Adi?s a Berl?n combina la realidad con la ficci?n, y el Christopher Isherwood de la novela, aun siendo el narrador, no es necesariamente el autor. Personajes marginales, a menudo c?micos, viven vidas desordenadas, hasta torpes, como exiliados en Berl?n, bajo la amenaza del horror que se avecina.La novela perdura como un documento acerca de una ciudad harapienta y corrupta -como lo eran en los a?os treinta el estado y el pueblo alemanes-, y la claudicaci?n ante el nazismo en ciernes y el ego?smo de un generalizado s?lvese quien pueda. El consumado oficio de Isherwood convierte el documento en literatura.
Novela de ficci?n polic?aca, en la que se atreve a rellenar la trama con altas dosis de sensualidad y humor. Dos ingredientes que el autor consigue difuminar en una intriga inteligente y de r?pida lectura.Por un lado aparece Alicia, una joven ladina que en las humildes calles de Cuba practica una excelente variante de la prostituci?n mientras sue?a el encuentro del adinerado marido. Alicia se pasea en bicicleta a la caza de cualquier extranjero rico que tenga la desventura (o la suerte) de encontrarse con ella en su camino. En ese momento ...
En el hospital m?s grande de Nueva York tiene lugar una serie de muertes, ante los ojos de la doctora encargada de las autopsias, inexplicables. El ?nico punto en com?n entre los pacientes muertos -todos gozaban de muy buena salud- es que pertenec?an al mismo seguro m?dico. Es la primera pista de una terrible historia en la que medicina, adelantos cient?ficos y negocios se enfrentan en una trama de gran suspense…
Mickey Haller, tytu?owy “Lincoln Lawyer”, to adwokat, kt?rego biuro mie?ci si? g??wnie na tylnym siedzeniu jednego z jego czterech samochod?w marki Lincoln. Prawnik, kt?ry przemieszcza si? mi?dzy oddalonymi od siebie wydzia?ami s?du w Los Angeles, podejmuje si? obrony klient?w r??nego pokroju. S? w?r?d nich pijani kierowcy, recydywi?ci, dilerzy narkotyk?w… Dla Hallera prawo jest rzadko kwesti? winy i niewinno?ci – to tylko negocjacje i manipulacja. Jedynie w wyj?tkowych sytuacjach w gr? wchodzi sprawiedliwo??.Playboy z Beverly Hills, aresztowany za zaatakowanie poznanej w barze ...
Cuando el reci?n ascendido a capit?n de la divisi?n de narc?ticos del Departamento de Polic?a y Seguridad de Nueva York Jonah McMasters y su mujer regresan un d?a antes de sus vacaciones, esperaban con ilusi?n reencontrarse y pasar m?s tiempo con su inteligente y vivaz hija de diecis?is a?os.Pero ni sus peores pesadillas les pod?an haber preparado para la escena del crimen que les est? aguardando. La joven Deena ha sido brutalmente violada y asesinada y las pruebas evidencian un crimen que horrorizar?a incluso al ...
Riley Crane se despert? completamente vestida, cubierta de sangre y con una pistola bajo la almohada. Pero lo que resultaba m?s aterrador a?n era que no recordaba lo sucedido la noche anterior. En realidad, apenas recordaba las tres semanas anteriores.Riley es un camale?n: ex oficial del ej?rcito y ahora agente federal asignada a la Unidad de Cr?menes Especiales, posee el don de la clarividencia y la capacidad de fundirse con su entorno, de ser lo que elija. Especialista de la UCE en lo oculto, ha sido enviada por su jefe, el enigm?...
Etiopia nieodleg?ej przysz?o?ci. Trwa wojna domowa, oddzia?y ONZ usi?uj? opanowa? chaos. Na pograniczu z Somali? polski patrol zestrzeli? niezidentyfikowany ?mig?owiec.Jeden z ?o?nierzy zosta? ranny. Z Addis Abeby wylatuje komisja maj?ca zbada? szcz?tki maszyny. Na pok?adzie sanitarnego ?mig?owca znajduje si? kapitan-lekarz Jacek Szczebielewicz i pewna czarnosk?ra dziewczyna. Nikt nie podejrzewa, ?e kolejny rutynowy lot zmieni si? w masakr?. Kilkudziesi?ciu osamotnionych ?o?nierzy musi stoczy? prawdziw? wojn?, najbardziej krwaw? i tragiczn?, jak? Wojsko Polskie stoczy?o od roku 1945.
It was all too frighteningly familiar. For the second time in his life, Alex Penn wakes up in an alcoholic daze in a cheap hotel room off Times Square and finds himself lying next to the savagely mutilated body of a young woman. After the first death, he was convicted of murder and imprisoned, then released on a technicality. But this time he has to find out what happened during the blackout and why-before the police do.Lawrence Block weaves his spell in this suspenseful taleof a man haunted by murders he hopes he hasn?tcommitted… It was all too frighteningly familiar. For the second time in his life, Alex Penn wakes up in an alcoholic daze in a cheap hotel room off Times Square and finds himself lying next to the savagely mutilated body of a young woman. After the first death, he was convicted of murder and imprisoned, then released on a technicality. But this time he has to find out what happened during the blackout and why? before the police do.
