Awesome. The finale to Juan Gomez-Jurado’s Red Queen trilogy lives up to all expectations. I finished this one in the space of 24 hours.
Like its predecessors, it’s a thriller packed with non-stop action, and twists and turns that hurl themselves at you with breakneck speed, surpassed only by the velocity of Antonia Scott’s brainpower.
Everything and everyone she knows and loves is under threat over the course of this novel, and not all of them will make it to the end.
Five glowing stars from me with thanks to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for a chance to read an ARC.
White King released in the UK on 13 March.

White King concludes Spanish crime author Juan Gómez-Jurado’s the popular trilogy featuring Antonia Scott, which was adapted for television in Amazon’s Red Queen series last year. Is it a goodbye the brilliant but asocial investigator and her witty sidekick, Jon Gutiérrez?

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What a thrilling finale. I was absolutely gripped. Have loved the whole series each equally as brilliant.

I have been a fan of the Andrea Scott series for a while, and was eagerly awaiting the third and final book!

I can say, it does not disappoint! We see Andrea finally coming face to face with her nemesis, Mr White. The book had a lot of twists I was not expecting and really kept me on the edge of my seat

The story moves at breakneck speed, high stakes noir set in Madrid with a literal ticking bomb.

Enjoyed reading this book with lots of twists and inteigue. There is a little bit of head hopping but once I got used to that I got really immersed in the plot.

Antonia's mind is fascinating to read about. The challenges in this book were very interesting. I am not sure how I feel about the climax, perhaps I would have liked a bit more clarification/explanation about the connection behind the historic crimes and everything else that happened to Antonia.

I enjoyed Juan Gómez-Jurado's Red Queen so I was anticipating this book, It held up to my expectations and had me hooked as the first book did, it brought me back into the world of danger and intensity.

Antonia and Inspector Gutierrez have been my favourite book characters in years and after three books I feel quite attached to them almost as friends. This series has been magnificent and enhanced by the wonderful thoughtful translation into English. Often I find that foreign language books lose something in the translation, not so this series, it feels natural and flowing. The series has been such an enjoyable roller coaster. When I have time, I will read this series again just for the joy of it.