Red Queen
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2.5 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Now an Amazon Prime Original series, Red Queen is the first in Juan Gómez-Jurado's internationally bestselling thriller series, translated by Nick Caistor. Winner of the Cognac Prize 2022 with more than two million copies sold in Spain alone.
Sunday Times - Best Thriller Books of the Year
'A Spanish spin on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . . . A female Sherlock Holmes' - The Times
'Fizzes with energy... echoes of Lisbeth Salander, but the crackling interplay... adds an extra layer of originality... sparkling' - Best Books of 2023, Financial Times
You've never met anyone like her ...
Antonia Scott is special. Very special. She is not a policewoman or a lawyer. She has never wielded a weapon or carried a badge, and yet, she has solved dozens of crimes.
But it's been awhile since Antonia left her attic in Madrid. The things she has lost are much more important to her than the things awaiting her outside.
She also doesn't receive visitors. That's why she really, really doesn't like it when she hears unknown footsteps coming up the stairs.
Whoever it is, Antonia is sure that they are coming to look for her.
And she likes that even less.
Juan Gómez-Jurado's internationally bestselling thriller series has sold more than two million copies to date in Spain alone. Translated by Nick Caistor.
PRAISE FOR RED QUEEN
"Red Queen is one of the most extravagantly entertaining novels I've ever read. Sprinting from spectacular surprise to even-more-spectacular surprise; whirling from one crisply textured character to the next...it's an electrifying serial-killer thriller, fiendishly clever puzzle mystery, and sensitive portrait of a fascinating young woman. Red Queen tops even The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as a thinking reader's thriller, and Antonia Scott is like a more sympathetic Lisbeth Salander. I loved every word." A.J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A reclusive forensic genius and a disgraced cop must work together to solve a bizarre case in this fast-paced thriller set in Bilbao, Spain. Antonia Scott, the adult daughter of Spain’s British ambassador, reconstructs crime scenes with unerring accuracy, but a personal tragedy has turned her into a shut-in. Local detective Jon Gutiérrez is determined to convince Antonia to help him investigate a baffling kidnapping-murder to save his career—and, hopefully, save the next victim before time runs out. Spanish author Juan Gómez-Jurado has created a memorable hero in the prickly but tender Antonia Scott, a complex and fascinating genius who forms an unexpected bond with the rough-edged Gutiérrez. Anyone who enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will love this fantastic and gritty series.
