Siguiendo las instrucciones de su amante, Gaia se encuentra en un parque de La Habana con cierta mujer misteriosa que la conduce a una mansión donde todo cambia continuamente. Pese al desconcierto que le dejará aquella breve visita, la joven regresa al lugar en busca de respuestas que le expliquen algunos fenómenos que comienzan a suceder a su alrededor. Su instinto -o quizá el destino- le indica que la solución del misterio podría estar en la casa. Allí pasará por experiencias surrealistas y aterradoras que, a la manera de los Misterios antiguos, la llevarán a un descubrimiento sobre sí misma. Ceremonias prohibidas, habitaciones mutantes, dioses en cuerpos humanos, humanos con figura de dioses: nada es seguro en ese universo sobrenatural, ni siquiera el amor; pero Gaia se aferrará a él como su última tabla de salvación. En Casa de juegos, el erotismo permite a los personajes alcanzar niveles místicos que trascienden la experiencia individual. Pero para llegar al fondo de ese conocimiento es necesario atravesar

¿Sería ella lo que andaba buscando su corazón? Trabajar para un jefe tan increíblemente guapo no debería haber sido tan difícil, pero Callie Stevens se dejó llevar por la atracción que sentía cuando él le pidió que tuviera un hijo con él. Por supuesto, el amor no formaba parte del trato. ¿O sí? Grant deseaba tener una familia, pero ya antes había puesto en peligro su corazón y había sufrido mucho por ello. La naturaleza sensata de Callie era exactamente lo que él creía estar buscando. Pero mientras se preparaban juntos para la llegada del esperado retoño, Grant se dio cuenta de que no podía seguir controlándose por más tiempo

Another rediscovered masterpiece from the Hungarian novelist whose "Embers" became an international bestseller — a sensuous, suspenseful, aphoristic novel about the world’s most notorious seducer and the encounter that changes him forever. In 1756 Giacomo Casanova escapes from a Venetian prison and resurfaces in the Italian village of Bolzano. Here he receives an unwelcome visitor: the aging but still fearsome Duke of Parma, who years before had defeated Casanova in a duel over a ravishing girl named Francesca and spared his life on condition that he never see her again. Now the duke has taken Francesca as his wife — and intercepted a love letter from her to his old rival. Rather than kill Casanova on the spot, he makes him a startling offer, one that is logical, perverse, and irresistible. Turning an historical episode into a dazzling fictional exploration of the clasp of desire and death, "Casanova in Bolzano" is further proof that Sándor Márai is one of the most distinctive voices of the twentieth century

A Dance to the Music of Time – his brilliant 12-novel sequence, which chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. The novels follow Nicholas Jenkins, Kenneth Widmerpool and others, as they negotiate the intellectual, cultural and social hurdles that stand between them and the “Acceptance World.”

Ella quería casarse… él necesitaba hacerlo Piper Duchess se sentía como si el mundo entero se hubiera olvidado de ella. Sus dos hermanas estaban felizmente casadas con dos hombres maravillosos, mientras que Piper vivía en Nueva York con la sensación de que su vida era todo trabajo y nada de placer. Tenía que hacer algo, así que decidió que si no podía vencerlos… ¡debía unirse a ellos! Sabía con quién quería casarse, el aristócrata Nic de Pastrana, que por cierto parecía necesitar su ayuda… De hecho, el futuro de su familia dependía de ello

What was supposed to be a quiet vacation in scenic Wyoming turned deadly when Hannah Cooper became the target of a serial killer. Although she survived the attack, the ordeal was far from over. But she wasn't alone. Not when Riley Patterson appointed himself her protector. Beneath Riley's strapping, solemn exterior hid a hard-driving sheriff who would stop at nothing to catch a killer. He promised Hannah safety, but it was the danger he posed that drew her in. Riley was as much a mystery as the man who sought to take her life. Trapped on his ranch, with no one but each other to trust, only justice could set them free.and possibly separate them forever

The scene is set in Cambridge, with three case histories from the past: A young child who mysteriously disappeared from a tent in her back garden; An unidentified man in a yellow jumper who marched into an office and slashed a young girl through the throat; and a young woman found by the police sitting in her kitchen next to the body of her husband, an axe buried in his head. Jackson Brodie, a private investigator and former police detective, is quietly contemplating life as a divorced father when he is flung into the midst of these resurrected old crimes. Julia and Amelia Land, long having given up hope of uncovering the truth of what happened to their baby sister, Olivia, suddenly discover her lost toy mouse in the study of their recently-deceased father. Enlisting Jackson's help they embroil him in the complexities of their own jealousies, obsessions and lust. A woman named Shirley needs Jackson to help find her lost niece. Amidst the incessant demands of the Land sisters, Jackson meets solicitor Theo Wyre whose daughter, Laura, was murdered in his office and, now that the police case has been closed, is desperate for Jackson to help him lay Laura's ghost to rest. As he starts his investigations Jackson has the sinister feeling that someone is following him. As he begins to unearth secrets that have remained hidden for many years, he is assailed by his former wife's plan to take his young daughter away to live in New Zealand, and his stalker becomes increasingly malevolent and dangerous. In digging into the past Jackson seems to have unwittingly threatened his own future.This wonderfully crafted, intricately plotted novel is heartbreaking, uplifting, full of suspense and often very funny, and shows Kate Atkinson returning to the literary scene at the height of her powers

For Nina Reilly, the mountain town of Lake Tahoe is home. It's where she forged a successful career as a tough, resourceful attorney – and raised her teenage son, Bob, alone. Back from a stint in Monterey, where her love life took a tumble, Nina has returned to her Tahoe law office with her old friends Sandy Whitefeather and Sandy 's son, Wish. It isn't long before she has a new client whose wife was shot and killed during a casino-district robbery two years before. The police have no suspects, and the robbery victims, three students, lied about their identities and are hiding outside California and the reach of the court. Two of the witnesses have fled to a village not far from the home of Bob's father, Kurt Scott, in Germany. As Nina tries to unravel the mystery of one violent Tahoe night, a harrowing journey begins – one that takes her from the dark underworld of Tahoe's casinos to the halls of a prestigious East Coast university to Europe and an emotional reunion with Kurt. As old feelings are rekindled, Nina's case turns violent. Everyone has something to hide – the brilliant but unstable mathematics student who has made an astonishing discovery, the owner of a motel where the shooting took place, and the shooter, who has turned the whole case into a gigantic lie

In 1953 Pierce Duncan leaves college as an innocent and sets off to see America. His road trip will take him from the savagery of a Georgia chain gang to a wild ride through Texas to the darkest side of the Las Vegas fight game — and, finally, to San Francisco, the far end of the world. Along the backstreets and freight lines Dunc will meet beautiful women, dangerous men, and murder. And in California, home of the lost and the outcast, he will join up with the dynamic head of a private investigation agency. Here he will learn everything about being a man — and about brutal betrayal. Joe Gores has written a violence-marked love letter to a lost time in America, and a San Francisco roiling with the unexpected. With Dunc’s mind teeming with the cadences of Hemingway and Joyce. CASES is also an ode to the art of writing itself: writing as vivid as a lightning storm over a lonely highway, as unforgettable as a first kiss, as haunting as a dead woman’s eyes

In a near future Tokyo, every action—from blinking to sexual intercourse—is intellectual property owned by corporations that charge licensing fees. A BodyBank computer system implanted in each citizen records their movements from moment to moment, and connects them to the audio-visual overlay of the ImmaNet, so that every inch of this cyber-dystopian metropolis crawls with information and shifting cinematic promotainment

¿Dónde está la frontera entre la culpabilidad y la inocencia? Solo un escritor como Jeffrey Archer es capaz de imprimir en las conciencias un sentimiento tan complejo como la duda. ¿Puede un convicto confesar su culpabilidad y conseguir que se desee su libertad, que se crea en su inocencia? Este es el dilema que presenta uno de los doce relatos, manifestación de talento y elegancia narrativa, que, inspirados en historias inolvidables de personajes reales, abordan la cuestión de la delincuencia: entre el engaño y la estafa, entre el asesinato y el robo, estos maravillosos relatos guían al lector por los laberintos de un mundo paralelo y subterráneo. Pero al tiempo muestran el lado más humano de sus protagonistas, culpables, pero no tanto. Aunque algunas de estas historias fueron conocidas por el autor tras su puesta en libertad, la mayoría lo fueron durante su estancia en prisión, lo que les da una unidad de fondo. Todas confirman a Archer como uno de los mejores creadores de relatos cortos de la actualidad. Las ilustraciones del inigualable Ronald Searle representan un valor añadido de una edición inolvidable. «Con estilo, ingenioso y siempre entretenido… Jeffrey Archer tiene una aptitud natural para las historias cortas.» – The Times «Probablemente el mejor contador de historias de nuestro tiempo.» – Mail-on Sunday «Un narrador de la talla de Alejandro Dumas.» – Washington Post «Archer es un maestro del entretenimiento.» – Time «Este hombre es un genio.» – Evening Standard «Archer es un narrador excelente, que cumple las expectativas del lector: el deseo de pasar la página y saber qué ocurre después.» – Sunday Times «Archer tiene un don para la trama que solo se puede definir como genial.» – Daily Telegraph

