Ojos de agua

By Domingo Villar

2006

First Published

3.72

Average Rating

192

Number of Pages

5H51M

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Part of Series

Leo Caldas

Series · 3 books

By Domingo Villar

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.

Avg Rating

3.72

Number of Ratings

5,024

5 STARS

19%

4 STARS

42%

3 STARS

33%

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1 STARS

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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.