Either you kill the bull, or the bull kills you traditional proverb. Chief Inspector Max C mara hates bullfighting but one hot afternoon in Valencia he has to replace his boss, judging a festival corrida that stars Spain s most famous young matador. That night, he is summoned back to the bullring where the young matador s dead body now lies, naked and mutilated. As the city prepares for the Fallas, the five day festival of fireworks and celebrations, and the politicians work feverishly towards an election, C mara hunts down his prey through the city s streets and bars. But as he follows the trail of death, money, corruption and sex in search of the killer, he must also battle his own demons and desires…