Publisher's Synopsis
Barcelona, 1957. It is the week before Christmas in the Sempere & Sons bookshop. Daniel Sempere has married the love of his life, Bea, whilst their partner in crime, Fermìn, is busy preparing for his own wedding. A mysterious figure with a pronounced limp enters the shop. He buys the most expensive volume on display and then proceeds to inscribe the book with the words "For Fermìn 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 want of Fermìn? The answer lies in an epic tale of imprisonment, betrayal, murder and love that leads back into the very heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books.
