← Manuel Vazquez MontalbanAn Olympic Deathby Manuel Vazquez MontalbanSpanish mystery of assassination plot surrounding Barcelona's Olympic GamesFind on Amazon↗About the authorManuel Vazquez MontalbanSpanish author who created the immensely popular Pepe Carvalho detective series, using crime fiction as a vehicle for political and gastronomic commentary on post-Franco Spain. Murder in the Central Committee is among his finest novels.More by Manuel Vazquez MontalbanMurder in the Central CommitteeSpanish crime novel following a communist detective investigating political murder→Southern Seas→The Pianist→GalindezSpanish novel exploring political disappearance and CIA involvement in Latin America→