The Invisible Guardian, is part of the Baztán Trilogy by the writer Dolores Redondo, where she tells us about the discovery of a murdered young woman near a river. If you want to know more about this shocking story, I suggest you keep reading.
The Invisible Guardian
This novel begins when in the town of Elizondo, the foral community of Navarra, they discover the body of a young woman named Ainhoa Elizasu, the body of the adolescent was found near a river completely half-naked with her clothes completely torn and her hands placed in a way angelic, as if this were part of a ritual. That is why the case is in charge of the Navarre provincial police inspector named Amaia Salazar who will be the one who has to solve this case that has shocked the town.
[su_note]The so-called Baztán Trilogy written by Dolores Redondo is made up of three excellent books, the first of which is The Invisible Guardian that we will be talking about in this article, the second Legacy in the Bones and the third Offering to the Storm, all written by this excellent writer in a masterful way. In this case we will get to talk about the first book of the trilogy where we will detail what it is about.[/su_note]
Review
The invisible guardian is the first book of the Dolores Redondo trilogy, it is a novel where the real and the magical are mixed at the same time, in addition to having the science of the police investigation to solve the case; additionally, it has elements of Navarrese Basque mythology that are mixed in such a way to give shape to this interesting story.
This peculiar murderer is using the stories of supernatural beings who say that they came to live in the Baztán Valley. As is the Basajaun, which is a creature that destroys its victims, in order to recreate certain stories and thus disorient investigators so that they do not find his whereabouts.
The writer Dolores Redondo teaches us as readers that this is a somewhat dark story because the victims of this murderer are adolescents, that is, girls who are beginning to live and their lives have been interrupted by this crazy murderer, at the crime scene they come to find remains of animal hair due to the murderer leaving some cupcakes in the pubes of the victims. As if they were part of an offering.
[su_note] The plot of this novel is developed around the death of the adolescents and the inspector Amaia who will have to solve this case, being a woman in a world of men, so she will have to fight against these beliefs. And by solving her case she will also show those who doubted her to solve it.[/ Su_note]
To find the murderer, the inspector will have to return to the town where she was born, to try to solve this case that has impacted the entire community. Which causes a series of discomforts because her troubled family continues to live there, so the ghosts of her past will flourish again.
In addition, in the course of the story we will also come to know that there are other cases of young girls who have been found dead in a very similar way, so we would be talking about a serial killer. So in the invisible guardian we will see the fight between evil and good in a novel with very dark touches.
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The investigation of the event will be a bit slow and with many setbacks, because the murderer or Basajaun as they call him is very methodical in organizing the murder, so the police have to wait for more murders to be found in order to find any clues. help them find it. Despite the fact that the murderer seems to be very obsessed with the perfection of the murders, in the end he manages to obtain a favorable result in the investigation.
In addition to this, we will see differences between Inspector Amaia and Inspector Fermín Montes in the development of the investigation, as well as learn about the story of the detective who seems to be not so pleasant, to the point that she has to go to sleep with the lights on. . In turn, we will see how as a result of the murders of these teenagers plus being in the town where she was born make the detective's fears come to the surface again.
Making these fears affect your relationship with your partner, hinder the investigation of the police case and also cause moments of tension with your family. In the invisible guardian we can see that this crime is closely related to the world of esotericism, mythology and magic.
In the development of the investigation, it is possible to talk about the Basajaun, who is the lord of the forest and is a being from Navarrese Basque mythology very similar to the Yeti. That he is part of the ancestral beliefs of the Bastán Valley, but that in the development of the story we do not know if this is possible or not because they are part of the cultural beliefs of the area.
So the plot of this police novel has many aspects to highlight such as betrayal, fears, stories about witches and goblins, in addition to the existence of the Basajaun and a serial killer who comes to disturb the existence of the Baztán Valley. Where the persecution against this murderer is the main objective of detective Amaia.
The outcome of this novel is very shocking, because after many ups and downs in the investigation, searching for the murderer, finding realities that seem from a parallel world, until we can find this evil serial killer. So the invisible guardian is a very interesting novel.
[su_note]This means that when you start reading the book, you immediately feel trapped by its story and where you can read moments of action and mystery. And where they will make us doubt whether the existence of these mythological beings that are part of the beliefs of the Baztán Valley is true.[/su_note]
Movie
As a result of the successful response of the readers for the books of the trilogy, the first book with the same name The Invisible Guardian was brought to the screen, this film was produced in Spain and was released in 2017. It had a great acceptance by the public since they faithfully captured the history of the book.
To conclude this article about this novel, we can even say that this is a police story where the murderer executes his crimes through rituals taking into account the existence of this mythological being Basajaun to be able to capture his crimes in such a perfect way. Which puts everyone involved in the investigation in trouble for not knowing who they're up against.
In addition to being a race against the clock since this murderer continues to execute more deaths to young girls in the town, which makes it of great importance to find the culprit. So that the tranquility returns to the town.
[su_note]If you are one of those readers who like to read action and mystery books, this is the perfect book for you, because from the moment you start reading it you will be stuck with the plot of the novel, where you will be from start to finish. finally wanting to know how the book will end. In addition to how it is part of a trilogy, you will want to know what the following stories are about.[/su_note]
So I suggest you look for this excellent novel so you can start reading this trilogy that will surely leave you enchanted. And wanting to read all the books where the mystery is part of them.
If you want to know other books with aura of mystery, I will leave you the following link where you will know one of them Apartamento 16.