A woman appears murdered in a secluded mansion in San Sebastián with her face surgically removed — a signature that awakens memories of an unsolved crime from decades earlier.

Martín excels at descriptive tension. You’ll find yourself glancing at your own reflection, wondering if it looks back with the same eyes. The prose is lean but cinematic; rainy streets, flickering security cameras, and double-glazed windows become characters in their own right.

from the Arantzazu Basilica—her torso opened and emptied, her hands placed in a specific gesture of surrender. The killer, dubbed "The Apostle,"

The title translates to "The Thief of Faces." The premise is deceptively simple but brilliantly executed: