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The Madness of July: A Thriller
by James NaughtieSet in the endgame of the Cold War, The Madness of July is an instant classic: an explosive, brilliantly written spy novel, by an author who has spent his life in the halls of power. The Madness of July is set in the late 1970s, and takes place during six sweltering days in the month that gives the book its title. Will Flemyng was trained as a spy for a life behind enemy lines, but now he is in politics—and rising to the top. But when a bizarre death starts to unravel some of the most sensitive secrets of his government, Will is drawn back into the shadows of the Cold War and begins to dance with danger once more. Buffeted by political forces and the powerful women around him, and caught in interlocking mysteries he must disentangle—including a potentially lethal family secret—Flemyng faces his vulnerability and learns, through betrayal and tragedy, more truth about his world than he has ever known. Masterfully weaving together espionage, political intrigue, and family drama, James Naughtie has written a spy novel for the ages, worthy of comparison to the finest work of Charles McCarry and Robert Littell.
The Madness of July: A Thriller
by James NaughtieSet in the endgame of the Cold War, The Madness of July is an instant classic: an explosive, brilliantly written spy novel, by an author who has spent his life in the halls of power. The Madness of July is set in the late 1970s, and takes place during six sweltering days in the month that gives the book its title. Will Flemyng was trained as a spy for a life behind enemy lines, but now he is in politics--and rising to the top. But when a bizarre death starts to unravel some of the most sensitive secrets of his government, Will is drawn back into the shadows of the Cold War and begins to dance with danger once more. Buffeted by political forces and the powerful women around him, and caught in interlocking mysteries he must disentangle--including a potentially lethal family secret--Flemyng faces his vulnerability and learns, through betrayal and tragedy, more truth about his world than he has ever known. Masterfully weaving together espionage, political intrigue, and family drama, James Naughtie has written a spy novel for the ages, worthy of comparison to the finest work of Charles McCarry and Robert Littell.
The Madness of July
by James NaughtieSet in the endgame of the Cold War, The Madness of July is an instant classic: an explosive, brilliantly written spy novel, by an author who has spent his life in the halls of power. The Madness of July is set in the late 1970s, and takes place during six sweltering days in the month that gives the book its title. Will Flemyng was trained as a spy for a life behind enemy lines, but now he is in politics--and rising to the top. But when a bizarre death starts to unravel some of the most sensitive secrets of his government, Will is drawn back into the shadows of the Cold War and begins to dance with danger once more. Buffeted by political forces and the powerful women around him, and caught in interlocking mysteries he must disentangle--including a potentially lethal family secret--Flemyng faces his vulnerability and learns, through betrayal and tragedy, more truth about his world than he has ever known. Masterfully weaving together espionage, political intrigue, and family drama, James Naughtie has written a spy novel for the ages, worthy of comparison to the finest work of Charles McCarry and Robert Littell.
A Madness of Sunshine
by Nalini SinghNew York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh welcomes you to a remote town on the edge of the world where even the blinding brightness of the sun can&’t mask the darkness that lies deep within a killer.…On the rugged West Coast of New Zealand, Golden Cove is more than just a town where people live. The adults are more than neighbors; the children, more than schoolmates. That is until one fateful summer—and several vanished bodies—shatters the trust holding Golden Cove together. All that&’s left are whispers behind closed doors, broken friendships, and a silent agreement to not look back. But they can&’t run from the past forever. Eight years later, a beautiful young woman disappears without a trace, and the residents of Golden Cove wonder if their home shelters something far more dangerous than an unforgiving landscape. It&’s not long before the dark past collides with the haunting present and deadly secrets come to light.
A Madness of Sunshine
by Nalini SinghNew York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh welcomes you to a remote town with a killer hiding in plain sight . . . 'One of the year's must-read thrillers' Bustle'Compelling' GuardianGolden Cove was a peaceful town.Then one fateful summer a tragedy shattered the trust holding the community together. All that's left are whispers behind closed doors, broken friendships and a silent agreement to never look back. But you can't run from the past forever.Eight years later, a young woman disappears without a trace, and the residents of Golden Cove wonder if their home shelters something far more dangerous than an unforgiving landscape.The town's dark past and haunted present are about to collide . . . in a murder mystery that's been years in the making. 'Exceptional first crime novel' Publishers Weekly'A chilling and unexpected finish' Library Journal'Accomplished' Sunday Times
The Madness Season
by C. S. FriedmanThe adventurous tale of a hero who must save Earth from the alien Tyr.
A Madness So Discreet
by Mindy McginnisMindy McGinnis, the acclaimed author of Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust, combines murder, madness, and mystery in a beautifully twisted gothic historical thriller perfect for fans of novels such as Asylum and The Diviners as well as television's True Detective and American Horror Story.Grace Mae is already familiar with madness when family secrets and the bulge in her belly send her to an insane asylum--but it is in the darkness that she finds a new lease on life. When a visiting doctor interested in criminal psychology recognizes Grace's brilliant mind beneath her rage, he recruits her as his assistant. Continuing to operate under the cloak of madness at crime scenes allows her to gather clues from bystanders who believe her less than human. Now comfortable in an ethical asylum, Grace finds friends--and hope. But gruesome nights bring Grace and the doctor into the circle of a killer who will bring her shaky sanity and the demons in her past dangerously close to the surface.line between sanity and insanity, good and evil--and the madness that exists in all of us.
The Madness Underneath
by Maureen JohnsonThe New York Times bestseller!A new threat haunts the streets of London...Rory Deveaux has changed in ways she never could have imagined since moving to London and beginning a new life at boarding school. As if her newfound ability to see ghosts hadn't complicated her life enough, Rory's recent brush with the Jack the Ripper copycat has left her with an even more unusual and intense power. Now, a new string of inexplicable deaths is threatening London, and Rory has evidence that they are no coincidence. Something sinister is going on, and it is up to her to convince the city's secret ghost-policing squad to listen before it's too late.
The Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries: A Pint of Murder, Murder Goes Mumming, and A Dismal Thing to Do (The Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries)
by Charlotte MacleodThe first three cozy mysteries in a series featuring a Royal Canadian Mountie and his resourceful wife from an international-bestselling author. The beloved sleuthing couple solves a trio of murder cases in the austere beauty of Canada’s New Brunswick. Originally published under the pseudonym Alisa Craig, these three tales are a witty look at murder in a small town—“the epitome of the ‘cozy’ mystery” (Mostly Murder). A Pint of Murder: When Janet Wadman realizes her friend Agatha was murdered with a jar of tainted green beans, her discovery leads to another untimely death. Height-challenged Mountie Madoc Rhys proves more capable than he looks, and Janet is duly impressed. Murder Goes Mumming: Madoc decides to ask Janet for her hand in marriage. But when the newly engaged couple finds their Christmas plans spoiled by murder, the investigating duo once again finds they have a gift for serving justice. A Dismal Thing to Do: Janet witnesses a terrible accident on the back roads of Canada. But after dashing into a nearby barn to get help, someone thanks her by stealing her car and then trying to kill her. Or were they? Madoc arrives and together they work to stop a deadly crime wave in its tracks.
Madonna and Corpse
by Jefferson BassRenowned bone detective Bill Brockton and his intrepid assistant, Miranda, are about to get immersed in murder and intrigue in Avignon, France, home of the popes for most of the fourteenth century. But first, in this artful prequel to The Inquisitor's Key, other mischief is afoot in the ancient walled city. Inspector RenÉ Descartes of the French National Police is roused from a deep sleep to investigate a break-in at the Petit Palais, Avignon's museum of medieval masterpieces. Descartes's discovery plunges him into an elaborate, art-lined labyrinth: a labyrinth that leads him to a master forger's studio . . . and to a charred corpse. Just as he's finally closing the case, Descartes gets called to an even more bizarre death scene, where his path-and his fate-will collide with those of Brockton and Miranda.
