Resultados para "INTRIGO" en Narrativa literaria

Vuelve Eduardo Mendoza con un nuevo caso del detective sin nombre, el investigador más divertido de la literatura española. La breve crónica de un funeral insignificante en un diario local ocasiona el despido del periodista novato que la escribe. Sin saberlo, Ramoncito Valenzuela ha provocado...

Intriga, acción y misterio en la España rural de los años 50. Dos de las personas más importantes de un pequeño pueblo de Cuenca, el alcalde y el médico, aparecen destripados en sus domicilios a finales de los años 50. Desde la Comandancia de la capital se envía al brigada Valencia, para...

Río de Janeiro, principios del siglo xx. Argemiro es uno de los hombres más respetados y deseados de la alta sociedad carioca. Rico e influyente, le prometió a su esposa en el lecho de muerte que nunca volvería a casarse. Para evitar toda tentación, cuando la necesidad de educar a su hijita y de poner orden en su hogar lo lleva a contratar a una gobernanta, esta ha de aceptar una condición: jamás se dejará ver por él.

A tour-de-force of historical imagination, this is the story of three young men at the dawn of the French Revolution. Georges-Jacques Danton: zealous, energetic, debt-ridden. Maximilien Robespierre: small, diligent, terrified of violence. And Camille Desmoulins: a genius of rhetoric, charming...

Epiphane Otos serait-il condamné, par sa laideur, à vivre exclu de la société des hommes et interdit d'amour ? Tour à tour martyr et tortionnaire de ses contemporains, il sera ambassadeur de la monstruosité internationale, juré d'un concours de beauté au Japon, mais aussi et surtout...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Ten years ago, Arden of Aelefort was exiled for refusing an order that would have turned surrender into slaughter. The men he spared were condemned as enemies, his name was erased from the kingdom’s records, and he disappeared into a quieter life with...

In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, a burglar, Luther Whitney, breaks into a Virginia mansion, and witnesses a brutal crime involving the president—​a man who believes he can get away with anything. Featuring a Preface Read by David Baldacci. In a heavily guarded mansion in the...

On a balmy evening in late March, Kata hosts a party on her husband's superyacht. Tables cover the massive deck, adorned with orchids, champagne bottles, name cards of famous people, while uniformed staff flank a red carpet on the landing dock. This night marks the attainment of something she's...

Nicholas Garrigan has fled his native Scotland, and his parents' expectations, to take a position as a doctor in a remote rural outpost of Central Africa. Shortly after his arrival in Uganda, he is called to the scene of a bizarre car accident: Idi Amin, manically driving his red Maserati down...

Gripping, terrifying, an unputdownable read. Discover Graham Greene's most iconic novel. A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous...

Aaron Burr had quite a reputation as a "ladies man", but history books and biographies barely allude to that part of his life. He had many female friends, and a long list of sexual conquests. Written shortly after his death, this book claims to be a "tell all" of Burr's many amorous adventures. The descriptions of his "adventures" are rather explicit, so it is for adults only.

Ross Egan has quietly labored for years in the West African nation of Dutannuru, a tiny republican democracy that emerged from the wreckage of the brutal civil war that claimed the brilliant engineer's wife and child. Then Egan is abruptly thrust onto the world stage at the center of the deadly international crisis. His actions and resulting notoriety land him on the short list of individuals capable of challenging the US presidential incumbent, seen by some as the most dangerously leftist president ever.

Über den Dächern von Onyxia jagt Ash lebendige Blitze aus dem ewig wütenden Muttersturm. Doch als ein monströser Albtraum seine Crew angreift, offenbart sich seine wahre Natur: Ash ist ein Träumer, der mächtige Schattenkreaturen erschaffen kann. Diese Gabe stellt ihn vor eine grausame Wahl: Entweder er wird als Waffe in der tödlichen Akademie der Träumenden instrumentalisiert, oder er ordnet sich seinem skrupellosen Geldgeber unter, der ihn für dunkle Zwecke missbrauchen will.

From the bestselling author of My Husband's Wife, one man's disappearance throws four women's lives into chaos--who will survive? Vicki works as an aromatherapist, healing her clients out of her home studio with her special blends of essential oils. She's just finishing a session when the...

An extraordinary vision of the future that puts dystopian fiction in a whole new light, from the award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. “Thought provoking, imaginative, and packs a hell of an emotional punch.” —Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time Ven...

An unforgettable wartime novel about loyalty, honour and the unbearable cost of choosing a side, perfect for readers of The Rose Code, All the Light We Cannot See, and The Nightingale Munich, 1938. Europe is on the brink of war when Julia 'Missie' Ormesby, a young Englishwoman, meets Conrad von...

Two sisters. One secret. A journey to learn who they really are… The instant Irish number one bestseller! ‘I really, really loved it. I think it's her best book so far, written with maturity and great compassion. The characters are very relatable, Lou was my favourite … I enjoyed this book...

Tensions flare in Northwest Asia and Op-Center races to prevent World War III in this chilling, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller from the authors of the USA Today bestseller Out of the Ashes. When a team of assassins murder a high-ranking North Korean general and his family in their sleep...

Janny Wurts’s epic tale of two half-brothers cursed to life-long enmity reaches new heights in the third volume, now re-released with a striking new cover. Tricked once more by his wily half-brother, Lysaer, Lord of Light, arrives at the tiny harbour town of Merior to find that Arithon’s...

'A spectacular story of shape-shifting, love and faith . . . It enthralled me' JESSIE BURTON, multi-million bestselling author of The Miniaturist 'Astonishing . . . a scorching vision of a book' CHARLOTTE WOOD, Booker-shortlisted author of Stone Yard Devotional 'Incredible' EVIE WYLD, author of...