a Moment. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in Barcelona.

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