Madonna and Corpse: A FREE short story
by Jefferson Bass'If you like Kathy Reichs, you'll like Jefferson Bass' The Times.Dr Bill Brockton is leaving the Body Farm and heading to Europe for the most fascinating case of his career, The Bones of Avignon. But first, in this exclusive short story prequel, trouble awaits. Inspector René Descartes of the French National Police is awoken in the middle of the night to investigate a break-in at the Petit Palais in Avignon - the medieval town's museum. What Descartes discovers plunges him into a labyrinth of art-lined walls, leading to a master forger's lair. And inside, a charred corpse.And as he closes this case, he will be called to an altogether more intriguing death scene - and one of the greatest mysteries of human history.
The Madonna of Notre Dame
by Katherine Gregor Alexis RagougneauFifty thousand believers and photo-hungry tourists jam into Notre Dame Cathedral on August 15 to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. The next morning, a stunningly beautiful young woman clothed all in white kneels at prayer in a cathedral side chapel. But when an American tourist accidentally bumps against her, her body collapses. She has been murdered: the autopsy reveals disturbing details. Police investigators and priests search for the killer as they discover other truths about guilt and redemption in this soaring Paris refuge for the lost, the damned, and the saved. The suspect is a disturbed young man obsessed with the Virgin Mary who spends his days hallucinating in front of a Madonna. But someone else knows the true killer of the white-clad daughter of Algerian immigrants. This thrilling novel illuminates shadowy corners of the world's most famous cathedral, shedding light on good and evil with suspense, compassion and wry humor.
The Madonna of the Almonds
by Marina FioratoThe second unforgettable historical love story set in Italy from Marina Fiorato, author of the bestseller THE GLASSBLOWER OF MURANO. For fans of Philippa Gregory, Sarah Dunant and Alison Weir.Bernardino Luini, favoured apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci, is commissioned to paint a religious fresco in the hills of Lombardy. His eye is caught by the beautiful Simonetta di Saronno, a young noblewoman who has lost her husband to battle, and whose fortune is gone. Captivated by her beauty and sadness, Bernardino paints Simonetta's likeness, immortalizing her as the Madonna in his miraculous frescoes in Saronno's church. As the sittings progress, artist and model fall in love, and Simonetta reciprocates Luini's genius by creating a drinnk for her lover from the juice of almonds - the famous Amaretto di Saronno.As the frescoes and the liqueur near their completion, the couple's affair distils into a heady brew of religious scandal which threatens their love, and ultimately their lives. Who is the mysterious Jew with a golden hand? And how does a mute young soldier affect Simonetta's destiny?
The Madonna of the Almonds
by Marina FioratoThe second unforgettable historical love story set in Italy from Marina Fiorato, author of the bestseller THE GLASSBLOWER OF MURANO. For fans of Philippa Gregory, Sarah Dunant and Alison Weir.Bernardino Luini, favoured apprentice of Leonardo da Vinci, is commissioned to paint a religious fresco in the hills of Lombardy. His eye is caught by the beautiful Simonetta di Saronno, a young noblewoman who has lost her husband to battle, and whose fortune is gone. Captivated by her beauty and sadness, Bernardino paints Simonetta's likeness, immortalizing her as the Madonna in his miraculous frescoes in Saronno's church. As the sittings progress, artist and model fall in love, and Simonetta reciprocates Luini's genius by creating a drinnk for her lover from the juice of almonds - the famous Amaretto di Saronno.As the frescoes and the liqueur near their completion, the couple's affair distils into a heady brew of religious scandal which threatens their love, and ultimately their lives. Who is the mysterious Jew with a golden hand? And how does a mute young soldier affect Simonetta's destiny?
