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(51) The Summer of Dead Toys:

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Title:   The Summer of Dead Toys: A Thriller by Antonio Hill Publisher: Broadway Books Pages: 369 Genre: Thriller I received an e-galley of this book through blogging for books  in exchange for an honest review.  Synopsis:  Argentine native Inspector Héctor Salgado is one of Barcelona's leading criminal detectives. After a stint on probation—he assaulted a suspect from a human-trafficking case—Salgado is back in the office and eager for something major. To his dismay, he's assigned to a routine accidental death instead: a college student fell from a balcony in one of Barcelona’s ritzier neighborhoods. But as Salgado pieces together details from the victim's the life, he realizes that his death was not all that simple: his teenage friends are clearly hiding something and drugs might be involved.  Salgado follows a trail that will lead him deep into the underbelly of Barcelona’s high society, where he’ll confront dangerous cr...