Leo Caldas

Series · 3 books · 2006-2019

By Domingo Villar

Books in series

Ojos de agua

2006

Set amid the aromatic sea and forest of Vigo, Spain, this captivating thriller opens with the discovery of a young saxophonist found murdered in his posh, beachside apartment. An unusually cruel murder, the body is found tied by the wrists to the bed's headboard, with two glasses of whiskey nearby, and bearing hideous burns across its midsection. The disheartened police inspector assigned to the mysterious case, Leo Caldas, stealthily moves his investigation between the inviting jazz clubs and the affected atmosphere of the upper crust, all whilst on the look out for a more headily desired object-a sense of meaning and purpose in his life.

La playa de los ahogados

2009

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.

El último barco

2019

A filla do doutor Andrade vive nuna casa pintada de azul, nun lugar onde as praias de ondas mansas contrastan co balbordo da outra beira. Alí, as mariscadoras traballan na area, os mariñeiros guindan os aparellos á auga e os que van traballar á cidade agardan no peirao a chegada do barco que cruza cada media hora a ría de Vigo. Unha mañá de outono, mentres a costa galega se recupera dos estragos dun temporal, o inspector Caldas recibe a visita dun home alarmado pola ausencia da súa filla, que non se presentou a unha comida familiar na fin de semana nin acudiu o luns a impartir a súa clase de cerámica na Escola de Artes e Oficios. E aínda que nada pareza ter alterado a casa nin a vida de Mónica Andrade, Leo Caldas axiña comprobará que, na vida coma no mar, a máis apracible das superficies pode agochar un fondo escuro de devastadoras correntes.

Author

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.