Suffer the Little Children - formato ePub

En este nuevo caso, un crimen reciente transportará al comisario Brunetti a su pasado en la Italia convulsa de los años ochenta.«Una de las grandes escritoras de crimen y misterio.» The Times  «Probablemente...

El comisario Brunetti se enfrenta al alarmante fenómeno de la violencia juvenil en pleno corazón de Venecia.«Una serie para disfrutar infinitamente, tanto por sus reflexiones sobre la justicia y la venganza...

La reina de la novela negra.Una fría noche, poco antes de Navidad, un vendedor ambulante africano es asesinado mientras intenta vender imitaciones de bolsos de diseño a unos turistas. ¿Por qué querría...

La crueldad de los poderosos conduce a su propia condena. La novela preferida de Donna Leon.Prolongando la estela de las grandes figuras del género policiaco, Guido Brunetti, es el comisario que encarna...

El renombrado director de orquesta Helmut Wellauer aparece muerto, envenenado con cianuro potásico, durante una representación de La Traviata en el célebre teatro veneciano de La Fenice. Hasta el comisario...

Un nuevo caso del comisario Brunetti que investiga la adivinación y la cartomancia.En pleno mes de agosto, el ispettore Vianello acude al despacho de Brunetti en busca de ayuda: su tía se ha puesto en...

La justicia también existe fuera de la ley. Nueva presentación.Un inesperado acto de vandalismo acaba de cometerse en el frío amanecer veneciano. Una mujer impecablemente vestida ha destrozado el escaparate...

Reedición con nueva imagen de uno de los primeros títulos de la serie del comisario Brunetti.La arqueóloga norteamericana Brett Lynch, vieja conocida del comisario Guido Brunetti, sufre una agresión en...

La existencia del comisario Guido Brunetti se ve alterada por la irrupción en su vida de ciertos elementos religiosos inquietantes. Durante un almuerzo familiar descubre que las clases de religión que...

Las apariencias no sólo engañan, también pueden matar.Un travesti ha sido asesinado y su cuerpo aparece con el rostro desfigurado. Quizá otra víctima anónima para el registro de crímenes sin resolver....

La décima novela del comisario Brunetti se desarrolla en Pellestrina, una isla de pescadores del el sur de la laguna de Venecia. Dos pescadores de almejas, un padre y un hijo, han sido asesinados: un...

Durante las obras de reforma de una finca abandonada en la campiña veneciana, se desentierra un cadáver parcialmente descompuesto y semidevorado por las alimañas. Cerca del lugar, se encuentra un valioso...

El transporte ilegal de residuos por parte de la ecomafia en la nueva novela de Donna Leon.Cuando el comisario Brunetti conoce a Franca Marinello, esposa de un hombre de negocios veneciano, descubre que...

La serie más exitosa de la Gran Dama del Crimen llega a su título número 25. Premio Pepe Carvalho 2016 a toda su trayectoria.El comisario Brunetti investiga el extraño caso de Manuela, una joven treintañera...

Reedición con nueva imagen de uno de los primeros títulos de la serie del comisario Brunetti.Muerte en un país extraño, segunda novela de Donna Leon protagonizada por el comisario Brunetti después de...

Una excelente novela negra: poderosa, importante y repleta de debilidades humanasCuando, recién casados, el comisario Brunetti y Paola encontraron piso, no se hicieron demasiadas preguntas: un apartamento...

*Part I: The Awakening Shadows* introduces Elira, a quiet scholar who unearths a forgotten tome in the royal archives. Within its pages lies *The Last Verse*, a prophecy warning of the return of Malthor,...

Whistleblower follows Lisa Bennett, a mid-level employee at a government contractor who uncovers massive corruption involving high-ranking officials and executives. Teaming up with investigative journalist...

The Old Man in the Corner is an unnamed armchair detective who appears in a series of short stories written by Baroness Orczy. He examines and solves crimes while sitting in the corner of a genteel London...

MY Dear Young Folks,—In the first book which I wrote for you, we traveled together through the Gorilla Country, and saw not only the gigantic apes, but also the cannibal tribes which eat men. In the...

