Juan Gómez-Jurado

Red Queen

Now an Amazon Prime Original series, Red Queen is the first in Juan Gómez-Jurado's internationally bestselling thriller series, translated by Nick Caistor. Winner of the Cognac Prize 2022 with more than two million copies sold in Spain alone.Sunday Times - Best Thriller Books of the Year'A Spanish spin on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . . . A female Sherlock Holmes' - The Times'Fizzes with energy . . . echoes of Lisbeth Salander, but the crackling interplay . . . adds an extra layer of originality . . . sparkling' - Best Books of 2023, Financial TimesYou've never met anyone like her . . .Antonia Scott is special. Very special. She is not a policewoman or a lawyer. She has never wielded a weapon or carried a badge, and yet, she has solved dozens of crimes.But it's been awhile since Antonia left her attic in Madrid. The things she has lost are much more important to her than the things awaiting her outside.She also doesn't receive visitors. That's why she really, really doesn't like it when she hears unknown footsteps coming up the stairs.Whoever it is, Antonia is sure that they are coming to look for her.And she likes that even less.Praise for Red Queen:'Often compared with Lisbeth Salander . . . Antonia Scott looks destined to leave every bit as lasting an impression' - Daily Mail'One of the most extravagantly entertaining novels I've ever read. It's an electrifying serial-killer thriller . . . I loved every word' - A.J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the WindowReaders are saying: 'Red Queen is an absolutely phenomenal thriller that delivers on so many levels' - 5 star review'If you want to stay up at night, read this book. The plot is scintillatingly entertaining. Even energetic' - 5 star review'The writing is witty, the plot tortuous and fast flowing, characters well drawn. I read this well into the night and picked it up in the morning and finished it ,abandoning several things I should have done' - 5 star review