Carmen Puerto's first case When Carmen Puerto's phone rings so early, it means that it is a very serious, complex and urgent matter. Otherwise no one would dare call.
On the same day that Juan Carlos I announces his abdication, semi-frozen human remains appear in three cities in Spain —Seville, Madrid and Barcelona—, in bins in well-known and frequented places: a foot, a hand and a heart. All indications point to the sinister strategy of a serial killer who wants to hog all the attention.
To try to solve the case, the police turn to the eccentric, reclusive and intuitive inspector Carmen Puerto who, despite her self-imposed confinement, is capable of analyzing, interpreting and revealing the most complicated crimes. As in "The language of the tides", Carmen Puerto will find in Jaime Cuesta and Julia Núñez the eyes and hands that will connect her with the outside world.
