Darkness in Malaga - Bradley, Paul S.

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Résumé :
When Juliet, a young English woman, disappears from a Festival in Nerja, Spain, disgraced veteran detective Leon Prado of the Spanish National Police suspects an elusive serial abductor. A curious videographer, Amanda Salisbury, inadvertently films Juliet being taken, providing the first clue for several missing foreigners. Phillip Armitage, a lonely ex-British soldier with a seemingly platonic relationship with Juliet, is desperate to help and offers to translate for Prado. The investigation takes the three lost souls on a nerve-wracking hunt against the clock around the beautiful province of Malaga. The trio undergoes a profound journey of self-discovery, as they expose corruption and close in on the depraved perpetrators. The award-winning Darkness in Malaga is the first of Paul S Bradley's Andalusian Mystery Series. Five-star reviews Gold award from Literary Titan....

Biographie:
Paul S Bradley switched a business career in London for a carefree life in southern Spain to follow his creative urges. Working from home in Nerja, he founded a business publishing guidebooks and lifestyle magazines in various languages before transitioning to Travel Directing. He has escorted hundreds of discerning American Alumni on educational holidays around Spain's historical cities, introducing them to its culinary delights.His passion and admiration for his adopted country spurred him to write his first dark novel in The Andalusian Mystery Series, set in Malaga, near where he lives. Four more mysteries followed, based on his experiences in Ronda, Velez-Malaga, Granada, and Cordoba. The sixth, set in Gibraltar, is underway and due at the end of 2025....

Sommaire:
Darkness in M?laga Andaluc?a, Spain. An enchanting setting for a crime mystery series. Is the lonely veteran Detective Inspector Leon Prado losing his touch? When a kidnapping case goes horribly wrong, he is pushed sideways to form a new department of one, responsible for crimes involving foreigners, even though he only speaks Spanish. When Juliet, an English girl looking for a new life away from her past demons, is abducted at the San Isidro Festival in the quaint seaside town of Nerja, Prado is faced with his first major case. For this, he needs translators. He meets Amanda Salisbury, an overworked, multilingual American videographer who inadvertently filmed the abduction, and ex-British soldier Phillip Armitage, a confused friend of Juliet's, licking his wounds after an acrimonious divorce. In this first installment of the Andalusian Mystery Series, this unlikely trio of lost souls forms a warm bond as they unravel the secrets of Juliet's tragic life which leads them to her deeply flawed abductor....