Manuela

A trade paperback collection of 16 short stories, some new, some published before, all together for the first time, featuring Tess Monaghan, New York Times Bestselling author Laura Lippman’s acclaimed private eye For the first time together in one collection is a mix of brand new Tess Monaghan short mysteries as well as previously published, award-winning short stories. Split into three parts—Girls Gone Wild (seven stories about girls behaving badly); Other Cities, Not My Own (four stories about places outside of Baltimore); My Baby Walks the Streets of Baltimore (four stories and a...

Año 1195. Castilla ha caído en Alarcos y el califa almohade Yaqub al-Mansur avanza sobre Toledo. Los conquistadores africanos impondrán la conversión al islam más rígido o sembrarán la Península de cristianos crucificados y cabezas cortadas. Las fronteras se resquebrajan, las aldeas y los castillos se vacían, oleadas de refugiados huyen hacia el norte. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The year is 1195. Castile has fallen; Caliph Almohad Yaqub al-Mansur advances to Toledo. African conquerors impose conversion to rigid Islam under the threat of sowing the Peninsula with crucified Christians and...

Ben, who hails from old money, and Martin, who grew up poor but is slowly carving out a successful career as an art critic, have been inseparable since childhood. Ben's wife Serena likes to jokingly refer to Martin as Ben's dutiful Little Shadow. Lucy is a devoted wife to Martin, even though she knows she'll always be second best to his sacred friendship. When Ben throws a lavish 40th birthday party as his new palatial country home, Martin and Lucy attend, mixing with the very upper echelons of London society. But why, the next morning, is Martin in a police station being interviewed about...

Cuatro historias, diversos protagonistas envueltos en circunstancias que no buscaron en las que en un mundo lleno de magia y ficción tienen que desenvolverse para poder llevar a cabo la parte más difícil de todo ser con alma: sobrevivir. Cada historia presenta diferentes situaciones que obligan a sus personajes a dar lo mejor de sí para combatir lo peor del mundo y lo peor del ser humano. Viven aventuras azarosas en que la muerte está siempre cerca y, a veces, se lleva al compañero de viaje Tiene que superarse el dolor, el cansancio y el desaliento también; pero siempre se espera que...