{"product_id":"9781616956295","title":"Blood Crime","description":"\u003cb\u003eA multi-genre gothic novel of the horrific early days of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona, perfect for fans of Roberto Bolaño and Mario Vargas Llosa.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Startling . . . \u003ci\u003eBlood Crime\u003c\/i\u003e (beautifully translated from the Catalan by Maruxa Relaño and Martha Tennent) has a sort of concentrated power that’s rare in horror novels. It’s akin to poetry.\" \u003ci\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1936, and Barcelona burns as the Spanish Civil War takes over. The city is a bloodbath. Yet in all this death, the murders of a Marist monk and a young boy, drained of their blood, are strange enough to catch a police inspector’s attention. His quest for justice is complicated by the politics, dangers, and espionage of daily life in a war zone. The Marist brothers of the murdered monk are being persecuted; meanwhile, a convent of Capuchin nuns hides in plain sight, trading favors with the military police to stay alive. In their midst is a thirteen-year-old novice who stumbles into the clutches of the murderer. Can she escape in this city of no happy endings?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrated by a vampire who thrives in the havoc of the war, this stunning novel, inspired by the true story of a massacre in the early days of the Spanish Civil War, is a gothic reflection on the nature of monsters, in all their human forms.","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167775310064,"sku":"9781616956295","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616956295_p0.jpg?v=1763852972","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616956295","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}