A scathing satire of Spanish society, hilarious dialogue, all beautifully dressed up as a crime novel. "Krimi-Couch"
A first novel that s spread like wildfire by word of mouth. "El Avui"
Teresa Solana is great proof of the vitality of the roman noir in Catalan. . . . A wonderfully ironic hymn to the city of Barcelona. "Diari de Balears"
Another day in Barcelona, another slimy politician s wife is suspected of infidelity. Lluis Font discovers a portrait of his wife in an exhibition that leads him to conclude he is being cuckolded by the artist. Concerned only about the potential...
A scathing satire of Spanish society, hilarious dialogue, all beautifully dressed up as a crime novel. "Krimi-Couch"
"Solana's excellent novel, set in the streets and parlors of Barcelona, offers probing social commentary and an excellent crime story.""Booklist"
Two detectives, brothers Borja and Eduard, are contracted by best-selling author Teresa Solana to research the world of so-called alternative therapies. They enroll for a course at Zen Moments, an exclusive meditation center in the ritziest part of Barcelona, only to discover the director murdered, whacked in the head with a statuette of the Buddha. The violent death of a neighborwho happens to be a CIA agentsimultaneously drags them into an...
"Solana's excellent novel, set in the streets and parlors of Barcelona, offers probing social commentary and an excellent crime story.""Booklist"