Number 35 The Hill is an ordinary house in an ordinary street. But it is about to become infamous. When two police constables are sent to the house following a report of a domestic disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. A scene which leaves one of them dead and the other fighting for her life and career. The identity of a serial killer, the Chameleon, has finally been revealed. But his capture is only the beginning of a shocking investigation that will test Inspector Alan Banks to the absolute limit.
Earthquake aftershocks trap Mayor Patrick O'Shea and his assistant Briana Bliss in an elevator. But emergency services are stretched to the limit with 911 calls. The mayor and Briana wait. And passions flare…Briana Bliss planned to use her job as Mayor Patrick O'Shea's assistant to get back at him for allegedly destroying her uncle's political chances. But she's unprepared for the way Patrick makes her feel. And in the close confines of the stalled elevator, Patrick and Briana give in to the attraction that's been sizzling between them for months. Now how will Briana ever prove to Patrick that she acted out of love…and not revenge?
Awakening in a bleak landscape as scarred as her body, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls surviving something terrible. Having no idea how many weeks have passed, she slowly realizes the horrifying truth: Ruthie has vanished.And with her, nearly all of civilization.Where once-lush hills carried cars and commerce, the roads today see only cannibalistic Beaters – people turned hungry for human flesh by a government experiment gone wrong.In a broken, barren California, Cass will undergo a harrowing quest to get Ruthie back. Few people trust an outsider, let alone a woman who became a zombie and somehow turned back, but she finds help from an enigmatic outlaw, Smoke. Smoke is her savior, and her safety.For the Beaters are out there.And the humans grip at survival with their trigger fingers. Especially when they learn that she and Ruthie have become the most feared, and desired, of weapons in a brave new world…
There is a fire and they are in There. They are in there… Black smoke stains a summer blue sky. A school is on fire. And one mother, Grace, sees the smoke and runs. She knows her teenage daughter Jenny is inside. She runs into the burning building to rescue her. Afterwards, Grace must find the identity of the arsonist and protect her family from the person who's still intent on destroying them. Afterwards, she must fight the limits of her physical strength and discover the limitlessness of love.
She came from one of the more disreputable aristocratic families.Sharrow was once the leader of a personality-attuned combat team in one of the sporadic little commercial wars in the civilization based around the planet Golter. On an island with a glass shore – relic of some even more ancient conflict – she discovers she is to be hunted by the Huhsz, a religious cult which believes she is the last obstacle before their faith's apotheosis. She has to run, knowing her only hope of finally escaping the Huhsz is to find the last of the ancient, apocalyptically powerful but seemingly cursed Lazy Guns. But that is just the first as well as the final step on a search that takes her on an odyssey through the exotic Golterian system and results in both a trail of destruction and a journey into her own past, as well as that of her family and the system itself;a journey that changes everything.
A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's 73 recently discovered notebooks, including illustrations, deleted extracts, and two unpublished Poirot stories. When Agatha Christie died in 1976, aged 85, she had become the world's most popular author. With sales of more than two billion copies worldwide in more than 100 countries, she had achieved the impossible - more than one book every year since the 1920s, every one a bestseller. So prolific was Agatha Christie's output - 66 crime novels, 20 plays, 6 romance books under a pseudonym and over 150 short stories - it was often claimed that she had a photographic memory. Was this ...
The tough and brassy Agatha Raisin is not a woman to sit at home wringing her hands. Soon she is off to north Cyprus to track down her ex-fiance. Instead of enjoying the honeymoon they once planned, however, they witness the murder of an obnoxious tourist in a disco, and James is as sullen as usual. Two sets of terrible tourists – one set posh and rude, the other nouveau riche and vulgar – surround the unhappy couple, arousing Agatha's suspicions. And, much to James's chagrin, she won't rest until she finds the killer. Unfortunately, it also seems the killer won't rest until Agatha is out of the picture. Agatha is forced to track down the murderer, try to rekindle her romance with James, and fend off a suave baronet, all while coping with the fact that it's always bathing suit season in north Cyprus.
After a home dye job ruins her hair, Agatha Raisin, the prickly yet lovable amateur sleuth, turns to the wonderful new hairdresser in the neighboring town for help. And as Agatha soon learns, Mr. John is as skilled at repairing her coiffure as he is at romancing her heart. But the charming Mr. John isn't all he appears to be. According to gossip around the salon and the village, some of his former clients seem to be afraid of him. Could Mr. John really be a ruthless blackmailer? When a murderer strikes at the busy salon, Agatha must discover the truth and the killer's identity before it's too late.
Just back from an extended stay in London, Agatha Raisin finds herself greeted by torrential rains and an old, familiar feeling of boredom. When her handsome new neighbor, Paul Chatterton, shows up on her doorstep, she tries her best to ignore his obvious charms, but his sparkling black eyes and the promise of adventure soon lure her into another investigation.Paul has heard rumors about Agatha's reputation as the Cotswold village sleuth and wastes no time offering their services to the crotchety owner of a haunted house. Whispers, footsteps, and a cold white mist are plaguing Mrs. Witherspoon, but the police have failed to come up with any leads, supernatural or otherwise. The neighbors think it's all a desperate ploy for attention, but Paul and Agatha are sure something more devious is going on. Someone's playing tricks on Mrs. Witherspoon, and when she turns up dead under suspicious circumstances, Agatha finds herself caught up in another baffling murder mystery.
