Alicia Giménez Bartlett (Almansa, 1951), the great lady of crime fiction, returns with a new intrigue starring the iconic inspector Petra Delicado. She, who is one of the first female police officers in Spanish literature, having been born in the pages of Ritos de muerte (1996) thirty years ago now, faces grief and the power of the Church in Bajo el cielo infernal (Destino).