Joachim-Napoléon Murat was the brother-in-law of Napoleon Boneparte, and held many titles in his life including Marshal of France, Grand Admiral of France, Grand Duke of Berg, and King of Naples. The...

LUIS AGUIRRE had been living in Gibraltar for about a month. He had arrived with the intention of sailing at once upon a vessel bound for Oceanica, where he was to assume his post as a consul to Australia....

The year 146 B.C. was an annus mirabilis in the development of Roman dominion. Of course it had long been a foregone conclusion that Carthage and Corinth must fall before her, but the actual time of their...

The Prime Minister is a novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1876. It is the fifth of the "Palliser" series of novels. Summary: When neither the Whigs nor the Tories are able to form a government...

The Pilgrim's Progress, religious allegory by the English writer John Bunyan, published in two parts in 1678 and 1684. The work is a symbolic vision of the good man's pilgrimage through life. At one time...

"Ah there, girls! How are you?" — "GOD SPEED YOU" "Oh, Nathalie, I do believe there's Grace Tyson in her new motor-car," exclaimed Helen Dame, suddenly laying her hand on her companion's arm as the two...

The Purloined Letter Edgar Allan Poe The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin,...

On the second day of July in the year 1863 the Civil War in America was at its height. Late in the preceding month Lee had turned his face northward, and, with an army of a hundred thou-sand Confederate...

Unseen Genius follows the journey of Jabari, a young inventor with dreams bigger than his circumstances. In each installment, Jabari grapples with the challenges of balancing his family obligations, friendships,...

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This collection contains translations of Roumanian tales which, however, comprise but a small portion of the inexhaustible treasure that exists in the nation. The originals are scattered throughout Roumanian...

FIRE MOUNTAIN IS "A THRILLING SEA STORY BY "NORMAN SPRINGER", AUTHOR OF "THE BLOOD SHIP" Years. Bright, aslant eyes, and a suave and ever-ready smile that broke immediately Martin met his gaze. "You...

Glenn Killbourne and his fiancee Carley Burch find a strange test of their love in the mountains and canyons of Arizona. What subtle strange message had come to her out of the West? Carley Burch laid...

The Pit and The Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's...

Eldorado is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of...

Victoria Finney has always been the planner. So, when she's blindsided by a terminaldiagnosis, she's not just worried about her own future—she's worried about herhusband, Troy. Determined to ensure he's...

Alan Thurston was an immunologist at Midwestern University Medical School. Like most men in the teaching trade, he also had a research project. If it worked out, he'd be one of the great names in medicine;...

The Warden, published in 1855, is the first book in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series of six novels. It was his fourth novel.The Warden concerns Mr Septimus Harding, the meek, elderly...

The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays originally published variously in several magazines between 1904 and 1906. In discussing the work, Conrad described it as "a very intimate...

Whose Body? is a 1923 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, which introduced the character of Lord Peter Wimsey. CHAPTER I "Oh, damn!" said Lord Peter Wimsey at Piccadilly Circus. "Hi, driver!" The taxi man,...

LIMEHOUSE NIGHTS is a 1916 short story collection by the British writer Thomas Burke. The stories are set in and around the Chinatown that was then centred on Limehouse in the East End of London. It was...

Wessex Tales is a collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardy's birth in 1840. Through them, Thomas Hardy talks about nineteenth century marriage,...

In a world where regency romance meets high-stakes adventure, the Dorchester sisters return in the thrilling, penultimate collection, Tales of Iron and Intrigue. Every tale unfolds in a concise 500 words,...

An unlikely character is recruited by the CIA as an under the radar offbeat assassin. The character successfully completes 90 hits on targets using a sedation drug inserted into his unwitting victims...

All they want for Christmas is ...Breanna Henderson lives by lists, strict schedules, and preparations galore. Being pregnant while climbing up a ladder into her best friend Billy's bedroom was definitely...

The highly anticipated follow-up to bestselling BIG HORN, WALKER PRAIRIE is a thrilling Jenn Herrington legal mystery set in Wyoming's rugged Bighorn Mountains. When former prosecutor and mystery writer...