In this new and thrilling novel, Luis Melgar has drawn on his experience as a diplomat in China to create a gripping international thriller full of action and to tell a story about identity, desire, and guilt.

"Diving into La noche cae sobre Shanghái immerses you in a fascinating and unknown world of historical intrigues, romantic adventures, and passionate lives. I wish it would never end." Pilar Eyre.

Shanghai, Midsummer Night 1935. During the reception at the Spanish consulate, two gunshots interrupt the music and the enigmatic Prince Volkov falls dead before the guests. There are three young Spaniards whose lives are about to take an irreversible turn: the photographer Isabel de la Cruz, who has been tasked with investigating a German businessman linked to the Nazi party; Miguel Roxas, heir to the San Miguel brewery, torn between family loyalty and his own conscience; and Asier Ormaetxe, an exiled pelotari surviving as a waiter. None of them suspects that the murder is only the beginning. Very soon, they will find themselves at the center of an international plot where the rise of totalitarianism in Europe, the Japanese threat in Asia, and the difficult balance of living with the ghosts of their own past will push them to the edge of the abyss.

"Diving into La noche cae sobre Shanghái immerses you in a fascinating and unknown world of historical intrigues, romantic adventures, and passionate lives. I wish it would never end." Pilar Eyre.