The Serpent's Harvest

About this book

On the sweltering, corrupt island of San Rafael, justice is an illusion maintained by the wealthy plantation syndicates. When a gruesome ritualistic murder occurs in the sugarcane fields, it bears the exact hallmarks of a dormant serial case from twenty years ago. Ignacio Vargas, a cynical, aging former magistrate who originally failed to solve the case, is dragged out of his drunken exile to consult. He is paired with Beatriz Salgado, a fierce, by-the-book young prosecutor determined to cleanse her homeland of its rot. As the unlikely duo wades into a conspiracy of human trafficking, political blackmail, and generational bloodshed, their investigation threatens to tear down the island's elite. Facing violent ambushes and betrayal from within the local constabulary, Ignacio must teach Beatriz the dark art of deduction in a lawless land, forcing them both to question how far they will go—and what moral lines they must cross—to harvest the truth from a poisoned soil.

Book details

Genres:

Mystery, Crime Thriller, Noir

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-25

Content rating:

R