El priorato del naranjo

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Lucy Snowe is a 14-year-old girl staying at the home of her godmother Mrs. Bretton in the clean and ancient town of Bretton. Also in residence are Mrs. Bretton's son, John Graham, and Polly, a peculiar little girl whose visit is cut short when her father arrives to take her away. Soon after Polly's departure Lucy leaves Mrs. Bretton's home and moves on. Some years pass, during which a family tragedy leaves Lucy without family, home, or means. Lucy travels from her native England to...

La Juez Mariana de Marco se enfrenta a un crimen tras el que no parece haber móvil alguno. Una soberbia intriga y una incógnita que persiste hasta el final. En una elegante colonia de veraneo cercana a Santander, alguien entra sigilosamente en una de las casas y degüella a un viejo Magistrado de brillante historial. Es la hora de la siesta de un día de intenso calor. Todo el mundo dormita. Nadie ha visto nada. Entre intuiciones, investigaciones, sospechas, detalles esclarecedores e interrogatorios, la Juez Mariana de Marco se enfrenta a un crimen tras el que no parece haber móvil alguno. ...

Una perturbadora novela negra por la maestra del thriller y firme candidata al Premio Nobel Joyce Carol Oates. «Esta historia de suspense presenta a la mejor Oates, da muestras de una sencilla sofisticación "negra", y aparecen destellos semejantes a Stephen King.» Library Journal «Los problemas empezaron de la manera más inocente cinco meses, dos semanas y seis días antes.» Andrew J. Rush ha conseguido el aplauso del público y la crítica, un éxito con el que sueña la mayoría de los autores. Sus veintiocho novelas policiacas han vendido millones de ejemplares en decenas de países...

Fulbert is fully happy, the system provides him “a charming life”. However, real life continues there, stalking, inescapable, and nothing can avoid the unforeseen circumstances of fate. Through twelve stories, Alicia Fenieux invites us to visit a future where real life coexists with fictitious realities as well as holograms and avatars do so with humans of flesh and blood; a world where the longing for the past is as strong as the fascination that arouse science and technology. It is the daily life of the years to come with its intimate, disconcerting and also ferocious dilemmas; a future ...