The Dead: 3 (Vengeance of Memory)

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Madrid, 1982: The dictator is finally dead but his one-time favourite secret policeman is back in the capital for one last job. Years of exile have left their mark on Comandante Leopoldo Guzmán and all he wants is out. But he needs money first... and what better way to get it than blackmail? After all, he knows better than anyone where all the bodies are buried.

Madrid, 2010: Forensic Investigator Ana María Galindez has been tracking Comandante Guzmán by the trail of the dead he left behind him: 15 tangled corpses in a disused mine, three skeletons in a sealed cellar in the Basque country. Guzmán is the key to unlocking some of Spain's darkest secrets and she's determined to track him down. But Guzmán and Galindez are about to discover they are on the same lethal trajectory. There are those who will do anything to keep the past buried and the dead undisturbed. Former secret policeman Leopoldo Guzman is the key to unlocking some of Spain’s darkest secrets and forensic investigator Ana Maria Galindez is determined to track him down.

Madrid, 1982. Comandante Leopoldo Guzman has decided it is time to disappear. Franco is dead and there’s no place in the new order for the former head of the tyrant’s secret police. But first, Guzman needs money. Luckily, blackmail has always come easily to him after all, he knows where the bodies are And so he should. He buried them.

Madrid, 2010. Fifteen tangled corpses in a disused mine, three bound skeletons in a sealed cellar a trail of dead that has led forensic investigator Ana Maria Galindez to one Comandante Leopoldo Guzman. Guzman himself disappeared decades ago, but she fears his toxic legacy lives on. Her investigation has revealed a dark conspiracy born amid the corruption of Franco’s dictatorship, a conspiracy that, after decades in the shadows, is finally ready to bloom.

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About the Author

Mark Oldfield was born in Sheffield. He holds a Ph.D. in criminology. As well as writing, I worked for a long time as a criminological researcher and taught at various universities. He lives in Kent.