by Francisco González Ledesma · Giano · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788862510585
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Everything begins with a wheelchair, immersed in the darkness on the deserted sidewalk of a Barcelona alley. Francisco Balmes, known as Paquito, a jewelry salesman, has the misfortune of passing by and catching the gaze of the man in that chair: an invalid who is still well-built, with muscular arms, a bull-like neck, and an air of ancient sadness. Like a nun of charity, Paquito helps the man cross the street. Everything falls apart in a few moments: in the darkest part of the alley, the invalid stands up. No more wheelchair, no more failing legs. Only the muscular arms, the bull-like neck, the evil gaze. Placing a knife blade to his throat, the man orders him to give him everything. Paquito hands over his wallet, tie clip, a ring, everything he owns... except for a ruby, large and red like a last tear of Christ, which he wears on his left hand. To defend that ruby, Paquito dies: a clean cut to the Adam's apple. Following the trail of that jewel, the story unfolds into an investigation filled with a series of inexplicable murders.
Francisco González Ledesma was a Spanish comic writer, novelist, lawyer, and journalist. He was a prize-winning crime novelist under his real name, and as Enrique Moriel. He wrote more than 1000 novels under the popular pen name Silver Kane, most of them Western novels. He also used the pseudonyms of Taylor Nummy, Silvia Valdemar, and for romance novels Rosa Alcázar and Fernando Robles.
