{"product_id":"the-watcher-in-the-pine-isbn-9781569474099","title":"The Watcher in the Pine","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe third Carlos Tejada investigation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpain, 1940: Potes, a remote northern mountain village, is Carlos Tejada’s first independent Guardia Civil command. He soon discovers that this “promotion” is a mixed blessing. The villagers are unwelcoming. He and his pregnant wife, Elena, have no place to live but the jail, and his own men seem strangely hostile. Is it just their suspicion of his wife’s Republican sympathies? Or is there more going on in the beautiful but bleak area, recently devastated by the civil war? Tejada discovers that there may, indeed, be a new outbreak of that war with Potes as its epicenter. And he must find a way to reconcile his love for his wife with his duty.\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Watcher in the Pine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e“The  hostilities are never over in the mournful mysteries that Rebecca  Pawel  sets in the devastated cities of Spain in the aftermath of the  civil  war . . . Pawel frames the complex ethical issues she raises in  the  divided loyalties of her series hero . . . and his wife, Elena,  whose  sympathies are entirely with the Republican cause. Until the  family  wounds are healed, Pawel argues, the war will never end.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Part history lesson, part whodunit, this story is rich in landscape and political detail.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Mystery Scene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“The  Edgar-winning author tells her story in spare prose, befitting the  bleakness of the political and physical landscape . . . The richness of  historical detail and the loving but uneasy relationship between Tejada  and Elena offer their own rewards to the reader.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Pawel—winner of an Edgar for the series debut, \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Nationalist\u003c\/i\u003e—has managed to capture the Spanish Civil War period in thrilling detail . . . Her writing is thoughtful for thoughtful readers. Her understanding of the times of which she writes, the fractured loyalties and seething vengeances, is eclipsed only be her insights into the human heart.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—The Plain Dealer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A fabulous historical whodunit.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Equal parts history lesson and crime novel, displaying both offhand cruelty and welcome depth.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRebecca  Pawel lives in New York City and is pursuing a PhD in English  and  Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her widely praised  first  novel, \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Nationalist\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Edgar Award for Best First  Novel and was a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize finalist, as well as a  best book of the year in the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302663966949,"sku":"NP9781569474099","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569474099.jpg?v=1767742138","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-watcher-in-the-pine-isbn-9781569474099","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}