On the night shift at the Huesca police station, Andrés learns of the death of an old friend he has not seen for twenty years, but who for some reason has travelled from the Barcelona coast to tell him something.

With the help of Diana, a young police trainee, the veteran police officer sets out on an investigation that will force him to go back to his childhood to find out what has reunited them after so long.

Ths novel La noche de los peones (Night of the Pawns) was runner up for the 69th edition of the prestigious Premio Nadal in Spain, January 2013.