The Red Queen, Gomez-Jurado - B+

                     This police thriller is the first of a series and is set in Madrid. The principal character is Antonia Scott, an English-Spanish genius criminologist on par with Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes. She works for a mysterious EU-wide organization that is called in when national police are confronted with incomprehensible challenges. The first victim is the school-age child of a wealthy woman. The boy's blood was drained from his body. The second case is the kidnapping of the daughter of the richest man in the country. Filled with fascinating intrigue and deductions.