Even the Darkest Night

Convicted of working for a Colombian cartel, Melchor Marín is serving jail time when his sex-worker mother is murdered. After his release, he pursues a career as a police detective, intent on solving his mother’s murder. While on the job in Barcelona, he interrupts a terrorist attack and kills four of the attackers. Fear of reprisals from terrorist groups causes his temporary transfer to the small Catalan town of Terra Alta. Once there, he is confronted with a horrific triple murder, which he relentlessly pursues even after the case has been closed, which comes at a terrible cost to both the family and him. Cercas (Soldiers of Salamis; The Anatomy of a Moment), winner of the Premio Planeta, Spain’s biggest literary prize, has created another award-winning story that entwines philosophy, literature, politics, revenge, and the ethics of good and evil. Narrator Lee Osorio captures the accents, personalities, and full-bodied characterizations of this complex novel, offering an absorbing and seamless performance.