Libro negro de los secretos, El
Title: | Libro negro de los secretos, El |
Author: | F.E. Higgins |
Year First Published: | 2008 |
Page Count: | 256 |
Synopsis: | Huyendo del más terrible de los pasados, Ludlow Fitch llega a un pueblo remoto en mitad de la noche. Y entre la niebla se le aparece Joe Zabbidou, un misterioso prestamista dispuesto a entregar dinero a cambio de los secretos más oscuros y profundos de la gente. Ludlow, apenas un muchacho, empieza a trabajar como ayudante del inquietante Zabbidou, recogiendo y anotando las confesiones más escandalosas de los habitantes del pueblo en un viejo cuaderno con tapas de piel: el Libro Negro de los Secretos. Profanaciones de cadáveres, robos, asesinatos. La gente de Pagus Parvus tiene mucho que ocultar. Pero el mismo Ludlow Fitch tiene sus propios y terribles secretos. Con su mezcla única de aventura, magia y sustos inesperados, esta primera novela de F. E. Higgins no se puede dejar de leer. / A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitchand he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to learn is that in this village is the life he has dreamed ofa safe place to live, and a job, as the assistant to a mysterious pawnbroker who trades peoples deepest, darkest secrets for cash. Ludlows job is to neatly transcribe the confessions in an ancient leather-bound tome: The Black Book of Secrets. Ludlow yearns to trust his mentor, who refuses to disclose any information on his past experiences or future intentions. What the pawnbroker does not know is, in a town brimming with secrets, the most troubling may be held by his new apprentice. |
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