{"product_id":"the-madrid-connection-tim-parfitt-9781739332655","title":"The Madrid Connection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOf all the paintings in all the galleries in all of Madrid.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey chose a Caravaggio.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd they chose last night.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the night \u003cstrong\u003eMadrid\u003c\/strong\u003e hosts the \u003cstrong\u003eChampions League Final\u003c\/strong\u003e, disaster erupts at the \u003cstrong\u003ePrado Museum\u003c\/strong\u003e: a guard is murdered and a \u003cstrong\u003eCaravaggio\u003c\/strong\u003e is stolen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish art detective \u003cstrong\u003eBenjamin Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e, hoping for a quiet few days in the city on a low-key assignment, instead finds himself dragged into the chaos he swore to avoid. Suddenly he's the investigation's uninvited headache - and possibly its key. Rival mafias begin circling. The Asians want him gone. The Italians want him alive - at least for now. As the cultural bureaucrats drag him into the case to deflect from their own failings, Madrid's homicide chief - choking on his own lies - wants him nowhere near the case, let alone the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the city, freelance journalist \u003cstrong\u003eElena Carmona\u003c\/strong\u003e is in Madrid on a separate assignment, digging into the poison of racism in football - an evil that opens into a far wider conspiracy. Trafficking, exploitation and revenge run beneath the pitch and deep into the criminal underworld, drawing her straight towards the same mafias now circling the stolen Caravaggio. As her investigation crashes straight into Benjamin's, they find themselves at the centre of something far darker than either imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt, money, football, murder, mafia\u003c\/strong\u003e - Madrid was never going to keep them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Madrid Connection \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a fast, gripping and darkly funny page-turner - the brilliant sequel to \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Barcelona Connection\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Parfitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739332652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739332655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Maravilla Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 1.11d","brand":"Tim Parfitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874514219263,"sku":"9781739332655","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-madrid-connection-tim-parfitt-9781739332655","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}