Una tarde de oto~no, el cuerpo de una mujer aparece a los pies de la torre de luz de un remoto faro de la costa vasca. Leire, la escritora bilba'ina que ha encontrado el cad'aver, se convierte en la principal sospechosa. Desesperada, se ver'a obligada a iniciar una investigaci'on que sacar'a a la luz intrigas familiares y conspiraciones econ'omicas. Sus pasos no tardar'an en desvelarle que est'a ante un imitador del Sacamantecas, el brutal asesino en serie que aterroriz'o Vitoria en el siglo xix.
Con personajes caracterizados con esmero y una fascinante ambientaci'on, Ibon Mart'in mantiene al lector en vilo hasta la 'ultima p'agina de una escalofriante historia que deja al descubierto las debilidades del alma humana.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"I am Leire Altuna, I live in the lighthouse at La Plata. I found a woman. She is dead."
One fall afternoon, a woman's body is discovered at the foot of the lighthouse tower in a remote part of the Basque coast of Spain. Leire, a writer from Bilbao who found the dead body, becomes the main suspect. Desperate, she is forced to embark on an investigation that will uncover family intrigues and economic conspiracies. Her findings will soon reveal that she is facing a Sacamantecas copycat, the brutal serial killer who terrorized Vitoria in the 19th century.
With carefully described characters and a fascinating setting, Ibon Mart'in keeps the reader in suspense until the very last page in this chilling story that exposes the weaknesses of the human soul.
