: Drawing on her background as a doctor, Fernández imbues her characters with deep psychological nuances and a recognizable "emotional background". Critical Reception Readers on Amazon and Goodreads frequently highlight:
: The investigation reveals a tangle of secrets that makes the solution feel constantly out of reach. Key Themes and Characters
The story begins with the brutal murder of a woman named Amanda in a pension in , a city in the La Rioja region of Spain. Inspector Néstor Salazar leads the investigation, which quickly becomes complicated by several factors: