The Angel's Game

New York: Anchor Books, 2010. First printing, Trade paperback, New,. Chin-Yee Lai. New York: Anchor Books:, 2010. First printing, Trade paperback, New, 532 pp. Cover artwork by: Chin-Yee Lai In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting abandoned mansion in the heart of Barcelona, he furiously taps out story after story, becoming increasingly desperate and frustrated. Thus, when he is approached by a mysterious publisher offering a book deal that seems almost too good to be real, David leaps at the chance. But as he begins the work, and after a visit to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, he realizes that there is a connection between his book and the shadows that surround his dilapidated home and that the publisher may be hiding a few troubling secrets of his own. Once again, Ruiz Zafón takes us into a dark, gothic Barcelona and creates a breathtaking tale of intrigue, romance, and tragedy." Looks like fun and now it's a quality paperback.