The library in the mist

Bestselling author Kai Meyer takes us deep into a labyrinth of literature and shadows. Saint Petersburg, 1917. Young librarian Artur flees from the agents of the revolution, carrying a manuscript that is meant to save him – and threatens the lives of many others. His destination is Leipzig, the city of books. In the legendary Graphic Quarter, he hopes to reunite with his great love Mara, who is promised to the son of a wealthy publisher. Côte d’Azur, 1928. The girl Liette discovers forgotten travel trunks of Russian families, murdered during the revolution, in the attic of the luxury hotel Château Trois Grâces. Inside, she finds an old book secured with a lock. Thirty years later, Liette, now the hotel director, hires the gentleman thief Thomas Jansen to learn more about the book's former owner – a Russian named Mara. The trail leads to a librarian who came to Leipzig from Russia years ago, to an abandoned villa by the sea, and to a mysterious library in the fog. As in his successful novel The Books, the Boy, and the Night, Kai Meyer conjures the magic of books and presents a fascinating blend of family saga, crime novel, love story, and adventure.