The Burning Woman
A local woman is found in a children's playground, tied up and burned to death. Her clothes are neatly folded and laid at the base of a nearby tree. Her body, charred and still smoking, is on display for all to see.
One town over, another victim is discovered in the scorched remains of a brutal fire, her clothes having been laid out just beyond the reach of the vicious flames.
Isabel Reis is called back to her post in the PolÍcia Judiciária hunt the serial killer and extinguish the red-hot city of Lisbon, or will she too get caught up in the smoke of the fire burning so close to home . . .
The blood-tingling final instalment in the critically acclaimed Inspector Reis series propels us back to Portugal, right into the path of a serial killer.
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Patricia Marques
In a version of Lisbon just a step sideways from our own, where telepaths are real and suspicion runs deep, Patricia Marques invites readers into mysteries that don’t just ask whodunit—they ask who do we trust when thoughts aren’t private?
Born in Portugal and raised in London, Marques grew up between worlds, a reality that quietly echoes in her fiction. Her Inspector Isabel Reis series blends crime fiction with speculative elements, creating an atmospheric hybrid where psychological tension hums beneath every page. In novels like The Colours of Death and House of Silence, she probes questions of identity, power, and prejudice—not through heavy exposition, but through tightly woven plots that unfold with quiet intensity.
Inspector Reis
Inspector Reis consists of four books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
