La novia gitana / The Gypsy Bride - Carmen Mola

La novela policiaca ms revulsiva de la literatura espaola.

Poderosa, original y adictiva!

Una nueva voz con un increble
potencial, que recuerda a Dolores Redondo, Pierre Lemaitre y Luca D'Andrea.,-Sander Knol, editor de La novia gitana en Holanda

En Madrid se mata poco, le deca al joven subinspector ngel Zrate su
mentor en la polica; pero cuando se mata, no tiene nada que envidiarle
a ninguna ciudad del mundo, podra aadir la inspectora Elena Blanco,
jefa de la Brigada de Anlisis de Casos, un departamento creado para resolver los crmenes ms complicados y abyectos.

Susana Macaya, de padre gitano pero educada como paya, desaparece tras
su fiesta de despedida de soltera. El cadver es encontrado dos das
despus en la Quinta de Vista Alegre del madrileo barrio de
Carabanchel. Podra tratarse de un asesinato ms, si no fuera por el
hecho de que la vctima ha sido torturada siguiendo un ritual inslito y
atroz, y de que su hermana Lara sufri idntica suerte siete aos atrs,
tambin en vsperas de su boda. El asesino de Lara cumple condena desde
entonces, por lo que solo caben dos posibilidades: o alguien ha imitado
sus mtodos para matar a la hermana pequea, o hay un inocente encarcelado.

Por eso el comisario Rentero ha decidido apartar a Zrate del caso y
encargrselo a la veterana Blanco, una mujer peculiar y solitaria, amante de la grappa, el karaoke, los coches de coleccionista y las
relaciones sexuales en todoterrenos. Una polica
vulnerable, que se
mantiene en el cuerpo para no olvidar que en su vida existe un caso pendiente, que no ha podido cerrar.

Investigar a una persona implica conocerla, descubrir sus secretos y
contradicciones, su historia. En el caso de Lara y Susana, Elena Blanco
debe asomarse a la vida de unos gitanos que han renunciado a sus
costumbres para integrarse en la sociedad y a la de otros
que no se lo
perdonan, y levantar cada velo para descubrir quin pudo vengarse con tanta saa de ambas novias gitanas.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The most electrifying crime novel in Spanish literature.


"Powerful, original, and addictive! A new voice with incredible strength, reminiscent of Dolores Redondo, Pierre Lemaitre, or Luca D'Andrea." -Sander Knol, editor of The Gypsy Bride in Holland


"In Madrid, people don't kill each other very much," young Deputy Inspector ngel Zrate's mentor on the police force told him; "but when they do, they are just as bad as any other city on earth," added Inspector Elena Blanco, head of the Case Analysis Brigade, a department created to solve the most complicated and heinous crimes.


Susana Macaya, daughter of a gypsy but raised as a non-gypsy, disappears after her bachelorette party. Her body is found two days later in the Vista Alegre House in the Carabanchel neighborhood of Madrid. It could be just one more murder, if it weren't for the fact that the victim was tortured following an unusual, atrocious ritual, and that her sister Lara suffered an identical fate seven years ago, also just before her wedding. Lara's killer has been locked up since then, so there are only two possibilities: either someone has imitated his methods for killing the younger sister, or an innocent man is in prison.


Therefore, Commissioner Rentero has decided to move Zrate off the case and hand it over to Blanco, the veteran: a peculiar, solitary woman, lover of grappa, karaoke, classic cars, and all-terrain sexual relations. A vulnerable policewoman, who stays on the force to remind herself that in her life there is one unsolved case that she has been unable to close.


Investigating someone implies getting to know them, discovering their secrets and contradictions, their history. In the case of Lara and Susana, Elena Blanco must immerse herself in the lives of some gypsies who have renounced their customs to become integrated in society, and others who will not forgive them for it. She must lift every veil to discover who could take vengeance on the two gypsy brides with such cruelty.