Primera hora de la mañana. La llamada a casa del comisario Roy Grace para informar sobre el hallazgo del cadáver de una mujer en un macabro escenario desata en el sofocante agosto de Brighton un despliegue policial que se irá viendo incrementado con la aparición de más víctimas. Con la ayuda del sargento Glenn Branson y del resto de su equipo, Grace deberá hacer frente al torbellino de pesquisas e interrogatorios agotadores, atormentado por la sombra de su esposa desaparecida, Sandy, que al parecer ha sido vista en Munich tras nueve años de ausencia. El lujo, la belleza y el dinero que decorara el mundo de las víctimas se van desdibujando progresivamente en medio de la sangre y la sospecha. Azuzada por la falta de noticias en verano, la prensa clava sus fauces en el caso y Roy Grace se convierte en el punto de mira de una ciudad plagada de turistas. Ante la presión de los medios de comunicación y el creciente nerviosismo de los ciudadanos, la policía investiga a contrarreloj los macabros asesinatos cuyas pistas van cercando casi sin respiro a un único sospechoso. Pero ¿cómo puede un hombre matar a su víctima y encontrarse al mismo tiempo a noventa kilómetros de distancia?

A instancias de su padre, Lady Victoria Wexhall se ve forzada a viajar de Londres a la finca rural del vizconde Sutton, en Cornualles, donde no se interesa tanto por el noble como por su hermano menor, el doctor Nathan Oliver, un antiguo espía. El destino ha vuelto a unir a Victoria con el primer hombre a quien besó, hace tres años, antes de que desapareciera del mapa tras el fin turbio de una de sus misiones. Espoleada por la búsqueda de unas joyas robadas y la persecución del ladrón, la relación entre Victoria y Nathan avanza a fogonazos por una novela donde abundan los pretendientes de alcurnia, los diálogos incisivos y la sensualidad de la Regencia

 My name is Drood, Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond. For generations my family has protected you ordinary mortals against things that lurk in the darkness, just out of sight, but not at all out of mind. Unfortunately, I've had a falling out with my near and dear (some of whom were trying to kill me), so my true love—and powerful witch—Molly Metcalf and I are now in the employ of The Department of the Uncanny. We've been given an Extremely Important Assignment: attend Casino Infernale, an annual event held by the Shadow Bank, financiers of all global supernatural crime. Our mission: rig the game and bring down the Shadow Bank. But at Casino Infernale, the stakes are high indeed—winner takes all and losers give up their souls

Frank Rosenthal, El Zurdo, tuvo algo de simbólica: como la traca final de una era en la historia de la capital mundial del juego, Las Vegas. Rosenthal, formado en la escuela de las apuestas deportivas ilegales llegó, como otros muchos, a Las Vegas con el propósito de hacer olvidar su pasado y seguir trabajando en lo que siempre había hecho: ser jugador. La pequeña ciudad de Nevada, sumidero de esperanzas bajo una capa febril y brillante, era una verdadera mina de oro, ideal para quienes patrocinaron la mudanza de Rosenthal, como también la de su viejo amigo Tony Spilotro, tan amante del dinero como de la violencia. Ambos fueron símbolos de una etapa frenética, trufada de violencia e ilegalidades, marcada por los intentos de la Mafia de establecer su hegemonía sobre los casinos. Una ciudad sin sitio para el amor, por lo que éste -como el que sentía Rosenthal hacia Geri, su esposa- estaba abocado al fracaso. Casino, basada en hechos reales es, más allá de una novela de ritmo casi cinematográfico, un fascinante documento sobre el mundo del juego, sus leyes y sus corruptelas. Amor y adulterio, negocio y delito se entremezclan en una obra intensa y original, reveladora y absorbente

From Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy -the #1 bestseller that became Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award-winning film GoodFellas-comes the brilliantly told true story of love, marriage, adultery, murder, and revenge, Mafia-style… the shattering inside account of how the mob finally lost its stranglehold over the neon money-making machine it created: the multibillion-dollar casino gambling industry of Las Vegas

In Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary), he took a job digging up a shallow grave. It turned out badly. In Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, he took a job as a bodyguard at a séance. It turned out worse. But now, meet the new, improved Andrew Mayhem. He has a real job. He's a better father and husband. And he's vowed to quit accepting money from strange women in coffee shops to perform tasks that go terribly, terribly wrong. This time he's just taking a relaxing camping trip with his family and best friend. No shortcuts. The gas tank is full. The sinister warning of the crazy old man is taken seriously. Unfortunately, when you're Andrew Mayhem, you just can't help being attacked by a group of savage killers bent on inflicting ghastly torture and bringing horrific death. Relentlessly pursued through a booby-trapped forest, it's one crisis after another as Andrew fights to protect his family, loses a body part or two, and faces the single darkest moment of his entire life. Action-packed, twisted, and completely outrageous, Casket For Sale (Only Used Once) is the funniest and scariest Andrew Mayhem adventure yet!

«Caso cerrado, de Robert Rotenberg, es uno de los mejores libros que he leído en años. Lo devoré en dos sentadas. Rotenberg escribe con aplomo y desenvoltura. Tiene una serie de personajes que bien pueden convertirse en clásicos. Incluso posee sentido del humor. Es una de esas novelas en las que basta con leer el primer capítulo para quedarse enganchado. Si Caso cerrado no gana un premio Edgar, cambio mi estilográfica por una caña de pescar.» – DOUGLAS PRESTON «Hoy podemos vivir Venecia a través de Donna León, Edimburgo a través de lan Rankin, Los Ángeles a través de Michael Connelly. Toronto, una de las ciudades hasta ahora sin padre literario, lo viviremos a través de Robert Rotenberg.» – Times Literary Supplement «Caso cerrado de Robert Rotenberg posee todo lo que debe tener una intriga legal, y más: personajes absolutamente atractivos; una trama tensa y creíble; un ritmo casi extenuante y, por encima de todo, una de las mejores prosas que he leído en años. Este libro tiene escrita la palabra “ganador" por todas partes.» – NELSON DEMILLE «Ágil, completa y llena de un cautivador reparto de personajes. Caso cerrado capta la vibración y el alma de Toronto.» – KATHY REICHS «Asombrosa… y aún más si se considera que es la primera novela del autor. Una trama como una telaraña firmemente urdida y una rica gama de personajes convierte esta obra en una lectura absorbente. Y de particular interés es el marco; Robert Rotenberg hace por Toronto lo que lan Rankin hace por Edimburgo.» – JEFFREY DEAVER *** "En la tradición de los abogados defensores convertidos en escritores, como Scott Turow y John Grisham, el letrado Robert Rotenberg debuta en la novela con esta intriga legal, a la que aporta su rico conocimiento forense. Debería haber sido un caso visto y no visto. El principal presentador de radio del Canadá, Kevin Brace, ha confesado que ha dado muerte a su joven esposa. Ha salido a la puerta de su apartamento de lujo con las manos cubiertas de sangre y le ha dicho al repartidor de prensa: «La he matado». El cadáver de su mujer yace en la bañera con una herida mortal de cuchillo justo debajo del esternón. Ahora, sólo debería quedar el procedimiento legal: documentar la escena del crimen, llevar el caso a juicio y se acabó. El problema es que, después de musitar esas palabras incriminadoras, Brace se niega a hablar con nadie, ni siquiera con su propia abogada. Con el descubrimiento de que la víctima era una alcohólica autodestructiva, la aparición de unas extrañas huellas dactilares en la escena del crimen y un revelador interrogatorio judicial, el caso, aparentemente sencillo, empieza a adquirir todas las complejidades de un juicio por asesinato ardorosamente disputado. Firmemente enraizada en Toronto, desde la antigua prisión del Don hasta el depósito de cadáveres o los umbríos corredores de la histórica sala de justicia del Ayuntamiento Viejo, Caso cerrado nos conduce en una visita fascinante a una ciudad tan vital y excitante como el mosaico abigarrado que puebla el relato de Rotenberg. Están Awotwe Amankwah, el único periodista negro que cubre el crimen; el juez Jonathan Summers, un ex capitán de la Marina que dirige su tribunal como si todavía estuviera en el puente de mando; Edna Wingate, una «esposa de guerra» británica de ochenta y tres años fervorosa practicante del yoga con calor, y Daniel Kennicott, ex abogado de un gran bufete que se hizo policía después de que su hermano fuese asesinado y la investigación terminara en un callejón sin salida

