UNA FAMILIA CON MUCHO PODER La bodega Mas Vidal es una de las m s grandes del pa s. Cuando su propietario Mateu Vidal, patriarca de una poderosa saga de empresarios, desaparece entre los cientos de hect reas de vi edos, sus hijos no permiten que el caso recaiga nicamente en los polic as de la zona. Quieren a los mejores y cuanto antes. UN POLIC A EN CRISIS
L pez acaba de mudarse al Empord , en el norte de Catalu a, huyendo del estr s y de la unidad de lite de la Polic a Nacional en la que trabajaba. Cuando recibe una llamada de su antiguo jefe, sabe que le va a meter en un l o, pero no puede evitar coger el tel fono. Tras descubrir a Mateu Vidal ahogado en vino, L pez sabe que se acab su tranquilidad. UN ESCENARIO TAN ID LICO COMO INQUIETANTE J. L. Romero convierte el Empord , tierra de vino, mar y viento, en el escenario de una investigaci n sin tregua en la que L pez tendr que lidiar con los fantasmas del pasado, el suyo y el del pa s. Una trama vibrante donde viejas rencillas, retorcidas y ocultas como las ra ces de la vid, acaban emergiendo de la manera menos esperada. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONA POWERFUL FAMILY
The Mas Vidal vineyard is one of the biggest in the country. When its owner, Mateu Vidal, the patriarch of a powerful line of businessmen, disappears somewhere on the vast estate, his children are not content to rely on the local police. They want the best, and now. A POLICEMAN IN CRISIS
L pez is a newcomer in Empord , in northern Catalonia, seeking an escape from his stressful job with an elite National Police squad. When he gets a call from his former boss, he knows it can only mean trouble, but he can't help but pick up. After discovering Mateu Vidal drowned in a vat of wine, L pez understands that his peaceful interlude is at an end. A SETTING AS IDYLLIC AS IT IS UNSETTLING
At the hands of J. L. Romero, Empord - land of wine and windswept coasts - becomes the the site of a murder investigation that will bring L pez face to face with the ghosts of the past: the country's and his own. A vibrant tale in which old resentments, as twisted and buried as the roots of the region's famous grapevines, come to light in unexpected ways.
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