Georgette Heyer

A los veintinueve años, el acaudalado sir Richard Wyndham está a punto de someterse a los deseos de su familia y tomar una decisión postergada durante años: casarse. Naturalmente, un acontecimiento de tal magnitud bien merece alargar la velada en el club y el consumo de brandy un poco mas de lo habitual, por lo que, de regreso a casa por las oscuras calles del centro de Londres, cuando ve a una chica descolgandose de una ventana con una cuerda hecha de sabanas, sir Richard no sabe si se trata de algo real o de una vision producto de sus excesos. La duda se disipa en un instante cuando Penelope Creed, una jovencita que tambien huye de un inminente matrimonio impuesto, cae literalmente en sus brazos. Asi, la oportuna coincidencia de intereses lleva a los protagonistas de tan azaroso encuentro a emprender una improvisada fuga, en la que el experto vividor y la joven rebelde compartiran un sinfin de aventuras y descubriran en si mismos sentimientos desconocidos para ellos.

En el tranquilo pueblo de Ashleigh Green, bajo la plateada luz de la luna, aparece un cadáver en medio del parque. Cuando el inspector Hannasyde se hace cargo del caso se encuentra con una situación inaudita, pues no solo ninguna de las personas cercanas al acaudalado Arnold Vereker lamenta su muerte, sino que nadie parece tener una coartada, ni muestra el menor interesen simularla. ¡Y muchos tenian por lo menos un motivo! El inspector se encontrara pronto envuelto en el torbellino Vereker, esa impetuosa y rebelde forma de comportarse de esta excentrica familia. Giros inesperados y revelaciones sorprendentes exigiran toda la paciencia y la sagacidad de Hannasyde para desenredar la maraña. Para quienes se hayan deleitado con Aqui hay veneno, la primera entrega de la serie de suspense de Georgette Heyer ambientada en los años treinta, Muerte en el cepo es sin duda una lectura esperada. Humor acido, dialogos vertiginosos, enredos romanticos y todo el glamur de una epoca brillan en las paginas de esta gran autora que, sobre todo, sabe atrapar al lector con sus inolvidables personajes.Rara vez se funden el humor y el misterio con tanta perfeccion. The New York Times

The Vereker family are corrupt and eccentric -and hardly cooperative ... Its another case for the resourceful Superintendent Hannasyde, who sets off on the trail of a killer so cunning that even his consummate powers of detection are tested to their limits...

When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well-liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him?Enter Superintendent Hannasyde who, with consummate skill, begins to uncover the complexities of Fletchers life.

Tragedy befalls the Carter family following an eventful visit from a Russian prince and a scandalous blackmail letter. The murder of Wally Carter generates a bewildering mystery - how does one shoot a man crossing a narrow bridge without being near the murder weapon when it is fired?

Slumped on a seat under an oak tree is old Sampson Warrenby, with a bullet through his brain. He is discovered by his anxious niece, Mavis, who is just one of the tne people in the village in the running for chief suspect, having just cause to dislike Warrenby intensely.

In 1815, beneath the aegis of the Army of Occupation, Brussels is the gayest town in Europe. And the widow Lady Barbara Childe, renowned for being as outrageous as she is beautiful, fashionable and light-hearted. When she meets Charles Audley, her joie de vivre knows no bounds - until the eve of the fateful Battle of Waterloo...

A civilised game of Duplicate Bridge ends in a double murder in which both victims were strangled with a tourniquet of picture wire. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? The odds of solving this crime are stacked up against Inspector Hemingway. Fortunately, this first-rate detective doesnt miss a trick.

The death of Adam Penhallow on the eve of his birthday seems, at first, to be by natural causes. He was so bad tempered and mean that both his servants and his family hated him. It soon transpires that far from being a peaceful death, Penhallow was, in fact, murdered.

It is a complete mystery why anyone would choose to murder the trusted old butler of Norton Manor. Barrister turned amateur detective, Frank Amberley, has reason to suspect that the shooting involves the nervy young lady discovered at the scene of the crime, a snooping gentleman in the halls of Greythorne and then a second dead body.

The stabbing of irascible General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith fails to stir up grief in anyone - least of all his family, which is no wonder considering the way he had treated them all during the fateful weekend. Inspector Harding picks his way through a mass of familial discontent to find the culprit - and find much more besides.

Un fenómeno literario único en la literatura inglesa del siglo XX La bella y perspicaz Venetia Lanyon vive con su hermano Aubrey en una mansión de Yorkshire. A sus veinticinco años, disfruta de una existencia apacible y razonablemente feliz, aunque solo ha tenido dos aburridos pretendientes que no han logrado conquistar su corazon. Por suerte o por desgracia, todo cambia cuando el libertino y supuestamente depravado lord Damerel se instala en una propiedad vecina. Entre el y Venetia naceran sentimientos a los que se opondran con fuerza familia, amigos, conocidos e incluso el propio Damerel. Asi pues, tendra que ser Venetia quien, tras superar dudas y algun desengaño, se valga de toda su astucia para doblegar el destino y conseguir aquello que mas desea. (extraido de la web Autoras en la sombra)

The theory that Silas accidentally lost his way in the fog is confirmed when the coroner returns a verdict of death by misadventure. But then Kanes nephew and heir is murdered and threats are made on the next in line to the fortune, throwing a new and sinister light on Silas Kanes death.

The Priory may be ramshackled in appearance, but Peter, Margaret and Celia, who have inherited it from their uncle, love it for its rambling charm. But theres more to this house than is at first apparent: for years hardly a single person has set foot in the place, and even their uncle chose to live in a different house.

When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper. It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde to sift through all the secrets and lies and discover just who killed Gregory Matthews, before the killer strikes again...

John, Duke of Bedford, grew to manhood fighting for his father, King Henry IV of England, on the wild and lawless Northern Marches. A prince of the royal blood, loyal, strong, the greatest ally that his brother - the future Henry V - was to have.