The Execution of Justice - formato ePub

Una brillante novela que desafía nuestra fe en la lógica, en la verdad y, sobre todo, en la justicia.«Leyendo a Dürrenmatt fui consciente de la fuerza de la intriga y el poder de atracción de los personajes...

El comisario Bärlach se enfrenta a su caso más peligroso.Tras una delicada operación quirúrgica, que tal vez le alargue un poco más la vida, el comisario Bärlach, en su lecho de hospital, lee, curiosa...

Una mujer en un inquietante laberinto que evidencia la relatividad de lo que creemos ver y saber.«Leyendo a Dürrenmatt fui consciente de la fuerza de la intriga y el poder de atracción de los personajes...

Una avería en su nuevo deportivo Studebaker, y la esperanza de "vivir alguna aventura" extramatrimonial, llevan al viajante textil Alfredo Traps a pasar la noche en un pequeño pueblo de su ruta habitual....

Enfermo y a punto de jubilarse, el comisario Bärlach solo cuenta con su inteligencia para resolver un caso de asesinato.Cuando el teniente de policía Schmied aparece muerto en su coche, en una pequeña...

La ville de Güllen voit depuis plusieurs décennies ses caisses se vider mystérieusement ; bientôt au bord de la faillite, les habitants et le bourg sont plongés dans une misère noire. Lorsqu'elle retourne...

In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war recession has bitten. Claire Zachanassian, improbably beautiful and impenetrably terrifying, returns to her hometown as the world's richest woman. The locals...

Brilliant neo-noir from one of the greatest post-war writers of GermanA man is murdered in plain sight.But could it be the perfect crime?A respected professor is dead – shot in a crowded Zurich restaurant,...

Inspector Barlach is dying. But not fast enough for his arch-enemyWhen a member of the Bern police force is shot dead on a Swiss country road, the enigmatic Inspector Barlach and his colleague Tschanz...

Inspector Barlach has a year to live, but he's not going quietlyWhen Inspector Barlach notices that a successful Swiss surgeon bears a striking resemblance to an infamous Nazi war criminal, a suspicion...

The mysterious and unbearably tense tale of a detective's obsessive pursuit of a child murderer, from one of the post-war era's greatest writers in GermanWhen a young girl is found brutally murdered in...

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Dans les environs de Zurich, la petite Gretl Moser vient d’être assassinée à coups de rasoir. Le commissaire Matthias fait à sa mère la terrible promesse de trouver le meurtrier. La police arrête un potentiel...

Suite à une panne de voiture, Alfredo Traps trouve refuge pour la nuit dans la maison d’un juge à la retraite. En plus de l’inviter à un somptueux diner, son hôte lui propose de participer à un procès...

Königs Erläuterungen – Textanalyse und Interpretation mit ausführlicher Inhaltsangabe und Abituraufgaben In einem Band bieten dir die neuen Königs Erläuterungen alles, was du zur Vorbereitung auf Referat,...

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 Twelve-year-old Toulouse “Tull” Trotter lives with his grandfather on a vast Bel-Air parkland estate and spends most of his time with young cousins Lucy, “the girl detective,” and Edward, a prodigy who...

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Malini has claimed her rightful throne as the empress of Parijatdvipa, just as the nameless gods prophesied. Now, in order to gain the support of the priesthood who remain loyal to the fallen emperor,...

Devil Take It is a sharp, darkly comic satire set against the backdrop of Trump-era Washington, D.C.  In this clever and timely moral fable, Satan arrives on the scene disguised as Dr. Grippin Fall, a...

Another sexy, high-stakes holiday spinoff installment of the New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Nothing warms a cold heart like true love, and in this newest Black Dagger Brotherhood...

Readers of Stephanie Drey and Allison Pataki will enjoy this highly anticipated sequel, an epic saga of love set during the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt that explores loyalty, cultural failures, and a...

I locked away my magic and ran from home for a good reason. So why am I ready to undo everything when my demon ex finally tracks me down?  You can’t outrun your demons—McKenna Ellerbeck knows this all...

The ninth exhilarating and original Firefly novel tying into the critically acclaimed and fan-beloved series, from creator Joss Whedon, follows Mal, Book and the rest of the crew mounting a madcap heist...

For fans of B. K. Borison and Sarah Adams comes a cheeky, small-town romantic comedy about finding yourself in the weeds . . . only to find love, too. It took exactly twenty-four hours for Atlanta publicist...

A small-town baker faces off against her longtime nemesis on a reality TV competition in this delightful romantic comedy. Magda Miller’s feud with rival baker Mackenzie Newton is so old, folks in tiny...

USA Today bestselling author Kennedy Ryan's Audie award-winning novel launches a passionate series exploring the wild ambition, artistic obsession, and unrelenting love in Hollywood.One moment in the...

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From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case—and he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl...

THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE GROUNDBREAKING AND RENOWNED LAST KING OF OSTEN ARD SERIES.'Inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy. It's one of my favourite fantasy series' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN'A master...

From the author of The North Wind comes a darkly reimagined tale of forbidden love, inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander and the Scottish ballad Tam Lin.Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated her...

From PEN Award­­–winning author Sergio de la Pava comes an existential detective novel about a private investigator who flees New York City for Colombia after a personal tragedy and finds himself entangled...

The BookTok beloved Taking of Persephone series continues in Hades, the epic love story of the king and queen of the underworld. "Careful what you say, Goddess," he breathed, "I may not let you leave."A...

Based on a true story, Trail to Treason is an evocative historical drama set during WWI, where a mother's sacrifice and clandestine espionage test the bounds of love and duty.In a world where love and...

In this "rare feast" of a novel, a young Indian American book editor inherits her estranged family’s ancestral home–and their long-buried secrets (Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait With Boy). It is...

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La luz es peligrosa y temible; la oscuridad significa calma, paz, tranquilidad…, Shiro lo sabe mejor que nadie. La luz es sinónimo de hikaris. Los demonios del pasado campan a sus anchas bajo ella y,...

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his...

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