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Hugo and Olivia have been asking their parents for a dog for years and, after much begging, crying and promises, they're getting one! But their happiness is short lived. Troya, the big-eyed puppy who has the family entranced, disappears without a trace and everything suggests the culprit is someone in the neighbourhood. Who, though? Laughter is guaranteed at number 24, Calle de la Pera.
A woman is found hanged on the blade of one of the wind turbines the company Mistralia is installing in an until then idyllic landscape. Her name is Esther and she is an engineer working in the company. Murder or suicide? When Detective Ricardo Cupido is asked to deal with the case, he can have no idea where his investigations will lead.
'All I'm asking you for is an opportunity. This is a one-trick bet. If I win, if I manage to convince you in time, you will not read a single page of this book.
Everyone has heard of Moby Dick; ever since Herman Melville gave him life, he has become a source of inspiration for every branch of art over generations. For the first time, in the hands of the best authors and illustrators in the country, an extensive pictorial and literary study has been done of one of the most feared figures in the ocean.
"They come here thinking they're writers and leave as personalities", thinks Mona Tarrile-Byrne a young peruvian novelist. After a spiral into Californian drugs and erotic adventures, Mona lands up in a little Swedish town along with a few of her colleagues who have all been nominated for the prestigious Basske Wortz literary prize.
Jordi Sierra i Fabra returns with a powerful thriller of huge relevance: the objectification of women, evictions, corruption, the construction industry, the new wave of politicians, poorly paid jobs, the financial crisis... A woman is thrown into the Llobregat river, near its mouth, in the middle of the night. She is naked and has been beaten and murdered.
Bites and Nibbles is the latest title from Mar Benegas in the Marsupiflap collection, illustrated by Susie Hammer. What has happened to this book? Who has been at its pages? Whose are these teeth marks? A book for young and older children to play at guessing which animals have been biting its pages.
The arrival of Morgana disturbs the apparent tranquility of Merlin’s life in the wood of Esmelle. Arthur’s half-sister and lover comes in search of answers to her unhappiness. From her grief and Merlin’s memories they thread together the reasons for the ruin of Avalon and the fall of Camelot.
A man is found hanged in a pinewood on the outskirts of Madrid, his eyes torn out by the roots. In one of his pockets is a mysterious scrap of paper with thee names and the address of a woman: Sara Azcárraga, who lives a few miles from the scene of the crime. Fragile, solitary, a secret vodka drinker, Sara eschews all human contact and works from home.