Gómez-Jurado, Juan creator author. Caistor, Nick translator. text Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) nyu 2023 First U.S. edition. monographic eng spa

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377 pages ; 25 cm. "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" Juan Gomez-Jurado ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. "Originally published in Spain as Reina Roja by Ediciones B"--Title page verso. In English, translated from Spanish. e-sp--- Secret societies Fiction Women detectives Fiction Detectives Fiction Recluses Fiction Kidnapping Investigation Fiction Police Spain Bilbao Fiction Bilbao (Spain) Fiction PQ6707.O54 R4513 2023 863/.7 Gómez-Jurado, Juan 9781250853677 9781250894670 2022051651 DLC 221117 20240123141702.0 1350965908 eng