JOSE LUIS CORREA

DEATH OF A VIOLINIST (MUERTE DE UN VIOLINISTA)

'Readers of his previous novels starring this investigator will recognise some of already familiar traits: his disastrous personal life; his tendency to fall in love, his lack of interest in money. But in Death of a Violinist we get new information about his past. These elements, together with a great cast of secondary characters and a surprising final twist, full of drama, create a story that grips the reader and keeps him on the edge of his seat.' La Voz de la Gran Canaria

This new instalment of the adventures of detective Ricardo Blanco opens with the sudden death of the first violinist of the New York Philharmonic during a concert in the Auditorio de Las Palmas. Readers of his last two novels starring this investigator will recognise here some of his familiar traits: his disastrous personal life, his tendency to fall in love, his lack of interest in money. But in DEATH OF A VIOLINIST we find out more detail from his past. These elements, coupled with a varied cast of secondary characters and a brilliantly surprising twist at the end, full of suspense, will keep readers on their toes throughout.

 

Material: Finished copies (301 pages)
Sales: Alba Editorial Spain; Tammi Finland.

 

DEATH IN APRIL (MUERTE EN ABRIL)

‘Ricardo Blanco is back. The brilliant investigator returns to the literary scene with the hand of his creator José Luis Correa, who never runs out of ideas.’ Entrevista
‘He has managed to create a new space in the competitive world of the roman noir.’ La Provincia
‘With skill and grace the Canarian writer J. L. Correa relocates the American model of the roman noir in the city Las Palmas.’ Faro de Figo

This is Correa’s second novel starring Ricardo Blanco, the detective from Gran Canaria, lover of jazz, women, film and crime fiction, who is destined to become one of the greats of the literary detective novel.

Material: Finished copies (223 pages)
Sales: Alba Editorial Spain; Unionsverlag ‘Metro’ Germany; Tammi Finland.




FIFTEEN DAYS IN NOVEMBER (QUINZE DIAS DE NOVIEMBRE)

‘An authentic pleasure.’ EL Faro
‘Seduces and distracts from reality with genuine characters.’ La Provincia
‘A contemporary version of Dashiell Hammet’s Sam Spade or Raymond Chandler’s Marlowe from the Canary Islands, Ricardo Blanco is a cynical and crestfallen detective who has a unique sense of smell and an instinct which tells him that nothing is as it seems. The novel follows the conventions of the roman noir presenting an extraordinary portrait of Las Palmas.’ Faro de Vigo

QUINCE DIAS DE NOVIEMBRE is the first in a series to feature the detective, Blanco, as the main character set in an unusual territory for the noir genre: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Material: Finished copies(186 pages)
Sales: Alba Editorial Spain; Unionsverlag ‘Metro’ Germany; Tammi Finland.

JOSÉ LUIS CORREA (Las Palmas, 1962) is a teacher at the University of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria. He has won a number of different prizes for his writing, of which the following stand out: the Premio Benito Perez Armas (2000) for his novel "THEY KILLED ME SO BADLY" and the Premio Vargas Llosa (2002) with TAKE A LOOK AT CARLA".