Resultados para "Maria" en Espías y políticos

Lo que comienza como una oportunidad profesional pronto se convierte en una espiral de deseo, peligro y secretos de Estado. En la exótica capital omaní, entre encuentros prohibidos y una red de intrigas, Emma se verá arrastrada a un juego en el que cada decisión puede costarle la vida. Todo cambia el día en que el centro recibe la visita de Tariq Khan, hijo de un influyente ministro del sultanato de Omán.

Hay secretos que sólo un presidente puede saber. Hay situaciones que sólo un presidente puede resolver. Pero hay decisiones que ni siquiera un presidente querría tomar. La presidencia de los Estados Unidos pende de un hilo. El presidente, Jonathan Duncan, está a punto de ser destituido y es presa fácil de los tiburones de Washington cuando, acorralado por la prensa, cuestionado por la opinión pública y sus propios colaboradores, se enfrenta al mayor ataque que Estados Unidos haya sufrido nunca. Sin nadie en quien confiar, el presidente Duncan deberá desaparecer para actuar en la sombra, aún a riesgo de que le consideren sospechoso y traidor.

Former seamstress turned couturier turned spy Sira Quiroga is finally ready to embrace serenity with her British diplomat husband, Marcus, and the upcoming prospect of motherhood. But tranquility proves elusive. Fate has other plans for Sira. Installed in Jerusalem under the British Mandate, and enmeshed in the murky world of shady operators, political menace, and catastrophic violence, Sira finds her future with Marcus put to the ultimate test.

Tu rostro mañana/ 1 Fiebre y Lanza, primera parte de la obra cumbre de Javier Marías, que la crítica extranjera ya ha saludado como una de las cimas literarias de nuestro tiempo.

Madrid, anni Trenta. Sira Quiroga, giovane sarta, perde la testa per un carismatico imprenditore e si trasferisce con lui in Marocco, in una Tangeri che ricorda la Casablanca di Humphrey Bogart. Ma qui si ritrova presto sola, ingannata e piena di debiti. Riesce però ad aprire un atelier di alta moda che, grazie al suo gusto e alla sua forza di volontà, diventa il punto di riferimento per le signore più ricche e influenti della città. Una clientela all'apparenza insospettabile, ma che nasconde dei segreti.

An inferno erupts when an arms dealer’s classified weapon leaks in a hotbed of crime, threatening to expose the illusive elixir incubated in the territory of Ara Pacis. US intelligence detects a most bizarre signature of secret emitters in the signal traffic of that area. They suspect a lone wolf has launched a cruel defense.

When Washington D.C. human rights attorney Craig Malcault’s investigations uncover connections to U.S. military intelligence and the mysterious wife of an international biochemical conglomerate’s founder, the assassins are dispatched. Craig’s job is to extract evidence from the hellish pitfall while the top candidate is en route to face and pass his final test.

Attorney Craig Malcault has survived an assassination plot over his possession of top-secret intelligence. He thought he had rebuilt his life at his new law firm in New York City, with a tycoon's taboo divorce case to pay the bills. But when the provocative, hypnotic lady client refuses to desert her cruel, blood-thirsty husband, Craig knows his enemies are a step ahead in the game. Business has been lucrative in the code-named territory in Latin America that Craig saved from annihilation a decade ago.

Military intelligence colleagues summon attorney Craig Malcault to testify against his client, a sensual, provocative socialite with a suspect divorce case. But he decides to destroy her file and risk all he's got to guard her secret. Craig was chasing informants a decade ago when his client built an international conglomerate and founded Ara Pacis, the code-named territory in Latin America, with the two men in her life as protection against threatening extermination. The bloodcurdling discoveries Craig now makes about her case are a human rights attorney's stellar dream come true.

Vicious felons are going free. Can one determined attorney stop them from slaughtering more innocents? Sharp small-town prosecutor Mara Brent has a heart as big as it is tough. Smack in the middle of a scandal surrounding her corrupt ex-boss, she works relentlessly to put things back in order. But when past gross negligence threatens to free convicted criminals, Mara fears her tight-knit community will be plagued by sadistic serial killers. Will Mara put the brutal murderers back behind bars before she has innocent blood on her hands?

