La hora de la fuga / The Hour of Escape

No one should die on a night this warm autumn, when the clouds have finally cleared.

No one should die on their wedding night.

The discovery of the body of Noelia Torres in a privileged area of Barcelona, and the disappearance of her wife, the sculptress Esther Sampietro, raise questions that many prefer to leave unanswered. It is always better to look the other way because the truth is uncomfortable, and it has the virtue of being just that, the truth. When the police target him, Mauro Rovira, a former prosecutor and a writer in his twilight years, and Esther’s former lover, is dragged back to a past he thought was behind him. Old friendships marked by ambition and desire, monsters hiding under their masks. Every memory can be a clue… or a trap.

Tea Valverde, the corporal in charge of the case, must navigate the pressures, face the silences, and decide who to trust before the investigation is closed for good. Everyone keeps secrets and no one is off the hook. Everyone is keeping secrets and no one is blameless.

How far would you go to find out the truth?

What if the person you love is the one you should fear the most?

La hora de la fuga  is a novel that delves into the darkest corners of the human mind, into corruption, and into the impunity of those who wield power over the most vulnerable, issues that are always present in Graziella Moreno’s literary universe.