THE LAST RESORT

High-society scandal and high-stakes intrigue at a posh hotel set the satiric scene for this mystery by the author of the Planeta Prize-winning LITTLE INDISCRETIONS. After the death of his mother leaves him penniless, alone, and extremely depressed, Spanish sophisticate Rafael Molinet Rojas determines to have one last great vacation at an exclusive Moroccan spa and then kill himself there. He is distracted from his grief and despair by the sight of one of his fellow guests, a widow whose husband's choking death is widely regarded as suspicious. When a radio journalist decides to publicly brand the widow as a murderer, Rafael vows to defend her, realizing that the scandal surrounding the woman is uncannily reminiscent of the one that was attached to Rafael's late mother after his own father died mysteriously.