La dama del Prado

The closer the delivery date of the manuscript approaches, the less inspired Oliver Brun, a young writer and art history researcher, feels who, after winning a major literary award, fears that he will not live up to expectations with his second novel. Nothing manages to get him out of his blockage until one day, at the home of his teacher and teacher David Sender, he discovers a secret: the enigmatic photographs of a young woman and a portrait of her posing as the Mona Lisa. A few days later, in the town of the Madrid mountains where David Sender lives, some bones appear in the lake. The evidence confirms that they belong to Melisa Nierga, the young woman in the photographs, and the teacher is immediately detained by the police. Suddenly, Oliver realizes that he has before him not only the great story he was waiting for, but also a chilling unknown: is the man who has taught him everything a murderer? Oliver turns to his college classmate, Nora, to help him unravel the mystery. Together they will discover some writings in Latin that could link the murder of the girl with one of the most beautiful paintings ever painted, the portrait known as "the Mona Lisa of the Prado". Is the key to this mystery found in the corridors of the museum or in the lonely streets of the town where it all happened? In this fascinating novel, Alejandro Corral combines the investigation of some of the best kept secrets in the History of Art with a fast-paced thriller that manages to catch the reader from the first line.