The Elisenda Domènech series
Police procedural series set in Catalonia
Policing in Catalonia has been devolved to the Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan police, essentially a new service seeking to break from a system that was seen as a hangover from the past.
Irreverent and sharp-witted, Elisenda Domènech is the head of an experimental Serious Crime Unit set up by the Mossos in the beautiful city of Girona. Her job is to take on the worst of the city while also tackling conceptions, tradition and prejudice, sometimes from closer to home than she’d wish.
In this series, the half-walled medieval city of Girona shares centre-stage with Elisenda, its wealth of history and traditions providing an elegant and evocative backdrop to her investigations.
City of Good Death
A page-turning crime thriller set in Catalonia.
A killer is targeting figures of corruption in the Catalan city of Girona, with each corpse posed in a way whose meaning no one can fathom.
Elisenda Domènech, the head of Girona’s newly-formed Serious Crime Unit, believes the attacker is drawing on the city’s legends to choose his targets, but soon finds her investigation is blocked at every turn.
Battling against the press, the public and even her colleagues, she is forced to question her own values. When the attacks start to include less deserving victims, however, the pressure is suddenly on Elisenda to stop him.
City of Buried Ghosts
Be careful what you dig up…
On an archaeological dig by the coast a body is uncovered, seemingly executed with a spike thrust through the skull – an ancient tribal ritual. However, it soon becomes clear that this body is neither ancient nor modern, but a mysterious corpse from the 1980s.
Assigned to the case, Elisenda uncovers a complex world of star archaeologists, jealousy and missing persons. They find a dark trade in illicit antiquities, riddled with vicious professional rivalries. And even though she’s staying close to the crime scene, Elisenda is also never far from enemies of her own within the police force.
Just as the case seems to become clear it is blown wide-open by another horrific murder. Elisenda must fight her personal demons and office politics, whilst continuing to uncover plots and hatreds that were long buried. How far will she go to solve the crime? Is her place in the force secure? And can she rebuild her life?
City of Drowned Souls
The second a child disappears, the clock starts ticking.
When the son of a controversial local politician goes missing at election time, Detective Elisenda Domènech is put on the case. They simply must solve it. Only the team also have to deal with a spate of horrifically violent break-ins – people are being brutalised in their own homes and the public demands answers.
Could there be a connection? With the body count threatening to increase and her place in the force on the line, the waters are rising…
Be careful not to drown.
