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The serpent papers

Cornwell, Jessica2015
Books, Manuscripts
Barcelona, Summer 2003. Three women are sacrificed to an unknown purpose, skin carved with a cryptic alphabet, tongues cut from their mouths. Sent beautiful, sinister letters - clues, or confessions? Inspector Fabregat cannot decipher the warnings within. As Barcelona explodes in revelry on the Festival of St Joan, Natalia Hernández, flower of the National Theatre and Catalan idol, lies broken on the steps of the Cathedral. The city bays for blood, Fabregat chases a shadow-like suspect and signs that whisper of secrets beyond his grasp. Barcelona, Winter 2014. Anna Verco - academic, book thief, savant - unearths letters hidden for centuries from a lightning-struck chapel in Mallorca. What they reveal compels her and Fabregat to reignite the Hernandez investigation.
Main title:
The serpent papers / Jessica Cornwell.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2015.London : Quercus, 2015.
Collation:
479 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781848666726 (hbk)9781848666740 (ebook)1848666721
Dewey class:
813.6THRC
Local class:
FICF
Language:
English
BRN:
647209
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