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  • Location: Valencia

Blood Med: (Max Cámara 4)

Blood Med: (Max Cámara 4)

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2000s: Valencia is in turmoil, and Max Camera has a lot on his plate

  • ISBN: 978-0701186913
  • Genre: Crime

What you need to know before your trail

Spain is corrupt and on the brink of collapse. People congregate  in the tunnels beneath the streets as above riots, and disturbances of all kinds take place. Banks are closing, hospitals are in chaos, homes are lost  and rightwing thugs patrol the street.

Even the police are not immune from changes for the worst – and cuts are being made– who will go, Cámara or his friend Torres? As they investigate the suicide of an ex- bank clerk and the brutal murder of a young American woman, the city continues to erupt around them.

Travel Guide

Valencia

Outside, the street of Valencia were virtually silent, as they were throughout the country. The man who had overseen the building of their nation, who had guided them from dictatorship to democracy, hovered at the edge”

The King was a friendly and popular man – the bet asset that ‘the Spain brand’. As the king is dying however and the funeral planned, there is a Republican demonstration also planned and some tens of thousands are expected. But for the moment, in the centre of the city, there is a speech by the mayoress beside the glorious cathedral and the cobbled streets in and around the old town show the character of the city when war is not present.

The police building is unique

The old police HQ stands on Gran Via de Fernando de Catolic and its described as a sci-fi building which was impractical and too expensive to maintain. It had been built to be an art gallery and not a police station. However, the Valencia architect Jaume Montesa is mentioned as having won awards for his other buildings

The city built on Moorish irrigation

The earth below the city is notoriously wet and soft as its the product of Moorish irrigation waters – still course beneath the tarmac and concrete and of course there is a danger of flooding.

Streetview Maps

A) Valencia - A police station
D) Valencia - the cathedral

Booktrail Boarding Pass:  Blood Med: (Max Cámara 4)

Author/Guide: Jason Webster  Destination: Valencia  Departure Time: 2000s

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