Rebecca Pawel
Spain, 1940. Potes, a remote northern mountain village, is Carlos Tejadaâ€™s first independent Guardia Civil command. He soon discovers that this â€œpromotionâ€ is a mixed blessing. The villagers are unwelcoming. He and his pregnant wife, Elena, have no place to live but the jail, and his own men seem strangely hostile. Is it just their suspicion of his wifeâ€™s Republican sympathies? Or is there more going on in the beautiful but bleak area, recently devastated by the civil war? Tejada discovers that there may, indeed, be a new outbreak of that war with Potes as its epicenter. And he must find a way to reconcile his love for his wife with his duty.
Mystery,Cultural,Spain,Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,Mystery,Historical Mystery,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,Civil War,Spanish Civil War,Historical
Watcher in the Pine