Praise for the Sub-Inspector Max Romero series: “A beautifully rendered setting and memorable characters . . . feature[s] an appealing Scots-Spanish detective whose mixed heritage gives him valuable perspective.”— Publishers Weekly “Brooke writes a compelling and well-paced mystery, smoothly weaving in historical and cultural background and creating in the young, sensitive Max, a refreshing new face in international crime fiction.”— Booklist “A compelling tale, richly embroidered with complex characters and multiple plot threads. Highly recommended.”— Library Journal , starred review Paco, a gypsy, has just been released from prison where he served a sentence for murdering his wife. He heads home to his cave in the rural Sacromonte Valley outside Granada. The next day, Max Romero, half-Scottish, half-Spanish, and a sub-inspector in the Spanish National Police, is out for a hike with his sister when he is summoned by a passerby who has found a dead body. The officer in charge of the investigation has no time to waste on another dead gypsy, but Max and a brand new judge think that even an ex-convict gypsy is entitled to justice. P.J. Brooke is the pseudonym of husband and wife writing team Philip O’Brien and Jane Brooke. They live part of the year in Scotland and part of the year in the Moorish district of Granada. Their first novel, Blood Wedding , was published to acclaim.