Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Faulques, a war photographer, witnessed most of the wars of the end of the 20th Century, but he was never able to capture the photo that would explain the chaos of the universe. Now, as continues to try to understand it, he starts painting a grand circular fresco on the inside wall of a tower on the Mediterranean, disturbed by the memories of a woman he can never forget, and an unexpected visit: a man who wants to kill him.
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Cádiz, 1811. The Spanish port city has been surrounded by Napoleon's army for a year. Their backs to the sea, its residents endure routine bombardments and live in constant fear of a French invasion. And now the bodies of random women have begun to turn up throughout the city, victims of a shadowy killer. Police Comisario Rogelio Tizón has been assigned the case. Known for his razor-sharp investigation skills--as well as his brutal interrogation...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"En los años 1942 y 1943, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, buzos de combate italianos hundieron o dñaron catorce barcos aliados en Gibraltar y la bahía de Algeciras. En esta novela, inspirada en hechos reales, sólo algunos personajes y situaciones son imaginarios. Elena Arbueés, una librera de veintisiete años, e ncuentra una madrugada mientras pasea por la playa a uno de esos buzos, desvanecido entre la arena y el agua. Al socorrerlo, la...
Author
Series
Bestseller) volume 406/09
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
When she discovers that her boyfriend Guero, a Mexican drug smuggler, has been killed by rivals and that she is the next target, Teresa Mendoza must give up her old life and become a member of a dark and deadly world in order to survive.
Sonó el teléfono y supo que la iban a matar. Lo supo con tanta certeza que se quedó inmóvil, la cuchilla en alto, el cabello pegado a la cara entre el vapor del agua caliente que goteaba en los azulejos. Bip-bip....
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Sidi es una historia de exilio y frontera, de lucha por sobrevivir en un territorio hostil, indeciso y de fuerzas encontradas. Narra la aventura de un guerrero que, obligado al destierro, cabalga para buscarse la vida con una hueste que lo respeta y lo sigue. Su car̀cter y sus hechos de armas lo convertir̀n en una auťntica leyenda viva. No ten̕a patria ni rey, s̤lo un pųado de hombres fieles. No ten̕an hambre de gloria, s̤lo hambre. As̕...
13) The ninth gate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
An unscupulous rarebook dealer is hired to locate the last remaining copies of The nine gates of the Shadow Kingdom, a demonic manuscript that can summon the devil.
