A suspicious couple, Melania Escudero and lawyer Alfredo Suárez Smith, hire Monroy as a "localizer" to find a box of sentimental value.

The story follows , a retired merchant marine and cynical "fixer" who lives on Murga Street. Not quite a detective and certainly not a hero, Monroy is a cultured yet foul-mouthed anti-hero who takes on off-the-books jobs to supplement his meager pension.

The mission quickly spirals into a web involving the mistress of a deceased millionaire and political figures.

, written by the late Alexis Ravelo , is the third installment in the acclaimed Eladio Monroy series . First published in 2011, this hardboiled noir novel further establishes Ravelo as a master of the "dirty" and direct style, blending political corruption with biting social commentary in the setting of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Plot and Character Overview