by David Hewson · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427022034
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«Semana Santa» is the crime novel by David Hewson, published by Martínez Roca in paperback (345 pages, in Spanish).
María Gutiérrez, a humanities professor in Salamanca, arrives in Seville during Holy Week to study police procedures. The murder of twin brothers with wounds typical of bullfighting leads her into an investigation where brotherhoods, penitents and influential figures conceal a web of secrets.
The cover subtitle is «Penitentes y asesinos en Sevilla». The novel was originally published in 1996 and the Spanish translation is by Eduardo G. Murillo.
It is a read for those who enjoy crime novels and police thrillers set in Spain.
David Hewson is a contemporary British author of mystery novels. His series of mysteries, featuring police officers In Rome, led by the young detective and art lover Nic Costa, began with A Season for the Dead, has now been contracted to run to at least nine instalments by British, American, European and Asian publishers. The author's debut novel, Shanghai Thunder, was published by Robert Hale, in the United Kingdom, in 1986. Almost all copies of the book were sent to libraries, and it has been reissued.
