The primary conflict arises from Álex’s fractured memory. He has no recollection of the preceding 48 hours. Fearing he might be a murderer—yet instinctively doubting it—he flees the scene and begins a desperate, solitary quest to reconstruct the missing pieces of his life.

El mentiroso / The Liar by Mikel Santiago - Penguin Random House

The novel opens with a classic, high-stakes hook: the protagonist, , wakes up in an abandoned factory next to the dead body of a man he does not recognize. Beside him lies a blood-covered stone, suggesting a violent struggle.