Guy Arthur Simpson
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Meet undercover cop, Erica Sánchez.

Orthodox Muslim, anti-system rebel,  conventional girlfriend: she is all and none of these.
 
Erica longs to exchange a gruelling Madrid summer for the peaceful mountains of Asturias.

But when she flees danger in the city to join her boyfriend there, the old Spain holds an unthinkable secret.

For some people, the Spanish Civil War never ended.

novel ~ 285 pages
"All she had to do was press the button strapped to her thigh. She sat dripping perspiration, her heart thumping. The long weeks of carefully rehearsed preparation with the team were as nothing compared to these last, stifling, lonely minutes.

"She had, or imagined she had, a minor tremble in her right hand. I’m not alright, she realized. There’s no air in here: I need more air.

"Do it, do it, answered her breath, fast and shallow.

She couldn’t pull out now. She had to go through with it. Wait for the moment, squeeze the trigger, and her work would be done.

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  • Books
    • All the books >
      • Novels >
        • Hoodwink
        • John Eyre
        • The Asturian Campaign
        • Citizens of the Night
      • All the stories >
        • The Ministry of Flowers
        • El ministerio de las flores
        • Four Stories
        • Immig's Work
        • The Man Who Died
        • Parasite of Choice
        • The Sweet Teeth of God
        • The Life and Death Performance of Tony Bedowie
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