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The novel opens in medias res with a fire. Inspector Marçal Pons, 48, stands before the ruins of the old Tèxtil Fabra i Coats factory. The date is November 5th, 1998. A body has been found inside—charred beyond recognition, but wearing a distinctive silver locket. Pons recognizes the locket. It belonged to his late wife, Clàudia, who died in a car accident seven years ago. The chapter establishes Pons’s insomnia, his habit of talking to photographs, and his uneasy relationship with his new partner, Agent Nora Viladrich. The chapter ends with the autopsy report: the victim was not burned alive; they were stabbed first. The arson was a cover-up.

Ignoring the threat, Mascarell hunts for Joan’s last known contact: a man code-named “El Metge” (The Doctor). He finds El Metge hiding in a pharmacy basement. El Metge reveals that Joan’s last mission was to deliver a list of corrupt Francoist officials who collaborated with the Nazis during WWII (gold smuggling). The list would ruin powerful people. Joan disappeared right after receiving the list. El Metge is old and sick; he gives Mascarell a torn half of a cinema ticket from the Cine Texas . ombres a la foscor resumen por capitulos exclusive