The Twelve Doors: Part I

Novel number 1 in Spain, Mexico, and the United States in Spanish edition. Bestseller in the United States in its English edition. Best-selling historical mystery and suspense series in Spain and Mexico in the last two years. Over 600,000 readers endorse it. "Las doce puertas is the best suspense saga I have read in the last ten years. With simple and accessible language, it manages to keep you on edge until the last line. You finish one chapter and can't help but read another, and so on continuously. Vicente Raga is a real discovery." Harald Brook, Tribuna Libre. "Excellent, extraordinary, fascinating all this and more is this novel. It is an intelligent book." Goodreads. "Selling more than Ken Follett last Christmas is within the reach of very few. In my house, we have all read it, even my three children. Dynamic narrative and well-documented novel. Highly recommended." Roberto Marín, Florida Books.

Do you want to enter the universe of Las doce Puertas? Think about it, because it will be hard to get out... Two parallel stories narrated. The first one takes place in the Jewish quarter of Valencia at the end of the 14th century, where some children stumble upon a secret society, which still exists today. A great mystery that takes us back to that difficult time for the Jewish people. All the characters existed in their time, and all the events narrated correspond to reality. The second story is about a group of friends in present-day Valencia who must solve a century-old mystery.

Without a doubt, the main characters are the historian Rebeca Mercader and her friend Carlota Penella, characters who have already transcended the novel. Not in vain, they are two of the most intelligent women in Europe. As for the structure of the book, the reader switches between stories every 4/5 pages. Different characters and different stories separated by more than six hundred years. It seems like two novels in one. The reader wonders, why am I reading two seemingly unrelated narratives? The answer to that question will be revealed as the pages go by. After all, it is possible that the two stories are not as disconnected. Maybe they have more to do with each other than you imagine, and nothing is what it seems.

Mystery, intrigue, suspense, and real history, a cocktail that makes the universe of Las doce puertas a series of entertaining and easy-to-read novels that HOOK FROM THE FIRST PAGE. VICENTE RAGA (Born in Valencia, Spain, in 1966, although now living in Ireland) QUESTION: Why the title Las doce puertas? ANSWER: It refers to the twelve gates of the medieval wall of Valencia. The whole novel revolves around this mysterious number 12.

Q: Is it just another historical novel? A: I wouldn't dare to classify it as such. It's something else. It's a suspense novel based on real historical events.

Q: Did you expect the spectacular success of your saga? A: Never. Selling that many, producing ten audiobooks, and translating my saga into several languages is something I never imagined two years ago.

Q: Is this your first novel? A: It's my first published novel, but I have been writing daily since I was fourteen. At that age, I even won a modest literary contest for adults in England. In addition, I collaborate with various media, newspapers, radios, and TV.

Q: You studied Law, an MBA in Madrid, learned languages... and ended up as a politician and a writer. A: Haha, put that way, it sounds like I have downsized, right? Being a councilor in my city, besides being a pride, is vocational, like writing. Relax and enjoy the start of a great adventure.

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