Paul S Bradley

Biography

Paul S Bradley blames his Andalusian Mystery Series on ironed squid. Otherwise, he’d still be stuck in London failing at this, that, and the other. As discerning diners know, calamares a la plancha should translate as grilled squid. Then he noticed bad translations everywhere. He quit the rat race, moved to Nerja, Spain and helped the owner of this gastronomic gaff prepare his menu so that foreigners understood he was offering food, not laundry services.
During the following thirty years, this tiny translation evolved into a lifestyle magazine for the Costa del Sol, along with guidebooks and travelogues in English, German and Spanish. He’s lectured about Living in Spain and bullfighting but is keen to emphasize that he never dressed in a fancy suit or waved a pink cape at anyone; especially if they weighed 600 kilos and carried a sharp pair of horns. He has also appeared on local radio and TV but extremely briefly.
More recently, educated groups of posh American and Canadian Alumni have enjoyed his tour director services apart from the terrible jokes and occasional temporarily misplaced client.
Paul’s books blend his unique taste of Spain with intriguing fictional mysteries. Read more at paulbradley.eu where lovers of Spain can sign up for free short stories, blogs and videos.

Where to find Paul S Bradley online

Series

Andalusian Mystery
The plots in the first four books are linked and best read in numerical order. It begins with Darkness in Málaga, which introduces the main characters that appear throughout, and ends with Darkness in Granada. Leon Prado, a wily, veteran, detective inspector with the Spanish National Police, is in disgrace. After thirty years of exemplary service, much of it the head of the serious crime squad, he screws up a kidnapping investigation and is fired. His superiors shove him sideways into what appears to be a cushy job responsible for crimes involving foreigners throughout Andalusia, despite speaking no other languages. During his first case, he meets computer expert and volunteer translator, Phillip Armitage, an ex-British soldier struggling to rebuild his life in Spain after an acrimonious divorce. Phillip runs Nuestra España, an online guide to Spain. In the second, Amanda Salisbury, a smart, beautiful American videographer desperate to rebalance her work-focused life, inadvertently films a young girl being abducted from the San Isidro Festival in Nerja. She shows the footage to Prado. It’s the beginning of a journey that will dominate their lives for the next eight months.
Darkness in Malaga
Price: $3.99 USD.
Darkness in Ronda
Price: $3.99 USD.
Darkness in Velez-Malaga
Price: $3.99 USD.
Darkness in Granada
Price: $3.99 USD.

Books

Darkness in Granada
Series: Andalusian Mystery. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 74,040. Language: English. Published: June 11, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
With help from an exiled mistress from Washington DC, DI Prado and translators entrap an elusive criminal mastermind.
Darkness in Velez-Malaga
Series: Andalusian Mystery. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 82,930. Language: English. Published: April 13, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
DI Prado with translators Amanda and Phillip unravel an unsolved mystery from the Spanish Civil War.
Darkness in Ronda
Series: Andalusian Mystery. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 82,130. Language: American English. Published: March 3, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
After his success in solving the Malaga case, DI Prado with translators Amanda and Phillip, hunt a killer at Ronda Bullring.
Darkness in Malaga
Series: Andalusian Mystery. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 70,900. Language: American English. Published: January 31, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
A lonely veteran Spanish DI, an overworked American videographer, and a confused ex British soldier join forces to solve a string of kidnappings and abductions on the popular holiday destination of the Costa del Sol, in Southern Spain.