The second novel in the thrilling Inspector Paco Ruiz series. The mountains above Madrid, July 1936. Inspector Paco Ruiz stands before a Nationalist firing squad thinking his last moment has come. But just before the order to shoot, he is reprieved by the machiavellian Major Gomez. Gomez explains that someone has shot the general's dog, and it will take an experienced detective to get to the bottom of it. Paco is outraged...