Juan Gómez-Jurado
Author of Red Queen
About the Author
Juan Gomez-Jurado was born on December 16, 1977 in Madrid, Spain. He is a columnist for La Voz de Galicia which is distributed in Spain. He is published in 42 countries which makes him one of the most successful Spanish authors of all time. He also participates in several radio and T.V. programs. show more His credentials include working for some of the most important Spanish Media like 40 Principales, Cadena Cope and Radio Espana. His first novel God's Spy hit the bestseller list. It is a thriller set in the Vatican around the aftermath of Pope John Paul II's death as the hunt for a serial killer reveals a chilling conspiracy. In 2008 he won the prestigious Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja for his novel El Emblema del Traidor. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Juan Gómez-Jurado
Todopoderosos: Con mi peli no te metas: Placeres del cine que solo un cínico se perdería (2022) 2 copies
Universo Reina roja (estuche con: Reina roja | Loba negra | Rey blanco | Cicatriz | El paciente) 2 copies
Amuleto Perdido 1 copy
Tutto brucia 1 copy
El Madrid de Antonia Scott 1 copy
Heroínas 1 copy
Reina roja (Antonia Scott 1) 1 copy
Herencia Peligrosa 1 copy
פרויקט מלכה אדומה 1 copy
Alex Colt. Cadete espacial. Nueva presentación: Alex Colt 1. Ilustraciones de Fran Ferriz (2022) 1 copy
REGELE ALB VOL3 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Gómez-Jurado, Juan
- Birthdate
- 1977-12-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Spain
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
- Education
- Universidad San Pablo CEU (Master Degree in Ciencias de la Información)
- Occupations
- journalist
columnist
novelist
short-story writer
screenwriter - Short biography
- Juan Gómez-Jurado, nato a Madrid nel 1977 e laureato in scienze della comunicazione, si è formato come giornalista presso le redazioni dei più noti media spagnoli. In seguito al successo internazionale di La spia di Dio, suo romanzo d’esordio, ha visto diventare realtà il sogno di sempre: dedicarsi a tempo pieno alla scrittura, passione che coltiva sin da giovanissimo e che gli ha fatto ottenere diversi riconoscimenti letterari, fra cui il Premio Nacional Nuevos de Alfaguara 1996 e il premio Ciudad de Torrevieja 2008. Vive a Madrid con la sua famiglia
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Red Queen: A Novel (Antonia Scott, 1) by Juan Gómez-Jurado
This was a Goodreads giveaway. I struggled to be interested in the characters and premise of this book. I was very excited to read it as I love a good thriller, but this did not do it for me. I had a lot of difficulty finishing it in the end, constantly putting it down to read other books, which usually is a good indicator of how I feel about what I'm reading. I found the characters to not be believable and I wasn't really invested in what was happening to them.
Llevo escuchando a Juan Gomez-Jurado en podcasts bastantes anios, pero nunca habia leido nada de el antes.
La formula del thriller la tiene, pero el libro es mas bien... malillo, la verdad. Los personajes son tremendamente planos, muy poco creibles. Se asemeja al peor Follett, y de este ya estoy un poco cansado. Le dare una oportunidad a Reina Roja en algun momento, pero dudo que se convierta en un autor habitual para mi.
La formula del thriller la tiene, pero el libro es mas bien... malillo, la verdad. Los personajes son tremendamente planos, muy poco creibles. Se asemeja al peor Follett, y de este ya estoy un poco cansado. Le dare una oportunidad a Reina Roja en algun momento, pero dudo que se convierta en un autor habitual para mi.
This is a thriller that moves along at pace with the leads Antonia, the smartest person on earth, and Jon who is quite large but not fat! The front cover of the book likens it to The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo by Lars Steig but I would say it is more Bourne. Neuro-divergent police are not all alike and Antonia has been trained in a programme to make use of her mind, needs experimental drugs to help keep it under control, and is overdosing on them to help her through the case.
Set in Spain, a woman is pulled out of water and it isn't known who she is. On the trail of finding out we come across eight women who have died in a container which was never opened, and Veronin who is a useless man used by the gang he works for. What the drugs gang didn't take into account was his wife Lola, and so when she goes on the run there are a lot of people after her.
Structurally, the book is similar to Lee Child's writing. Short chapters and short sentences all of which move the pace along. We don't linger at any point. What I did like was the relationship between Antonia and Jon, his care for her and desire to help her when it is quite difficult to do so, are gentle, and his pet name for her is Angel.
This was a very satisfying, speedy read, so much so that I will have to go back and get the first book in the series - Red Queen.… (more)
Set in Spain, a woman is pulled out of water and it isn't known who she is. On the trail of finding out we come across eight women who have died in a container which was never opened, and Veronin who is a useless man used by the gang he works for. What the drugs gang didn't take into account was his wife Lola, and so when she goes on the run there are a lot of people after her.
Structurally, the book is similar to Lee Child's writing. Short chapters and short sentences all of which move the pace along. We don't linger at any point. What I did like was the relationship between Antonia and Jon, his care for her and desire to help her when it is quite difficult to do so, are gentle, and his pet name for her is Angel.
This was a very satisfying, speedy read, so much so that I will have to go back and get the first book in the series - Red Queen.… (more)
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