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 Besc贸s traps you in a macabre game that you can't get out of. La Ronda is a formidable novel.
饾槗饾槩 饾槞饾槹饾槸饾槬饾槩 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. 饾槗饾槩 饾槞饾槹饾槸饾槬饾槩 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 Besc贸s 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 Besc贸s 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.
饾槗饾槩 饾槞饾槹饾槸饾槬饾槩 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.
A scathing critique woven into an excellent plot that takes the reader on a journey along the M30 of not only geographical but also social cartography
Ending a novel well, fulfilling expectations, maintaining tension, leaving the reader satisfied but not overwhelmed... is one of the benchmarks of great storytellers, and Besc贸s has done it magnificently here. This book is a must-read for fans of crime fiction
La Ronda will be talked about for a long time to come, and we will read it with the benefit of hindsight because it will become a classic
A 100% addictive book, with a lot of nerve and large doses of cynicism and bad temper. [...] Betrayals, special forces, revenge and a macabre game that leaves you no time to breathe
La Ronda is pure addiction and, at the same time, a highly intelligent game that criticises the constant need for stimulation. [...]. I challenge you to read it in more than two days
鈥業t makes us feel like we're inside a sinister matryoshka doll that, with each twist of this magnificent thriller, opens up to reveal another much larger and a more perverse one. [...] Francisco Besc贸s is one of Spain's best crime novelists, and in La Ronda he continues to demonstrate his literary talent
Paco Besc贸s has broken the rules in La Ronda, a novel that is difficult to classify, in which the pace of a thriller is mixed with a classic noir.
Warning: La Ronda is the perfect read for disconnecting from our routines
A gem that glues you to the page and explodes like the fireworks on the eve of Saint Joseph's Day
When you buy the novel, ask for a couple of days off work: [...] once you open it, you won't be able to put it down
A journey to the depths of evil