El Escorpión Esmeralda

Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood. She starts many investigations, but never finishes any because she hands her cases over to the detectives who work the day shift. Once a rising star in the police department, she received this assignment after accusing a superior of sexual harassment. One evening, she is given two cases she doesn't want to let go of: a brutal beating of a prostitute who is left for dead and the murder of a waiter during a shootout at a night club. Against orders and the her partner's wishes, she continues to investigate after her shift ends. As she delves...

El carismático Nick Martelli era todo atractivo y magnetismo animal. Desgraciadamente, no era el hombre con el que Sydney Gordon estaba prácticamente comprometida, el mismo que estaba esperando que volviera de Europa para aceptar su proposición de matrimonio.Desde luego, Nick no era lo que Sydney entendía por un marido ideal. Ella buscaba un hombre estable que la ayudara a controlar su impulsiva naturaleza... o quizá no fuera eso lo que necesitaba.

"Women's infidelity is a complex and deep subject, however throughout history men have given it a very loose meaning. Beyond those macho prejudices, many other things come to play. Who has not been unfaithful at one time, at least mentally? The ambition to have what we do not have and to be what we are not is a big part of human beings, and so is infidelity." Rosa Montero. Texts by Bioy Casares, Marcelo Birmajer, Giovanni Boccacci, Cortázar, Antón Chéjov, Fitzgerald, Mastretta, Guy de Maupassant, Onetti, and more.

Collects all the major fiction and poetry, with some essays. Includes artwork by Harry Clarke, Gahan Wilson, and Fritz Eichenberg.