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Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Watcher in The Shadows (2nd Hand Paperback)
ISBN / GTIN-13 : 9780753829257
Synopsis
When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place - its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbours.
A mysterious toymaker who lives as a recluse in an old mansion, surrounded by the mechanical beings he has created . . . an enigma surrounding strange lights that shine through the mists that envelop the small island on which the old lighthouse stands . . . a shadowy creature that hides deep in the woods . . . these are the elements of a mystery that bind 14-year-old Irene to Ismael during one magical summer spent in the Blue Bay.
Irene's mother has taken a job as a housekeeper for the toymaker, Lazarus, but his house contains more secrets than Irene and Ishmael have bargained for.
A dark plot is about to unfold involving the reclusive toymaker who lives in a gigantic mansion filled with mechanical beings and shadows of the past.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback.
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Fiction - Uncategorised
- Published : 2013 (This Edition 2014 - Phoenix Books)
- ISBN : 9780753829257
- SKU : B003021
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £7.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'A pleasingly old-fashioned chiller, set in Normandy just before the second world war. Irene goes to stay in the Blue Bay when her mother becomes housekeeper to toymaker Lazarus Jann. A mystery filled with creepy automata and deadly secrets.' - FT.
'Very well-written, and full of suspense, it has all the appeal of an ancient story-book, with black and white line-drawings at the start of every chapter.' - Alison A. Maxwell-Cox, The School Librarian.
'An atmospheric, eerie and bewitching tale of what's lurking in the summer sun of northern France in 1937.' - Wanderlust.
'A chilling, compelling mystery . . .' - Google Books.
The Author
Carlos Ruiz Zafón is the Spanish author of six novels, including the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, and The Angel's Game.
Featured Author . . . Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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