Let Me in the Shadows

A spy novel based on real events, moving from war to war across Spain, Algeria, and France. Let Me in the Shadows is a gripping blend of history and action. 

A thief with a glorious past, a terrorist organisation in Francoist Spain, and a haul capable of financing violence across Europe. The ultimate thriller about the war that never ended. 

“I have to steal from terrorists to save myself from assassins. The only choice they give me is which axe the executioner will use to behead me.” 

Far removed from his former frenetic life, Juan Lecuona—former guerrilla fighter, former spy, exile, and gentleman thief—now lives in the Nice of casinos, yachts, and excessive luxury, in a France that in 1963 is facing a covert civil war in the aftermath of Algerian independence. 

A jewellery heist in Perpignan jolts Juan out of his peaceful dream: without knowing it, he has just robbed the Marseilles mafia, which now wants his head. The French secret services offer him a suicidal way out: in exchange for a deal with the Côte d’Azur mafia, Juan must steal from the Organisation de l’Armée Secrète (OAS), a terrorist group made up of military officers opposed to Algerian independence and obsessed with assassinating General de Gaulle. 

The former spy must return to Spain to steal the OAS’s funds. To do so, he will have to infiltrate a clandestine group of killers protected by the police, where a mysterious woman controls the capital of the most dangerous organisation in Europe. 

“History, action, and a one-of-a-kind hero: one of the most entertaining books I’ve read in a long time.” 
—Mikel Santiago