Kim - Libros y biografía

The Last Beat; London, 1966A policeman walks the empty streets of London Town on the eve of his death from a heart attack. As is his custom, he makes up tongue-in-cheek plays on words while reflecting...

Under the shrewd leadership of Vasily Ivanovich, the Russian Mafia in London is rapidly expanding its business in Europe. To launder the enormous proceeds, they strategically embark on a new, ingenious...

Eight hilarious stories narrating things you never imagined would happen …My Thousand and One Last Suppers; Arabia, 1973 – 1976An arrogant jet setter ends up condemned to death in an Arabian jail. Using...

Eight short stories with the common thread of revenge and deception …Signatures for Sale; Sonora/Los Angeles, 1943 – 1970The introduction is written like a train slowly leaving the station, mimicked in...

Dedicated to Survival; The Indian Ocean, circa 1920This tale is about an anonymous man who doesn't give up hanging on to his survival despite the overwhelming odds against it that he's facing. The journal...

The soul exchange New York City, the 1980sUnexpectedly the devil finds a new game to play, arguing that evil is more fun – and besides, it pays better. A strong but wicked character becomes a new challenge...

"This winning compilation of 44 short stories contain skullduggery, shady contracts, blackmail, sleazy lawyers and PIs, overweening greed, and killing for hire or just for fun. In "A Final Note in D-Sharp...

THE PATRICIDEAfter a fire, the wealthy landowner Patrice Lafarge is found alone and dead in his bedroom locked from the inside. Inspector Rimbaud reviews the case and counts on the help of his sharp-witted...

Seven stories about war and its consequencies . . .The Dowry; Afghanistan, 1980War makes a cynical suitor. The future of a young man of marriageable age as seen from his pragmatic gunpoint view. An incident...

Signatures for sale; Sonora/Los Angeles, 1943 – 1970The rhythm in the introductory text mimics a train slowly leaving the station. After some hard years in Los Angeles, it finally gathers speed. To talented...

The Dowry Afghanistan, 1980War makes a cynical suitor. The future of a young man of marriageable age as seen from his pragmatic gunpoint view. As recalled by a war correspondent, it's an incident that...

Ten short stories with death as the common theme …I Will Never Kneel Again; Guatemala, 1951 – 1971This story is based on a true event that took place in Guatemala in 1971. The execution of the culprits...

Two Lives and the Camp of Death; Poland, 1943Gerber, the merciless commander of a World War II concentration camp, doesn't see himself as part of a greater human community, but as a skilled administrator...

Struck by Luck, Malaysia, 1965Two peasants challenge each other as a result of their superstition and extreme poverty. The twist of fatedistributes the rewards haphazardly, which proves that luck carries...

Eight short stories that has greed and wishful thinking in common …The Gift of a Golden Wish; USA/The world, in the 1930sWouldn't you too be game if you received the unexpected gift of getting everything...

A Final Note in D-Sharp Minor; New York City, in the 1980sThis story is meant to rattle with sounds. What matters is the right mood for music – although in the orchestra, revenge plays a deadly blues.

En las historias que arman este mosaico de sentimientos humanos, el lector dará la vuelta al mundo antes de encontrarse en momentos muy distintos del siglo XX para incorporarse a ocho culturas tan distintas...

The Moment of Truth Mexico, 1926 – 1976Don Rafa is a highly likeable man, but he can neither live with, nor tell, the truth. The only truths he recognises are those of beauty and male friendship. Beauty,...

2019 PINNACLE AWARD WINNER!THE LOST IDENTITY CASUALTIES Coming out of a coma, Matthias Callaghan finds himself tied to a hospital bed, wrapped in bandages and suffering from amnesia. As he gradually recovers...

What's the Story?-2 [2023] comprises a second anthology of more than thirty short stories (and tales within tales) and novellas linking historical facts and anecdotal perceptions made in tandem with the...

Borrowed Scenery, Borrowed Time – A NovelTag line: A Matter of Borrowed Identities from East to West and Vice VersaSynopsis: Borrowed Scenery, Borrowed Time – A Novel is the companion piece of Kindred...

The novel She, Who Loves Dogs tells the story about a young widow who must shelve her personal difficulties during the Age of COVID and embrace a totally different life-style for her young son and herself....

Imagine reconnecting with a long-lost kin: A harried university professor in Tokyo struggles with a personal tragedy in the midst of creative stasis. How can he cope with his grief? He retreats into daydreams...

This anthology of short stories, called What's the Story?, comprises tales within tales. It resulted from the author's sojourns in the West and East, therefore based on actual events. Also included are...

Kim Sturgess was a weekend sailor: he enjoyed club racing and several brief sailing holidays, but had never attempted a substantial expedition. Reaching the age of fifty focused the mind and he decided...

Imagine the twisted evil twins of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson and you have the dangerous duo of Professor James Moriarty - wily, snake-like, fiercely intelligent, unpredictable - and Colonel Sebastian...

It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and...

Paul, a young academic composing a thesis about the end of the world, and his girlfriend Hazel, a potter, have come to the tiny English village of Alder for the summer. Their idea of a rural retreat gradually...

Shortlisted for the Bookseller YA Prize 2015!Jo could never have guessed that the friendship she so desperately craves would come in the shape of a severely disabled boy. He can't even speak. Maybe it...

<p>For Aila Begum, marriage is a given, and at twenty four, quite soon. Though London born, Aila's father is deeply traditional and lives by rules of the remote village in Bangladesh he calls home....