The star in this hair-raising novel is Alberto Ruiz-Tagle, an Air Force pilot who exploits the 1973 coup in Chile to launch his own version of the New Chilean Poetry, a multimedia enterprise that symbolizes the darkness of Pinochet's regime.
Music of the Distant Stars
β Scribed by Alys Clare
- Publisher
- Severn House Publishers
- Year
- 2010;2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The new 'Aelf Fen' mystery from the author of the 'Hawkenlye' books
Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a young woman, hidden where it has no place to be. The girl's identity is quickly discovered but, as she wonders who killed her and why, Lassair swiftly becomes mystified and frightened. Why did a sweet-natured seamstress have to die? Suspicion soon creeps uncomfortably close to home; then another body is found...
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