La vieja del molino de aceite

Synopsis of La vieja del molino de aceite

«La vieja del molino de aceite» is the mystery and humour novel by Santiago Lorén, published by Planeta in hardback (247 pages, in Spanish).

Pepe spends a few days of holiday in Mediavilla del Duque, where an elderly woman is found dead after a fall from a window. The novel combines mystery and humour as the neighbours speculate on whether it was an accident or something more, and in the background emerges the denunciation of the toxic oil syndrome.

Set within Literature and Fiction, the novel was awarded the Premio Ateneo de Sevilla in 1984 and published by Planeta in 1987.

For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction seeking mystery with humour and social denunciation.