The man is bound, gagged and dead in front of his television.The terribleself-inflicted wounds tell of his violent struggle to avoid some unseenhorror. On the screen? In his head? What could make a man do that tohimself? It's Easter week in Seville, a time of passion and processions.But detective Javier Falcón is not celebrating. Appalled by the victim'sstaring eyes he is inexorably drawn into this disturbing, mystifying case.And when the investigation into the dead man's life sends Javier trawlingthough his own past and into the shocking journals of his late father, afamous artist, his unreliable memory begins to churn. Then there are morekillings and Falcón finds himself pushed to the edge of a terrifyingtruth...