Author: Gomez-Jurado, Juan

Crime & mystery

Published on 26 September 2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Antonia Scott' series.

Paperback / softback | 368 pages
129 x 198 x 27 | 252g

The highly anticipated sequel to Juan G¨®mez-Jurado's number 1 international bestseller, Red Queen, now an original series streaming on Amazon Prime.

Antonia Scott is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes to solve the most dark, devious and dangerous crimes.

In Costa del Sol, southern Spain, a key mafia figure is found brutally murdered in his villa. His pregnant wife, Lola Moreno, barely escapes an attempt to kill her ¨C and is on the run. An unusual shipping container arrives to Spain from St Petersburg, holding the corpses of nine women.

Now Antonia, with the help of her protector, must track down the missing Lola. But they aren¡¯t the only ones ¨C a dangerous hitman, known as the Black Wolf, is also on her trail. And Antonia Scott, still plagued by her personal demons, must outwit, out-manoeuvre, and, ultimately, face this terrible, mysterious killer.

Translated by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia, Black Wolf follows on from Red Queen and features Antonia Scott, the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander.

Praise for Juan G¨®mez-Jurado:'Best thriller books of the year . . . What impresses is the brainy brio of G¨®mez-Jurado's storytelling' - ¨C Sunday Times'An electrifying serial-killer thriller . . . tops even The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as a thinking reader¡¯s thriller, and Antonia Scott is like a more sympathetic Lisbeth Salander' ¨C A.J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window