But Tejada quickly learns that his transfer to Salamanca is a mixed
blessing. Not only is he forced to deal with an unsympathetic superior
officer, he is soon caught up in the investigation of the disappearance
of a politically suspicious but embarrassingly well-connected former professor.
To complicate matters, one of the men who may or may not be involved in
the professor's disappearance is the father of Elena Fernandez, a woman
who Tejada remembers well from Madrid, and who he finds all too attractive,
in spite of her left-wing politics. His search for the truth takes
him across Spain, and finally forces him to choose between his political
convictions and his desire to protect the innocent.
For those of you who have read the book, see links relating to Law of Return.