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Buscando el alma de Babilonia
by Alejandro Clavel Sonador SnowBuscando el alma de Babilonia es un relato que transporta al lector al pasado, al tiempo en que el imperio persa era un gobierno poderoso, y durante el cual una monumental hazaña se llevó a cabo en medio del desierto. La avidez de poder y riquezas provocó que un general del ejército llevara a cabo acciones aberrantes, que se proyectaron al tiempo futuro en un paralelo espeluznante cuando una arqueóloga (Diane Ryan) y un historiador (Geoff Symons) intentan recuperar losobjetos valiosos que dan destimonio de los relatos del pasado, pero que debido al valor de dichos descubrimientos, un cadena de hechos violentos terminan haciendo que su trabajo se transforme en una carrera por su vida. Buscando el alma de Babilonia lo mantendrá al borde del asiento, al tiempo que le hará visualizar los eventos de manera asombrosa e interesante.
Busco a Violet Park
by Jenny ValentinePuede que la revolución que esperabas se encuentre en una urna con cenizas. Puede que además sea la clave de una misteriosa desaparición. El padre de Lucas había desaparecido años atrás sin dar explicaciones. Una noche, el joven encuentra en una oficina de taxis una urna olvidada con las cenizas de Violet Park, una anciana absolutamente desconocida. Convencido de que su espíritu trata de comunicarse con él, empieza a investigar sobre su vida y desatará los hilos de una terrible verdad. Reseñas:«Un maravilloso debut por muchas razones... Este libro no es sólo especial por su encanto, calidez e ingenio, sino también por la habilidad con que la autora trenza todos los temas.»The Guardian «No hay resumen que pueda hacer justicia al sabor tan particular de este libro, a sus ingeniosos momentos de dulzura genuina... Excelente.»Books for Keeps
Bush Poodles Are Murder: A Belle Palmer Mystery
by Lou AllinIn the third Belle Palmer mystery, Belle takes her friend and employee on a snowshoe trek. Miriam MacDonald brings her spoiled mini-poodle, a gift from investment broker boyfriend, who promises huge returns on her life savings. Later that week, Miriam discovers Elphinstone bludgeoned to death in his condo. Although Miriam’s fingerprints alone are found on the Inuit sculpture murder weapon, the collapse of Elphinstone’s empire has ruined hundreds of people and made him many dangerous enemies. Miriam is eventually charged with second-degree murder and then, as Belle struggles to pull the pieces of a very complicated puzzle together, Miriam rushes off to North Bay to be with her ailing daughter, and Belle inherits the obnoxious poodle.. Meanwhile, a stalker now has Belle watching her back in the Northern Ontario bush she calls home. Will she find the killer before a bullet finds her?
Bushel Full of Murder
by Paige SheltonThe New York Times bestselling author of Merry Market Murder returns to Bailey's Farmers' Market where Becca Robins must get her cousin out of a jam... This summer, Becca is looking forward to selling her delicious jams and preserves, but things are changing fast at the farmers' market. A fleet of food trucks has arrived for a two week visit, peddling cupcakes, tacos, chicken wings, and more--including a gourmet hot dog truck operated by Becca's own cousin, Peyton.Tensions between truck operators and market vendors over their required licenses reach a crescendo when the town's business manager is murdered. With Peyton already under suspicion of stealing money and a secret recipe from the restaurant where she worked in Arizona, the cops start grilling her as their prime suspect. Now it's up to Becca to clear her cousin and find out who at the market gave themselves a license to kill...
The Business: A Novel
by Iain BanksKate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent, internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance, the character of The Business seems, even to Kate, to be vague to the point of invisibility. It possesses, allegedly, a book of Leonardo cartoons, several sets of Crown Jewels and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations.Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley, a ranch in Nebraska, the firm's secretive Swiss headquarters, and a remote Himalayan principality. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to keep her world at arm's length. To take control, she has to do The Business.
The Business
by Iain BanksKate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent, internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance, the character of The Business seems, even to Kate, to be vague to the point of invisibility. It possesses, allegedly, a book of Leonardo cartoons, several sets of Crown Jewels and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations.Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley, a ranch in Nebraska, the firm's secretive Swiss headquarters, and a remote Himalayan principality. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to keep her world at arm's length. To take control, she has to do The Business.
The Business
by Iain BanksKate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent, internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance, the character of The Business seems, even to Kate, to be vague to the point of invisibility. It possesses, allegedly, a book of Leonardo cartoons, several sets of Crown Jewels and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations.Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley, a ranch in Nebraska, the firm's secretive Swiss headquarters, and a remote Himalayan principality. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to keep her world at arm's length. To take control, she has to do The Business.
The Business: A compelling suspense thriller of danger and destruction
by Martina ColeIn this life, you fight dirty to survive. THE BUSINESS by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is an unflinching novel that exposes a world that many would rather ignore...Imelda Dooley has made a big mistake. Pregnant, alone and scared, she starts down a trail of lies and destruction that will wreck the lives of all who try to love her.As Imelda brings her daughter Jordanna into the world, followed by her son Kenny, she takes them with her into the dark underworld of drugs, prostitution and violence.But all actions have consequences. The only question is, who will face them?For more novels that will take you deep into the dark and dangerous criminal underworld, check out Martina Cole's THE GRAFT, THE LIFE and REVENGE
The Business: A compelling suspense thriller of danger and destruction
by Martina ColeIn this life, you fight dirty to survive. THE BUSINESS by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is an unflinching novel that exposes a world that many would rather ignore...Imelda Dooley has made a big mistake. Pregnant, alone and scared, she starts down a trail of lies and destruction that will wreck the lives of all who try to love her.As Imelda brings her daughter Jordanna into the world, followed by her son Kenny, she takes them with her into the dark underworld of drugs, prostitution and violence.But all actions have consequences. The only question is, who will face them?For more novels that will take you deep into the dark and dangerous criminal underworld, check out Martina Cole's THE GRAFT, THE LIFE and REVENGE
The Business: A compelling suspense thriller of danger and destruction
by Martina ColeImelda Dooley is scared. Really scared. She's played hard and fast and now she's been caught. She's pregnant and now she's on her own. Her father, not a man to mess with, will see that somebody pays for this. And it's not going to be her. So Imelda Dooley tells a lie. A lie that literally causes murders. When Mary Dooley's husband is killed in the night's events, she knows she must graft to keep the family afloat. And graft she does, becoming a name in her own right. But she still has to watch her daughter's life spiral into a vicious, hate-fuelled cycle of drugs and prostitution. Caught up in the carnage that is Imelda's existence are Mary's adored grandchildren, Jordanna and Kenny. Pretty little Jordanna isn't yet three and she already knows far too much. All she can do is look after her baby brother, Kenny, and try not to draw unwanted attention to herself.(P)2012 Headline Digital
Business
by J.P. MeyboomA dark coming-of-age comedy set in a world of scoundrels and misfits at the end of their tether.Paul Wint quits his dead-end gig composing greeting cards and falls in with Hornsmith, an ailing con on his last score. Hornsmith is running a scam on Dr. Courtney, a cosmetic surgeon, and Simon Trang, a shadowy narc. He says it’s business, but it’s really more of a blackmail job.And it’s not working out. While Hornsmith’s distracted by his intestinal cancer, Courtney’s gangsters plot to kill the deal. Soon, Paul can’t see his way for the complications in the swindle. His obsession with Marla, a singer with The Raging Socket, doesn’t help.After a mysterious fire destroys his apartment building, Paul sets out on a road trip that is both terrifying and ridiculous, a trip through America that brings together immigrants, crooks, and seekers in the vast, unforgiving, inspiring spaces of the desert.
Business as Usual
by Michael BoughnToronto's David Sanders and Claire Dumont are the Nick and Nora Charles of academia: two amateur detectives pulled into a web of deceit and violence involving murder, the illegal cross-border dumping of toxic waste, organized crime, dubious, self-serving politicians, and a mysterious, ambitious businessman whose loyalties are unknown. Michael Boughn weaves together multiple plots, deals within deals, and double crosses galore as David and Claire find themselves pulled deeper and deeper into a funny, captivating hard-boiled mystery that might have been written by of Dashiell Hammett - if he had only had the chance to read Betty Friedan.
The Business of Dying: A Novel (Dennis Milne #1)
by Simon KernickIt's a typical cold November night and Detective Sergeant Dennis Milne, a very atypical policeman, waits in the Traveller's Rest Hotel parking lot for the arrival of three men. Cynical and jaded, Milne earns money on the side by doing what he does best: punishing the bad guys. But this time he's been duped. Instead of blowing away drug dealers, he kills three innocent people, their deaths starting an investigation that sees him and his conscience heading for trouble. Less than twelve hours later, Milne is out on the streets again. Eighteen-year-old Miriam Fox has been found dead by Regent's Canal---her throat slashed. Desperate to find Miriam's killer, Milne uncovers a web of depravity far more shocking than he could ever have imagined. Can he evade arrest for his own crimes and solve a case so sickening that it may provide the key to his personal redemption?The clock is ticking and everyone's watching their backs as a war of morality is fought in the mind of one renegade policeman in Business of Dying---the gripping first novel by talented young crime writer Simon Kernick.
The Business of Strangers
by Kylie BrantA WOMAN WITHOUT A PASTShe didn't know her name, didn't know her nationality. The newly manufactured "Rianna Kingsley" only knew that her martial-arts skills and weaponry and assassination techniques went far beyond the average person's....A MARK THAT BECAME A DEATH WARRANTThe men who'd tried to assassinate her all shared one common trait: a tattoo of a winged horse, exactly like the one on her ankle. Where had it come from--and what did it mean to her survival?A MAN WHO WAS MORE THAN A STRANGERIt was dangerous for Rianna to share too much with anyone--much less the criminal hired to kill her--but she couldn't resist Jake Tarrance's arms, his bed. With her shadowy past hot on her heels, would Rianna's business with Jake be passionate...or deadly?
The Business Trip
by Anastasia Amber“If you want to win for sure, invent your own game and don't tell anyone the rules.” - Ashley Diamond. Deserted hotel, four random guests and one innocent victim. The killer is obviously one of them, but the truth is hidden behind the seven seals. A detective thriller in which a trivial business trip of four managers turned into a game of chance, where only the best of them could win. And if the judge is incorruptible, he leaves the players no other choice but to get rid of him. Author's note: All events and characters are fictitious, and any resemblance to real or living people is coincidental.
Business Unusual: And, Business Unusual (The Simon Bognor Mysteries #10)
by Tim HealdIn the dullest town in England, Bognor becomes enmeshed in a civic club murderEnglish politicians love to prattle on about the honest mettle of towns like Scarpington—mid-sized cities full of ugly buildings, ugly people, and a surfeit of wholesome values. In hopes of learning more about just what the nation&’s heartland is up to, the Board of Trade orders special investigator Simon Bognor to relocate to Scarpington and not to return until he knows what makes the place tick. It does not take long for him to find the answer. Like everywhere else he&’s ever visited, Scarpington runs on a toxic mixture of greed, sex, and murder. Bognor is sitting in on the meeting of the local Artisans&’ Lodge when the keynote speaker keels over dead. Bognor has seen enough murder to know it on sight. As he looks for the culprit, he discovers dark secrets beneath Scarpington&’s homely facade—and a civic character that would horrify even the most depraved of politicians.
Busman's Honeymoon: Classic crime for Agatha Christie fans (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)
by Dorothy L SayersThey plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner's body in the cellar.Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel. Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story with romantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style.'I admire her novels ... she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail' P. D. James(P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton
Busman's Honeymoon: Classic crime for Agatha Christie fans (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)
by Dorothy L SayersThe thirteenth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by crime writer Natasha Cooper - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries. They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner's body in the cellar.Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel. Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story with romantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style.'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
Busman's Honeymoon: Classic crime for Agatha Christie fans (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries)
by Dorothy L SayersThe thirteenth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by crime writer Natasha Cooper - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries. They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner's body in the cellar.Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel. Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story with romantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style.'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
Busman's Honeymoon
by Dorothy L. SayersAmateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey and mystery novelist Harriet Vane are finally wed, but their honeymoon is interrupted by – what else? – a murder that they must solve. Adapted from the play of the same name. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
Busman's Honeymoon
by Dorothy L. SayersEverything is perfect when the newly wedded couple Lord Peter and Harriet arrive at their honeymoon cottage. The honeymoon takes an untoward turn as the house owner is found dead and they start investigating the death.
Busman's Honeymoon: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery With Harriet Vane (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries #11)
by Dorothy L. SayersIn this installment of the &“literate and delightful&” Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, Harriet Vane&’s honeymoon with the dapper British detective is marred by murder (Chicago Tribune). It took several near-death experiences for Lord Peter Wimsey to convince Harriet Vane to be his wife, but she has finally relented. When the dapper detective marries Britain&’s most popular mystery author—just a few short years after rescuing her from the hangman&’s noose—the press could not be more excited. But Lord Peter and his bride have no interest in spending their wedding night surrounded by reporters. They sneak out of their own reception to begin their honeymoon early, out of sight of the world. Unfortunately, for some couples, calamity is inescapable. On their 1st morning together, the newlyweds discover the house&’s caretaker bludgeoned to death in the manor&’s basement. If they thought finding a few minutes alone was difficult, they&’re up against even steeper odds. In a house full of suspects, identifying the killer won&’t be easy. Busman&’s Honeymoon is the 13th book in the Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, but you may enjoy the series by reading the books in any order. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.
La búsqueda
by Charlotte LinkVarias adolescentes desaparecidas, un cadáver en los pantanos y ninguna pista... el nuevo thriller de Charlotte Link, la reina del suspense europeo. Noviembre de 2013. Hannah Caswell, una adolescente de 14 años que había ido a visitar a su abuela, pierde el tren de vuelta a Scarborough. Temiendo que su padre se enfade, Hannah acepta que la lleve Kent, un vecino suyo de 19 años con fama de mujeriego. Cuando Kent la deja en la estación, ella intenta localizar a su padre para que vaya a buscarla, pero no lo consigue. Hannah decide entonces salir a la carretera y alguien la llama desde un coche. Desaparecerá sin dejar rastro. Octubre de 2017. Kate Linville, detective de Scotland Yard afincada en Londres, vuelve a Scarborough para vender la casa de su difunto padre. Pero los últimos inquilinos han destrozado la vivienda y Kate, muy afectada, debe contratar a alguien que arregle los desperfectos. Entretanto se alojará en casa de un matrimonio que alquila habitaciones. Se llaman Goldsby y su hija Amelia de 14 años ha desaparecido. Reseñas:«Una trama impecable; una autora que conoce todos los resortes del suspense; una lectura perfecta para un largo fin de semana de invierno.»Toni Hill «Un intenso thriller en el que la autora sacará nuestro lado más sensible al ponernos enla piel de unos padres que viven la pesadilla más horrible que puedan tener: la desaparición de su hija.»Negraymortal.com Sobre ¿De quien te escondes?:«Charlotte Link demuestra una vez más por qué es la autora de más éxito, con más de 29 millones de ejemplares vendidos.»Dpa«El libro perfecto para una larga y oscura tarde de otoño.»Krimi-Das Magazin «Charlotte Link vuelve a acertar de pleno [...] Realista, apasionante y brutal, a esta novela no le sobra ni una de sus 544 páginas.»Bild am Sonntag
La Búsqueda - Una Aventura De Dane Maddock
by David Wood Paz González Kovacic149 AECAl escapar justo antes que las legiones romanas los invadieran, un soldado cartaginés lleva consigo un antiguo secreto a un lugar desconocido.1925Percy Fawcett comienza su última expedición al Amazonas, pero ¿cuál es su verdadero objetivo?Dane Maddock está de vuelta. En lo profundo del Amazonas, un grupo de universitarios encuentra el horror más allá de sus peores pesadillas y desaparecen sin dejar rastros. Le pidieron que realizara una atrevida misión de rescate, Dane y Bones deben rastrear el verdadero camino de la última expedición de Percy Fawcett, pero el secreto que se encuentra al final de la búsqueda es aún más letal que los enemigos que los buscan. Desde las calles de Londres, a las islas remotas ubicadas en el Atlántico, a las selvas mortales del Amazonas, Dane y Bones deben infiltrarse en un secreto perdido para la historia, en su búsqueda más mortífera.
La búsqueda del tesoro (Salvo Montalbano #Volumen 20)
by Andrea CamilleriUna nueva demostración de la admirable capacidad para analizar la naturaleza humana de Andrea Camilleri, además de los habituales momentos hilarantes que han hecho de los casos de Montalbano una lectura de culto para aquellos que aprecian las historias impregnadas de inteligencia y sensibilidad. Una repentina calma chicha se ha adueñado de la comisaría de Vigàta. Con su sempiterna acumulación de papeleo reducida a la mitad, Salvo Montalbano puede dedicarse a la lectura de su adorado Simenon, mientras que el siempre industrioso Catarella se aplica con tesón a resolver crucigramas. Sin embargo, la deliciosa parsimonia pronto se verá interrumpida por uno de los casos más espeluznantes que se hayan visto nunca en la zona. Todo empieza cuando los octogenarios hermanos Palmisano, conocidos por su exaltada obsesión religiosa, se fortifican en su casa del centro de Vigàta, desde donde disparan a diestro y siniestro contra cualquierpecador que se les ponga a tiro. En un momento de arrojo, Montalbano se introduce por una ventana y desarma a los ancianos, pero el panorama que se encuentra le hiela la sangre: un verdadero bosque de crucifijos de todos los tamaños y, sobre una cama, una muñeca hinchable, mutilada y desgastada, una escena testimonio de una profunda desolación. Intrigado por el hallazgo de una réplica idéntica, Montalbano se lleva la muñeca, sin sospechar que ha dado inicio a un juego de tintes macabros. Una sucesión de cartas anónimas lo invitan a participar en una búsqueda del tesoro, y a medida que Montalbano se involucra más en el extraño desafío, comprende que ha caído en la trampa de una mente profundamente perturbada, y que para salir del oscuro laberinto en el que se ha metido tendrá que llegar antes al centro del mismo.