A drowned English nanny, a large house, and a maze that hides manysecrets.

A new challenge for Inspector Requesens.

On 19thJuly 1909, the day after a reception held in the Horta Maze Park, the Desvall’sBritish nanny, Elsie Thornton, is found dead floating in the lavoir.Governor Ossorio orders Inspector Ignasi Requesens and his inseparableassistant Cristobal to handle the case. What appears to be no more than anunfortunate accident becomes more complex when the autopsy report reveals thatElsie was pregnant. No one knew she was in a relationship. What’s more thereport also shows she had taken laudanum just before her death. In theturbulent Barcelona leading up to Barcelona’s Tragic Week, nothing is what itseems, neither is Elsie’s innocence intact. The investigation becomes entangledwith another tragic death that happened many years earlier in the exact sameplace, involving espionage and a kidnapping... A new challenge for InspectorRequesens.