Even the Darkest Night av Javier Cercas

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<p><b> *<i>Financial Times</i> Best Summer Books 2022*</b><br><b><i><br>"</i>A gem of a book, easily the best I''ve read this year. A contemporary police procedural with a literary edge. I was rooting for the flawed, but deeply compassionate Melchor Mar¿from the first page to the last. Highly recommended" M W Craven</b><br><br><b>A Terra Alta Investigation. Winner of Spain''s biggest literary prize - the Premio Planeta</b><br><br>When Melchor goes to investigate the horrific double-murder of a rich printer and his wife in rural Catalu¿a nothing quite adds up. The young cop from the big city, hero of a foiled terrorist attack, has been sent to Terra Alta till things quieten down. Observant, streetwise and circumspect, Melchor is an also an outsider.<br><br>The son of a Barcelona prostitute who never knew his father, Melchor rapidly fell into trouble and was jailed at 19, convicted of driving for a Colombian drug cartel. While he was behind bars, he read Hugo''s <i>Les Mis¿bles</i>, and