El Último Velero

Jim Nash is back down Mexico way, and he's not happy about it. That could be because he's helping a friend track down a cold-blooded killer who also happens to be the woman's daughter. It might be because he's Kill On Sight, thanks to a narrow escape from cartel sicarios a number of years ago. Or, it might be because he's been forced to replenish his hoard of stolen cartel cash, and he's anxious to get home. Whatever the reason, he's finding himself knee-deep in bullets, bandits, and bodies, and he's only just crossed la frontera.

After decades together, Russell and Corrine Calloway want a calm and stable family life, something that seems impossible to achieve in New York after the Lehman Brothers crisis. They dream of raising their children in the countryside, but their economic situation does not allow it. In a risky attempt to revive his publishing house, Russell hires a book that will be his salvation or his ruin, while the reappearance of a friend of Corrine's will question the strength of their relationship. This is an addictive novel that fully immerses us in Manhattan at the beginning of the 21st century, with...

Se llamaba Claire Gravesend. Murió tras caer al vacío y destrozar el techo de un lujoso coche aparcado en uno de los barrios más conflictivos de San Francisco. Lee Crowe, un detective con pocos escrúpulos, encuentra su cuerpo al amanecer y le saca unas fotos para vendérselas a la prensa. A raíz de eso, recibe la llamada de la madre de Claire, una de las mujeres más ricas de California. No cree que su hija se haya suicidado como concluye el informe forense, así que contrata al investigador para responder a los interrogantes que plantea su muerte. Sin embargo, este no es un caso como...

Con este titulo polisemico Ortega y Gasset reunio en 1927 un volumen con trece ensayos de diversa procedencia. Los origenes del espanol, la inteligencia del chimpance, la obra de Miro o de Gongora se aborda desde la claridad y el dominio verbal que siempre caracterizaron a nuestro primer ensayista.