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'Death on a Galician Shore' (La playa de los ahogados) is a detective fiction novel by Domingo Villar published by Agencia Literaria in 2009. In 2011, the novel was published in Great Britain by Abacus and translated by Sonia Soto; that year it was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger Award.

Plot



Police Investigator Leo Caldas of the Vigo Police Department has been called to the town of Panxon to check on a body of a sailor who has washed up on the northwest shore of Spain. Believed to be a suicide by the townspeople, Caldas is not sure. With help from forensic pathologists, murder is determined. Who and why are the questions Caldas is now concerning himself. While working on the death of the sailor, Caldas learns about a murder ten years ago that could be connected. Caldas is a character dealing with his own problemsthe loss of his mother, the new life of his father, a sick uncle, and longing for a former girlfriend.

Background



Domingo Villar (6 March 1971 18 May 2022), a Spanish crime writer, was born in Vigo, and lived in Madrid, Spain. This is Villar's second book featuring Inspector Leo Caldas. The others are "The last boat" (El ltimo barco) and "Water blue eyes" (Ojos de agua).

Characters



*Inspector Leo Caldasmain character

*Assistant Rafael Estevezfirst from Vigo Police to arrive at site of the victim

*Captain SousaCaptain of ship that sank ten years ago

*Marcos Valverde

*Irene VazquezNeighbor to Rebeca Naira

*Ernesto Hermia & WifeFisherman and wife (eyewitness to fisherman that is found dead)

*Justo CastelloSailor that is washed up on the shore

*Rebeca NairaFemale killed ten years earlier

*Diego NairaSon of Rebeca Naira

Literary significance and reception



In this book, Villar tells the story of a close knit town on the northwest of Spain, where fisherman return to the water Monday-Saturday to fill their nets and sell their catches. Food is also an important feature to the story. The culture of the people, including their food, plays an important role in the story.

In Maxine Scott's review of the book she states that this is not a "complicated" book and it was not necessary to have a multiple number of bodies to enhance the story.

References



'General sources:'

*http://www.eurocrime.co.uk/reviews/Death_on_a_Galician_Shore.html

*http://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/death-galician-shore-domingo-villar

*https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/668583400

Category:Detective novels

Category:Spanish crime novels

Category:2009 novels

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