Darkness in Ronda: Crime thriller set in Spain

Andalucía, Spain. An enchanting setting for a cozy mystery series.

Ronda is the birthplace of modern-day bullfighting and home to one of Spain's oldest bullrings. Magnificent beasts are brutally slaughtered there under the searing heat of the afternoon sun, as they have been for centuries. Inevitably, the popularity of this national tradition is dying. The future looks bleak for those that earn their living from it.

Yet there is hope.

In this second book of the Andalusian Mystery Series, Diego Romero, a heroic torero, recognizes the need for change. The killing must stop. All he has to do is persuade bullfighting's controlling body, to accept his reforming proposals. They listen but refuse to do anything.

Less savory foreigners are also concerned that regular contests should continue as normal. They too cannot afford for Diego to win the day and are not prepared to sit by and do nothing. The battle comes to a head at La Goyesca, Ronda's stylish bullfighting festival right under the noses of Detective Inspector Leon Prado and his translators Amanda Salisbury and Phillip Armitage.

Londoner, Paul S Bradley has lived and worked in Nerja, Spain for over thirty years writing and publishing lifestyle magazines, guidebooks, and travelogues in English, German, and Spanish.On retirement, he self-published his first book of five of theAndalusian Mystery Series on Amazon.More recently, Reinventing the Wheel, a biography of America's first mobility-impaired female judge, was published by Rand Smith on June 17th 2024.Current work in progress is The Fontainebleau, a journey back to the 1970s when Brits kicked off their enduring love affair with Spain. This will be followed by Nostalgia Man, the first non-Spanish novel set in Henley-on-Thames where the author lived during the 1960s.