The labyrinth of the spirits
- 832 pages
- 30 hours of reading
The internationally bestselling new novel from the author of the modern classic, The Shadow of the Wind
Lucia Graves Books
Lucia Graves explores the intricacies of life and memory through compelling narratives, drawing on a rich tapestry of personal experience and cultural perspective. Her writing offers readers a unique window into themes of identity, often weaving together threads of English and Spanish life. Beyond her own literary creations, Graves has also made a significant mark as a respected translator, bringing influential works to new audiences. Her prose is characterized by keen psychological insight and a distinctive, evocative style.
The Shadow of the Wind
- 521 pages
- 19 hours of reading
It is 1945 and Barcelona is enduring the long aftermath of civil war when Daniel Sempere's bookseller father decides his son is old enough to visit the secret Cemetery of Forgotten Books. There Daniel must adopt a single book, promising to care for it and keep it alive always. His choice falls on The Shadow of the Wind. Bewitched, he embarks on an epic quest to find the truth about Julian Carax, the book's mysterious author. Soon Daniel is consumed by strange discoveries about love and obsession, art and life, and how they become entangled within the shadow world of books. The Shadow of the Wind is a mesmerising love story and literary thriller, which twists and turns and enthrals with its cast of vengeful souls, threatening spectres and innocent hearts.
Barcelona, 1957. It is the week before Christmas in the Sempere & Sons bookshop. Daniel Sempere has married the love of his life, Bea, and they have had a son whilst their partner in crime, Fermín, is busy preparing for his wedding to Bernarda in the New Year. Just when it seems as if luck is finally smiling on them, a mysterious figure with a pronounced limp enters the shop. He insists on buying the most expensive volume on display - a beautiful illustrated edition of the "The Count of Monte Cristo" - and then proceeds to inscribe the book with the words "For Fermín Romero de Torres, who came back from the dead and who holds the key to the future". Who is this man and what does he wand of Fermín ? The answer lies in a terrible secret that has lain hidden for two decades, an epic tale of imprisonment, betrayal, murder and love that leads back into the very heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.
The angel's game
- 441 pages
- 16 hours of reading
The stunning new novel from the author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND.
Max Carver's father, a watchmaker & inventor, decides to move his family to a small town on the coast, to an old house that once belonged to a prestigious surgeon, Dr Richard Fleischmann. But the house holds many secrets & stories of its own.
En el corazón de calcuta se esconde un tenebroso enigma. . . Ambientada en la Calcuta de los años treinta, El palacio de la medianoche comienza una noche oscura en la que un teniente inglés lucha por salvar las vidas de dos niños de una amenaza impensable. A pesar de las insoportables lluvias del monzón y el terror que lo asedia en cada esquina, el joven británico logra ponerlos a salvo, pero no sin perder su propia vida. . . Años más tarde, cuando los dos niños, Ben y Sheere, están en víspera de celebrar su decimosexto cumpleaños, la amenaza reaparece en sus vidas y esta vez no los dejará escapar tan fácilmente. Con la ayuda de sus valientes amigos, los dos hermanos deberán desafiar el terror que los acecha en las sombras de la noche y enfrentarse al enigma más aterrador de la historia de la ciudad de los palacios.
