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César Pérez Gellida
Worth the Burn

(Sarna con gusto)

Commercial Fiction / Thriller

  • Published: 07/04/2016
  • ISBN: 9788483658512
  • 512 pages

September, 2012. Police Inspector Ramiro Sancho is asked to head up the investigation into the disappearance of 15-year-old Margarita Zúñiga, daughter of the City Councilman for Urban Planning in Valladolid and granddaughter of the owner of the Heros Business Group. The soundtrack accompanies the protagonist throughout the novel, and it maintains the powerful crime thread that has become the author’s trademark. The specifics of the kidnappings and the victim’s behavior are painstakingly researched, holding the reader’s attention up through to the very surprising conclusion.

About the author

SPAIN- César Pérez Gellida (Valladolid, 1974) studied History and Geography. With his first novel, Memento mori, he began his very promising literary career. The novel was acclaimed by the critics and he was awarded the award Premio Racimo de oro de literatura. After Memento Mori, he has published the two other installments of the trilogy Dies Irae, and Consummatum est. Add to this, he also has written the thriller Khimera and is the creator of the trilogy named Refranes, canciones y rastros de sangre, formed by Sarna con gusto, Cuchillo de palo and, finally, A grandes males, whose main character is the troubled inspector Ramiro Sancho.