María Belmonte's new book, 'The Murmur of Water', is subtitled 'fountains, gardens and aquatic divinities' The writer invokes the nymphs to immerse the reader in a cult and disturbing walk through the fountains. The Murmur Of Water (2024) is published by Acantilado and is the author's fourth book.

The author was inspired by JB Priestley's 1949 work Delight, in which the author described the pleasant things that made his life happy, and the first was fountain.