P.J. Brooke
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Events
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Spanish Crime Writing
Paula Romero, Max’s formidable 83 year old grandmother, married Pablo Romero at the end of the Spanish Civil War during which Paula’s brother Antonio, a friend of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca, disappeared.
Juan Romero is Max’s cousin, married to Isabel. They have two children, Leonardo and Encarnita.
Bernardo Romero, Paula’s only surviving child, married Glaswegian music student Flora Maxwell. The marriage did not last. They have two children, Max and his elder sister, Susanna.
Max Romero is Paula’s youngest grandchild. He somehow got through the police entrance exams and is now a sub-inspector in the Policia National in Granada
Leila Mahfouz is the daughter of Ahmed Mahfouz, the leader of a small Muslim Sufi community in Diva, a village south of Granada. She is doing a thesis on the impact of the Spanish Civil War in Diva.
Javeed Dharwish is a Palestinian U.K. resident running a course for young Muslim entrepreneurs in the mountains above Diva.
Hassan Khan, a young Muslim from Britain with a Pakistani father and English mother, is Javeed’s assistant.
Abbot Jorge is in charge of the Sacromonte Abbey in the Sacromonte valley, on the outskirts of Granada.
Spain has three separate police forces: Policia Nacional, Policia Local and the Guardia Civil. Although the police forces have been modernised, the Guardia Civil still reflect the militarised job titles of the Franco years.
Comisario Bonila — Head of the Policia Nacional of Granada.
Inspector Jefe Enrique Davila — Max Romero’s immediate boss. Head of the Homicide Division of the Policia Nacional of Granada.
Inspectora Jefe Linda Concha — from Spain’s anti-terrorist unit, the CGI.
Inspector Martín Sanchez — from Spain’s anti-terrorist unit, the CGI.
Teniente González — head of Diva’s Guardia Civil, Spain’s rural police force.
Cabo Anita Guevarra — young, new police officer in Diva’s Guardia Civil.