Madonna of the Apes
by Nicholas KilmerFred Taylor, a veteran of unspecified clandestine services that have caused him to spend hard times in Southeast Asia, finds himself at loose ends in Boston. A late-night chance encounter in the city's Beacon Hill area throws his lot in with eccentric art collector Clayton Reed. Reed has been tricked by a young man as unscrupulous as he is ignorant into examining and considering for purchase a collection of paintings whose presence in the U.S. seems, at best, informal. Fred, sensing Reed's naïveté in matters of personal security, volunteers to guarantee that security. At the same time, Reed's acumen as a connoisseur astounds Fred. How could Reed just walk away from the situation with what he later gloatingly describes as "a prize worth more than the gross domestic product of Bulgaria?" What Reed has purchased appears to be a painting by one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance. But is it what it seems? Can The Madonna of the Apes be a forgery? How did it come to be, so quietly, in Boston? These questions propel Reed and Fred into an increasingly murderous tangle, guided only by the assurances of a sequence of art dealers who lie as easily as they withhold the truth about the painting, its true nature, and its history.
Madre per scelta
by Linda HuberUna sparizione. Una morte improvvisa. Un tradimento della peggior specie. Ella desidera tanto avere un figlio suo, ma una scoperta agghiacciante durante il processo di adozione approfondisce la rottura esistente nel suo matrimonio. Suo marito Rick ha un segreto ma Ella non vuole sapere di cosa si tratti… Dall'altra parte della città, Amanda è incinta del suo secondo figlio quando suo marito sparisce. Le ricerche cominciano, ma nulla può preparare Amanda alla conclusione sconvolgente delle indagini della polizia. E in mezzo a tutto questo, una bambina cerca una casa sua, con una mamma e un papà "per sempre"… Conosci davvero la tua famiglia? Di chi ti puoi fidare? Madre per scelta è il quarto thriller psicologico dell'autrice di The Paradise Trees, The Cold Cold Sea e La mansarda. Il ritmo è del tutto sotto controllo anche mentre si corre verso lo schianto inevitabile. Barb Taub Avvincente, con un buon ritmo, narrazione fantastica. Jane Isaac
La madre perfecta
by Aimee MolloyUn thriller psicológico adictivo sobre un grupo de mujeres que ven cómo el sueño de la maternidad se tambalea y pone a prueba su sentido de la amistad. Un grupo de cuatro madres recientes, que se reúnen regularmente para conversar y distraerse, se ve convulsionado cuando el bebé de una de ellas desaparece. Una noche de copas. Unas horas de diversión. Nada podía ir mal. Se hacen llamar las madres de mayo, porque es el mes en el que nacieron sus hijos. Desde entonces, se han reunido dos veces por semana en el Prospect Park de Brooklyn para compartir experiencias y preocupaciones sobre sus recién nacidos. Una noche deciden salir un poco de la rutina, alejarse por unas horas de su estrenado papel de madres responsables y salir de copas, reírse un rato, pasarlo bien. Pero algo se tuerce irremisiblemente cuando Midas, el hijo de Winnie, desaparece mientras duerme sin que la canguro sepa dar explicación alguna y sin dejar rastro. ¿Qué peor pesadilla puede existir para una madre que no saber dónde está su hijo de apenas seis semanas? Lo que sigue es una carrera contrareloj para encontrar a Midas en la que todas las madres del grupo tendrán que decidir cuánto están dispuestas a arriesgar para dar con el pequeño, aunque eso signifique exponer sus secretos, desafiar sus miedos, poner a prueba las vidas que tan cuidadosamente han construido e incluso cuestionarse a sí mismas. Reseñas:«La madre perfecta es una novela apasionante que explora las presiones a la que se ven sometidas las madres modernas y también la peor pesadilla que cualquier madre puede sufrir. A la vez maravillosamente construida, entretenida y fascinante, te deja en ascuas hasta el final. Me enorgullezco muchísimo de llevar esta novela de suspense a la gran pantalla.»Kerry Washington «Finalmente, una nueva película que completará el trío de thrillers suburbanos que inauguraron Perdida y La chica del tren. Tomad nota: La madre perfecta, producida y protagonizada por Kerry Washington.»Vanity Fair
Las madres (La novia gitana #Volumen 4)
by Carmen MolaNO SE PUEDE IR MÁS LEJOS Tras el fenómeno de La novia gitana, llega la nueva entrega de la saga que cambió la novela negra española conquistando a la crítica y a más de medio millón de lectores UNO DE LOS LIBROS MÁS ESPERADOS DE ESTE OTOÑO SEGÚN TELVA «Una originalidad que nos somete y nos hace desear más, mucho más, cuando, horrorizados, nos damos cuenta de que estamos ya en la última página».Jordi Llobregat, director de Valencia Negra La inspectora Elena Blanco atraviesa el depósito de la Grúa Municipal Mediodía II de Madrid hasta llegar a una vieja furgoneta que expele un olor putrefacto. Dentro está el cadáver de un hombre con un burdo costurón que asciende del pubis al abdomen. Los primeros resultados de la autopsia aclaran que a este toxicómano le arrancaron algunos órganos y en su lugar colocaron un feto. Los análisis de ADN revelan que se trata de su hijo biológico. A los pocos días, aparece en la zona portuaria de A Coruña el cuerpo de un asesor fiscal que ha sido asesinado con el mismo modus operandi. ¿Qué relación existe entre ambas víctimas? ¿Y dónde están las madres de los bebés? Se abre así la investigación del nuevo y perturbador caso de la Brigada de Análisis de Casos. Mientras la relación entre Elena y Zárate se hace cada vez más complicada, todos los indicios los acercarán a una misteriosa organización a la que nadie parece poder acercarse sin morir. La crítica ha dicho...«Todos caen rendidos (quien la coge no la suelta) ante la fuerza y la intensidad de una historia que no desmerece al mejor noir de Pierre Lemaitre, comparte elementos con Sandrone Dazieri y tiene como protagonista a una (sí, es una mujer) detective de las que hacen época (y series)».Inés Martín Rodrigo, ABC «Elena Blanco es de los mejores personajes femeninos protagonistas que he visto en mucho tiempo y el Madrid que se muestra, callejero y violento, da mucha fuerza».Paco Cabezas, director de la serie La novia gitana «Una originalidad que nos somete y nos hace desear más, mucho más, cuando, horrorizados, nos damos cuenta de que estamos ya en la última página».Jordi Llobregat, director de Valencia Negra «No deja indiferente a nadie, [...] no da respiro ni un segundo».Nereida Domínguez, La Voz de Cádiz «La novela negra o muta o se ensimisma. Carmen Mola, la escritora mutante».Carlos Zanón «Desde la primera página, Carmen Mola [...] demuestra tener una voz propia, y eso, en el género negro y fuera de él, ya es mucho, quizá la mitad de todo. O más».Lorenzo Silva «Una estructura sólida y un argumento llevado como un clásico policial pero que al tiempo rompe varios convencionalismos».Juan Carlos Galindo, El País «Absorbente lectura. [...] La inspectora Elena Blanco y sus compañeros de la Brigada de Análisis de Casos, se han hecho ya un hueco en primera línea de los investigadores que, en su lado femenino, tuvieron como precursora a Petra Delicado».Luisa Martínez, El Imparcial «A (casi) nadie le importa un ardite quién se esconda tras ese seudónimo; lo único que de verdad cuenta es que siga publicando novelas».Manuel Rodríguez Rivero, Babelia «Carmen Mola tiene un relato que me encanta, no puedes dejar de leer. Me la acabé en tres o cuatro días».Imanol Arruti, La Dupla «Adictiva y emocionante.»Elena Méndez, La Voz de Galicia
Madrigal (The St-Cyr and Kohler Mysteries #10)
by J. Robert JanesIn Nazi-occupied France, a French-German detective team must solve a murder in Avignon&’s Papal Palace—&“Plenty of atmosphere and a great setting&” (The Globe and Mail). Six hundred years before the Germans conquered Paris, the pope came to Avignon to rule the Roman Church from afar. In January 1943, Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler visit the former Papal Palace—not as tourists, but as detectives. Where once the pope spoke to God, a woman has had her throat cut. Her corpse seems to have appeared from out of the past. Despite the strictures of wartime rationing, she died in finery, costumed in the ermine and silk of a Renaissance courtier. She appears to have been killed with a scythe, pulled across her neck in one swift stroke, like a shepherd slaughtering a sheep. Wartime Avignon is a small city, steeped in the jealousy that occupation encourages. As St-Cyr and Kohler dig into the city&’s past, they find motives for murder that predate the Nazis by centuries.
Madrigal for Charlie Muffin: Charlie Muffin U. S. A. , Madrigal For Charlie Muffin, The Blind Run, And See Charlie Run (The Charlie Muffin Thrillers #5)
by Brian FreemantleOn a routine insurance job in Rome, Charlie yet again becomes a target Charlie Muffin is back at rock bottom. The ex-spy has had a rough few years since British intelligence first turned on him and forced him to go into hiding. He's drinking again, forgetting things--getting soft. He hasn't even noticed the tap on his phone. Though Charlie doesn't know it yet, the walls are closing in again. He takes a job for his only friend, Rupert Willoughby, who sends Charlie to Rome to check the security system for some valuable jewels. Charlie has chosen the wrong time to visit the Eternal City. There's a mole in the British embassy there, and the agents of the East and West are homing in fast. Charlie, unlucky as always, is about to find himself caught between a very solid rock and an equally hard place. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author's personal collection.
Madwoman
by Chelsea Bieker&“The rare kind of book that lives in your bones&” (Ashley Audrain), this novel tells a gripping story of motherhood and motherloss and the brutal, mighty things women do to keep themselves and each other alive, marking Chelsea Bieker as a major fiction talent. Clove has gone to extremes to keep her past a secret. Thanks to her lies, she&’s landed the life of her dreams, complete with a safe husband and two adoring children who will never know the terror that was routine in her own childhood. If her buried anxiety threatens to breach the surface, Clove (if that is really her name) focuses on finding the right supplement, the right gratitude meditation. But when she receives a letter from a women&’s prison in California, her past comes screeching into the present, entangling her in a dangerous game with memory and the people she thought she had outrun. As we race between her precarious present-day life in Portland, Oregon and her childhood in a Waikiki high-rise with her mother and father, Clove is forced to finally unravel the defining day of her life. How did she survive that day, and what will it take to end the cycle of violence? Will the truth undo her, or could it ultimately save her?
Maestra
by L. S. HiltonWith the cunning of Gone Girl's Amy Dunne, and as dangerous as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander, the femme fatale of this Talented Mr. Ripley-esque psychological thriller is sexy, smart, and very, very bad in all the best ways. By day, Judith Rashleigh is a put-upon assistant at a prestigious London art house. By night, she's a hostess at one of the capital's notorious champagne bars, although her work there pales against her activities on nights off. TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS Desperate to make something of herself, Judith knows she has to play the game. She's transformed her accent and taught herself about wine and the correct use of a dessert fork, not to mention the art of discretion. She's learned to be a good girl. But when Judith is fired for uncovering a dark secret at the heart of the art world--and her honest efforts at a better life are destroyed--she turns to a long-neglected friend. A friend who kept her chin up and back straight through every slight: Rage. SHE WILL CROSS EVERY LINE Feeling reckless, she accompanies one of the champagne bar's biggest clients to the French Riviera, only to find herself alone again after a fatal accident. Tired of striving and the slow crawl to the top, Judith has a realization: If you need to turn yourself into someone else, loneliness is a good place to start. And she's been lonely a long time.Maestra is a glamorous, ferocious thriller and the beginning of a razor-sharp trilogy that introduces the darkly irresistible Judith Rashleigh, a femme fatale for the ages whose vulnerability and ruthlessness will keep you guessing until the last page.From the Hardcover edition.
Maestra
by L. S. HiltonTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE BEST OF SKIMM READS 2016“One of this year’s most talked about novels.” —The Washington Post “A twenty-first-century femme fatale as lethal as Tom Ripley and as seductive as Bacall.” —Vogue A put-upon assistant at a prestigious London art house, Judith Rashleigh is well-educated, well-groomed, and impeccably behaved—keeping the darker desires she indulges on nights off as her own little secret. But when Judith uncovers a dangerous heist, her life is shattered and she’s forced to run. Armed with just her wits and a talent for self-invention, she makes her way from the French Riviera to Geneva, Rome, and the nightclubs of Paris, determined to take back what is rightfully hers. The beginning of a darkly irresistible trilogy, Maestra follows the rise of Judith, a woman whose vulnerability and ruthlessness have left readers worldwide begging to know: where do you go when you've gone too far?
Maestro
by John GardnerKruger guards the life of a famous conductor with a shocking secret pastThe Soviet Union barely outlasts Herbie Kruger. By the time the Berlin Wall comes crashing down--and the KGB security apparatus along with it--London's shabbiest spy is living in happy retirement. Not even the prospect of wreaking havoc in a fractured Eastern Europe could lure Big Herbie back to the Secret Intelligence Service. But he's willing to accept one more assignment--not for Her Majesty, not for his country, but for his love of classical music. The finest conductor the world has ever seen, Louis Passau is a ninety-year-old German Jew who, rumor has it, spent World War II working for the Nazis. Kruger has just begun investigating this wild accusation when an assassin targets the maestro. To keep Passau alive while he searches for the truth, Kruger takes him into hiding--and ultimately learns that, though he may conduct like an angel, Passau has got the devil inside.
El maestro de esgrima
by Arturo Pérez-ReverteNovela de aventuras pero también policíaca, de traiciones y maniobras políticas en el Madrid galdosiano de 1868. En el Madrid galdosiano de 1868 Jaime Astarloa es un maestro de esgrima que trabaja dando clases de florete a algunos nobles de la ciudad. Todo el escenario cambia cuando entra en juego una dama que desea tomar clases de esgrima con Astarloa... El maestro de esgrima es la historia de un mundo de tahúres y mercachifles mantenido a distancia por un florete honorable. Pero es, sobre todo, una inquietante parábola sobre el poder del dinero, la ambición política y la extinción de los valores de honradez y fidelidad en este siglo XX que agoniza. El maestro de esgrima fue llevada al cine por Pedro Olea. La crítica ha dicho...«Arturo Pérez-Reverte es un maestro del suspense y su libro es deslumbrante.»Publisher Weekly «El maestro de esgrima sumerge al lector en un duelo elegante cargado de intriga y sensualidad.»The Observer «En lugar del típico puzzle de engaños propio de las novelas de intriga, El maestro de esgrima nos ofrece una sutil meditación sobre los enigmas profundos de la elección y el Destino. Una espléndida novela de la primera a la última página.»The New York Times Book Review «Pérez-Reverte conoce todos los secretos sobre cómo conservar un equilibro entre acción y suspense de tal modo que mantiene al lector absorto... Lo que hace irresistible a Pérez-Reverte es su sensibilidad radicalmente moderna, inteligente y compleja.»The Boston Globe Book Review «Erudición bien calibrada e intriga soberbia. El autor se divierte y nos divierte.»Libération «Arturo Pérez-Reverte ha sabido encontrar la estocada perfecta.»Oggi «El autor es, en el mejor sentido, un romántico, y leerlo es volver a descubrir el placer de Dumas o Conan Doyle.»The Times