La Ronda / The Beltway
Since the beginning of the year, the bodies of several mysteriously executed people have been discovered in Madrid. They seem to be victims chosen at random, as they have been found in remote parts of the capital. However, there are two investigators from different police stations who are determined to follow up, each one on their own, the few clues available. They are Inspector Dulce O’Rourke, with an explosive personality but insecure in her love life, and Inspector Juan Luis Seito, who appears to be a quiet man but is capable of moving heaven and earth if he uncovers an important case. When they come to the conclusion that an elite mercenary is prowling the streets of the city, all the alarms go off. This is someone with a lot of experience, used to killing with impunity. Something is going on. Something extremely complicated. And also extremely serious. Something that no one, anywhere in the world, has detected so far.
Francisco Bescós traps you in a macabre game that you can't get out of. La Ronda is a formidable novel.
𝘓𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢 is a sweeping journey into the depths of evil. You will no longer walk the ground of your city with the same innocence.
A good example of a modern crime novel, very Madrid and very international. 𝘓𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢 is as fast-paced as the urban motorway on which it takes place.
In this world there are two types of authors: those who make literature even on the shopping list, and those who don't. Paco Bescós is one of the first.
A very noir novel, with a narrative of a thriller, which is also - and this is not easy nowadays - very original.
What a story! An electrifying thriller that has given me a few heart-stopping days. What a cocktail of emotions. It takes on a strong commitment to offer quality entertainment.
Francisco Bescós has created a novel that reinvents the genre a little, providing it with new ingredients with which to confront the readers and from which he comes out successful and strengthened.
The author manages to make even the most trivial things interesting and the most implausible things are actually a covert springboard to relaunch the suspense to a higher level.
𝘓𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢 is a crime novel with a plot formed in concentric circles. Once one is completed, a larger one appears. Each move forward is followed by a new mystery. Each discovery leads to a new mystery.