Blood Med (Max Cámara 4)

Urgent novel starring the Valencian detective Max Camara, a tale of corruption and brutal crime in a crumbling Spain.
Spain is corrupt and on the brink of collapse.The king is ill, banks are closing, hospitals are in chaos, homes are lost, demonstrators riot and rightwing thugs patrol the street. The tunnels beneath the streets are at once a refuge and a source of anger. And as the blood flows Camara roars in on his motorbike.
Camara is back in Valencia, with his partner Alicia and his anarchist, marijuana-growing grandfather Hilario. In the old police headquarters, the mood is tense, as the chief hunts for cuts -- who will go, Camara or his friend Torres? The two men are flung into action investigating the suicide of an ex- bank clerk and the brutal murder of a young American woman. As the city erupts around them, their case takes them into the heart of the trouble.
This dazzling new Camara novel -- constantly surprising, full of vivid characters -- exposes the dark underside of today's Spain. A powerful, gripping page-turner, it confirms Max Camara as the detective to watch, feeling the pulse of the moment.

Brought up in England, JASON WEBSTER lived for many years in Spain. His acclaimed non-fiction books about Spain includeDuende: A Journey in Search of Flamenco; Andalus: Unlocking the Secrets of Moorish Spain; Guerra: Living in the Shadows of the Spanish Civil War; Sacred Sierra: A Year on a Spanish Mountain and the forthcomingThe Spy with 29 Names. He is also the author of the Max Camara series of crime novels, the first of which,Or the Bull Kills You, was longlisted for the CWA Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards New Blood Dagger 2011. This was followed byA Death in Valencia and, most recently, The Anarchist Detective.