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The Whispering City
[Paperback - 2016]
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Category: Fiction
Sub-category: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Abacus Uk | ISBN: 9780349139951 | Pages: 416
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Winner of an English PEN PEN Translates! award.

Barcelona, 1952: General Franco s fascist government is at the height of its oppressive powers, casting a black shadow across the city. When wealthy socialite Mariona Sobrerroca is found dead in her mansion in the exclusive Tibidabo district, the police scramble to seize control of the investigation. Ana Marti Noguer, an eager young journalist, is surprised to be assigned this important story, shadowing Inspector Isidro Castro.

But Ana soon realises that a bundle of strange letters unearthed at the scene point to a sequence of events dramatically different from the official version. She enlists the help of her cousin Beatriz, a scholar, and what begins as an intriguing puzzle opens up a series of revelations that implicate the regime s most influential figures. The two women have placed themselves in mortal danger. As the conspiracy unfolds, Ana s courage and Beatriz s wits will be their only weapons against the city s corrupt and murderous elite.

Sara Moliner is the pseudonym for the writing duo Rosa Ribas and Sabine Hofmann. Rosa Ribas was born in 1963 in Barcelona, and since 1991 has lived in Frankfurt where she teaches at the university. She is the celebrated author of six previous novels. Sabine Hofmann was born in 1964 and is a former lecturer in philology at Frankfurt University. The Whispering City is their first novel together. Highly acclaimed in Spain, it will be published in several languages around the world.

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