In this 1997 Spanish best-seller, Barcelona detective Petra Delicado and her gruff partner delve into the slummy underworld of dog smuggling.
Local Color
Delicado on a seedy local bar: ''It was as exotic as a baroque
church...its stained glass windows painted with yellow designs for
shellfish and paellas.''
Quirkiest Character
A small, mangy mutt called Freaky.
Lowdown
Delightful, deeply human characters and keen insight into the vagaries
of police work only sweeten this rich paean to all things canine.
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