Dead Man in Barcelona
by Michael Pearce | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1569476128 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1569476128 Global Overview for this book
Registered by ealasaidmae of New Orleans, Louisiana USA on 7/22/2014
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from the back:
"Barcelona in 1912 is a city still recovering from the so-called 'Tragic Week' when Catalan conscripts bound for the unpopular war in Spanish Morocco had rebelled at the city's dockside against the royalist forces. In the fighting many were killed and afterwards even more were thrown into prison. Including an Englishman, who was later found dead in his cell.
The dead man had been a prominent businessman in Gibraltar, so what was he doing in Barcelona? What part did he play in the illicit three-way trade between Gibraltar, Spanish Morocco and Barcelona? And how did he meet his end - murdered in a prison cell?
The case, in Gibraltar's view, cries out for investigation by someone independent of the Spanish authorities, so Scotland Yard is required to send out one of their men. Seymour ticks all the right boxes - he has experience of the tangled diplomatic world of that part of the Mediterranean. He speaks foreign languages. And almost more importantly, he grew up near the docks in London's East End so with any luck he knows how to swim if, as you might say, push comes to shove..."
"Barcelona in 1912 is a city still recovering from the so-called 'Tragic Week' when Catalan conscripts bound for the unpopular war in Spanish Morocco had rebelled at the city's dockside against the royalist forces. In the fighting many were killed and afterwards even more were thrown into prison. Including an Englishman, who was later found dead in his cell.
The dead man had been a prominent businessman in Gibraltar, so what was he doing in Barcelona? What part did he play in the illicit three-way trade between Gibraltar, Spanish Morocco and Barcelona? And how did he meet his end - murdered in a prison cell?
The case, in Gibraltar's view, cries out for investigation by someone independent of the Spanish authorities, so Scotland Yard is required to send out one of their men. Seymour ticks all the right boxes - he has experience of the tangled diplomatic world of that part of the Mediterranean. He speaks foreign languages. And almost more importantly, he grew up near the docks in London's East End so with any luck he knows how to swim if, as you might say, push comes to shove..."
I'm happy to see that Seymour and Chantale are trying to make their relationship work. Good for them. I like Chantale and I think she's good for Seymour. I was able to see where this story was going pretty early on but I don't mind that, as long as it doesn't happen all of the time. Trying to guess the answer is the fun of mysteries and it's exhilarating when I guess correctly!
Journal Entry 3 by ealasaidmae at Bayou St. John in New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Saturday, September 27, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (9/27/2014 UTC) at Bayou St. John in New Orleans, Louisiana USA
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