Luis García Rey: Who is he and what books has he written?

If you are one of those who is passionate about reading, surely from time to time you have come across Luis García Rey when reviewing books to read. Do you know him? He is known as a sports journalist, but he has also made his first steps as a writer.

What books have you written? Who is Luis Garcia Rey? What curiosities can we tell you about him are some of the questions that we are going to answer below. You want to know more?

Who is Luis Garcia Rey?

We are going to start by talking to you about who Luis García Rey is, a well-known face in sports journalism, but not so much in literature. This author was born in 1981 in Vigo and his professional career has always been linked to television, and more specifically to sports.

For more than 10 years he has presented the weekend edition of Deportes Cuatro, but he also combines it with the Great Game of COPE and with teaching (or less directing) in the Master of Sports Journalism at the Villanueva University.

Besides Spanish, also has knowledge of Italian and English, especially since he has traveled through Perugia, Edinburgh and Oxford.

Axel has been his first novel and he wrote it almost as a challenge during the pandemic, when it was not possible to go outside and he decided to invest part of his time in trying his luck with a thriller novel, something of which he is a great reader.

Curiosities about the author

Now you know a little more about Luis García Rey. But through the interviews that he has given related to his book, there are some details, anecdotes or even curiosities that it is not bad to know. Some of them are the following:

His referent is Domingo Villar. For him, he is the master of crime novels in Spain and in fact he asked him for advice when writing.

He defines himself as an optimistic, happy person, very melancholic and a bit of a coward.

In his free time he has several passions: sport (of which we know has done tiathlon, marathon...); cinema; and gastronomy. Although we suppose that now he will have to include the writing as well since he has said that he would like to continue writing and continuing the series that he has released.

Books by Luis Garcia Rey

Finally, We want to talk to you about the books that Luis García Rey has written and published so that, if you did not know this author, you can know what books he has and which you can give a try.

Actually, we can only tell you about one that has recently been published (at the beginning of 2023), title Axel. It has been published by the Espasa publishing house and stands out from others in that it is hardcover.

It has about 576 pages and its synopsis reads as follows:

«The explosive editorial debut of the author who will become one of your favorites

«Long live the new king of crime fiction. Luis García-Rey conquers us with a story of drugs, power, sex and rock and roll», Juan del Val.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Judicial police officer Axel Nash is not capable of taking life easy and, if there are no cases to solve, he is bored to death. He not in vain left his native Vigo to look for more action in Madrid. One morning he receives a call from his new partner, Loor Galván, whom he barely knows but with whom, surprisingly, he connects: Marcos Goya, a radio presenter of a late-night program, has just appeared in a small dating hotel stabbed to death and with apparent remains of having been tortured.

Meanwhile, in Vigo, Omar Pombo and his friend Javier Grande, Jarvis, who, like many other young people from the Rías Baixas, have ended up dealing in drug trafficking, have just gotten into a huge mess: they have lost a shipment and the consequences are foreseeable. . And they are not good.

A world with characters too attached to the power —and to the vices— of big businessmen, white slavery and prostitution, drug trafficking, a lot of movies and a lot of music in two perfectly linked plots, with masterful turns and two unforgettable protagonists: that and more is Axel. , the narrative debut of journalist Luis García-Rey».

What do readers think of Axel?

We wanted to review some of the opinions that there are in the different portals talking about the book, since it is a way of knowing if it is a good book or not. Almost all of them are positive, highlighting above all:

The writing of the story, being quite agile, with rhythm and well written.

The plot is well articulated and solid throughout the pages, which keeps the interest.

Of course, there are always people who did not like the book, alluding to the lack of culture at the time of writing or to clichés. Especially of a political nature or with hatred of certain elements of society.

Now that you know Luis García Rey a little better, and you know that he has a book published, if you like thrillers and detective stories, this book may catch your attention and encourage you to learn about the history of all the characters that appear ( that we already tell you are several). Have you read it already? What do you think of him?