At his father's request, Lieutenant Carlos Tejada Alonso y Leon, a member of the landed gentry who has chosen to join the Guardia Civil, investigates the death of his great-aunt Rosalia, a task that h
Rising to the position of sergeant in the Guardia Civil, young law student Tejada works to impose order in the ruins of Madrid when his best friend is found murdered, and in the wake of unlikely suspe
After being transferred from Madrid to Salamanca, Carlos Tejada, promoted to a lieutenant in the Guardia Civil, investigates the disappearance of a well-connected former law professor.
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Rising to the unlikely position of sergeant in the Guardia Civil, young law student Tejada works to impose order in the ruins of Madrid when his best friend is found murdered, and in the wake of unlik
