{"product_id":"9781529410020","title":"Even the Darkest Night","description":"Author: Javier Cercas\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529410020\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Dec 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE CWA DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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 Marin from the first page to the last. Highly  recommended\" M W Craven\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo dead at the Adell house . . .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut nothing in the duty officer's report can prepare Melchor Marin for what he finds. A wealthy couple tortured to death in an almost ritualistic manner. The little town of Gandesa in the backwater region of Terra\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlta, Catalonia, is suddenly at the eye of a media storm.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMelchor is no stranger to notoriety. He was sent to Terra Alta to lie low after foiling a terrorist attack. And, before\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethat, he was jailed for his role as driver for a Colombian drug cartel, his decision to join the police inspired by a\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003edesire to avenge his mother's murder and a copy of\u003ci\u003e Les Miserables \u003c\/i\u003efrom the prison library.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGradually, the leads in the Adell case dry up, and Melchor is ordered to back off. He doesn't, willing to sacrifice his reputation and career in a ruthless pursuit of the truth. But dusk is already falling on the darkest night of his life.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Anne McLean\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363117191326,"sku":"ADS-9781529410020","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529410020.jpg?v=1767313184","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529410020","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}