![]() ![]() ![]() The book begins at Christmastime in 1957 in Barcelona. And it leaves it open for more! If you haven’t read the first book, you should go do that now! This book focuses itself more on Fermin and Daniel and their story. ![]() This book is our mystery for the year and is also the sequel to the much loved mystery from last year, The Shadow of the Wind. From this book, it’s obvious that Zafon was not just a one-hit wonder. The terrifying events of that time launch them on a search for the truth that will put into peril everything they love, and will ultimately transform their lives. His appearance plunges Fermín and Daniel into a dangerous adventure that will take them back to the 1940s and the early days of Franco’s dictatorship. But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere bookshop and threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city’s dark past. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julián, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. ![]() It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. ![]()
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