Reviewers from platforms like Goodreads and Audible praise the novel for its immersive research and ability to blend historical facts with high-stakes fiction. Adaptations
While Redondo is famous for her previous series, Esperando al diluvio begins a new narrative cycle and can be read as a standalone work. Esperando Al Diluvio (Ancora
(Waiting for the Deluge) is a powerful thriller by best-selling Spanish author Dolores Redondo , published in 2022 by Ediciones Destino as part of the prestigious Áncora y Delfín collection. Known for her atmospheric storytelling, Redondo shifts from the Basque Country of her famous Baztán Trilogy to the gritty streets of Glasgow and Bilbao in the early 1980s. The Plot: A Race Against Time and Nature Reviewers from platforms like Goodreads and Audible praise
The novel is inspired by the real-life unsolved case of , a serial killer who terrorized Glasgow between 1968 and 1969. Known for her atmospheric storytelling, Redondo shifts from
The book is a tribute to the "work culture" of the era, the importance of music, and the camaraderie of Basque social groups known as cuadrillas .
Scottish investigator Noah Scott Sherrington is obsessed with capturing Bible John. After a near-fatal heart failure prevents him from making an arrest in Scotland, he defies medical orders and his superiors to follow a lead that takes him to Bilbao, Spain in 1983.