El séptimo nombre

Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, the au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark cloaks, changelings, and the aloof couple who drew a young nanny into their inner circle. Now an adult, Seraphine mourns the recent death of her father. While going through his belongings, she uncovers a family photograph that raises dangerous questions. It was taken on the day the twins were born, and in the photo, their mother,...

Una carta anónima, una misteriosa desaparición, siete niños no deseados, muchos intereses ocultos.

During the years of Mexican President Calderone, drug cartels fought pitched battles against other cartels, the police, the army, and the good citizens of Mexico. Kidnappings, murder, threats, and intimidation by drug cartels impinged on every facet of Mexican life. This story of the de la Vega family in Culiacan, the state capital of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, tells of their struggles with the death of their beloved sister and the courageous brothers who become a force exacting revenge on the Pacific cartel ...

Un clásico de la novela negra. El redescubrimiento del autor más popular de la Francia de posguerra.; «El heredero literario de Céline y Simenon». Le Figaro; «Su escritura, original y sin concesiones, hizo de Dard uno de los pocos autores del siglo XX en gozar a la vez del respaldo crítico y de una enorme difusión». L;Express ;; «Por lo ajustado de sus tramas y lo cinematográfico de su lenguaje, es solo cuestión de tiempo que la obra de Dard vuelva a ser leída en todas partes». The Observer Problemas es lo último que Albert Herbin necesita. Acaba de salir de la cárcel y la...