by José Carlos Somoza · ARETE · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439710530
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«La caja de marfil» is the mystery novel by José Carlos Somoza, published by Arete in hardcover (240 pages, in Spanish).
In a summer resort town on the Andalusian coast, the disappearance of a teenage girl from Madrid, daughter of a magnate with shady dealings, triggers an investigation. The father hires a washed-up former hitman to find her, joined by the girl's school tutor; the case grows complicated with youth gangs and secrets surfacing at every turn.
The first edition was published in Barcelona on May 21, 2004. The book belongs to the Areté collection.
Aimed at mystery and suspense fans, with an investigative plot set on the Andalusian coast.
José Carlos Somoza Ortega is a Spanish author. He was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for being from a bourgeoisie class. His family proved to be in difficult financial situation after having moved to Spain because they had been forbidden to take anything along except their child. And there were a lot of friends who helped them a lot during their first years in Spain. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in psychiatry, but he gave up medicine in order to become a full-time writer in 1994. Since 1994 he made his first steps in writing and sent his works to the different literature competitions, to magazines and publishers all over Spain. And his first book was published the same year. When his fifth novel The Cave of Ideas obtained an international acknowledge, he realized that he had chosen the right route in his life.
