Paperback: Tensions in Spain are rising: political violence and social unrest have suddenly re-emerged.
Madrid is trying to keep a tight leash on Catalonia, where the call for independence is getting louder by the day.
The last time Barcelona moved to break away, in the 1930s, Spain quickly descended into civil war.
Down in Valencia, a shallow grave is found among abandoned orange groves just outside the city. Chief Inspector Max Camara, now heading up the new Special Crime Unit, is put on the case. But this is no ordinary murder.
Behind it, Max uncovers a tangled web that could awaken ghosts from the past, decimate Barcelona and destabilize the whole country. It is all down to Max, but the stakes are higher than anything he has ever known.
A Body In Barcelona (2015) is the fifth instalment in this brilliant Chief Inspector Max Cámara series set in Spain. It is highly recommended.
About the author: Jason Webster is a highly acclaimed Anglo-American author and authority on Spain whose work ranges from biography to travel, crime fiction and history. His books have sold in over a dozen countries, including the US, the UK and China, and have been nominated both for the Guardian First Book Award and the Crime Writers’ Association New Blood Dagger Award. He has been favourably compared with writers such as Bruce Chatwin (The Daily Mail), Gerald Brenan (El País) and Ernest Hemingway (Sunday Telegraph).
Webster was born near San Francisco and brought up in the UK, Germany and Italy. After finishing a degree in Arabic and Islamic History at the University of Oxford, he worked as an editor at the BBC World Service for several years before becoming a full-time writer and moving to Spain. He is married to the flamenco dancer Salud and they have two sons. They currently divide their time between Valencia and the UK.
Rating: 5/5
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