Casper became a national celebrity when newspapers ran the story of the amazing cat that regularly took the No. 3 bus on journeys around his home town, Plymouth, in Devon. While his devoted owner Sue Finden had wondered where her elusive pet was disappearing to each day, Casper was brightening the lives of countless commuters. Bus drivers, too, were getting well-acquainted with Casper, and notices went up in their depot alerting staff that a very special passenger might board their vehicle. In fact, he became a mascot for the bus company, and pictures of him and Susan adorned No. 3 buses. When Casper was sadly killed by a car in early 2010 messages of sympathy flooded in from places as far a field as Australia and Argentina. It quickly became clear that Casper and his remarkable story had touched the lives of many people around the world. Movingly told by the owner who loved him dearly, Casper the Commuting Cat is the touching story of a very special black-and-white cat who rode the bus and stole our hearts

The lives of officers in an Air Force squadron in occupied Europe encompass the contradictions of military experience and the men’s response to a young newcomer, bright and ambitious, whose fate is to be an emblem of their own. In Cassada, Salter captures the strange comradeship of loneliness, trust, and alienation among military men ready to sacrifice all in the name of duty and pride. After futile attempts at ordinary revision, Salter elected to begin with a blank page, to compose an entirely new novel based upon the characters and events of his second long unavailable novel, The Arm of Flesh. The result, Cassada, is a masterpiece

Come la principessa troiana anche la protagonista di questo racconto vede il futuro senza essere creduta, ed anche la speranza muore presto nel futuro che ci aspetta. Vincitore del premio Hugo per il miglior racconto breve (Short Story) in 1979. Nominato per il premio Nebula per il miglior racconto breve (Short Story) in 1979

**"Witty, touching and totally absorbing." --Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project** **If you had the power to change the past...where would you start?** Cassandra Penelope Dankworth is a creature of habit. She likes what she likes (museums, jumpsuits, her boyfriend, Will) and strongly dislikes what she doesn't (mess, change, her boss drinking out of her mug). Her life runs in a pleasing, predictable order...until now. * She's just been dumped. * She's just been fired. * Her local cafe has run out of banana muffins. Then, something truly unexpected happens: Cassie discovers she can go back and change the past. One small rewind at a time, Cassie attempts to fix the life she accidentally obliterated, but soon she'll discover she's trying to fix all the wrong things. "A great read-alike for The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore,

Мы вступили бы в противоречие с духом группы, попытавшись создать что-то вроде официальной, причесанной биографии Cassiber. Вместо этого мы решили попросить ключевых свидетелей — людей различных национальных и культурных традиций, которые играли с группой, писали о ней, организовывали концерты или участвовали в них — изложить свои личные впечатления и переживания, поделиться чувствами, которые они испытывали тогда, — по крайней мере, настолько, насколько это возможно сейчас, двадцать пять или тридцать лет спустя… От переводчика: история этой замечательной группы интересна и сама по себе, и как зеркало 80-х годов прошлого века, изменивших не только политическую структуру мира, но также и способы культурного восприятия окружающей действительности различными социальными группами. Ветер перемен врывался в сознание людей, политизируя всё, что попадалось на его пути. Массовые культурологические деформации устремлений, взглядов, намерений во многом способствовали разразившемуся кризису прогрессивного рока и смежных областей культуры. Поэтому многим будет интересно оценить, как музыканты, играющие экспериментальную, авангардную музыку, рулили свозь все эти культурологические заморочки и даже пытались выражать свою политическую позицию с помощью импровизаций, сэмплирования и ударов железом по железу… По мере перевода я старался объяснять некоторые моменты в тексте, могущие вызвать затруднение у русскоязычных читателей. Поэтому примечания по ходу изложения могут быть сделаны как авторами эссе, так и переводчиком. В этом отношении показателен фрагмент немецкого журналиста Петера Кемпера, почему-то твёрдо уверенного, что мы просто обязаны знать все перипетии политической жизни Германии 80-х… — tatuk

