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“The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.” —Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice)
“One gorgeous read.” —Stephen King
Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian...

In 1957 Barcelona, Daniel Semper and his close friend Fermin Romero de Torres find their lives violently disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious stranger who threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city's dark past.

"When boarding-school student Oscar Drai meets Marina, she promises him a mystery and takes him to a secret graveyard deep in Barcelona, where they witness a woman dressed in black lay a single rose atop a gravestone etched with a black butterfly. Their curiosity leads them down a dangerous path, and they discover a decades-old conspiracy that puts their lives in the hands of forces more sinister and mystical than they could have believed possible"--...

"The internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe he constructed in his bestselling novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, and The Prisoner of Heaven in this riveting series finale--a heart-pounding thriller and nail-biting work of suspense which introduces a sexy, seductive new heroine whose investigation shines a light on the dark history of Franco's Spain. In this unforgettable final...

While searching for more clues to the murder of his circus performer parents, talented magician Danny Woo follows the Mysterium circus to Barcelona, where he discovers a traitor and a dangerous woman in green.

While exploring Barcelona, boarding school student Oscar Drai meets Marina, who takes him to a secret graveyard, where they see a woman in black lay a rose on a gravestone and follow her into a world of forgotten secrets.

"Barcelona, 1901. The city is going through times of great social upheaval. The stark misery of the most disadvantaged population clearly contrasts with the lavish wealth seen in the wealthiest parts of town. Dalmau Sala, son of an executed anarchist, is a young painter who lives trapped between two worlds. On the one hand, his family and Emma, the woman he loves, are firm defenders of the working class' rights and its struggle for justice; defenders...

Un magnate de Barcelona aparece ahorcado en su mansión. Enfrentado a la ruina y al desprestigio social, todo apunta a un suicidio. En su garganta, incrustada, una diminuta cruz, la misma que la madre del fallecido llevaba el día en que fue asesinada cuando el era todavia un nino. Roberto es un honrado inspector de Hacienda, bien conocido por su capacidad de investigar las tramas más turbias de fraude y que está siendo sometido a un cruel chantaje...

In 1939, as Barcelona awaits the arrival of the nacionales, Inspector Mascarell investigates the disappearance of a young girl. First of a trilogy.

Singer, actress, and celebrity Bibi Fortunata fled Hollywood Hills and headed for Barcelona two years ago after being arrested for murder--then set free. But when Bibi's daughter comes to private investigators Mac Reilly and Sunny Alvarez for help, they can't resist the temptation to solve the cold case once and for all. Who really killed Bibi's lover? Who would want to frame Bibi? And who is beckoning them from Barcelona?