Arturo Pérez-Reverte

"This is the story of a man, three women, a revolution, and a treasure. An approach to the Mexican revolution in the times of Emiliano Zapata and Francisco Villa, and to the fifteen thousand gold coins of twenty pesos (the 'Maximilianos'), that were stolen from a bank in Ciudad Juárez on May 8, 1911. The man's name was Martín Garret Ortiz and he was a young Spanish mining engineer. It all changed for him that May 8th, when he heard a distant shot...

Faulques, a war photographer, witnessed most of the wars of the end of the 20th Century, but he was never able to capture the photo that would explain the chaos of the universe. Now, as continues to try to understand it, he starts painting a grand circular fresco on the inside wall of a tower on the Mediterranean, disturbed by the memories of a woman he can never forget, and an unexpected visit: a man who wants to kill him.

A murder mystery in 1886 Madrid featuring an old fencing master who still teaches his craft, in spite of the prevalance of the pistol. Famous for his unstoppable thrust, he is approached one day by a beautiful woman, who asks that he teach it to her.

Junio de 1960. Un temporal mantiene aisladas en la idílica isla de Utakos, frente a Corfú, a nueve personas alojadas en el pequeño hotel local. Nada hace presagiar lo que está a punto de ocurrir: Edith Mander, una discreta turista inglesa, aparece muerta en el pabellón de la playa. Lo que parece un suicidio revela indicios imperceptibles para cualquiera salvo para Hopalong Basil, un actor en decadencia que en otro tiempo encarnó en la pantalla...