It would have been contrary to the spirit of the group to try to confect some sort of official, tidied up, biography. Instead, we chose to ask a few key witnesses from different national and cultural backgrounds — people who had played with the band, written about it, organised or attended its concerts — to set down their personal impressions and experiences; to give some feeling for the way Cassiber had been received in its own time, at least so far as that was possible some twenty-five or thirty years later…

Cassidy’s Run is the riveting story of one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War—an espionage operation mounted by Washington against the Soviet Union that ran for twenty-three years. At the highest levels of the government, its code name was Operation shocker. Lured by a double agent working for the United States, ten Russian spies, including a professor at the University of Minnesota, his wife, and a classic “sleeper” spy in New York City, were sent by Moscow to penetrate America’s secrets. Two FBI agents were killed, and secret formulas were passed to the Russians in a dangerous ploy that could have spurred Moscow to create the world’s most powerful nerve gas. Cassidy’s Run tells this extraordinary true story for the first time, following a trail that leads from Washington to Moscow, with detours to Florida, Minnesota, and Mexico. Based on documents secret until now and scores of interviews in the United States and Russia, the book reveals that: • more than 4,500 pages of classified documents, including U.S. nerve gas formulas, were passed to the Soviet Union in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars • an “Armageddon code,” a telephone call to a number in New York City, was to alert the sleeper spy to an impending nuclear attack—a warning he would transmit to the Soviets by radio signal from atop a rock in Central Park • two FBI agents were killed when their plane crashed during surveillance of one of the Soviet spies as he headed for the Canadian border • secret “drops” for microdots were set up by Moscow from New York to Florida to Washington More than a cloak-and-dagger tale, Cassidy’s Run is the spellbinding story of one ordinary man, Sergeant Joe Cassidy, not trained as a spy, who suddenly found himself the FBI’s secret weapon in a dangerous clandestine war. “Cassidy’s Run shows, once again, that few writers know the ins and outs of the spy game like David Wise… his research is meticulous in this true story of espionage that reads like a thriller.” “The Master has done it again. David Wise, the best observer and chronicler of spies there is, has told another gripping story. This one comes from the cold war combat over nerve gas and is spookier than ever because it’s all true.”

In his brilliant first novel, The Cold War Swap, Ross Thomas introduced two witty characters named Mac McCorkle and Michael Padillo, a barkeep and a government agent, who become partners in a saloon and in the deadly game of espionage. The response of readers and critics to both the novel and the characters was extraordinary, and some reviewers hoped in print for another Thomas novel featuring the pair. Cast a Yellow Shadow is it. McCorkle and Padillo are back — McCorkle with a saloon, Padillo with trouble — this time in Washington, D.C. Padillo, who had dropped out of sight over a year before in Germany, suddenly turns up in Washington, stabbed but alive. Mac, tending to Padillo, discovers that his own wife has been kidnapped and is being secretly held by officials of a South African nation who want Padillo to assassinate their prime minister. To reveal more is unnecessary. Readers of Ross Thomas will expect excitement, violence, and unexpected twists, told with wit and skill — and they will get them and more in Cast a Yellow Shadow

While the tumultuous 1970s rock the world around them, a collection of aging expatriates linger in a quiet town on the island of Crete, where they have escaped their pasts and their present. Among them is Horace, a gay American writer who fears he has finally reached old age. Friends only frustrate him, and his youthful Greek lover provides little satisfaction. Idling his time away with alcohol and working on a novel that he will never finish, Horace feels closer than ever to his own sorry end. That is, until a young, enigmatic American woman named Helen joins his crowd of outsiders. In Helen, Horace discovers someone brilliant, beautiful, and stubbornly mysterious — in short, she becomes his absolute obsession. But as Horace knows, people have a way of preserving their secrets even as they try to forget them. Soon, Helen’s past begins to follow her to Crete. A suicidal ex-lover appears without warning; whispers of her long-dead sister surface in local gossip; and signs of ancient Gypsy rituals come to the fore. Helen vanishes. Deep down, Horace knows that he must find her before he can find any peace within himself

