[DeepL Translation - needs review] "At that time, I enjoyed reading detective novels. I had just read one by Ross McDonald whose name I don't remember, and I had the whim to follow in his footsteps in my own way, more as a tribute than as a parody. So I started and finished it, almost in one sitting, within a week,
The Mystery of the Haunted Crypt...
. I have never again written with such nonchalance, or with such pleasure, or with such a good use of the hours." Eduardo Mendoza
The enigmati...
