La Ronda / The Beltway

La Ronda / The Beltway

Title: La Ronda / The Beltway
Genre: Crime novel / Police procedural
Publisher: Reservoir Books
Date of publication: May 2023
Pages: 400

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.