Meet undercover cop, Erica Sánchez.

Radical Muslim, New Age hippy,  conventional girlfriend: she is all and none of these.
 
Erica doubts her job, her changed Spain and her relationship with Sebastián.
       
Sebastián doubts nothing and he will lead them both into trouble, from Madrid to a mountain paradise with 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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