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Coming of age in a Spain in the throes of 'apertura' (the political and economic 'opening' that took place in Spain during the 1980s) that followed the Transition from dictatorship to democracy. Angel, protagonist of Natural Law has an urgent need to find a meaning in things, to discover an order, especially because his family has always been a model of instability and disorder.
The book opens with a horrific scene: a bomb blast in Madrid. The characters appear gradually, in real time, during the hours following the explosion. The repercussions of the bomb mingle with personal stories at a frantic pace. A woman wounded in the attack is physically identical to Ana, head of the Police Forensic Unit in Madrid.
A crime is about to take place. The only person aware of it is a little girl of two years old and she can't do much about it. Will she be able to avert it? This is the first case for Sergeant Mona Flores, a new arrival in Almería, Spain. It's a new city, a complicated case and an even more inscrutable boss.