For agents and press
POST-OFFICE: Postcards of Death is a psychological thriller set between New York, Florida, New Mexico and the Galápagos, published in English and Brazilian Portuguese. Film/TV, audio and translation rights are available.
Email the author author@josecarloseiras.com
Fact sheet
| Title | POST-OFFICE: Postcards of Death (English) CORREIO: Postais da Morte (Brazilian Portuguese) |
|---|---|
| Genre | Psychological thriller with real historical layers |
| Length | About 90,000 words (521 pages in paperback) |
| ISBN | 979-8-9855480-7-5 (POST-OFFICE, first edition) |
| Published | October 2026, self-published on Amazon (Kindle and paperback) |
| Settings | New York, Florida, New Mexico, Floreana and Baltra islands (Galápagos) |
| Rights available | Film and TV, audio, all translation rights (English and Brazilian Portuguese editions published by the author), Brazilian trade print edition |
Short synopsis
In Post-Office Bay on Floreana Island, travelers have left unstamped letters in a wooden barrel since 1793, trusting strangers to deliver them by hand. Ethan Kyle takes the woman he loves to the Galápagos in 2006, and there she discovers who he really is.
Years later, a couple knocks on his apartment door with a postcard taken from the barrel. The world's most honest mail service becomes his map: names, addresses and entire families who trust strangers. The police manhunt that follows runs through Darwin's voyage on the Beagle, the Pacific whalers, the US base at Baltra in the Second World War and the unsolved Floreana deaths of the 1930s.
A full synopsis, including the ending, is available on request.
About the author
José Carlos Eiras writes fiction, poetry and nonfiction in English, Portuguese and Spanish. He wrote POST-OFFICE in both Portuguese and English for readers in the United States and Brazil.
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Para agentes, editoras e imprensa no Brasil
CORREIO: Postais da Morte é um thriller psicológico de autor brasileiro, ambientado entre Nova Iorque, Flórida, Novo México e Galápagos. A edição em inglês, POST-OFFICE, circula nos Estados Unidos.
Estão disponíveis os direitos de edição impressa para livrarias no Brasil, audiolivro, adaptação para cinema e TV e tradução para outros idiomas. Sinopse completa e originais sob pedido.
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