by José Carlos Somoza · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467201451
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«La dama número trece» is the mystery novel by José Carlos Somoza, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (439 pages, in Spanish).
Salomón Rulfo, an unemployed literature professor and poetry lover, suffers a nightmare about a triple murder and a woman calling for help. With Doctor Ballesteros and an enigmatic young woman, he discovers the crime was real and enters a world where words and poetry are weapons, and twelve ladies control destiny... or thirteen witches?
The novel was originally published in 2003. This hardcover edition from Círculo de Lectores, in Spanish, has 439 pages.
A read for those who enjoy psychological thrillers, mystery and fantastical touches, with poetry as the guiding thread.
José Carlos Somoza Ortega is a Spanish author. He was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1960 his family moved to Spain after being exiled for being from a bourgeoisie class. His family proved to be in difficult financial situation after having moved to Spain because they had been forbidden to take anything along except their child. And there were a lot of friends who helped them a lot during their first years in Spain. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in psychiatry, but he gave up medicine in order to become a full-time writer in 1994. Since 1994 he made his first steps in writing and sent his works to the different literature competitions, to magazines and publishers all over Spain. And his first book was published the same year. When his fifth novel The Cave of Ideas obtained an international acknowledge, he realized that he had chosen the right route in his life.
