Books. Our selection of 4 thrillers to thrill you this summer

Spanish Abysses

The erased ones, by Bernard Minier, Ed. XO, 416 p. ; €22.90.

Lucia Guerrero and her colleague, Fernando Arias, investigators at the Guardia Civil, must track down two formidable killers. One, in Galicia, attacks young women kidnapped on their way to work, all with the common point of getting up early. The other, in the Madrid region, spectacularly murders billionaires. All against a backdrop of social tensions in a Spain where inequalities, as elsewhere, continue to grow. A harsh and gripping thriller, the second featuring the Spanish lieutenant, where the police, from trackers, could well become prey… Our opinion: PP