Detective Max Cámara is under pressure. A renowned paella chef has been found dead; the town hall are set on demolishing El Cabanyal, the colourful fisherman's

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Chief Inspector Max Cámara hates bullfighting, but one afternoon he has to replace his boss, judging a festival corrida in Valencia. That night, to his surpris

In August 1979, along a remote ridgeline near Santa Maria, four firefighters from a California Division of Forestry (CDF) engine crew, were preparing to defend