THE SUMMER OF DEAD TOYS - signed, dated

Hill Antonio

ISBN 10: 0857521128 / ISBN 13: 9780857521125

Published by Doubleday, 2012

About this Item

fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper 1st edition, SIGNED, dated edition. When the death of a vulnerable young witness in a case of human trafficking and voodoo causes the normally calm Inspector Salgado to beat someone up, he is moved off the project.

Seller Inventory # FT25.058

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE SUMMER OF DEAD TOYS - signed, dated
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857521128
• ISBN 13: 9780857521125
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

'Evokes the master of Barcelona-set narrative, Carlos Ruiz Zafon' Independent When the death of a young witness in a case of human trafficking and voodoo provokes the normally calm Inspector Salgado to beat someone up, he is swiftly removed from the project. Instead, he is sent to investigate a teenager's fall to his death in one of Barcelona's uptown areas. As Salgado begins to uncover the inconvenient truths behind the city's most powerful families, two seemingly unsolvable cases are set to implode under the hot Barcelona sun.

About the Author

Antonio Hill lives in Barcelona. He is a professional translator of English-language fiction into Spanish and speaks fluent English. The Summer of Dead Toys is the first in a detective series set in Barcelona, introducing Inspector Salgado. The second in the series, The Good Suicides, comes out in Doubleday hb in summer 2013.