Klara Andersson har återvänt till Sverige efter många år i Spanien. Under Franco-diktaturen var hon informatör för CIA. Efter ett blodigt attentat mot ett NATO-möte där hon arbetar som tolk, förstår hon att hon blivit förväxlad med en av israeliska säkerhetstjänsten Moussad eftersökt terrorist. Ett svenskt vapenprojekt är bakgrunden till de utländska säkerhetstjänsternas agerande.

The time had come, she decided, to rid herself of this burden, to take the steps necessary to put the matter to rest once and for all. And the first step, she knew - against every instinct and desire - was to watch that film.

En una plaza pública de Arabia Saudí, un hombre es ajusticiado bajo un sol abrasador y un chico observa impotente entre la muchedumbre: es su hijo. En un lúgubre hotel de Manhattan, aparece el cuerpo sin vida de una mujer joven y todos los indicios para identificarla han sido eliminados minuciosamente. Una línea invisible conecta todos estos hechos, dibujando un plan perfecto para cometer un monstruoso crimen contra la humanidad, y la única persona capaz de impedirlo es un ex agente que huye de su pasado y ha borrado su identidad: ahora sólo responde al nombre de Pilgrim.

Un eco-thriller feminista. Una obra de humor negro/sátira política/con elementos fantásticos. La oscuridad de Guayaquil que muestra Gabriela Alemán en su novela Poso Wells, parece surgir del sedimento (el poso) del cuento de Wells. El país de los ciegos ambientado en Los Andes ecuatorianos...

In Kris Calvin’s debut mystery, One Murder More, a beautiful legislative aide is found stabbed to death in California’s Capitol building. Maren Kane, a lobbyist for a fledgling Sacramento-based toy company, is in the midst of a legislative fight that could make or break her career. She doesn’t have time for a coffee break let alone involvement in a murder investigation.

Nr justitieminister Karin Landberg ppnar drren till sitt inre rum p Rosenbad knner hon genast att ngot r fel. I morgondunklet mts hon av lukter som inte borde finnas dr - och snart ser hon ngot som skakar henne i grunden. P sngen ligger hennes vn tillika statssekreterare Beatrice Chiquin, blodig och medvetsls. Ngon har utsatt henne fr en brutal attack - frgan r bara vem. Det blir kriminalinspektr Margareta Davidsson som fr ta sig an det hrt mediabevakade verfallet i regeringsbyggnaden.

Italia, 1972. Dopo quattordici anni trascorsi tra i corridoi polverosi di un soffocante archivio alla periferia di Milano, Andrea Ferrante è ormai rassegnato al suo dignitoso quanto anonimo ruolo di piccolo funzionario politico, ben lontano dalla radiosa carriera cui un tempo sembrava destinato. Il rapporto con la moglie Sandra si trascina stancamente. Con suo figlio Umberto, poco più di qualche sporadico litigio.

Un terremoto de poca intensidad sacude California. La agente del FBI Judy Maddox sabe que esta vez no se trata de un fenómeno natural; este es un seísmo provocado, un aviso al gobierno. Los integrantes de una comuna vinícola han ideado un sistema para ocasionar terremotos con el objetivo de que el gobernador de California detenga las obras de construcción de una presa y evitar así que el valle donde viven sea inundado.

Natten den 14 september 2014 står valresultatet klart. Stefan Löfven ska bilda regering. Sverigedemokraterna är tredje störta parti och måste nu med alla till buds stående medel hållas utanför makten. Redan före valet har folkpartisten Celine Åkerstedt och socialdemokraten Jerry Laitinen skickats iväg på en Finlandskryssning för en förhandlingstrevare över blockgränserna. Men någon är dem på spåren och saboterar upplaget.

Pulitzer Prize-winning best-selling novelist Blake Tanner, former Spec Ops and longtime CIA, travels to Egypt, along with his team, to deliver a message to the Egyptian president of an assassination plot under the guise of an interview for the Associated Press. Blake and his team are soon caught up in a conspiracy that extends far beyond the briefing intel. Split up and on their own, Special Agent in Charge Maren Dey must make the most difficult decisions of her career, if she is to survive and keep her team alive.