Book Description | A cholera pandemic isn't the only thing terrorizing the people of Madrid in 1834. Outside the city walls, the mutilated corpses of young girls appear. Rumors speak of the “monster” that everyone fears, even though no one has actually seen it either inside or outside the walls of the capital. When little Clara disappears, her sister Lucia sets off in a frantic race to find her. Her path crosses with the inquisitive journalist Diego, the one-eyed policeman Donoso, and the monk Braulio. They all stumble upon something that changes their lives: a mysterious golden ring with two crossed hammers on it, an object that some people would not mind killing for. With amazing skill, Carmen Mola weaves the plot threads of this shocking and wild work, with its cruelty, darkness, and hellish nature, to present one of the best historical thriller novels written in Spanish in recent years. |