Red Queen (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250853677)

"Pacing of the breakneck variety. Short chapters, funny asides, lethally potent descriptions: They all contribute to a frenetic page-turning momentum... you'll have great fun reading it." --The New York Times Book Review

Introducing Antonia Scott--the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander--in Juan Gez-Jurado's Red Queen, the #1 international award-winning bestseller & thriller that has taken the world by storm.

Antonia Scott--the daughter of a British diplomat and a Spanish mother--has a gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. But after a personal trauma, she's refused to continue her work or even leave her apartment.

Jon Gutierrez, a police officer in Bilbao--disgraced, suspended, and about to face criminal charges--is offered a chance to salvage his career by a secretive organization that works in the shadows to direct criminal investigations of a highly sensitive nature. All he has to do is succeed where many others have failed: Convince a recalcitrant Antonia to come out of her self-imposed retirement, protecting her and helping her investigate a new, terrifying case.

The case is a macabre, ritualistic murder--a teen-aged boy from a wealthy family whose body was found without a drop of blood left in it. But the murder is just the start. A high-ranking executive and daughter of one of the richest men in Spain is kidnapped, a crime which is tied to the previous murder. Behind them both is a hidden mastermind with even more sinister plans. And the only person with a chance to see the connections, solve the crimes and successfully match wits with the killer before tragedy strikes again...is Antonia Scott.

Author: Juan Gez-Jurado
ISBN-10: 1250853672
ISBN-13: 9781250853677
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Language: English
Published: 03/14/2023
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.53h x 6.38w x 1.33d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2022 pg. 7
Publishers Weekly 01/09/2023
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2023
Booklist 03/01/2023 pg. 30
Shelf Awareness 03/31/2023