The Angel’s Game : The Cemetery of Forgotten Books 2 – 9780753826492

A heady brew of detective thriller, supernatural horror tale, magical realist fable and a heartbreaking love story’ DAILY MAIL’Readers familiar with The Shadow of the Wind will find themselves back in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where, from a labyrinthine library, volumes seem to select their readers . . .

rattling good gothic fun’ SPECTATORIn an abandoned mansion in the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martín, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city’s underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house lie photographs and letters hinting at an unsolved mystery.

Like a slow poison, the history of the place and an impossible love bring David close to despair. But then he receives a letter from a reclusive French editor who makes him the offer of a lifetime . .

. ‘Will grip you from start to finish’ DAILY EXPRESS