La cortesana del rey

Gran Premio de Novela Negra Francesa en el Festival Internacional de Beaune Premio de Novela Policiaca de Aubusson Un asesino en serie, los altibajos del mercado del petróleo, Roger Moore interpretando a James Bond, el punk, las huelgas y los disturbios, los ataques del IRA, el moribundo gobierno laborista devorado por unos conservadores que despejan ya el terreno para la Dama de Hierro... Son los años setenta. Son malos tiempos para el país. Condado de Yorkshire, 1976. Varias mujeres, en su mayoría prostitutas, están siendo brutalmente asesinadas. Al frente del caso ;con sus sempiternas ...

Told through the eyes of a very grumpy yet lovable mutt, a funny and touching tale of aging, death, friendship, and life that proves sometimes a dog's story is the most human of all. Tassen has always been a one-man dog. When his human companion, Major Thorkildsen, dies, Tassen and Mrs. Thorkildsen are left alone. Tassen mourns Major by eating too many treats, and Mrs. T by drinking too much. But the two unexpectedly find common ground in researching Roald Amundsen’s expedition to the South Pole led by a pack of intrepid dogs. But the quiet days Tassen and Mrs. T spend together at the...

A journalist and assistant in a veterinary clinic, flashes back towards an episode in his life when he met a man who used to walk by the beach with two Russian dogs. After several meetings, the man said Jaime Lopez was his name, and began to tell him his confidences focusing on the figure of Trotsky's murderer, Ramon Mercader, of whom he claims have been friends.

A child records the events of a month in a diary in verse and artwork found in an abandoned house that is about to be torn down.