El secret de Laura Valdés

Josep Lorman

Sinopsis

A la vetlla per la mort de la mare, en Joan Auger es retroba amb l'Elena Nadal, el seu primer amor i a qui li costa reconèixer de tan canviada com està. Dies després, l'Elena li truca a l'oficina per demanar-li una cita. Han passat trenta anys i en Joan descobreix una dona desconeguda i infeliç, afectada per una greu malaltia, que vol que li busqui la filla, a qui no veu des que va marxar de casa tot just fer els divuit anys. En Joan no s'hi sap negar i aparca la feina a la seva agència d'investigació financera per llançar-se a una recerca que li ha de canviar la vida.
El secret de Laura Valdés és una novel·la psicològica amb tocs de thriller i una obra complexa en què, a través del relat del protagonista, no tan sols anem descobrint els fets que han empès la Laura a fugir de la família, sinó també la causa de l'hostilitat entre els germans Auger i que els enfronta per l'herència de la mare.
Una història de passions fosques i desamors que transcorre en el marc de Barcelona, Castelldefels i l'Almeria del plàstic i les urbanitzacions ran de mar, on l'opulència dels agricultors enriquits i els especuladors immobiliaris conviu amb la misèria dels jornalers immigrants i les màfies del joc, la droga i la prostitució.

Disponible desde: 02/06/2025.

Longitud de impresión: 380 páginas.

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