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La playa de los ahogados
2009
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One misty autumn dawn in a quiet fishing port in northwest Spain, the body of a sailor washes up in the harbour. Detective Inspector Leo Caldas is called in from police headquarters in the nearby city of Vigo to sign off on what appears to be a suicide. But details soon come to light that turn this routine matter into a complex murder investigation. Finding out the truth is not easy when the villagers are so suspicious of outsiders. As Caldas delves into the maritime life of the village, he uncovers a disturbing decade-old case of a shipwreck and two mysterious disappearances.
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Author

Domingo Villar
Domingo Villar
Author · 4 books

Domingo Villar was a Spanish crime writer. He was born and raised in Vigo, Galicia, Spain, and lived in Madrid. He published novels featuring Inspector Leo Caldas, a dyed-in-the-wool Galician detective, and Rafael Estévez, his down to earth assistant from Zaragoza who finds it difficult to cope with the Galician sense of irony. He passed away from complications after a stroke. Domingo Villar (Vigo, 1971) inauguró con Ojos de agua la exitosa serie protagonizada por el inspector Leo Caldas. El segundo título, La playa de los ahogados, supuso su consagración en el panorama internacional de la novela negra, obteniendo excelentes críticas y ventas. En 2019 se publica El último barco, el esperado regreso del inspector Caldas. La serie ha sido traducida a más de 15 idiomas y ha cosechado un gran número de premios, entre los que caben destacar el Novelpol en dos ocasiones, el Antón Losada Diéguez, el Premio Sintagma, el Premio Brigada 21, el Frei Martín Sarmiento, Libro del Año de la Federación de Libreros de Galicia. También ha sido finalista de los Crime Thriller Awards y Dagger International en el Reino Unido, del premio Le Point du Polar Européen en Francia y del premio Martin Beck de la Academia Sueca de Novela Negra.

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