Andreu Martín

Andreu Martín (born 1949) is a Spanish author who specializes in crime and detective novels.

Martín was one of the few Spanish novelists who specialized in crime and detective works who made a living off of them. Patricia Hart, author of The Spanish Sleuth: The Detective in Spanish Fiction, said "the resultant freedom to focus on his fiction has meant that he is developing his substantial talent at an impressive rate." She adds that his signature trademark is illustrating dispassionate violence and murder and that the author "has a knack" for describing the sort "that is the terror of industrialized societies". The novel is set in Barcelona and the main character is Javier Lallana, a police officer. – adapted into Fanny Straw Hair This novel is set in Barcelona. Miguel Vargas Reinoso, known by the aliases "el Gachí", "el Migue", and "el Dientes", is captured by a police officer named Salvador Gallego Perea, nicknamed "el Gallego." Previously el Gallego had paid Migue to perform sexual favors on him. Because el Gallego feared that el Migue could expose him, he destroys Migue's teeth by pistol whipping him. Migue searches for el Gallego after facing four years of prison, then military duty, and then three years in a legitimate civilian job. El Gallego was removed from his police job largely due to what he did to Migue. He had a nervous breakdown, and then became a security guard in an armored truck. As Migue waits for Gallego, he cleans his dentures or his prótesis. Javier Lallana briefly appears in Prótesis.