El Matarife

Past and present intermix in this intriguing novel in which a murderer remembers from jail the crimes he committed when he was young. In the past, the Zaragosa police follow the trail of a serial killer who removes the eyes of his victims. At the head of the investigation is German Goitia, a young policeman with a dark past. As he tracks the first serial killer of his career, Goitia uncovers secrets that might prevent him from investigating a killer ever again.

Fernando Lalana is the recipient of the Cervantes Chico award and the Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil, awarded by Spain’s Ministry of Culture. He is the author of more than 80 children’s and young adult books, including Almogávar sin querer, Industrias Gon, and Mande su hijo a Marte, as well as of four other books in the EXIT series: Amsterdam Solitaire, El asunto Galindo, La tuneladora, and El último muerto.