Book Log 2022 #18: The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The second book in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, this is actually set before the first book. 

Daniel Martin survived a difficult childhood (thanks in part to the Sempere and Sempere bookstore) to become a writer of books about Barcelona's underworld. He moves into a deserted house with a murky past, one that appears to be slowing shaping his present. It impacts not only his writing - primarily a commission by a shadowy Frenchman to write a religious-themed work - but in his personal relationships with his patron, the daughter of the patron's chauffeur, and a devoted fan.

This all leads to an atmospherically gothic ending that may put some readers off. I figure if you can accept a story where a house is imposing its history on its current resident, the ending isn't that unexpected.

I think if you liked the first book you'll like this one.