An absolute novelty in the spirit of “Fucking History” from one of the most popular authors in France in the detective-thriller genre.
“On your grave, they should write that you died by my hand…”
It was a nightmare for the Madrid judicial police lieutenant, Lucia Guerrero. Flashes of lightning revealed, from the darkness, a large cross rising above the top of a hill. And hanging on it was her partner—Sergeant Moreira. A screwdriver stuck out of his chest, and his body was… glued to the cross with super-strong adhesive.
Lucia can’t work on a case involving the murder of her partner—the law prohibits it. But with her superiors’ approval, she begins her own investigation. And she learns about a professor from the University of Salamanca who is developing a computer program to find serial offenders. It’s he who tells Lucia about several “artistic” murders that happened many years ago. Back then, the victims’ bodies were also fixed with glue, and the death plots were taken from Ovid’s famous poem “Metamorphoses”…