{"product_id":"9781529436211","title":"Fortress of Evil","description":"Author: Javier Cercas\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529436211\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Apr 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA father's worst nightmare - Melchor Marin's teenage daughter has disappeared.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears have passed since Melchor took revenge for his mother's murder and at last found peace with his daughter Cosette in the sleepy backwater of Terra Alta.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut their idyll is shattered when one day Cosette, now seventeen, discovers that her father has been concealing the truth of \u003ci\u003eher \u003c\/i\u003emother's death- that she was killed in a hit-and-run \"accident\" intended to scare Melchor off a case.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAngry and betrayed, Cosette disappears to Mallorca with her friend Elisa. And that's the last Melchor hears of her. His texts and calls go unanswered, and when she returns alone, Elisa can only say Cosette needed \"space to think\".  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow the former policeman has no choice but to travel to Port de Pollen a, where his daughter was last seen alive, and enter the dark, looking-glass world of Swedish-American billionaire Rafael Mattson.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Anne McLean\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePRAISE FOR EVEN THE DARKEST NIGHT - WINNER OF THE CWA DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gem of a book, easily the best I've read this year\" M W Craven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonderful novel. I look forward to many more Melchor stories\" A N Wilson, \u003ci\u003eTablet \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Promises to be an excellent series\" \u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363163099294,"sku":"ADS-9781529436211","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529436211.jpg?v=1767313551","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529436211","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}