Grijalbo, 2023

A story of secrets, disappearances, and depravity.

After Justice, Javier Díez Carmona returns with a thriller set in the most isolated and wild corners of the Basque Country—a story of secrets, disappearances, and corruption.

Agurtzane Loizaga, a professor at the University of Bilbao, recently moved with her partner to a farmhouse in the Las Encartaciones region. They believed themselves happy in that secluded baserri until, overnight, her girlfriend disappears. Although the police downplay the case, a series of clues lead her to suspect that the departure was not voluntary.

Osmany Arechabala has been living in Bilbao for months, far from his native Cuba, when an old friend asks for his help to find his daughter. She has not been seen since leaving the care home she worked at in a small village in Las Encartaciones. Osmany, accompanied by Nekane Gordobil, a leave-of-absence sub-officer of the Ertzaintza, accepts the task unaware of the scale of the challenge ahead.

With a sublime atmosphere, this novel takes us into the rugged heart of the Basque Country to tell a story of crimes, hidden vices, and a past that refuses to disappear.