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ATRÉVETE A DESCUBRIR LA DEVASTADORA VERDAD SOBRE LA MUERTE DE KAT GUINEE.
Una tormenta de nieve azota Nueva York.
Kat Guinee se precipita desde la azotea de un edificio del barrio Corona.
Los hechos arrojan dudas desde el principio.
¿Se suicidó o la mataron?
Los detectives Randall Jacobs y Dakota Siegel intentarán disipar la niebla que les impide ver más allá de las
evidencias.
La posición del cuerpo no apunta a un suicidio.
Los inquilinos...
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Mejor Primera Novela, CrimeReads
Finalista del Premio Edgar a la Mejor Primera Novela.
Bobby Saraceno tiene un padre afroamericano a quien nunca conoció y una madre blanca que, por momentos, desearía no conocer. Criado por un abuelo racista e intolerante decide ocultarle la verdad de su familia a todos. Es el año 1995 y en la ciudad de Pittsburgh a sus veintidós años Bobby se hace pasar por blanco. Aaron es su mejor amigo y acaba de salir de...
3) Five Nights
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A powerful family. A luxury cruise. A dark secret.
The Scarmados are the most famous family in Britain, notorious for throwing lavish parties funded by their media and shipping empire. Now, head of the family Mattia is about to retire, and he's taken his four children and his new young wife Belle on the maiden voyage of one of his luxury cruise ships. The tabloids are buzzing: is he about to announce his successor?
Belle has insisted her best friend...
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From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the Water is the third instalment in James Naughtie's brilliant spy series, about three brothers whose lives are all entwined with the intelligence services.
Will Flemyng, originally trained as a spy, is now British ambassador to Washington. Meanwhile, his older brother Mungo is recuperating from a heart attack in their beloved Scottish highland family home, and Abel, the youngest of...
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Susan wakes up alone in a room she doesn't recognise, with no memory of how she got there. She only knows that she is trapped, and her daughter is missing. The relief that engulfs her when she hears her daughter's voice through the wall is quickly replaced by fear. The person who has imprisoned her has her daughter, too. Devising a plan to keep her daughter safe, Susan begins to get closer to her unknown captor. And suddenly, she realises that she...
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TAKEN. The timber wolves of Fallston, South Dakota fall prey to an international ring of fur trappers. Unfortunately, timber wolves are not all they capture. Taken by a savage group of criminals and transported half a world away to Denmark, two young boys must set aside their sibling rivalry to survive the violence that surrounds them. HAUNTED. Julie Walker is haunted by the loss of her sons and haunted by the reappearance of the one man she never...
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Premio Edgar Mejor Primera Novela
Mejor Libro del Año en: Time, WashingtonPost, Today Show, Library Journal, Crime Reads.
"Un fascinante estudio sobre la maleabilidad de la verdad''. –The New York Times.
Siete testigos juraron decir la verdad. Todos mintieron.Una madre injustamente acusada. Un pueblo entero en su contra.
¿Hasta dónde llegarías para proteger a quienes amas?
Es el primer día del juicio, y allí están todos. En Miracle Creek...
8) Threat Axis
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In the midst of a global manhunt, the leader of the world's largest private army sees his opportunity to upset the international order.
Ian Thomas is supposed to be dead. An international terrorist responsible for the bombing of the US Naval War College, he's been deceased for three years. But Don Riley, head of the CIA's Emerging Threats Group, is staring at a social media post showing him to be very much alive and on the run in South America.
The...
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Amusement parks are supposed to be about fun and entertainment . . .
. . . not death.
A marine biology and science-themed park is scheduled to open later this year. But there seems to be something sinister going on beneath the surface.
OceanTech's Paradisum is a cutting-edge operation, and they are hoping to capitalize on the growing trend of education-based vacation destinations. The park's CEO, Adrian Crawford, has spent his entire professional...
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Adulterio, identidades falsas, oscuros motivos, plagio,
sadomasoquismo, saltos de capítulo inusuales, un pequeño
asesinato aquí y allá. Donlea ha logrado atraparte otra vez".
-The New York Times.
Avery Mason es la presentadora de Eventos Nacionales y acaba de recibir
una noticia que será historia: por primera vez en veinte años y, gracias
a una nueva tecnología, han identifi cado los huesos de una víctima del
atentado a las Torres...
