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Fiction International Mystery & Crime

Scrap

A Barcelona Thriller

by (author) Marius Stankiewicz

Publisher
New Europe Books
Initial publish date
Apr 2024
Category
International Mystery & Crime
Recommended Age
17 to 18
Recommended Grade
12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780999541661
    Publish Date
    Aug 2022
    List Price
    $23.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9798985756401
    Publish Date
    Apr 2024
    List Price
    $24.5

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Description

A riveting debut noir novel that takes us from Brazil to Barcelona, with a millennial, political edge. Lucas Brodowski, a rookie cop from Rio de Janeiro, is sent to Barcelona in search of his family’s killer. But on arriving, he goes off the grid and decides to take matters into his own hands. He disguises himself as a chatarrero (scrap collector) and infiltrates an anarchical organization to gain intelligence on the whereabouts of el Catalan, the drug kingpin behind the murder of his mother, father, and adopted brother.

Before long Lucas finds himself in a strange love triangle with the organization’s leader, Laia Requena, and with Alba Suarez, the CEO of Banco Cooperativo de Catalunya. Lucas, however, is unaware that Alba is the person Laia is working to bring down for her role in tenant evictions from bank-owned properties and a corruption scandal. By a strange twist of fate, shocking surprises eventually come to light in a tense confrontation in Lucas’s junk-filled loft.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Marius Stankiewicz, a Toronto native, is a former international journalist, photographer, and documentary filmmaker who currently lives in Barcelona, where he works as a communications manager in the music and technology business. His journalistic work has been featured in NPR, Al Jazeera, Barcelona Metropolitan, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the Province, and Men’s Journal. Stankiewicz graduated with an MA in English from Jagiellonian University in Cracow and an MA in communication science & media from the University of Amsterdam. In his free time, he plays the drums, frequents dive bars, and trains in Muay Thai, an ancient combat sport originating in Thailand.