The Whispering City

'Embellished with ingenious twists and turns' Daily Mail

A glamorous socialite is found dead in a wealthy district of Barcelona. The police scramble to seize control of the investigation, while Ana Martí Noguer, an eager young journalist, is surprised to be assigned the important story. She is to shadow the formidable Inspector Isidro Castro.

Ana discovers a bundle of letters from the scene - the key to unlocking a sinister conspiracy. Together with her cousin Beatriz, a scholar, Ana hunts for the truth as the city's corrupt and murderous elite closes in.

'An exciting, original and thoughtful thriller that paints a vivid picture of life in Barcelona, and indeed in the whole of Spain, during the fascist years' Literary Review

Translated by Mara Faye Lethem

Sara Moliner is the pseudonym for the writing duo Rosa Ribas and Sabine Hofmann. Rosa Ribaswas born in 1963 in Barcelona, and since 1991 has lived in Frankfurt where she teaches at the university. She is the celebrated author of six previous novels. Sabine Hofmann was born in 1964 and is a former lecturer in philology at Frankfurt University. The Whispering City is their first novel together. Highly acclaimed in Spain, it will be published in several languages around the world.

About Sara Moliner