Description
POORLY CLOSED DRAWERS - CAT
Book summary
A deceptive calm is broken in the Terres de l'Ebre region when the appearance of corpses and a wave of kidnappings shake the area. It all begins with a highly valuable underwater discovery in the Delta. What seemed like isolated events reveal themselves to be a mechanism where greed, corruption, and violence intertwine with international financial interests. The reader will delve into a crime thriller that addresses the looting of heritage, pollution, and the struggle for power in a local context with global resonances.
What is it about?
Two divers make an exceptional discovery off the Ebro Delta, a sunken treasure that awakens ambitions. Shortly after, the sea and the river begin to spew out corpses, and people disappear under strange circumstances. Everything happens in a few days and everything seems, at first, to be independent events. But behind this wave of crimes hides a complex plot: the greed of individuals and institutions, political corruption, environmental pollution, the looting of cultural heritage, and senseless violence. The novel uncovers the background of the interests of large international financial corporations operating in the shadows, turning a corner of the country into the stage for a ruthless struggle for power and money.
Main themes
- Greed and unbridled ambition: the pursuit of wealth as a driver of violent conflict.
- Institutional and political corruption: collusion between power and organized crime.
- Looting of cultural heritage: underwater archaeological value as an object of plunder.
- Environmental pollution and ecological conflicts: the Ebro Delta as a fragile and disputed territory.
- International financial interests: the influence of large corporations in the local sphere.
Who is it recommended for?
For readers of crime and detective novels who look for plots rooted in a real territory, with a strong social and political component. Recommended for those who appreciate stories where criminal investigation is mixed with the denunciation of corruption, cultural heritage, and environmental conflicts. Also for followers of contemporary Catalan genre literature.
What this book offers
- A fast-paced criminal plot set in a unique natural and cultural setting: the Ebro Delta.
- A critical look at the dynamics of power, corruption, and looting that affect the territory.
- A reflection on human greed and its violent consequences, from the local to the global level.
- An immersive reading experience that combines police suspense with social and environmental critique.
Technical specifications
- Author: ARASA, JAUME
- Publisher: LLIBRES DELICTE
- Language: cat
- Subject: CRIME AND MYSTERY GENRE
- Collection: LLIBRES DEL DELICTE
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: October 2024
- Number of pages: 222
- Weight: 522 g
Editorial review
A crime novel that brings the detective genre to the Terres de l'Ebre with competence and narrative ambition. Jaume Arasa builds a thriller where action and suspense do not hide a desire to X-ray the social, political, and environmental wounds of a territory. The work may be of particular interest to those who look for genre readings with thematic depth and local roots, far from the usual urban settings.