The Summer of Dead ToysThe Summer of Dead Toys
a Thriller
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Book, 2012
Current format, Book, 2012, 1st U.S. ed, Available now.Book, 2012
Current format, Book, 2012, 1st U.S. ed, Available now. Offered in 0 more formats"When a young boy falls to his death from a balcony in a ritzy Barcelona neighborhood, brilliant investigator Hector Salgado pieces the victim's world together in the city's seedy underbelly, where he confronts shadowy characters and a human trafficking operation."
When a young boy falls to his death from a balcony in a ritzy Barcelona neighborhood, investigator Hector Salgado pieces the victim's world together in the city's seedy underbelly, where he confronts a human trafficking operation.
A riveting crime thriller set during a sultry Barcelona summer, introducing Inspector Hector Salgado
Inspector Hector Salgado is a transplanted Argentine living in Barcelona. While working on a human trafficking case, Salgado’s violent temper got the best of him and he beat a suspect within an inch of his life. Ordered on probation, he fled to Argentina to cool off for a few months.
Now he’s back in Barcelona and is eager for another big case. But his boss has other plans. He assigns Salgado to a routine accidental death: a college student fell from a balcony in one of Barcelona’s ritzier neighborhoods. As Salgado begins to piece together the life and world of the victim, he realizes that his death was not all that simple: his teenage friends are either overly paranoid or deceptively calm, and drugs might be involved. Hector begins to follow a trail that will lead him deep into the underbelly of Barcelona’s high society where he’ll come face-to-face with dangerous criminals, long-buried secrets, and, of course, his own past. But Hector thrives on pressure, and he lives for this kind of case—dark, violent, and seemingly unsolvable.
Gripping, sophisticated, and wickedly entertaining, The Summer of Dead Toys introduces a charismatic new detective and announces Antonio Hill as a new master of the crime thriller.
When a young boy falls to his death from a balcony in a ritzy Barcelona neighborhood, investigator Hector Salgado pieces the victim's world together in the city's seedy underbelly, where he confronts a human trafficking operation.
A riveting crime thriller set during a sultry Barcelona summer, introducing Inspector Hector Salgado
Inspector Hector Salgado is a transplanted Argentine living in Barcelona. While working on a human trafficking case, Salgado’s violent temper got the best of him and he beat a suspect within an inch of his life. Ordered on probation, he fled to Argentina to cool off for a few months.
Now he’s back in Barcelona and is eager for another big case. But his boss has other plans. He assigns Salgado to a routine accidental death: a college student fell from a balcony in one of Barcelona’s ritzier neighborhoods. As Salgado begins to piece together the life and world of the victim, he realizes that his death was not all that simple: his teenage friends are either overly paranoid or deceptively calm, and drugs might be involved. Hector begins to follow a trail that will lead him deep into the underbelly of Barcelona’s high society where he’ll come face-to-face with dangerous criminals, long-buried secrets, and, of course, his own past. But Hector thrives on pressure, and he lives for this kind of case—dark, violent, and seemingly unsolvable.
Gripping, sophisticated, and wickedly entertaining, The Summer of Dead Toys introduces a charismatic new detective and announces Antonio Hill as a new master of the crime thriller.
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