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Bound by the secrecy of confession, the priest cannot warn anyone. Meanwhile, a hardened detective investigates a string of ritualistic murders and eventually crosses paths with the priest. Together \u2014 and in secret \u2014 they must stop the killer before he fulfills his threat.<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><\/i>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">A man enters a confessional, kneels down, and through the lattice whispers a threat to the priest: he is going to kill him. Protected by the sacred seal of confession, he leaves Father Mart\u00edn trapped in an impossible dilemma: if he speaks, he faces excommunication; if he stays silent, he remains at the mercy of his future murderer.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Meanwhile, not far away, Inspector Jes\u00fas Arteaga \u2014 a rough, sharp-tempered detective \u2014 is assigned to a deeply disturbing crime. A sixty-nine-year-old woman has been found naked, tied to her bed, her ears severed, drowned in a bucket of seawater, with a stone necklace hanging around her neck.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Two days later, horror strikes again inside the church itself. Father Mart\u00edn discovers the lifeless body of Father Hurtado laid out on the altar, murdered using the same ritualistic method. With no witnesses and few clues, Arteaga discovers that the parish is the only connection between the victims \u2014 and that Father Mart\u00edn is hiding something. Cornered, the priest clings to silence: he knows who the killer is and what he plans to do, but he cannot reveal it. His secrecy turns him into a suspect, and a false accusation of child abuse pushes him even further into disgrace. Though there is not enough evidence to charge him, he is placed under surveillance, isolated and consumed by suspicion.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">The killer strikes again. This time the victim is Lozano, a retired schoolteacher. But now the murderer makes a mistake that leaves behind a crucial clue: DNA evidence points to Alberto Alcalde, a church lector with a history of sexual assault and extreme religious fanaticism. On the very day the results come in, Alcalde attempts to run Arteaga over with his car, seriously injuring another officer. With Alcalde now the prime suspect and the subject of a manhunt, the case appears close to solved\u2026 but something still feels wrong.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Arteaga is removed from the investigation by his superior, with whom he has long had a hostile relationship. Refusing to give up, he continues investigating unofficially, aided by Father Mart\u00edn, who secretly provides him with a list of former catechism students.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Slowly, the truth begins to unravel everything. Father Mart\u00edn and Arteaga realize that key details do not fit the official theory, and new evidence points toward another man: C\u00e9sar Jurado, one of those former students. His past is devastating. As a child, C\u00e9sar endured years of abuse at the hands of his father, and when he sought help, no one intervened. The neighbor heard and stayed silent. Father Hurtado listened to the abuser\u2019s confessions without acting. Teacher Lozano turned his back on him. C\u00e9sar has transformed his trauma into a twisted ritual of justice: each murder follows a biblical verse that explains the seawater and the stone necklace; the severed ears punish those who heard and did nothing. Alberto Alcalde was never the killer \u2014 only another victim in C\u00e9sar\u2019s plan. C\u00e9sar murdered him earlier, hid the body, and used his DNA and car to frame him and mislead the investigation.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">The final name on C\u00e9sar\u2019s list is Father Mart\u00edn himself, whom he accuses of also knowing the truth and remaining silent. On the final night, the priest follows the trail deliberately laid out to lure him into the church and falls into the killer\u2019s trap. In the basement, C\u00e9sar attacks him, and when Mart\u00edn regains consciousness, he finds himself naked and tied to the altar, with the bucket of seawater prepared beside him. The ritual is ready to be completed.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">But Arteaga has finally pieced together the truth. He enters the church silently and confronts C\u00e9sar. He is shot three times, but his bulletproof vest saves his life. Wounded, he manages to kill C\u00e9sar and rescue the priest.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">Days later, in the hospital, Father Mart\u00edn visits Arteaga with chocolates and a medal. Between the hardened inspector and the guilt-ridden priest, something unexpected finally emerges: a fragile but genuine friendship.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">RELEVANT INFORMATION:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> Salvador Felip is a Spanish author specializing in historical fiction and suspense novels. <i>Secreto de confesi\u00f3n<\/i> (<i>Secret of Confession<\/i>) is his first thriller, a fast-paced crime novel built around a powerful central premise: the secrecy of confession used as both the murderer\u2019s weapon and the story\u2019s main dramatic engine.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">The relationship between the tormented priest and the gruff inspector provides a deeply human counterpoint to the investigation. 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