The Blind Man of Seville (Javier Falcon Series #1)

Detective Inspector Javier Falcón is transfixed by the brutalized face of murder victim Raul Jiménez in his Seville apartment. On his shirtfront, littered like exotic petals, are the man's eyelids, and so the victim’s relentless horror becomes the beginning of Falcón's own.

An old photograph at the murder scene prompts Falcón to read a set of journals left by his famous father, the artist Fransisco Falcón. He discovers that he'd never known the father he'd always loved, and as the case unfolds, Falcón's mind unravels as all the old certainties are undermined. More victims fall but neither the evidence nor the secrets of the victims' lives give Falcón the vital breakthrough he needs. The pieces of the puzzle finally fall together when Falcón finds the missing section of his father's journals—and becomes the killer's next intended victim.

With The Blind Man of Seville , Robert Wilson's unparalleled combination

of suspenseful storytelling and keen understanding of the ambiguities of the human soul confirm his place as one of the best mystery writers in the world today.

Author Biography: Robert Wilson is the author of six previous novels, including A Small Death in Lisbon, which won the Gold Dagger Award as Best Crime Novel of 1999 from Britain's Crime Writers Association. A graduate of Oxford University, he has worked in shipping, advertising and trading in Africa, and has lived in Greece and West Africa. He currently lives with his wife in an isolated farmhouse in Portugal.