El juego de los crimenes perfectos (2022)

El juego de los crímenes perfectos

Reyes Calderón's 2022 Spanish mystery follows the investigation into a series of deaths connected to a doctor in pandemic-era Madrid. (PlanetadeLibros)

Watches

Rolex watch

An unidentified man is found in an unclaimed coffin at Madrid's Palacio de Hielo, used as a temporary morgue. Judge Calvo and Inspector Salado examine his Rolex among the bagged personal effects; the watch bears the initials D. L. Salado questions whether it belonged to the dead man because his clothing does not fit. The watch and a wedding ring suggest an identification lead, but the passage names no model. (Editorial Planeta, first-edition excerpt, chapter 1, pp. 22–27)

Source text: ¡No es un reloj, es un Rolex! (Editorial Planeta, first edition, February 2022, ISBN 978-84-08-25289-4, chapter 1, p. 27; original Spanish)