A series of crimes related to fairy tales shakes a small town. Only one inspector, born in the village, can understand what is happening. In 1960, Gretel, a nine-year-old girl, returns home after playing with some friends in the park. To her surprise, neither her mother, her grandfather, nor her brother are there. They never appeared, and after the time stipulated by law had passed, the authorities officially declared them dead. Thirty years later, she must return, now as a police inspector, to investigate a series of crimes related to fairy tales.
Esteban Navarro Soriano (Moratalla, Murcia, March 18, 1965) is a Spanish writer of noir and detective novels. He was an agent of the National Police from 1994 to 2018. "El reactor de Bering" won the 2008 Katharsis Short Novel Prize. The novel "La casa de enfrente" is considered the paradigm of digital publishing. "El buen padre" received the Saramago La Balsa de Piedra Award in 2011. "La noche de los peones" was one of the six finalists selected for the Nadal Prize in 2013. "La cuarta memoria" was awarded by the Lloret Negre Festival as the best noir novel published in 2022. Random House considered him at the time as one of the great names in contemporary noir fiction, after publishing "Los crímenes del abecedario". Since 2012, he has been regarded as the writer who coined the term "Kindle Generation". He has been an Amazon Author since June 16, 2011.