This is the suspense and mystery novel that hooks the readers of Mikel Santiago

Sometimes it happens: an unexpected book falls into your hands, Of those that you would never have chosen, that you did not know, of an author who is not on the list of the usual, and pleasantly surprises you. So much You can’t release it from your hands And that even ‘hurts’ that the time comes to bed because you are so involved in the story that you want to follow another chapter, and another, and another …

Well, this is what you will find with one of my latest discoveries in the genre ‘Thriller’. It’s about ‘Do not lie’, a book with a lot of intrigue and very addictive that supposes the premiere in the ‘noir’ of the Pamplona author Arturo del Burgo, A lawyer who had previously passed through youth literature and the historical novel (in 2023 had published in Almuzara ‘a place to return’, a historical novel set in the Italy of World War II.

This 416 pages thriller -He reads, pulling on top, in a week- has captured the attention of readers and critics for his intense narrative and unexpected twists. ‘Do not lie’ (Newton Compton Editores) starts brutally: They discover the lifeless body of a woman, Daniela, in a hotel on the outskirts of San Sebastián. The discovery is terrible: he waited for his lover in the room, but they found her stabbing and handcuffed with bandaged eyes to simulate a terrible sensual game.

The case is commissioned to inspector Adriana Collante, which was relatively close and rades to the crime scene. Is A strong woman, who knows how to impose on her classmates with respect And that – as usual in the genre – is recovering from a trauma. He is a very interesting character that the reader takes affection from the beginning, is not one of those ‘hateful polis’ that we are in other books.

In the crime scene, Adriana will meet a journalist who has received an email in which the death of women is announced, with the date and time of homicide. This totally changes the perspective of the inspector, who realizes that What seemed like a passion crime is something totally thought about by a psycho serial killer who decides to publish his murders on a website just minutes before they occur. All this It is part of a macabre literary project called ‘Infidelis’ that the inspector collante will have to stop before he leaves many more corpses.

‘Don’t lie’ is An addictive novel with fascinating characters in which a serial killer plans what seems to be the perfect crime. It will catch you and you will have to continue reading to the last page to know the enigma solution, something that will cost you anything because it is very agile and is full of unexpected turns. A highly recommended literary experience.