Ganador del premio McIlvanney 2021 como mejor novela polic�aca.

Por el autor bestseller internacional Craig Russell, llega esta pieza maestra de terror g�tico moderno.

�Gloriosamente diab�lica. Un terror�fico paseo repleto de emoci�n y suspense a trav�s de los abismos ocultos del alma humana.� —Chris Brookmyre

Edward Hyde es poseedor de un don extra�o (o de una maldici�n) que mantiene oculta a todo el mundo excepto a su m�dico. �l experimenta dos realidades, una que es su vida real y la otra; un estado del mundo de los sue�os alimentado por una extra�a condici�n neurol�gica.

Cuando una serie de asesinatos azotan la ciudad de Edimburgo con ecos de un antiguo ritual celta llamado "triple muerte", el Capit�n Edward Hyde tendr� que salir a la captura de los responsables. En el proceso se ver� inmerso en una misteriosa y peligrosa red de ocultismo celta intrigante y obscura, dirigida por figuras muy poderosas.

Las respuestas est�n a�n por ser descubiertas, no solo en el mundo real sino tambi�n en el simbolismo siniestro del otro mundo en el que habita Edward Hyde.

Hyde solo tiene dos opciones: detener al asesino o perder la raz�n.

Un cuento oscuro. El que inspira al amigo de Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson.

�Una mezcla entre Stephen King y Robert Louis Stevenson. Un cuento g�tico repleto de imaginaci�n.� —David Hewson.

�Russell nos regala una historia inquietante e incre�blemente atmosf�rica en el Edimburgo de Stevenson. Estamos ante un brillante thriller g�tico creado por las manos de un maestro del g�nero.� —Margaret Kirk

�Una maravillosa reinterpretaci�n de un personaje fascinante en el Edimburgo m�s g�tico de todos los tiempos.� —Douglas Skelton

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Winner of the 2021 McIlvanney Prize for Best Crime Novel of the Year

From the internationally acclaimed author, a stunning gothic reimagining of the Jekyll and Hyde story in which Captain Edward Hyde, chief detective of Victorian Edinburgh, investigates a gruesome murder that may unmask his own darkest secret

Victorian Edinburgh. Captain Edward Henry Hyde is chief detective for the City of Edinburgh Police; as such, he is responsible for investigating all murders and serious crimes in the city. Hyde is a striking but severe-looking man who provokes unease, and often fear, in those who encounter him. Nevertheless, Edward Hyde is truly a good man... though he wrestles fiercely with his own unique demons.

When Hyde finds himself at the scene of a heinous murder, with no idea of how he got there or the events leading up to the discovery, his alarm is triggered on two levels. First, the crime scene is brutal and involves the Threefold Death, an ancient Celtic rite of sacrifice entangled with dark Scottish spiritual mythology. Second, Hyde's inability to remember any detail of his arrival at the crime scene makes him immediately fret about the secret he keeps from all but his physician: He suffers from a rare form of epilepsy that causes him to lose time—amnesiac absences where he cannot account for his actions—and nocturnal seizures that manifest themselves as vivid and lucid dreams.

As Hyde begins his investigation of the murder in a city on edge, he finds himself not only searching for real world clues, but trying to unravel the significance of the imagery in the otherworld of his dreaming. His investigation leads to the very places he fears, but has never fully imagined.

About the Author

Craig Russell naci� en Fife, Escocia, y ha trabajado como agente de polic�a, corrector de textos en una agencia de publicidad y director creativo.

Es autor de la exitosa serie que protagoniza Jan Fabel, ambientada en Hamburgo. En 2007, se le concedi� el prestigioso premio Polizeistern (Estrella de la polic�a) que concede la Polic�a de Hamburgo y ha sido el �nico autor extranjero en recibir este galard�n. El a�o 2008 gan� el CWA Dagger in the Library por su serie Fabel y, en 2015, el McIlvanney Prize por The Ghosts of Altona. Tambi�n ha sido finalista, entre otros premios, del CWA Duncan Lawrie Golden Dagger, la m�s importante distinci�n del mundo para escritores de serie negra, as� como el SNCF Prix Polar en Francia.

Russell es tambi�n el autor de la serie negra protagonizada por el detective Lennox. Su obra se ha traducido a veinticinco idiomas y ha sido adaptada a la pantalla en varias ocasiones.

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