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Mejor Primera Novela, CrimeReads
Finalista del Premio Edgar a la Mejor Primera Novela.
Bobby Saraceno tiene un padre afroamericano a quien nunca conoció y una madre blanca que, por momentos, desearía no conocer. Criado por un abuelo racista e intolerante decide ocultarle la verdad de su familia a todos. Es el año 1995 y en la ciudad de Pittsburgh a sus veintidós años Bobby se hace pasar por blanco. Aaron es su mejor amigo y acaba de salir de...
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Premio Edgar Mejor Primera Novela
Mejor Libro del Año en: Time, WashingtonPost, Today Show, Library Journal, Crime Reads.
"Un fascinante estudio sobre la maleabilidad de la verdad''. –The New York Times.
Siete testigos juraron decir la verdad. Todos mintieron.Una madre injustamente acusada. Un pueblo entero en su contra.
¿Hasta dónde llegarías para proteger a quienes amas?
Es el primer día del juicio, y allí están todos. En Miracle Creek...
13) The Twenty
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'Some authors spook you. Some authors unnerve me. Very few authors frighten you - but very few authors are Sam Holland. is smart and brooding, icepick-sharp and shadow-dark; best of all, though, it's scary as hell. Think you're tough? Pick up this novel and prove it'AJ Finn, author of 'Bodies (lots of them), grisly crime-scenes pored over by complex characters with even more complex relationships. What's not to love? With Sam Holland establishes herself...
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On the death of her aunt, returns once more to Gwyn's home on the remote island of Anglesey, Wales, with young daughter in tow. Lowri hadn't seen her aunt in years, but this beautiful island offers a fresh start. Yet right away, strange things begin to happen. Ruby insists an old woman is visiting her when no one else is watching, and a tattered old doll keeps being left for Ruby to find. Then Ruby goes missing. Desperately seeking answers no one...
15) Scar Tissue
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Every battle leaves its mark...
Ex-Special Forces soldier Alex Abbott escaped the Middle East under a cloud and now lives hand-to-mouth in Singapore. Scraping a living as a gun for hire and estranged from his family, Abbott is haunted by ghosts of the past, drinking to dull the pain. Life's tough, but there is one upside - at least he's not in Baghdad.
That's about to change.
When a job goes badly wrong, Abbott's in hot water. Next he learns that...
16) The Dream Home
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IT WAS EVERYTHING THEY WANTED. AND MORE THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR . . .
THE UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MOTHER, THE CATCH AND THE HOLIDAY
Adam and Jess move into a new house with their three young children: a rambling Victorian villa in a nice neighbourhood right at the very top of their price range. Before long Adam discovers a door hidden behind a fitted wardrobe, concealing a secret room . . .
Inside...
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Discovered after more than 40 years, a vintage action-adventure novel set on Domino Island – a Caribbean paradise toppling under murder, corruption and organised crime… 'Like a dream come true – an undiscovered Desmond Bagley novel … and it's a great one!' LEE CHILD Bill Kemp, an ex-serviceman working in London as an insurance investigator, is sent to the Caribbean to verify a life insurance claim that will make property magnate David Salton's...
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An impossible heist. An ancient code. A deadly race against time…
High in the Italian alps, cut off from the outside world, sits a chapel battered by winds and icy blizzards. The priests who guard this sacred place have sworn to protect the dangerous treasure that lies within their walls.
But when Joe Mason and his team are called to the remote church, they find its ancient stones reduced to rubble, the priests murdered in cold blood and their...
19) The Price
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Clara and George's world has been turned upside down. Having a baby was supposed to bring them closer but they've just got the news that every parent dreads. Their baby Tabatha is ill and has cancer. George throws himself into work and gathering enough evidence to put local bad guy Mantel away for good. Although when Mantel's businesses become the victims of robberies, the case becomes more complicated. Could the person responsible be close to home?...
20) The Fifth Guest
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The invitation you don't want to receive...
A group of old friends gather in a beautiful house by the river in Barnes, for a dinner party.
They've barely each other since they left Oxford twenty years ago, and they don't like to look back on those days so much. As we find out, their student flatmate, Henry Bellinger, died one night on the eve of the Boat Race.
All five have been invited to attend a memorial for Henry the following day, and they're...
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