A Dead Man in Barcelona

Praise for the Dead Man series: "Picking up a new book by Michael Pearce reminds you why people enjoy reading mysteries."—Denver Post "The steady pace, atmospheric design, and detailed description re-create a complicated city. A recommended historical series."—Library Journal "Sheer fun."—The Times (London) "An unfailingly amusing historical series."—Booklist "Pearce again demonstrates his skill at making the past come alive and at seamlessly weaving actual political intrigues into his plot."—Publishers Weekly Barcelona, 1912—a city still recovering from the dramatic incidents of the so-called "Tragic Week" when Catalonian conscripts bound for the unpopular war in Spanish Morocco had rebelled at the city's dockside against the royalist forces. In the fighting, many were killed, and afterward, even more imprisoned, including an Englishman, who was later found dead in his cell. The...