No abras los ojos – John Verdon

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Very good, as much as the previous one, Sé lo que estás pensando. Original, with a sufficiently convoluted plot but also very well told, so that it’s not too difficult to follow.

The suspense holds up until the end, though I must have a sufficiently convoluted mind as well because I guessed the identity of the killer very soon, while Gurney and Hardwick are watching the videos recorded during the reception where the murder is committed.

Of course, the suspense doesn’t diminish because there’s always the possibility of being wrong and the intrigue of knowing if you’ve got it right and if things happened just as you imagined.

The only catch: the protagonist’s wife is a little tiresome, and not because she talks a lot, but because she communicates through grimaces, noises, looks and what she doesn’t say, she seems to be always criticizing the husband and disapproving of what he does.

He, of course, ends up walking on eggshells trying not to do anything that would bother her and that precisely disturbs the development of the story. Fortunately, they end up fixing it when she reconsiders her position.

Highly recommended and waiting for the third installment.