The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The final chapter in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series follows secret police investigator Alicia Gris, scarred body and soul, as she takes one final case, and finds herself following a deadly trail which begins with a rare book that leads her back into the shadows of Barcelona's dark past, to the horrors of Franco's fascist regime....and even greater evils that some will commit any act to keep hidden.
A brilliant literary thriller that captures a pitch perfect sense of time and place, along with a near Gothic atmosphere that wafts from the pages like fog and the scent of old books, while the tension ratchets up to garotte tautness.
I was drawn in by the first paragraph, and didn't come up for air until I reached the last page.
Highly recommended finale to a highly recommended series.
Thanks to HarperCollins for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.