Even the Darkest Night

A Terra Alta Novel

By: Javier Cercas, Anne McLean - translator

Narrated by: Lee Osorio

INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER • WINNER OF SPAIN’S BIGGEST LITERARY PRIZE • Barcelona detective Melchor Marín is sent to the countryside to investigate a horrific double murder. Before long, it becomes clear that nothing about the case is quite as it seems in this “sweeping romantic novel in the form of a police procedural” (Wall Street Journal).

The first book in the internationally acclaimed series: Melchor, the son of a prostitute, went to prison as a teenager, convicted of working for a Colombian drug cartel. Behind bars, he read a book that changed his life: Les Misérables. Then his mother was murdered. He decided to become a cop.

This new case, in Terra Alta, a remote region of rural Catalonia—the murder of a wealthy local man and his wife—will turn Melchor’s life upside down yet again.

Even the Darkest Night is a thought-provoking, elegantly constructed thriller about justice, revenge, and, above all, the struggles of a righteous man trying to find his place in a corrupt world.

Excellent

The book was very well written and powerful.
The performance was perfect.
Enjoyed it immensely

Amazing

I’m using the space of the 15 word minimum to say that this was an amazing book.

Powerful

Loved the weaving of history, culture, les miz, and big ideas with just enough mystery and procedural. Narrator great. Yes, it might have been more fluid in original spanish but I grew to really like the obvious translation vibe… introducing a certain intimacy, intrigue and realness as I looked on as these thoughts and events unfolded .

Ok

This is just OK. I was expecting more from this book. it wasn't much of a mystery. The translation was a bit stilted and awkward at times and made the writing seem choppy.