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The Winter We Took Things Into Our Own Hands, literal translation but the Spanish title involves a play on words involving 'cartas' (letters) which are both a key feature of the book and part of the Spanish expression for taking things into your own hands.
The novel opens with the announcement of the death of a father during a bedroom scene involving his son and closes on the same day of the year, over three decades later, in the same house, into which the intrusion of some burglars causes the past of two lovers to be released from a black box.
Tesa can see that her friend Víctor is sad and lonely during break. She has seen how some of their classmates look over at him from a distance and laugh and make unpleasant comments about him... What can Tesa do in this situation? Should she worry about what is happening or would it just be better to ignore it? Will Tesa be able to help Víctor?
Three woman, three eras, one place. Despite the time that separates them, Inés, Amalia and Elisa are destined to meet in the mirror that reflects a legendary landscape, the valley inhabited by ghosts, witches and druids, the magnetic mountain with its painted caves, the waters next to the River Pas and a house they call The German's Garden.
It is the 16th century. King Charles V has asked his noblemen to assist him in his campaigns throughout Europe by providing horses, and the noblemen are doing their best satisfy his needs. But in the midst of the Renaissance, it is not only war that is important, but art too, and the horse is starting to be seen as an artistic object and a distinguished, prestigious resource.
Uncle Theodosius has returned from one of his journeys around the world and has brought back a most peculiar specimen: a dodo bird, which everyone believes to be extinct. The bad thing is that the poor creature has a lot of enemies, almost all of whom attend the welcome-home party held by James Moriarty's father in honour of the explorer.
London is a city full of marvels and mysteries, especially for someone who can't help sniffing out trouble wherever he goes. And it seemed like this was going to be a peaceful holiday.
All places hide mysteries, but the city of Oxford, with its secret museums and peculiar professors, is richer in mysteries than any other. James Moriarty tends to get into trouble at the smallest opportunity. But when he comes across girls who see spirits, swindling students, a bunch of keys that will open anything and suspicious individuals who use the air as a weapon...
A not-so-young man inspiring to be a writer, for whom routine and the necessity to make a living have spelt the end of various aspirations, discovers that one of his old texts from childhood has been plagiarised. How to get others to believe in what he says when he himself can't do so?
A terrible murder of two women has taken place in Rue Morgue, in Boston, two blocks from the funeral home where the young Edgar Allan Poe lives with his adoptive family. When one of his neighbors is unjustly accused, Poe goes to the police and proves his innocence.