El último verano antes de todo (Autores Españoles e Iberoamericanos)

The story follows , a film director whose career is in a slump. He returns to his hometown, Laguna (a fictional village in the Sierra de Cádiz), to spend time with his terminally ill mother. This return forces him to face his past and the "summer of the dead"—the summer of 2000, when a local man named Jero was found murdered in the town’s reservoir.

is the debut novel by Spanish film director Jota Linares , published in 2022. It is a genre-blending story that combines an emotional drama with an intriguing thriller. Plot Summary