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Ned Dunstan returns home to Edgerton, Illinois, a raffish and atmospheric Mississippi River city, as his mother, Star Dunstan, lies dying. Impelled to trace his tangled paternal lineage after Star's death, Ned finds himself caught up in a web of murder and other heinous crimes, not only in the present but also in a past that his elderly great aunts Nettie, May, and Joy would prefer remained undisturbed. The aunts, whose remarkable gifts include teleportation and telekinesis, frustrate his search for knowledge, partly to protect their own secrets and also to shield Ned from the mysterious and omnipresent force that seems to dodge his every step. He is aided in his efforts to discover the mysteries of his birth by a doppleganger who may or may not be his twin, and also by a lovely young woman, Laurie Hatch. She is the estranged wife of Stewart Hatch, an Edgerton scion whose own history is inexorably linked with Ned's and with the entire Dunstan family.
The secondary characters, from the elderly aunts to a lawyer named Creech who is the essence of the small-town "fixer," are deftly drawn. --Jane Adams
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Book Description Condition: Bueno. EAN: 9788408043195 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Policíaca, negra y suspense|Misterio Título: Míster X Autor: Peter Straub Editorial: Booket; Poc edición (13 febrero 2003) Idioma: ES Páginas: 440 Peso: 300 Año de publicación: 2003. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-05-23-46974fbb
Book Description Condition: Bueno. 313 2001.535 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda.Terror.Exlibris.SINOPSIS:Dunstan ha regresado a su ciudad natal, Edgerton. Antes de morir, su madre le revela el nombre de su padre y le advierte que corre un grave peligro. Tras una serie de aventuras, descubrirá la existencia de un hermano mellizo, desenmascarando aspectos desconocidos de su propia identidad y del temible Mister X. Seller Inventory # LV61257
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