Aguafuertes Filosóficas

Bert Amandale is a horror novelist; he lives in Provence with his wife and teenage daughter. His best friend, Chucks Basil -a rock star- decides to move to Provence, and things start to get complicated, due to Chucks' dark past and his difficult relationship with Bert's wife. This book's frantic, murky plot renders it a masterful work of psychological intrigue.

Aquel hombre era capaz de convencerla de que hiciera cualquier cosa... Alguien había abandonado al millonario Manuel de la Guarda... su niñera. Necesitaba alguien que cuidara de su pequeña de seis meses, y la necesitaba rápidamente. Ariane Celeste era una periodista de televisión a la que habían mandado para entrevistar al magnate, pero descubrió a un padre entregado. La pequeña era adorable, así que Ariane no tardó en dejarse convencer para cuidarla... temporalmente. Pero Manuel enseguida se dio cuenta de que no quería dejar marchar a Ariane, y qué mejor manera de intentarlo que...

In 1982, when he was just three years old, Samir was abandoned by his mother on the beach of El Saler. She blindfolded him and said: Don't move, I'll come right away. But she never did. No one knew why she did not return and that child ended up in a juvenile center with no other identity than his name and a handful of memories. Samir grew up among orphans and disinherited from the world, but with the determination to have a chance in life. Thirty years after his mother left him on that beach, Samir is no longer a helpless child, but a captain of the Valencia Judicial Police. However, his past ...

'Wake up, genius.' So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, a Salinger-like icon who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel. Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked...