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X Marks the Scot (A Liss MacCrimmon Mystery #11)
by Kaitlyn DunnettThe old Chadwick mansion on the edge of Moosetookalook, Maine, has been shrouded in mystery for generations—until Scottish Emporium owner Liss MacCrimmon uncovers a forgotten family secret. But she never imagined that a little curiosity would lead her into such deadly territory . . . While perusing auction items from the Chadwick estate, Liss purchases a painting of a bagpiper to add to her collection. Her interest shifts from art to sleuthing upon a strange discovery—what appears to be a treasure map tucked behind the canvas. She’s even more intrigued when she links the scroll to an early Chadwick who smuggled goods across the Canadian border. So during a business trip to Canada, Liss arranges a meeting with an archivist in hopes of pinning down the truth about the map and the Chadwick bloodline. Before her quest moves forward, however, she finds the archivist’s murdered body at a local genealogical society. One thing is certain—Liss isn’t alone on this treasure hunt . . . Liss returns to Moosetookalook, terrified that the killer may have followed her home. With her life in real peril and the map at risk of being stolen, she launches into full-scale investigation mode. But as she deciphers clues and inches toward the dangerous culprit, Liss quickly realizes she’s only a step away from ending up like the Chadwick clan—permanently wiped out.
X Marks the Spy (Chris Cool Series, #1)
by Jack LancerIn the thrilling city of Paris, TEEN's crack espionage agent Chris Cool undertakes a baffling and dangerous mission: to ferret out a revolutionary new secret weapon which could change the balance of power in the cold war. His contact is an unknown spy identified only by a cunningly concealed X mark. When three men turn up with X marks, Chris is faced with the grim challenge of correctly identifying the right contact. Chris and his Apache fellow agent, Geronimo Johnson, follow a clue that leads to the Riviera resort town of St. Tropez and discover that they themselves have become the quarry in a bloodchilling game of hide-and-seek with the deadly agents of TOAD. For all mystery-spy fans, here is a suspense thriller packed with pulse-pounding excitement that never lets up till the final paragraph.
X-Ops Exposed (X-Ops #8)
by Paige TylerHE LEFT TO KEEP HER SAFE Believing he's too dangerous to be among people, feline hybrid Tanner Howland retreats deep into the forests of Washington State—with no choice but to leave behind the woman who's captured his heart. What he doesn't know is that she followed him...SHE WOULDN'T STAY BEHINDHeartbroken and determined, Dr. Zarina Sokolov tracks Tanner into the wild. Her presence unleashes Tanner's protective instinct—big time. Locals have been disappearing and he is desperate for Zarina to leave. As the kidnappings escalate, Tanner must embrace the dangerous instincts he fears so much. But with Zarina at his side, he'll have to learn to control his animal impulses, or lose himself—and the woman he loves—to the beast within.BONUS CONTENT: ebook includes a second full-length novel, Hungry Like the Wolf, Book 1 in Paige Tyler's sizzling SWAT Series!X-Ops Series:Her Perfect Mate (Book 1)Her Lone Wolf (Book 2)Her Wild Hero (Book 3)Her Fierce Warrior (Book 4)Her Rogue Alpha (Book 5)Her True Match (Book 6)Her Dark Half (Book 7)X-Ops Exposed (Book 8)What readers are saying about Paige Tyler's X-Ops Series:"Does it get any better than this? Tyler...is an absolute master!"—Fresh Fiction "Sexy, smart and suspenseful!"—HelenKay Dimon, award-winning author "Action-packed and suspenseful...a thrilling read."—Omnivoracious "Hot and wild."—Cynthia Eden, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
X-plosion (Hardy Boys, Undercover Brothers)
by Franklin W. DixonFrank and Joe Hardy have been sent on a mission to live on the edge! A new theme park, Galaxy X, is about to open. But someone out there obviously wants Galaxy X to go away. The park owner has received threatening e-mails, and accidents are becoming frequent. In Galaxy X, the brothers have to find the saboteur before opening day, or someone could get seriously hurt. In X-plosion, Frank and Joe must trail pro skater Cody Zane, brought to Galaxy X for the grand opening, and find out who would want to end his career just as it's about to explode. . . .
X-Rated Bloodsuckers (Felix Gomez, Book #2)
by Mario AcevedoWhen Felix Gomez returned from the War in Iraq with a disdain for daylight and a raging thirst for blood, he knew he couldn't settle for an ordinary 9-to-5 job. So after his discharge, the newly undead ex-infantryman chose the career that he felt best suited his vampiric tendencies: private detective. Now he's been approached by sexy porn star Katz Meow, who wants Felix to investigate the murder of her once-equally agile friend and fellow toiler in the video sex-biz, Roxy Bronze. But his investigation into L.A.'s hardcore jungle is turning into a triple x-rated nightmare populated by hot babes, sleazy producers, sleazier politicians, sham evangelicals, and fanatical secret societies. And here on the seamy underside of Tinseltown, "immortal" doesn't necessarily mean "unkillable."
X Volume 1: Big Bad (X)
by Duane SwierczynskiA masked vigilante known only as "X" dispenses justice without mercy to the criminals who rule the decaying city of Arcadia. When muckraking blogger Leigh Ferguson snoops down the wrong alley, she gets swept into X's bloody war with a politically powerful crime lord. Duane Swierczynski (Godzilla, Cable and X-Force) and Eric Nguyen (Batman: Arkham Unchained) dish out nonstop, visceral action, with Dark Horse's most brutal and exciting character—X! Collects issues #0-#4 of the ongoing series. * Nguyen's shocking art is a fever dream of violence!
Xander Chase and the Unicorn Code
by Carrie WestonLilly Honey Star is a 15-year-old like no other; she is the sole survivor of a mass murder and is suspected of being the half-mad murderess. Detective Stacy has her doubts about Lilly's guilt, and when a stranger starts asking bizarre questions, she--along with Lilly--is pulled into the core of the case, which is bigger and more dangerous than they could have ever imagined. Xander Chase, the angel of death and judiciary of spirits, is on the case. Desperate to make his father, Death himself, proud, Xander must unravel the perilous lies and deceit that's spread through the realms of sinister creatures, before the murderer's eye turns on him.
The Xavier Affair (The Captain José Da Silva Mysteries #8)
by Robert L. FishA quartet of kidnappers make the mistake of hiring Da Silva as their driver Chico Xavier needs cash. His father has cut off his allowance, and for a university student with expensive taste--and an even more expensive girlfriend--this is a death sentence. And so he and his friends arrange to kidnap one of their school chums: a fellow dilettante who lets himself be taken in exchange for a cut of the ransom. Two days of criminal behavior, Chico thinks, and they'll all live happily ever after--or die in the Rio sand. To store the victim of their faked kidnapping, Chico's girlfriend pays a taxi driver for the use of his house. But the driver is no ordinary cabbie--he is Captain José Da Silva of Interpol. He can't tell if Chico's scheme will turn out to be tragedy or farce, and so he plays along, hoping to save the kidnappers from themselves.
Xianqui
by Raghu SrinivasanYear: 2019. The world is falling apart. The temperamental President of the United States of America, facing a tough re-election and playing to populist voter sentiment, has imposed trade sanctions on a belligerent China. Meanwhile, Chinese citizens, reeling from a disastrous economic meltdown, have taken to the streets in revolt. Staring at the bleak prospect of being ousted from power after 60 years of iron rule in the wake of threats both external and internal, the leaders of the Communist Party in China initiate military action, drawing its rival superpowers Japan and the United States into a conflict that portends an all-out nuclear war. As nations across the globe switch to emergency mode, Japanese intelligence reveals that China’s aggression could have been fuelled by a singular circumstance: the development of a vaccine based on ancient tribal knowledge that could tilt military balance in its favour.But what is this secret weapon China possesses and how can it be stopped? The fate of the world now rests on the success of a quest undertaken by an eclectic team – a Japanese policewoman, an Indian ethnologist and a young Indian mountain guide, assisted in part by a devious Russian geologist – to unravel the only clue they have at hand, buried in a fable from a time long past, when the magic of the shamans guided the rulers of Tibet. Will they succeed? Or will the Chinese foil their attempts and trigger the ultimate, apocalyptic war?
Xin (Double Helix Case Files #6)
by Jade Kerrion Double Helix3rd Place, Royal Palm Literary Award 2016When the trail of Danyael Sabre’s stolen blood exposes illegal scientific research at a Chinese laboratory, it unleashes a designer drug with terrifying side effects and imperils the decades-long peace between China and America.NSA analyst Mu Xin, the clone of a Shang-dynasty queen, steps into the fray to stem the chaos, but in a land where ancestral worship and beliefs in incarnation exist alongside cutting-edge genetic engineering, will Xin find herself trapped or liberated by her past?This is a standalone futuristic thriller set in the award-winning world of the Double Helix.
Xn: X to The Nth
by Clint Townsend“A perfect world begins with perfect humans.” <P><P>X to The Nth is the story of Dr. Cain Wyczthack III (WICH-thak), President and CEO of the Engenechem Corporation, and his trusted partner, Dr. Alan White. Together, the two have worked for decades and spent billions of dollars to engineer and create a perfect, highly intelligent, genetically pure slave-labor force that's sustainable, easily replaceable...and untraceable. <P><P>Evan Armada Nine and Chloe Rover Seven are only two of thousands of clones who work diligently behind the scenes to advance Cain’s agenda and complete his top-secret projects. Although extreme measures are taken to ensure the female clones are kept isolated from their male counterparts, Dr. Wyczthack insists on tracking their every move with motion and sound sensitive video cameras and RFID chips embedded in their shoulders. <P><P>However, destiny will intercede and see to it that Chloe and Armada’s paths intersect. What is the mysterious entity that suddenly appears and leads Armada to Chloe? Why does the powerful presence want to help the couple break away from their masters? If they can manage to elude Engenechem's surveillance and tracking systems, where will the pair flee to? <P><P>After a hurried and daring escape attempt, the runaways discover Cain’s plans for the destruction of Earth and annihilation of its inhabitants, including the army of clones. To ensure that only the strong and genetically pure will survive a thermonuclear ‘New Genesis’, Engenechem, with the aid and contribution of the largest corporations and governments of the world, builds orbital stations, subterranean bunkers and storage warehouses, a space elevator, satellite hunters, and positional, space-based missile silos. The duo comes to the sad realization that they and the rest of the clones were created for the sole purpose of constructing the artificial environments that will house Dr. Wyczthack’s hand-selected survivors of his global, atomic genocide. <P><P>Will the love-struck clones successfully stop the launch of hundreds of nuclear missiles? Can Armada and Chloe avoid detection long enough to make a clean getaway from Engenechem’s military fortress?
XO: Kathryn Dance Book 3 (Kathryn Dance thrillers #3)
by Jeffery DeaverThe third Kathryn Dance novel from Number One bestseller Jeffery Deaver. Kayleigh Towne is a beautiful and successful singer-songwriter, and Edwin Sharp is her biggest fan. When she replies to one of his fan letters with 'XO', Edwin is convinced she loves him, and that her latest hit song 'Your Shadow' was written for him. Nothing Kayleigh or her lawyers can say persuades him otherwise. Then the singer gets an anonymous phone call; it's the first verse of 'Your Shadow' playing. Soon after, one of the crew is horribly murdered. Kayleigh's friend Kathryn Dance, a special agent with the California Bureau of Investigation, knows that stalking crimes are not one-off occurrences, and, sure enough, more verses of the song are played as warnings of death to follow. With a little help from forensic criminalist Lincolyn Rhyme, Dance must use her kinesic and investigative skills in an attempt to find the killer before more people die. Deaver has written the actual song, 'Your Shadow'. Readers will be able to download it from www.jefferydeaver.com.
XO: Kathryn Dance Book 3 (Kathryn Dance thrillers #3)
by Jeffery DeaverThe third Kathryn Dance novel from Number One bestseller Jeffery Deaver. Kayleigh Towne is a beautiful and successful singer-songwriter, and Edwin Sharp is her biggest fan. When she replies to one of his fan letters with 'XO', Edwin is convinced she loves him, and that her latest hit song 'Your Shadow' was written for him. Nothing Kayleigh or her lawyers can say persuades him otherwise.Then the singer gets an anonymous phone call; it's the first verse of 'Your Shadow' playing. Soon after, one of the crew is horribly murdered. Kayleigh's friend Kathryn Dance, a special agent with the California Bureau of Investigation, knows that stalking crimes are not one-off occurrences, and, sure enough, more verses of the song are played as warnings of death to follow. With a little help from forensic criminalist Lincolyn Rhyme, Dance must use her kinesic and investigative skills in an attempt to find the killer before more people die.Deaver has written the actual song, 'Your Shadow'. Readers will be able to download it from www.jefferydeaver.com.(P)2012 Hodder & Stoughton
XO: A Kathryn Dance Novel (Kathryn Dance #3)
by Jeffery DeaverCOUNTRY-POP INGÉNUE Kayleigh Towne's career is just reaching new heights with her huge hit single "Your Shadow"--but increased fame is also bringing unwanted attention. An innocent exchange with one of her fans, signed with an "XO," leads Kayleigh into the dangerous and terrifying realm of obsession. Edwin Sharp thinks Kayleigh's songs contain messages that speak directly to him. Despite her clear rejection and threats from lawyers and law enforcers, he remains convinced that "Your Shadow" was written just for him, and he announces he's coming for Kayleigh. Then a potentially fatal accident occurs at the concert hall where Kayleigh is rehearsing for a triumphant hometown performance, and she is convinced that someone--maybe Edwin--was there watching her from the darkness. True to his word, Edwin Sharp soon makes an ominous appearance in town, and California Bureau of Investigation Agent Kathryn Dance, a friend and fan of Kayleigh's on vacation in Fresno to attend the show, intervenes on her behalf, drawing Sharp's frightening attention to herself. That night a member of the road crew whom Kayleigh had once dated is murdered in an eerie echo of an image from her chart-topping song. As more deaths loom on the horizon, Kathryn Dance must use her considerable skills at investigation and body-language analysis to stop the stalker and save more innocent victims. But before long she learns that, like many celebrities, Kayleigh has more than one fan with a mission . . . This nail-biting thriller from suspense master Jeffery Deaver speeds along over just three short days, filled with terrifying twists that will keep readers held in rapt suspense until the final shocking revelation.
Xoc de Reis (Cançó de gel i foc #Volumen 2)
by George R.R. MartinEn aquest segon llibre de «Cançó de gel i foc», George R.R. Martin continua la que sembla destinada a ser la millor sèrie de fantasia que s'ha escrit mai. El preu de la glòria. Mentre els pretendents al Tron de Ferro dels Set Regnes es preparen per fer valer els seus drets, el caos regna des de l'antiga ciutadella de Rocadrac fins a les costes imponents d'Hivèrnia. Una profecia de desastre esquinça el cel -un cometa del color de la sang i la flama- alhora que sis faccions combaten pel control d'una terra dividida. Amb un rerefons d'incest i fratricidi, alquímia i assassinat, el preu de la glòria es mesura amb sang. Ressenya:«Una narració èpica... amb un moment decisiu farcit d'acció, que ofereix un banquet als amants de la fantasia.»Publishers Weekly
XPD
by Len Deighton1979. A stolen World War II document is about to surface, propelling the most ruthless secret agents of Great Britain, America, Germany, and the Soviet Union into a desperate battle of wits and violence. If made public, this document would reveal a clandestine meeting in June 1940 between Churchill and Hitler to discuss the possibility of England's surrender. For almost forty years, this shattering secret has been so closely guarded that anyone who learns of it must die, his file stamped Expedient Demise, or...
The XV Legacy: A Mystical Everest Adventure
by KdrWas mountaineer George Mallory the first to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1924? Rani Becker, an ex-Rhodesian philanthropic multi-millionaire, and her intrepid team of ex-SAS bodyguards embark on a search-retrieval mission to find Mallory's missing camera that's still buried somewhere on the North East Ridge of Mt Everest. A week before, Colonel Sandy Campbell of British Intelligence infiltrated a team of disguised Nepalese Gurkhas into Tibet to help rescue a young boy prophesised to be the 15th Dalai Lama. Two agents in Hong Kong forewarn Sandy that a renegade CIA special agent has informed a corrupt Chinese PLA General of the encrypted prophecy. China closes all international borders, prompting the British Secret Service to collusively hook up with Rani Becker's search expedition. Using a sophisticated aerial rescue-recovery Hercules aircraft, Rani's team parachute onto Mt Everest and commence their drama filled search; while Sandy attempts to up-lift the boy over the high mountain border before the Chinese can snatch him.A prophetic Tibetan Lama's reincarnation predictions from 1920 have a recurring fifth dimensional impact throughout the storyline. Will the Gurkhas manage to successfully evade the Chinese and save the next Dalai Lama? Will the mountain search team locate Mallory's elusive camera? What's the mysterious incarnate connection between a brilliant whizz-kid computer hacker in Hong Kong and two female secret agents twice his age? How do the reincarnated five guardian sisters of Everest bring all these events together? Featuring locations in Tibet-Northern India-Nepal-Hong Kong and Mt Everest, and set in 1920-1924 (Part I) and 2000 (Part II) this page turning, three plot, rolling manuscript revisits the legend of the spiritual guardians of Chomolungma-the celebrated Long Lived Five Sisters-combined with riveting high altitude Himalayan adventure-action, religious irreverence, some commonplace swearing and humour, incredible flying sequences interspersed with titillating age-disparate sex scenes-some implied-some mildly graphic, underlain with aspects of Buddhist spirituality. All woven into an enlightening, yet thought provoking reincarnation theme. WARNING! If you consider your literary tastes rather delicate or think your moral sensibilities or sensitivities might be offended in any way by language, any or all of the themes or topics in this manuscript; and you don't think you'll be hugely entertained and enjoy the complex plot; rather than be bitterly disappointed, please do not purchase the Book!
XX: The must-read feminist dystopian thriller
by Angela ChadwickWINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2019FEATURED ON THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2018'One of the feminist novels of 2018' Stylist'Handmaid's Tale-shaped hole in your life? Read XX' The Times'A pacy dystopian thriller' Red Magazine'A phenomenal debut' Skinny'Emotionally compelling' Lauren WilkinsonHOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR A CHILD OF YOUR OWN? When Rosie and Jules discover a ground-breaking clinical trial that enables two women to have a female baby, they jump at the chance to make history.Fear-mongering politicians and right-wing movements are quick to latch on to the controversies surrounding Ovum-to-Ovum (o-o) technology and stoke the fears of the public. What will happen to the numbers of little boys born? Is there a sinister conspiracy to eradicate men at play?In this toxic political climate, Jules and Rosie try to hide their baby from scrutiny. But when the news of Rosie's pregnancy is leaked to the media, their relationship is put under a microscope and they're forced to question the loyalty of those closest to them, and battle against a tirade of hate that threatens to split them apart...
XX: The must-read feminist dystopian thriller
by Angela ChadwickWINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2019FEATURED ON THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2018 'One of the feminist novels of 2018' Stylist'Handmaid's Tale-shaped hole in your life? Read XX' The Times'A pacy dystopian thriller' Red Magazine'A phenomenal debut' Skinny'Emotionally compelling' Lauren WilkinsonHOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR A CHILD OF YOUR OWN? When Rosie and Jules discover a ground-breaking clinical trial that enables two women to have a female baby, they jump at the chance to make history.Fear-mongering politicians and right-wing movements are quick to latch on to the controversies surrounding Ovum-to-Ovum (o-o) technology and stoke the fears of the public. What will happen to the numbers of little boys born? Is there a sinister conspiracy to eradicate men at play?In this toxic political climate, Jules and Rosie try to hide their baby from scrutiny. But when the news of Rosie's pregnancy is leaked to the media, their relationship is put under a microscope and they're forced to question the loyalty of those closest to them, and battle against a tirade of hate that threatens to split them apart...
xXx: The Official Movie Novelization
by Tim WaggonerTHE OFFICIAL NOVELIZATION TO THE UPCOMING MOVIE XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGEXANDER CAGE IS BACK. After coming out of self-imposed exile, extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage must race against time to recover a sinister weapon known as Pandora’s Box, a device that controls every military satellite in the world. Recruiting a new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself entangled in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of government.
Y is for Yesterday (A Kinsey Millhone Novel #25)
by Sue Grafton<P>Of #1 New York Times-bestselling author Sue Grafton, NPR's Maureen Corrigan said, "Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters." With only one letter left, Grafton's many devoted readers will share that sentiment. <P>The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone, Y is for Yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate—and film the attack. <P>Not long after, the tape goes missing and the suspected thief, a fellow classmate, is murdered. In the investigation that follows, one boy turns state’s evidence and two of his peers are convicted. But the ringleader escapes without a trace. <P> Now, it’s 1989 and one of the perpetrators, Fritz McCabe, has been released from prison. Moody, unrepentant, and angry, he is a virtual prisoner of his ever-watchful parents—until a copy of the missing tape arrives with a ransom demand. <P>That’s when the McCabes call Kinsey Millhone for help. As she is drawn into their family drama, she keeps a watchful eye on Fritz. But he’s not the only one being haunted by the past. A vicious sociopath with a grudge against Millhone may be leaving traces of himself for her to find… <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Y la muerte, su legado: Juegos de guerra
by George R.R. MartinEl juego forma parte fundamental de los seres humanos. Y su reverso oscuro, la guerra, también. Como el gran fabulador que es, George R. R. Martin no ignora el hecho de que vivimos atrapados entre las risas de un partido amistoso y los gritos de la batalla, pues en gran medida así construyó su aclamada saga Canción de Hielo y Fuego. Pero Martin no sólo se ha ocupado de narrar la lucha por el poder de los Siete Reinos, sino que, como talentoso estratega de ajedrez y gran aficionado al futbol americano, también ha expuesto la lucha voraz, el espíritu bélico y la sed de revancha que existen en los juegos y los deportes. Es así como surge Y la muerte, su legado, un inusual y sorprendente volumen de relatos que entrevé la ciencia ficción especulativa y la fantasía, y donde cada historia es un juego con reglas propias. Competencias, batallas, partidos: todos los personajes aquí convocados ponen a prueba sus habilidades y se valen de su astucia o malicia para triunfar incluso a costa de sus contrincantes.
Y punto.
by Mercedes Castro«Él me acusa de tener sentimientos. Me dice que soy débil y frágil, sutil, febril, casi pueril. Nada viril para mi profesión, y tendría que serlo, que adónde va una mujer policía tan sentimental como a punto de romperse. Clara Deza es contradictoria y deslenguada, Clara Deza es agente de la autoridad, esposa y compañera, tan sensible por dentro como dura por fuera. Inmersa en un mundo hostil marcado por el enfrentamiento entre dos esferas contrapuestas: la laboral, poblada por policías que oscilan entre la incomprensión o la superprotección, yonquis que inspiran su ternura y superiores que no la respetan, y la personal, que gira en torno a un matrimonio que es a la vez refugio y casa de fieras, remanso de paz y estanque de tormentas. Clara Deza aprenderá a demostrar pronto su faceta más combativa y mordaz cuando, tras recibir un desconcertante mensaje de su mejor confidente, descubre que uno de los mafiosos más escurridizos planea su gran golpe. Movida por el pálpito de saber que se encuentra ante su caso más importante, comienza a escarbar en las cloacas de una sociedad brillante en apariencia y tremendamente cruel en realidad. Con una poderosa voz narrativa cargada de ironía, Mercedes Castro irrumpe en el panorama literario con la historia de una mujer que se mueve entre claros y oscuros, una protagonista tan de carne y hueso que traspasa las páginas de esta novela con su humor agridulce, su contundente fragilidad y un inconformismo esencial que va más allá de cualquier punto y final. La crítica ha dicho:«Hay que destacar la ambición de la autora de darle un giro al género de la novela negra para ir más allá.»Care Santos, El Cultural de El Mundo «La historia de esta mujer, la protagonista Clara Deza, deja obsoletas y viejas las reivindicaciones feministas de las autoras de más de 50 años# Una novela magnífica y punto.»Carlos Morenilla, Diario Las Provincias «En la estructura de las mejores obra de Raymond Chandler.»Zona de Obra «Si hay algún rasgo que caracteriza a esta novela es la intensidad con que está escrita. Y punto. es un libro que cuesta de coger pero que todavía cuesta más de soltar. El ritmo narrativo es tal que, cuando lo cierras para echar una siesta, cenar o ver la televisión, lo echas de menos. Y punto. es una buena excusa para poner en práctica el viejo aforismo del "apague y lea".»Herme Cerezo, Diario Siglo XXI «Los comienzos literarios suelen ser tímidos en la mayoría de los escritores, pero no en el caso de la gallega Mercedes Castro. Su primera novela, Y punto., tiene más de 600 páginas y combina con maestría el género negro, la introspección y la crónica social.»Ana Mendoza, EFE «Novela trepidante, divertidísima y original para los que creen en el Karma y los que no, para los que disfrutan con una buena historia. Y Punto.»Manuel Francisco Reina, ABC
Ya nadie llora por mí
by Sergio RamírezPremio Cervantes 2017. «Sergio Ramírez conjuga una literatura comprometida con una alta calidad literaria.» Jurado del premio Carlos Fuentes El inspector Dolores Morales está dado de baja en la Policía Nacional desde hace años y ahora trabaja como detective privado investigando adulterios para una clientela de pocos recursos desde su agencia establecida en un shopping center venido a menos en Managua. Pero un acontecimiento imprevisto va a sacarle de la rutina: ha desaparecido la hijastra de uno de los hombres más poderosos del país y Morales recibe el encargo de encontrarla. Pronto la desaparición de la joven se revela como la punta de un iceberg que oculta las cloacas del sistema político y social del país. Es ese el momento en que Morales comprende que lo que debe descubrirno es sólo el paradero de la muchacha, sino las verdaderas razones por las que ha desaparecido. Con un extraordinario manejo del humor y la ironía, y la maestría narrativa que caracterizan toda su obra, Sergio Ramírez regresa al género negro con uno de sus personajes más memorables, que ya protagonizó El cielo llora por mí (2008). Sexo, dinero, corrupción y tramas de poder son las claves de este caso policial en el que nadie resulta del todo inocente. La crítica ha dicho... «El relato policial es la forma que asume una pregunta por la veracidad. Discurso híbrido, está hecho del lado de la lectura en un español que confronta la corrupción, la mentira y la violencia. En El cielo llora por mí, la novela policial logra imaginar, a pesar de todas las razones en contra, una certeza compartible.» Julio Ortega, El País «Margarita, está linda la mar es la síntesis que un gran escritor logra entre la tragedia y la grandeza de un país al que ama hasta el punto de convertirlo en pura literatura.» Carlos Fuentes «Un relato pícaro y socarrón, exento de dogmatismo, que asume la tarea de relatar un argumento que no se propone como novedad; lo sorprendente está en el enfoque cercano de los sucesos, en su humor irreverente.» Arturo García Ramos, ABC (sobre Sara) «El primer cuentista vivo en el continente latinoamericano, y uno de los mejores en español, heredero de las armas de Cortázar y Monterroso [...]. Por cada cuento un mundo.» Javier Sancho Más, Babelia «Sergio Ramírez se mueve como pez en el agua en el dominio del relato, escribiendo cuentos que no se cansan de sacarle punta al lápiz de la vida, adoptando enfoques insólitos #que acaban convirtiendo en sorprendente un suceso banal# y aclimatando con suma habilidad el humor a las catástrofes cotidianas.» Javier Aparicio, El País
Ya no sé quién eres
by Ali KnightLa noche en que su marido llega a casa borracho, cubierto de sangre y murmurando que ha matado algo -o a alguien-, la serenidad de Kate Forman comienza a resquebrajarse. A la mañana siguiente, Paul afirma no recordar nada; pero pocos días después aparece el cadáver de una atractiva mujer que trabajaba para él.Las sospechas acerca de lo que ha ocurrido en realidad conducirán a Kate a una búsqueda desesperada de una verdad que amenaza con destruir para siempre su envidiable y maravillosa vida. Hacer lo correcto debería ser obvio, pero al tiempo que las mentiras se multiplican, Kate se da cuenta de que para encontrar respuestas antes debe plantearse una pregunta:¿Conoces realmente a la persona con la que compartes tu vida?«Una trama perfectamente atada, un potente thriller psicológico. El brillante talento y la fresca perspectiva de Ali Knight aborda con éxito sobresaliente la enorme distancia que existe entre el espacio público y el privado.»Daily Mirror«Un prometedor debut... Funciona desde la primera página hasta la última.»Daily Mail