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Max Cámara is back!Valencia's most famous police detective makes a long-awaited reappearance in this celebration of his life, his work, and the city he strives to protect. In a collection of articles, essays and an interview with Max himself, this first volume of Jason Webster's new series, Mosaics of Spain, takes us deep into Spanish crime - and one man's unorthodox ways of fighting it.Including a profile of the head of the Valencia Police mu...

This is the final instalment in the critically acclaimed "Max Camara" crime series.

A lyrical and evocative account of how Webster and his wife created a magical garden high in remote Spanish mountains, and became irresistibly involved in the culture, traditions and landscape of the region.

Spain has never worked as a democracy. Throughout the country's history only one system of government has ever enjoyed any real success: dictatorship and the use of violence.Violence, in fact, is what Spain is made of, lying at the heart of its culture and identity, far more so than any other western European nation. For well over a thousand years, the country has only ever been forged and then been held together through the use of aggression ...

Jason Webster is a writer and columnist for the Spanish El Asombrario newspaper. He is the highly acclaimed author of a dozen books of fiction and non-fiction about Spain, which have been translated into over fifteen languages, including the international bestseller Duende, and Guerra. He is married to the Spanish flamenco dancer Salud.

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Brought up in England, Jason Webster has lived for many years in Spain. His acclaimed non-fiction books about Spain include Duende: A Journey in Search of Flamenco, Andalus: Unlocking the Secrets of Moorish Spain, Guerra: Living in the Shadows of the Spanish Civil War, Sacred Sierra: A Year on a Spanish Mountain and The Spy with 29 Names. His Max C¿ra series of crime novels started with Or the Bull Kills You, which was was longlisted for the C...

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Brought up in England, Jason Webster lived for many years in Spain. His acclaimed non-fiction books about Spain include Duende: A Journey in Search of Flamenco, Andalus: Unlocking the Secrets of Moorish Spain, Guerra: Living in the Shadows of the Spanish Civil War, Sacred Sierra: A Year on a Spanish Mountain and the forthcoming The Spy with 29 Names. He is also the author of the Max C¿ra series of crime novels, the first of which, Or the Bull ...

Entertaining and emotional travelogue charting a young Englishman's voyage through the Flamenco underworld of Spain, taking in cocaine-fuelled nights with gypsies, blood-spilling sessions with his guitar teacher and a torrid affair with an older woman. "Jason Webster is an exceptional writer, and this is a great book" "The Guardian

Detective Max Camara, with his love of flamenco and brandy, delves into issues that rouse and divide the Spanish people today. Max stumbles into a web of corruption and violence, uncovering deep animosities and hidden secrets, and forcing him to question his own doubts and desires.

As Islam and the West prepare to clash once again, Jason Webster embarks on a quest to discover Spain's hidden Moorish legacy and lift the lid on a country once forged by both Muslims and Christians.

Completing his Spanish trilogy, following "Duende" and "Andalus", Jason Webster embarks on a journey to unearth the secrets of the Civil War, and its remaining dark legacy in today's Spain. 'Written with considerable power and beauty' "Sunday Times

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Spain is corrupt and on the brink of collapse. The king is ill, banks are closing, hospitals are in chaos, homes are lost, demonstrators riot and rightwing thugs patrol the street. The tunnels beneath the streets are at once a refuge and a source of anger. And as the blood flows Camara roars in on his motorbike...

Tensions in Spain are rising: political violence and social unrest have suddenly re-emerged. Madrid is trying to keep a tight leash on Catalonia, where the call for independence is getting louder by the day. Chief Inspector Max Camara, now heading up the new Special Crime Unit, is put on the case. But this is no ordinary murder.

Al pie del Penyagolosa, una montaña legendaria del interior de Castellón, cerca de donde se refugiaron los últimos cátaros, sólo quedan hoy en día jabalíes, tierras invadidas por las zarzas, y cuatro masos ruinosos. Éste fue el lugar elegido por el escritor británico Jason Webster y su compañera valenciana, Salud, para tratar de reencontrarse con una vida auténtica, cerca de la naturaleza y el silencio elocuente del campo.Sin más ayuda que un ...