Las Diez Muertes de Francisco Franco

Mallorca, 1960. A ten-year-old girl has been brutally murdered. Ángel Roca, a police inspector, investigates the case as an unprecedented wave of crimes begins in Franco's Spain. After the discovery of the fourth victim, tired of palace life and the cabinet of sycophants who day by day distance him further from his glorious past as an elite soldier, Francisco Franco decides to travel incognito to the Balearic Islands to take charge of an impossible investigation and study in person the bloody murders that are keeping his wife awake at night. The problem for a police officer who hates the Regime and the head of state is that, together, they must draw up a psychological profile based on intuition and the various characters parading before them, from humble fishermen to legendary Nazis protected by a corrupt government. 'The Ten Deaths of Francisco Franco' takes us deep into the different Spains of a pivotal era in the country's history, while also revealing the dictator's most intimate and unknown side. An intense thriller, but also a historical novel that portrays the Caudillo in an unusual way. Francisco Franco himself moves through its pages as a crucial figure in its machinery. 'The Ten Deaths of Francisco Franco' offers a reading experience that is both absorbing and educational because it addresses the history of our country over the past century. And it does so through a complex noir plot with a completely unexpected ending. "Martín Garrido is a powerful writer who has managed, with highly skilled prose, to craft a thriller about a period in Spain's history that remains relevant today." JOSÉ CARLOS SOMOZA "Martin Garrido's literary audacity knows no bounds. A hypnotic narrative that transports us to the 1960s, perfectly reconstructed by the author's impeccable prose." JOSÉ LUIS MUÑOZ

MARTÍN GARRIDO nace en Barcelona en 1982 y cursa sus estudios en Palma de Mallorca para despué, s licenciarse en Bellas Artes. A partir de los dieciséis años empieza a colaborar con diferentes directores y productores de cine, televisión y teatro en producciones de todo tipo y desempeñando diferentes cargos, desde ayudante de dirección o jefe de arte hasta director de fotografía, todo antes de dirigir su primer largometraje, 'H6 Diario de un asesino', producida por Kanzaman ('Sexy Beast', 'El reino de los cielos') y estrenada en más de cien salas comerciales. Su ópera prima también participó en varios festivales de cine nacionales e internacionales, como el Festival de Málaga o el Festival de San Sebastián. Martín Garrido ha realizado diecinueve exposiciones individuales de pintura, la última en La Misericordia patrocinado por el Consell de Mallorca, el Institut de Estudis Balearics y la Fundación contra el Alzheimer. Ha publicado hasta la fecha tres novelas: 'Los inútiles perfectos', 'Hospicio' y 'El tren de juguete', y ha participado en dos antologías de literatura, la última de ellas centrada en la figura de Marilyn Monroe. En dicho libro, su relato se encuentra entre cuentos de autores del calibre de Zoe Valdés, Andreu Martín, José Carlos Somoza, Gil de Biedma o Juan Madrid, entre otros. En 2025 publicó 'El Alcázar' (Octubre Negro ediciones).