Socrates. El Trigal Y Los Cuervos

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,...

La sombra de la muerte recorre el verano. Pero no se trata de la muerte retorcida de los crímenes novelescos, sino de la que sacude y conmociona la vida diaria. Un probable ajuste de cuentas entre criminales en medio de un campo deportivo. La violación y el asesinato de una niña a cargo, al parecer, de un pariente cercano. La muerte de un donjuán en el seno de una comunidad de inmigrantes. El asesinato de una mujer a hachazos donde las sospechas recaen en un marido con un largo historial de maltratos. Crímenes pedestres, pero no por eso menos misteriosos. Los investigadores de la Guardia ...

"La voz arrebatada de Auxilio Lacouture narra, e indaga al tiempo que narra, un crimen atroz y lejano, un crimen que solo se desvelara en las ultimas paginas de la novela."

El final del que partimos is an exciting story of a future as realistic as it is terrifying. During a mysterious environmental crisis, a young woman gives birth to her first child, Z. Terrified of a world that is reeling, where everything around them has become dangerous and unstable, the family is forced to leave their home in search of safety. In a journey that is vividly reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's dystopian world of The Road, the journey will show both the fear and amazement of seeing Z's little fists clinging to life, in a struggle for survival in which people bring out the worst,...