Alexis Ravelo

Spanish novelist (1971–2023)
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Alexis Ravelo Betancor (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 20 August 1971 – 30 January 2023) was a spanish writer who published crime fiction, short stories and flash fiction. His best known work is La estrategia del Pekinés, among other hardboiled novels featuring the atypical detective Eladio Monroy.[1]

Alexis Ravelo in Barcelona

Novels

  • Tres funerales para Eladio Monroy, Anroart, 2006.
  • La noche de piedra (La iniquidad I), Anroart, 2007.
  • Sólo los muertos [Eladio Monroy 2], Anroart, 2008.
  • Los días de mercurio (La iniquidad II), Anroart, 2010.
  • Los tipos duros no leen poesía [Eladio Monroy 3], Anroart, 2011.
  • Morir despacio [Eladio Monroy 4], Anroart, 2012.
  • La estrategia del pequinés, Alrevés, 2013.
  • La última tumba, EDAF, 2013.
  • Las flores no sangran, Alrevés 2015.
  • La otra vida de Ned Blackbird, Siruela, 2016.
  • Los milagros prohibidos, Siruela, 2017.
  • El peor de los tiempos [Eladio Monroy 5], Alrevés, 2017.
  • La ceguera del cangrejo, Siruela, 2019.
  • Un tío con una bolsa en la cabeza, Siruela, 2020.
  • Si no hubiera mañana [Eladio Monroy 6], Alrevés, 2021.
  • Los nombres prestados, Siruela, 2022.

References

  1. ^ "Muere a los 51 años el escritor Alexis Ravelo, gran referente de la novela negra española (The writer Alexis Ravelo, a great reference of the Spanish crime novel, dies at the age of 51)" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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