A domestic noir that pays tribute to the great figures of English romanticism.
L ieutenant Valentina Redondo goes on vacation to Scotland with her partner, Oliver Gordon. Arthur, Oliver’s father, during the renovations of a seventeenth century castle, they find a secret room where are documents that hint that Lord Byron’s lost memoirs may still be intact somewhere within its walls.
Soon events take an unexpected turn: that very night, a fire breaks out in the castle, and the next day, a corpse appears in the secret room. The Scottish police launch an investigation, and as it progresses, Valentina and Oliver get caught up in it. Following the trail of Byron’s memoirs, they learn that in the middle of the 19th century, Jules Berlioz and Mary MacLeod, a young woman from a well-to-do Scottish family, shared a forbidden love that culminated in a crime which mysteries are unresolved to the present day.
The mystery and adventure book saga has already hooked over half a million readers and has launched to fame her author, María Oruña, one of the indisputable literary phenomenon of these days.
“The mystery saga starring the Civil Guard Lieutenant Valentina Redondo has become one of the greatest best sellers in Spain.” Xavi Ayén, La Vanguardia
“A domestic noir piece in which the author from Vigo pays tribute to the greatest figures of Great Britain’s Romanticism.” Ágatha de Santos, Faro de Vigo
María Oruña has carefully woven a plot intertwining book collectors, literature enthusiasts and historical artwork diggers, seekers of mythical works, either belonging to our days or to the fascinating mid 19th century. All of them will be caught up in the same great mystery, all asking the same question: what if someone had hidden Lord Byron’s famous forbidden memoirs?
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