The Suicide Room - Vidal, Xavier
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1912. A mysterious and luxurious Casino hidden in the mountains outside Barcelona, the cradle of the European Art Nouveau explosion; a legendary secret room where gamblers who had lost everything could discreetly commit suicide; a serial killer on the loose; "Bicycle man", a young and peculiar police sub-inspector who will never give up. 2021. The ruins of an old casino are barely visible through the vegetation; a serial killer still on the loose; a journalist in search of a story that can revive his declining career; was the suicide room just an urban legend? Two people investigating the same…mehr

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1912. A mysterious and luxurious Casino hidden in the mountains outside Barcelona, the cradle of the European Art Nouveau explosion; a legendary secret room where gamblers who had lost everything could discreetly commit suicide; a serial killer on the loose; "Bicycle man", a young and peculiar police sub-inspector who will never give up. 2021. The ruins of an old casino are barely visible through the vegetation; a serial killer still on the loose; a journalist in search of a story that can revive his declining career; was the suicide room just an urban legend? Two people investigating the same crimes and chasing the same serial killer, but living one hundred years apart. One simple question. Could a man be forced to commit suicide to save the lives of his loved ones?
Autorenporträt
Born in Barcelona, where he attended medical school and became a medical doctor, Xavier was awarded a Fulbright scholarship, and lived and studied in the United States for several years, obtaining two Masters degrees from Harvard University. For 20 years he worked as General Manager for several biotech companies and international advertising agencies. Through the years he has written screenplays for films, theater plays, musical theater shows (book, music, and lyrics, as he is also a musician and composer), newspaper articles, and novels. He has written articles about New Zealand as a foreign correspondent for the digital edition of La Vanguardia, one of the main newspapers in Spain.

UXMALA was selected as Finalist in the VII HISPANIA Historical Novel Literary Prize (2019).

Xavier writes all his novels in Spanish and English versions and lives in Auckland (New Zealand) with his family.