Journalist and author Juan Gomez-Jurado is one of Spain's most successful contemporary writers. His nine international best-sellers have been translated into 40 different languages and his Red Queen series - is being released in English.
Black Wolf is the second in the series and is available in New Zealand booksellers now. Its protagonist is Antonia Scott - a woman of unsurpassed intellect - who works behind the scenes solving crimes considered highly sensitive to the state.
The Red Queen series has been so successful it's been taken to the screen by Amazon and can be seen on Prime Video here. Juan joins Kathryn to talk about his influences and building the character of Antonia.
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