The Widow Couderc - formato ePub

Una mañana de febrero, un desconocido telefonea al inspector Maigret: afirma que unos hombres le persiguen desde la noche anterior y está convencido de que su vida corre peligro. La llamada se interrumpe...

"Maigret revivía las sensaciones de antaño: el frío, el escozor en los ojos, la punta de los dedos helada, el regusto del café. Y después, al entrar en la iglesia, una vaharada de calor, de luz tenue;...

El inspector Maigret llega a la localidad de Concarneau para investigar el intento de asesinato de uno de los prohombres del pueblo. En mitad de las pesquisas, una serie de sucesos confusos parecen indicar...

Émile, un obrero retirado y algo tosco, conoce a Marguerite, una mujer afectada y puritana que vive en el recuerdo de un pasado mejor, con quien termina casándose para compartir su soledad. Pero pronto...

Pietr Johannson, conocido como Pietr el Letón, es un famoso delincuente perseguido por las autoridades de toda Europa. La policía parisina es informada de la llegada del estafador a la estación del Norte,...

Edmée, una chica de dieciséis años que ha quedado huérfana, es acogida por sus tíos en una casa de campo. A su llegada, su tío acaba de fallecer, y ella quedará al cuidado de su tía y sus tres primos,...

Adil Bey llega a Batum, ciudad del sur de la Unión Soviética, como nuevo cónsul de Turquía. Pero su trabajo en la pequeña ciudad, asfixiada por el régimen comunista, se va pareciendo cada vez más a una...

Casi por casualidad y como turista, Maigret asiste entre el público a la instrucción por parte del córoner de una causa por muerte violenta en una pequeña ciudad de Arizona, junto a la frontera mexicana....

Los secretos y rencores que alberga la mansión de las hermanas Lacroix, como se la conoce con respeto en la pequeña ciudad de provincias, encierran al cabeza de familia en una inmensa soledad. Sus moradores...

Pedigrí es la novela más extensa, insólita y atrevida de Simenon, uno de sus mayores logros como cronista del individuo y la sociedad modernos. A principios de 1940 Simenon empezó a escribir sus memorias...

En un establo cerca de las aguas del canal lateral del Marne, a la altura de Dizy, aparece el cadáver de una mujer que navegaba en el Southern Cross, un elegante yate que nadie había visto surcar antes...

El doctor Mahé pasa por primera vez en Porquerolles las vacaciones con su esposa e hijos. Un día, se ve obligado a interrumpir una jornada de pesca para visitar a una moribunda. Pero cuando llega al lecho...

La acción de esta novela se sitúa en una casa de citas de una ciudad europea bajo la ocupación nazi. Con la degradación moral, se nos presenta en toda su crudeza el poder contagioso e invasor de la abyección,...

Nadie en la sede de la Policía Judicial da crédito al testimonio de Arlette, bailarina de un local de striptease en Pigalle que acude a la comisaría a las cuatro y media de la madrugada, borracha, asegurando...

En seis meses, cinco mujeres han sido asesinadas en Montmartre, pero no hay una sola pista que permita descubrir al asesino. Tras conversar con un renombrado psiquiatra, Maigret sospecha que los crímenes...

Una carta anónima advierte a Maigret de que está a punto de cometerse un asesinato. Tras una eficaz investigación, su equipo de la Policía Judicial descubre que la misiva proviene del domicilio de Émile...

Philip Haldane and his sister lived in a little red-roofed house in a little redroofed town. They had a little garden and a little balcony, and a little stable with a little pony in it—and a little cart...

The Lost Continent, A classic "lost race" story, with all of the required elements: a seductive empress, a straight-arrow hero, battles, escapes, sorcery, and earth-shattering cataclysms! Eminently readable...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

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It all starts with a fire. Seven children, asleep in a big house in the Italian countryside. A forgotten candle. Their parents are not there. They are in a different country, a different continent, Africa,...

***A new Peter Diamond novel from the CWA Diamond-Dagger-winner Peter Lovesey***'His work is the gold standard for UK crime fiction writing' DEADLY PLEASURES'Peter Lovesey writes feel-good crime yet he...

IN THE UNDERGROUND FAE REALM, ONLY THE STRONGEST AND MOST RUTHLESS HAVE POWER - BUT A YOUNG HUMAN WOMAN FORCED INTO A LIFE OF SERVITUDE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING 'A darkly enchanting page-turner laden...

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A viciously funny and intelligently provocative play about family, friendship and faith, adapted by the author from his Pulitzer-finalist short story.Who in your life would you trust to keep you alive?...

When Daniel Leicester goes in search of his late wife's missing bicycle in the oppressive heat of a Bologna summer, he is transported to her final days. But as unfinished business bleeds - quite literally...

'Warm, wise, witty, and just plain fun' Maggie Shipstead At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with...

Having been saved from execution at the hands of the Draoihn - powerful magic users Raine used to count as allies - Raine finds herself in the Fault, a vast magical wasteland, which is falling apart before...

NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY.THE BRAND NEW GANGLAND CRIME NOVEL FROM ROBERTA KRAYShe sold him out. Now he's out for revenge . . .After her murderous ex-boyfriend who she turned in to the police was released...

'Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing.' PETER JAMESYour son has gone missing.And then the police arrest the prime suspect.You.You know you're innocent.That someone else took your son.But the...

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Moidl is a farmer's daughter from the Hohenhauser Farm in Hintertux in the Zillertal region of Tyrol. Her close bonds with her family and the farm are her lifeblood, and the various blows they are dealt...

Three middle-class sixth-form girls leave their independent boarding school in the summer of 1918. They are told by their headmistress that their prospects of marriage have been reduced following the...

From internationally bestselling author Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats is the first book in her debut adult fantasy series, filled with forbidden romance, deadly faerie curses and pulse-pounding...

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From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... Countdown to the Fourth of July… Just weeks before Independence Day, the President is targeted for assassination by a powerful...

From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick writing as Jan Coffey... In a crowded parking lot, chaos erupts as a Porsche careens out of control. An SUV crashes through a dealership window, and a...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLA CollectionFrom USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick…Three poignant stories of emotion, hope, and forever love—a duke and a Highland heiress, a prince and a pauper, and...

A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLALady Millie, youngest of the Pennington family, has always lived in the shadow of her talented and powerful siblings. She's been the rock of stability and order for her sisters...

  DAPHNE DU MAURIER AWARD of Excellence WINNER  NATIONAL READERS' CHOICE AWARD FINALIST  RWA RITA AWARD FINALIST   A man awaits execution for a murder he did not commit . . .  A woman returns to a place...

Mysterious murders are taking place in the Lake District in the northwest of England. Mysterious, since there seems to be no connection between them and no motive can be determined for any of them. It...

 From USA Today Bestselling Author Jan Coffey comes a riveting tale of betrayal and murder.    A woman runs through the glittering streets of Newport with killers on her trail. She needs help. She needs...