Susan Ryeland, a London editor, begins reading a manuscript titled Magpie Murders (translated as Sangre de urraca ) by the prickly bestselling author Alan Conway. This story is a classic whodunit set in the 1950s featuring detective Atticus Pünd investigating a death at a manor house.

Susan discovers the manuscript is missing its final chapters. Shortly after, she learns Alan Conway has died under suspicious circumstances. She realizes that the clues to his real-life death are hidden within the fictional pages of his book. 📖 Key Features

is the Spanish translation of the acclaimed meta-mystery novel Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz . It is a "story within a story" that pays tribute to Golden Age detective fiction, specifically the works of Agatha Christie . 🔍 The Plot: A Double Mystery

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The novel features a unique structural gimmick where the reader essentially reads two complete mysteries: