enjoyed this. for an inexperienced writer, this book is quite an achievement. Character's somwhat complex and appealing, several story lines neatly intersecting and all getting their fair chare of attention. I always find books where children are victims very difficult to take, and this one was certainly no exception, that's what lowered it down to a 3 star, but will give more of the series a try ( )

Hola amig@s con adicción a la lectura por aquí traigo la última y, como no aprendo, es otro inicio de trilogía, que lo tenía pendiente desde hace años, ahí, esperando en la estantería.

Este es el primer libro de la trilogía “Salgado” del autor @ToniHill, desarrollada en Barcelona y en la que se nos narra varios casos complejos e independientes desarrollados a lo largo de una semana. Por un lado tenemos un caso de trata de blancas y la otra investigación es un supuesto suicidio con indicios extraños.

Obra con una narración muy fluida y envolvente, que párrafo a párrafo te hunde en el misterio. El libro está dividido en días de la semana y a su vez en capítulos de numeración continuada.

En la historia tenemos como protagonista al Inspector Salgado, de origen argentino, con ciertos problemas familiares y un pasado turbio que vuelve cuando menos lo necesita, algo típico en las novelas del género. Salgado es el encargado de las investigaciones junto a Martina y Leire, ocupando un papel muy importante. No puedo olvidar el trio de jóvenes que dan volumen a la historia, compuesto por Marc el misterioso, Aleix el odioso y Gina la triste. Por otro lado está Iris, de esta no digo "na de na" , tendréis que leerlo.

La trama se cierra con un final sorprendente, cerrando los casos pero dejando un hilo para su continuación en la historia de Salgado, para eso es una trilogía. He de resaltar de esta novela unas buenas historias, muy buenos personajes y un buen final. Por lo que me toca seguir leyendo los siguientes. Obviamente con lo comentario anteriormente la recomiendo al 100%. ( )

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Inspector Hector returns from time off because of beating up a perpetrator, and is asked as a favor to investigate the circumstances surrounding a young man's apparent suicide. Three wealthy families are intertwined in the situation, with many secrets and betrayals. Hector's own family is also in a state of flux, and he has reason to fear for their safety. ( )

This book is an Advanced Readers Copy sent to me by Random House. It explicitly states that it is an uncorrected proof so I hope my one big problem with the book was corrected in the final version. More about that later.Inspector Hector Salgado is employed by the Barcelona police force or, possibly, he is not going to be employed much longer. While investigating a people smuggling ring that was bringing young girls from Nigeria into Spain for prostitution Salgado brutally beat an elderly man who called himself a doctor although he had no formal training. Salgado was given a months’ holiday while the investigation of his conduct took place. He returned to his birthplace of Argentina for the month but now is back in Spain. The doctor that he beat disappeared and blood, as well as a boar’s head, was found in his office. Salgado has been instructed to leave the investigation of the disappearance to his colleague Martina Andreu. Salgado has been given a case of Marc Castells, a young man from a good family who fell to his death from his attic window. His boss knows the family and wants to assure them that all efforts have been made to determine how the fall took place but he is sure that it was an accident. However as Salgado and a new detective, Leire Castro, look into the case it seems that nothing is clear-cut. Everything seems to lead back to an accident that occurred at a summer camp when Marc was 6 years old. Meanwhile Salgado is dealing with his personal problems. His wife Ruth left him a year before to pursue a relationship with a woman. His son Guillermo is growing up and Salgado worries that he hasn’t been a good father. His colleague Leire has problems of her own; she has discovered she is pregnant from a tempestuous, short-lived relationship.Parent and child relationships crop up a lot in this book. The mother of Marc Castells abandoned him and his father when he was 6 months old but she has returned for the funeral and to exert pressure to discover how the fall happened. Marc’s father has remarried and they have adopted a Chinese girl. Marc’s stepmother dotes on her but the father seems ambivalent. The book is fairly well-written although there is a tendency to use English sayings that are rather dated. Methinks the author, who is described as fluent in English, reads more books from England than from the North American continent. I liked the character of Inspector Salgado and his colleague Leire. However, there was a twist at the end that just doesn’t seem possible in the time line. Salgado’s ex-wife Ruth left Barcelona on Friday and was never heard from again. Salgado thinks that the doctor that he beat arranged the disappearance. However, we know from Sargeant Andreu’s investigation that the doctor was taken prisoner on Monday and died some time before Saturday of injuries that occurred on Monday. To me it just doesn’t seem possible that the doctor could have caused Ruth’s disappearance. That really caused me to lower the rating I gave to this book. ( )