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61) Los escorpiones
Author
Series
Publisher
Lumen
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"Los Escorpiones es una novela de novelas: una obra narrativa titánica y misteriosa. Los protagonistas, Sara y Thomas, se ven envueltos en el entramado de una teoría de la conspiración dirigida por los poderes políticos y económicos, que pretenden controlar a los individuos a través de la hipnosis y los mensajes subliminales en libros, videojuegos y música para inducirlos al suicidio. Ambos llevan a cuestas desequilibrios emocionales y, mientras...
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
An exciting, gritty portrait of a corrupt American city on the edge of self-destruction. During the waning days of World War I, three lost souls find themselves adrift in Omaha, Nebraska, at a time of unprecendented nationalism, xenohobia, and political corruption. Adolescent European refugee Karel Miihlstein's life is transformed after neighborhood boys discover his prodigious natural talent for baseball. Jake Strauss, a young man with a violent...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Barcelona 1952. General Franco's fascist government is at the height of its oppressive powers, casting a black shadow across the city. When wealthy socialite Mariona Sobrerroca is found dead in her mansion in the exclusive Tibidabo district, the police scramble to seize control of the investigation. Eager young journalist Ana Martí Noguer is surprised to be assigned to this important story, where she must shadow Inspector Isidro Castro. But Ana...
64) Smokescreen
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In this heart-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan journeys to Africa to help families torn apart by a violent attack deep in the jungle -- but she may be putting herself in more danger than she knows. A journalist shows up on Eve Duncan's doorstep with a plea for help. Jill Cassidy has just come from a small African village with a heart wrenching story: half the villagers -- many...
65) Hollow empire
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Poison was only the beginning.... The deadly siege of Silasta woke the ancient spirits, and now the city-state must find its place in this new world of magic. But people and politics are always treacherous, and it will take all of Jovan and Kalina's skills as proofer and spy to save their country when witches and assassins turn their sights to domination"--Provided by publisher.
66) The redeemers
Author
Series
Quinn Colson novels volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
He is only in his early thirties, but now Quinn Colson is jobless -- voted out of office as sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, thanks to the machinations of county kingpin Johnny Stagg. He has offers, in bigger and better places, but before he goes, he's got one more job to do -- bring down Stagg's criminal operations for good. At least that's the plan. But in the middle of the long, hot summer, a trio of criminals stage a bold, wall-smashing...
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 19
Language
English
Description
""Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in the next in Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles's New York Times bestselling historical mystery series. New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is happy with her place in the world. She and her policeman husband, Daniel, have built quite a life for themselves in Greenwich Village, in their modest-yet-beautiful-home in Patchin Place,...
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A Haunting tale of power, corruption, and the complex search for identity Conversation in The Cathedral takes place in 1950s Peru during the dictatorship of Manuel A. Odría. Over beers and a sea of freely spoken words, the conversation flows between two individuals, Santiago and Ambrosia, who talk of their tormented lives and of the overall degradation and frustration that has slowly taken over their town. Through a complicated web of secrets and...
70) The constant man
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Former Munich detective Willi Geimeiser is a wanted man. He sacrificed his career and put his life on the line by exposing a high-ranking Nazi official as a murderer, and is now in hiding in a cabin deep in the Bavarian forest.But when his friend, Lola, is savagely attacked, Willi returns to Munich in disguise and under a new identity - Karl Juncker - determined to find the perpetrator. Meanwhile, the discovery of the body of a woman in the River...
Author
Publisher
Roca Bolsillo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Es 1943 y la neutralidad de Suecia en la Segunda Guerra Mundial está bajo presión. Laura Dahlgren, la brillante y joven mano derecha del negociador jefe del Gobierno, está al tanto de estas tensiones. Sin embargo, cuando la mejor amiga de Laura de la época universitaria, Britta Hallberg, aparece asesinada a sangre fría, Laura está decidida a encontrar al asesino. Antes de su muerte, Britta envió una tesis sobre la discriminación racial en...
72) Collateral
Author
Series
Publisher
Dafina Books/Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"With her name finally cleared of a murder charge, Abrianna Parker can at last marry her partner, Kadir Kahlifa. But the two have barely shared the news with their team of street rebels and digital revolutionaries when a disturbing disappearance throws everything off course. A reporter is missing, but not just any reporter: Tomi Lehane, whose articles exposed Abrianna's parents and the shadow group behind the experiments that changed her life. Now...
Author
Publisher
CLASH Books
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"Readers are invited to The Pink Agave Motel, where brutality and intimacy ooze across the pages, exploring the depths of the unhinged imagination and how human desire unlocks the impulse to bite. Castro's voice, influenced by Mexican folklore and a feminist perspective, illuminates a deeper view of how unrequited love affects every type of being alike. The titular story focuses on Valentina, the proclaimed leader of a creature cohort, who manages...
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