By Raphael Minder MADRID — Carlos Ruiz Zafón, whose mystery novel “The Shadow of the Wind” became one of the best-selling Spanish books of all time, died on Friday at his home in Santa ...

Carlos Ruiz Zafón was frequently called the most ... whose father takes him to The Cemetery of Lost Books, a mysterious bookstore at the heart of the city. He chooses a book from the shelves ...

Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s four-novel set is a masterpiece ... This carefully constructed history means that the four books can be read in any order, each storyline rife with clues to the others.