2023-09-27 10:38:51
The novelist Ibon Martín (San Sebastián, 1976) has become a best seller in the noir genre. His previous title, ‘The Dance of the Tulips’, was translated into eight languages and was among the best-selling books for months. He now publishes ‘The hour of the seagulls’, a thriller set primarily in Hondarribia and its surroundings and that begins, precisely, with a crime in the Hondarribia Mixed Alarde.
This afternoon Martín presented his book, published by the powerful Penguin group on the historic Plaza & Janés label, in the Aula DV, promoted by El Diario Vasco and Fundación la Caixa. The event, which began at six in the afternoon, was held in person at the Aquarium and also through Diariovasco.com.
“No one like Ibon Martín to immerse us in one of the most breathtaking enclaves of the Basque coast,” says the publisher in its launch. Plaza & Janés is betting on the San Sebastian author, who is trying to promote the book in difficult times due to the pandemic. These days he has been seen in the Hondarribia area attending to national television journalists.
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“The seagulls fly restlessly over the seaside city of Hondarribia, which has dressed in its best clothes to celebrate a special day,” says the synopsis of ‘The Hour of the Seagulls’ offered by the publisher. «Their squawks compete with the happy sounds that fill the streets, where neighbors prepare to enjoy the party, oblivious to the terrible threat that looms over them. In the middle of the parade, horror breaks out. A savage and accurate stab waters the cold stone floor with blood. A woman has been murdered. And she won’t be the last. The non-commissioned officer Ane Cestero and her special unit will have to hunt down a ferocious and relentless killer, capable of hiding in the sight of an entire town.
The novel is presented as “a sinuous, magnetic and impeccable thriller that confronts us with the worst of enemies: hatred.” The publisher says it and it is repeated by this 44-year-old native of San Sebastián, who began with travel and excursion guides until he published his first novel, ‘The Valley Without a Name’, which would be followed by the series ‘The Lighthouse Crimes’ until he achieved the triumph with ‘The Dance of the Tulips’, published two years ago.
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