THE END OF HER JOURNEY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING... The Barrani would be happy to see her die. So Kaylin Neya is a bit surprised by her safe arrival in the West March. Especially when enemies new and old surround her and those she would call friends are equally dangerous... And then the real trouble starts. Kaylin's assignment is to be a "harmoniste"-one who helps tell the truth behind a Barrani Recitation. But in a land where words are more effective than weapons, Kaylin's duties are deadly. With the wrong phrase she could tear a people further asunder. And with the right ones...well, then she might be able to heal a blight on a race. If only she understood the story

In 1989, a killer dumped the body of twenty-year-old Lucie Martin into a picturesque lake in the West of France. Fourteen years later, during a summer heatwave, a drought exposed her remains — bleached bones amid the scorched mud and slime. No one was ever convicted of her murder. But now, forensic expert Enzo Macleod is reviewing this stone cold case — the toughest of those he has been challenged to solve. Yet when Enzo finds a flaw in the original evidence surrounding Lucie’s murder, he opens a Pandora’s box that not only raises old ghosts but endangers his entire family

What if you were thrown into a foreign society, never to see home again? What would you do and could you survive? Joe Colsco boarded a flight from San Francisco to Chicago to attend a national chemistry meeting. He would never set foot on Earth again. On planet Anyar, Joe is found unconscious on a beach of a large island inhabited by humans where the level of technology is similar to Earth circa 1700. He awakes amidst strangers speaking an unintelligible language, and struggles to accept losing his previous life and finding a place in a society with different customs, needing a way to support himself, and not knowing a single soul. His worry about finding a place is assuaged when he finds ways to apply his knowledge of chemistry—as long as he is circumspect in introducing new knowledge not too far in advance of the planet’s technology and being labelled a demon. As he adjusts, Joe finds that he has be dropped into a developing clash between the people who cared for him, and for whom he develops an affinity, and a military power from elsewhere on the planet, a power with designs on conquest. Unaware, Joseph Colsco has been poured into a crucible, where time and trials will transform him in ways he could never have imagined

Holt es, junto a Mankell, el referente de la literatura policíaca escandinava actual. En un frío sótano en algún lugar de Noruega se halla encerrada Emilie, una niña de nueve años. Desconoce donde está y el motivo de su encierro. Tampoco sabe quién es el hombre que regularmente le ofrece comida y bebida; sin embargo, su instinto le dice que se comporte bien con él. Los días se suceden y la intranquilidad se va apoderando del país.Yngvar Stubo, el comisario del servicio de criminología noruego encargado del caso, decide solicitar la ayuda de Inger Johanne Vik, una psicóloga que en el pasado trabajó como profiler para el FBI. Anne Holt es una de las autoras escandinavas más populares del momento, con más de tres millones de ejemplares vendidos en Alemania y los países nórdicos

With fifteenth-century Spain rent with intrigue and threatened by civil war, Isabella becomes the pawn of her half-crazed mother and a virtual prisoner at the licentious court of her half-brother, Henry IV. At sixteen years old, is she already fated to be the victim of the Queen’s revenge, the Archbishop’s ambition and the lust of the lecherous Don Pedro Girón? Numbed by grief and fear, Isabella remains steadfast in her determination to marry Ferdinand, the handsome young Prince of Aragon, and her only true betrothed

Castle by J. Robert Lennon is a mesmerizing novel about memory, guilt, power, and violence. In the late winter of 2006, I returned to my home town and bought 612 acres of land on the far western edge of the county.” So begins, innocuously enough, J. Robert Lennon’s gripping, spooky, and brilliant new novel. Unforthcoming, formal, and more than a little defensive in his encounters with curious locals, Eric Loesch starts renovating a run-down house in the small, upstate New York town of his childhood. When he inspects the title to the property, however, he discovers a chunk of land in the middle of his woods that he does not own. What’s more, the name of the owner is blacked out. Loesch sets out to explore the forbidding and almost impenetrable forest — lifeless, it seems, but for a bewitching white deer — that is the site of an eighteenth-century Indian massacre. But this peculiar adventure story has much to do with America’s current military misadventures — and Loesch’s secrets come to mirror the American psyche in a paranoid age. The answer to what — and who — might lie at the heart of Loesch’s property stands at the center of this daring and riveting novel from the author whose writing, according to Ann Patchett, “contains enough electricity to light up the country.””

