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Rubén Pablo Alcocer tiene 54 años, es detective privado y vive en Saltillo. Pudo haber sido filósofo y, quizá, más le habría valido, pues su más reciente trabajo lo ha llevado a una situación por demás complicada: un hombre y una mujer lo tienen amarrado a una silla, le han colocado una bolsa de plástico sobre la cabeza y le han clavado palillos debajo de las uñas. Sus captores quieren saber dónde ha quedado la antigua gargantilla de diamantes de su clienta, otrora propiedad de la corona de Rumania.

Apprentice Sarah Fisher is helping to fund Dr Will Raven's emerging medical practice in exchange for being secretly trained as a medic, should the rules barring women ever change. Sarah needs no instruction in the inequalities that beset her gender, but even she has her eyes opened to a darker reality when a relative seeks her help in searching for her missing daughter. Annabel Banks was promised a situation in a prestigious household, but there has been no word from her since she left home, and the agency that arranged her position says she never appeared.

"Qui c'è in ballo un untore, senza dubbio. Ma se ho capito bene non diffonde la peste a casaccio, eh? Ne prende di mira uno e protegge gli altri. È Dio, maneggia il flagello di Dio. E in quanto Dio, sceglie quelli da chiamare a sé". Di notte, sulle porte delle case di Parigi, appaiono strani numeri neri. All'altro capo della città, intanto, vengono recapitate incomprensibili missive che parlano di malattia e di morte. Solo il commissario Adamsberg intuisce che tra i due fatti esiste un legame.

It's 1966. London is swinging, and the Cold War is spiralling. Clear cut lines have faded to grey areas. Whispers of conspiracies are everywhere. Spies on both sides of the iron curtain are running in circles, chasing constant plots and counterplots. And MI5 agent Richard Knox is tired of all of it. But when Abey Bennett, his CIA comrade in arms, appears in London with a ghost from Knox's past and a terrifying warning that could change the balance of power in the Cold War for good, he has to fight to save the future.

Múnich, 1931. Falta poco para que unas históricas elecciones otorguen el poder a los nazis. Los comisarios Siegfried Sauer y Mutti Forster se enfrentan al aburrido turno del sábado cuando el director de la policía criminal les avisa de un suceso en el número 16 de Prinzregentenplatz, la vivienda de Adolf Hitler.

In this thrilling historical spy novel from New York Times bestselling author Alan Furst, two heroic resistance fighters smuggle valuable information to occupied Paris to turn the tide of the World War II and defeat Nazi Germany. Occupied Paris in 1942, a dark, treacherous city now ruled by the...

El reportaje que María, una joven periodista, realiza sobre el Homo antecessor, la pondrá tras la pista del robo de huesos fósiles en Peña Laja, un yacimiento arqueológico con importantes restos de homínidos. Seguirá el rastro de una trama que llegará mucho más lejos de lo que nunca hubiera podido imaginar; que la guiará desde la oscuridad que habita en las entrañas de la Tierra, hasta la cegadora luz de la última tecnología científica. Un apasionante viaje a la sima de los tiempos donde se reencontrará, gracias a los misterios del ADN, con el corazón de la Humanidad.

William Boyd's Restless is a brilliant espionage audiobook and a vivid portrait of the life of a female spy. Full of tension and drama, and based on a remarkable chapter of Anglo-American history, this is listening at its finest. "I am Eva Delectorskaya," Sally Gilmartin announces, and so on a...

Beobrand is compelled by his brother's almost-certain murder to embark on a quest for revenge in the war-ravaged kingdoms of Northumbria. The land is rife with danger, as warlords vie for supremacy and dominion. In the battles for control of the region, new oaths are made and broken, and loyalties are tested to the limits. With no patronage and no experience, Beobrand must form his own allegiances and learn to fight with sword and shield. Relentless in pursuit of his enemies, he faces challenges which transform him from a boy to a man.

Madrid. Año 1940. El paso de la guerra ha dejado la capital en un estado desolador. Aunque ya se trabaja en reconstruir los desperfectos, hay asuntos más importantes que hacen que la supervivencia sea todo un reto. El hambre, las enfermedades, el miedo y la represión campan a sus anchas sin que nadie pueda hacer nada. En medio de todo esto, Juan, un joven republicano se ve obligado a emigrar allí. Atrás deja un oscuro secreto que podría traerle la peor de las desgracias tanto a él como a su familia.

In St. Peter’s Basilica, a man sits in a confessional asking forgiveness for a murder he’s about to commit. And a young priest begins a desperate journey to stop him. . . . It’s only the beginning of a ruthless race among the world’s most powerful to find a rumored cache of sacred texts...

Lasciate Parigi, Verne è giunto tra le alture della Vandea, in un clima di rivolta imminente, per indagare su due morti misteriose. Molte sono le voci sui presunti assassini: spie di Luigi Filippo, oppure sostenitori della duchessa di Berry, aspirante al trono di Francia; messaggeri del diavolo che solcherebbero i mari su imbarcazioni avvolte nella nebbia, oppure adoratori di culti arcani che lanciano maledizioni.

Narrated by Samantha Bond Don’t miss Magpie Murders on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! ""A double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don’t often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers."" —Janet Maslin, New York Times New York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Macavity Award for Best...

A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on CJ Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime novel. Winter, 1537. Henry VIII has declared himself Supreme Head of the Church and instructed his Chief Minister, Thomas Cromwell, to dissolve England's religious houses and seize their wealth. But Cromwell's plot to bring down the abbeys has hit a snag - one of the King's Commissioners has been found brutally murdered in Scarnsea monastery, on the south coast of Kent.

The novels of Arturo Pérez-Reverte have captivated readers around the world and earned him a reputation as “the master of the intellectual thriller.” (Chicago Tribune) His books have been published in fifty countries. Now, beginning with Captain Alatriste, comes Pérez-Reverte’s most...

CAPITAN RILEY è uno spettacolare romanzo di avventura, azione e spionaggio ambientato all'inizio degli anni Quaranta e che ha per protagonista il Capitano Alejandro M. Riley che, al comando di un piccolo mercantile e di uno stravagante e fedele equipaggio di nemici della terraferma, naviga nel Mar Mediterraneo dedicandosi alla pericolosa attività del contrabbando in tempo di guerra. Alla fine del 1941, il capitano Riley e il suo equipaggio verranno assoldati dall'uomo più potente di Spagna per recuperare un misterioso oggetto da una nave affondata davanti alle coste di Tangeri.

Janine, jeune veuve de guerre, dirige une filière d'évasion à travers les Pyrénées. Robert, tout juste vingt ans, a fui ses montagnes de Kabylie pour rejoindre la Résistance. Mike, pilote américain engagé dans la RAF, a miraculeusement survécu aux tirs allemands. De l'Algérie à Londres en passant par les réseaux clandestins de Toulouse et du Pays basque, dans le feu des passions et du combat, ils font face à l'ennemi.

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“An immersive horror fairy tale marrying Crimson Peak to Pan’s Labyrinth upon strange foundations. You’re never really safe here, with Midnight Rooms wondrously defying expectation and refusing obedience. Donyae Coles leads us into a house of sinister magic, full of corners for peeking...

Anno del Signore 1625. Mentre a Roma governa Urbano VIII, Milano è sotto il dominio spagnolo. Girolamo Svampa si reca nella città ambrosiana per indagare sulla sparizione di una benedettina, la figlia del suo fedele collaboratore Cagnolo Alfieri. Destreggiandosi in una ragnatela sempre fitta di misteri, Svampa s'imbatte in un ritrovamento sconcertante: il cadavere pietrificato di una religiosa.