by Peter Straub · Ediciones B · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440617842
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«Misterio» is the mystery and suspense novel by Peter Straub, published by Ediciones B in hardback (579 pages, in Spanish).
On the Caribbean island of Mill Walk, young Tom Pasmore survives a hit-and-run that leaves him convalescent and obsessed with death. Years later, with the retired detective nicknamed the Shadow, he investigates two unsolved murders: that of the finance minister's sister and that of a friend of his grandfather at Eagle Lake.
Second installment of the Blue Rose trilogy, translated into Spanish by Antoni Puigrós. Originally published as Mystery.
For readers of mystery, suspense and horror novels: a criminal investigation with psychological depth and a dark atmosphere.
Peter Francis Straub was an American novelist and poet. He had success with several horror and supernatural fiction novels, among them Julia (1975), Ghost Story (1979) and The Talisman (1984), the latter co-written with Stephen King. He explored the mystery genre with the Blue Rose trilogy, consisting of Koko (1988), Mystery (1990) and The Throat (1993). He fused the supernatural with crime fiction in Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) and the related In the Night Room (2004). For the Library of America, he edited the volume H. P. Lovecraft: Tales and the anthology American Fantastic Tales. Straub received such literary honors as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award.