A castle is about to be dismantled and flown to Paris where it will be reassembled for an international exhibit of architectural styles. But a deposed South American dictator has hidden his entire fortune of cash, stocks, and jewelry inside twelve stones of the castle. Lida Perez, a sexy and fiery revolutionary who wants to get her hands on the loot to further her political cause, enlists the aid of British master-criminal Eustace Dench to mastermind the heist. And once again Donald Westlake perpetrates a criminally funny tale of international intrigue and hijinks

Orphaned and besieged, Princess Alesandra knew that only a hasty marriage to an Englishman could protect her from the turmoil in her own land. To the amusement of her makeshift guardian, Colin, younger brother of the Marquess of Cainewood, the bold, raven-haired beauty instantly captivated London society. But when Alesandra was nearly abducted by her unscrupulous countrymen, the fighting instincts that won Colin a knighthood for valor were rekindled. Deceiving himself that he wanted only to protect her, Colin swept her into a union meant to be a marriage in name alone...yet Alesandra's tender first kiss and hesitant caress ignited a wildfire in his soul. As the lovely princess dashed headlong into unforeseen dangers, Colin would follow, knowing he must claim her as his own forever. Now he would risk life itself before he would lose this sweet, tempestuous angel

Узнайте, как эволюционировала сага – от платформера и исследования к элементам RPG и 3D-слэшеру. Внутри вас ждет не только сюжет и лор франшизы, но и описание механик, история разработки, а также примеры, как серия Castlevania повлияла на игровую индустрию. Погрузитесь в леденящую душу историю: Чем, кроме «Дракулы» Брэма Стокера, вдохновлялись разработчики и как роман стал частью канона. Что общего у кнута «Убийца вампиров» с «Клинками Хаоса» из God of War. Как эволюционировала музыка серии и почему сейчас она считается легендарной. В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги

«Casual» — первый роман Оксаны Робски. Журналист и сценарист по образованию, состоятельная женщина по положению, Оксана Робски с легкой иронией пишет об обитателях респектабельных особняков. Авантюрный роман-коктейль, построенный на интригующем сочетании детективной коллизии и романтической истории, представляет собой литературную хронику реальных событий частной жизни российской буржуазии

Оксана Робски – автор восьми книг, ставших бестселлерами. Число книг-подражаний растет с каждым днем, маститые журналисты и искушенные критики продолжают яростно обсуждать этот феномен литературы. Героиня ее нового романа – успешная и независимая писательница. У нее есть собственный дом, бывший муж, любимый сын и родители, которых надо поддерживать материально, подруги с личными проблемами, перспективный поклонник и собственный телефонный маньяк. Можно заработать миллионы и подняться на вершину успеха, но у всего есть своя цена. Готова ли героиня столкнуться с обратной стороной славы?

Burden of command… It’s a dark time for Atlantis. Following the first Asuran clashes, Colonel Sheppard is buckling under the strain of command. When his team discovers Ancient technology which can defeat the Asuran menace, he is determined that Atlantis must possess it — at all costs. But the involvement of Atlantis heightens local suspicions and brings two peoples to the point of war. Elizabeth Weir believes only her negotiating skills can hope to prevent the carnage, but when her diplomatic mission is attacked — and two of Sheppard’s team are lost — both Weir and Sheppard must question their decisions. And their abilities to command. As the first shots are fired, the Atlantis team must find a way to end the conflict — or live with the blood of innocents on their hands… The book was created by the InterWorld's Bookforge. http://interworldbookforge.blogspot.ru/. Follow for new books. http://politvopros.blogspot.ru/ — PQA: Political question and answer. The blog about russian and the world politics. http://auristian.livejournal.com/ — Interworld's political blog in LJ. https://vk.com/bookforge — community of Bookforge in VK. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Кузница-книг-InterWorldа/816942508355261?ref=aymt_homepage_panel — Bookforge's community in Facebook