Peter May

Una intriga de suspense magistralmente dosificado firmada por Peter May, un autor que ya ha logrado establecerse como un maestro de la novela negra.UN REGRESO INDESEADO El detective Finlay Macleod del cuerpo de policia de Glasgow es enviado a la isla de Lewis, al noroeste de Escocia, lugar donde se crio y al que esperaba no tener que volver jamas, para investigar un posible caso de asesinatos rituales.UN ESCENARIO OPRESIVO Macleod se reencuentra en la isla con todo aquello que creia haber olvidado: un paisaje agreste y lluvioso, un entorno religioso, opresivo y dominado por las supersticiones, unas tradiciones sangrientas de terribles consecuencias y ahora, ademas, un caso que le sumerge en la bruma de una isla en la que, como el bien sabe, los recuerdos se cobran vidas.UN CASO POR ESCLARECER Este ambiente cargado de envidias, amores frustrados y oscuros recuerdos acompañara a Fin en la investigacion del caso de los macabros asesinatos en el que una de las victimas habia sido uno de sus antiguos compañeros de escuela.La isla de los cazadores de pajaros ha sido galardonada con el Premio de los Lectores-Ancres Noires 2010, el Cezam Prix Litteraire 2011 (premio de los lectores concedido a la mejor novela de autor europeo publicada en Francia) y fue elegida por la prestigiosa revista Kirkus Reviews como una de las diez mejores novelas de intriga publicadas en Estados Unidos en 2012.La critica ha dicho... Novela con una gran entrada y una excelente escritura que le otorga una dimension literaria superior. Un magnifico thriller.El PeriodicoUna novela de intriga con una intensidad que no decae en ningun momento. Sin duda una obra maestra.LHumaniteNo hay persecuciones desenfrenadas entre detectives y asesinos en serie, no hay descripciones de torturas que ocupen paginas enteras... Se trata de una investigacion, sin duda, pero tambien de una novela en estado puro, cuya crudeza se debe a la naturaleza que describe: la de los hombres y la de su entorno.Parfum de LivresUna novela negra en una atmosfera cargada, marcada por el luto, las cosas no dichas y la fuerza de los recuerdos. Una novela cuya intriga quita el aliento.Le blog du polarUna historia intrincada, un desenlace extraordinario. [...] Peter May es un autor al que seguiria al fin del mundo.The New York TimesLas dos tramas de la novela estan llevadas con brillantez y convergen en un final emocionante e inesperado. Una lectura absorbente, unos personajes perfectos y una ambientacion inquietante caracterizan esta excepcional novela.BooklistUn escenario estremecedor para una novela apasionante, escrita de forma prodigiosa.The TimesCuando ya pensabamos que lo habiamos visto todo, llega La isla de los cazadores de pajaros para recordarnos que palabras como "unico" e "innovador" todavia forman parte del vocabulario del genero de intriga. Esta novela, ademas de ofrecer una excelente historia, no se parece a nada de lo que yo haya leido antes.The Big ThrillNaturaleza descarnada, fuertes vientos, cielos y paisajes esplendorosos, dolores conocidos y dramas escondidos... Una novela de suspense de atmosfera absorbente.Culturofil

El hombre sin pasado, segunda entrega de la «Trilogía de Lewis», consagra definitivamente a Peter May como uno de los escritores de intriga más originales de la actualidad.UN HOMBRE SIN NOMBRE En l

En rupture de ban avec son passé, Fin Macleod retourne sur son île natale de Lewis. La mort tragique de son jeune fils a pulvérisé son mariage. Impuissant et résigné, il a quitté la police. La lande

THE FIRST OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CHINA NOVELS, FROM THE MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLER THE BLACKHOUSE. LI YAN A grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan. Yan, devoted to his career as a means of restoring the respect his family lost during the Cultural Revolution, needs outside help if he is to break the case. MARGARET CAMPBELL The unidentified cadaver in turn provides a welcome distraction for forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. Campbell, married to her work and having left America and her broken past behind, throws herself into the investigation, and before long uncovers a bizarre anomaly. THE FIREMAKER An unlikely partnership develops between Li and Campbell as they follow the resulting lead. A fiery and volatile chemistry ignites: exposing not only their individual demons, but an even greater evil - a conspiracy that threatens their lives, as well as those of millions of others.

Gil Petty était un critique redoutable dans le monde des vins, de ceux qui font et défont les rois. La publication de ses notes de dégustation était un moment redouté, susceptible de ruiner un vigne

FRANCE. A death sentence.Diagnosed with a terminal illness, Enzo Macleod is running out of time to crack the most confounding of unsolved French murders.A death threat.His daughter is nearly killed, Enzo is mugged - and then he is arrested. Someone is trying to destroy his character. Someone is framing him for murder.A deathly enemy.Killers from the past will stop at nothing to halt Enzo, who must use all his forensic skills to solve the case - before they succeed.

PARIS.An old mystery. As midnight strikes, a man desperately seeking sanctuary flees into a church. The next day, his sudden disappearance will make him famous throughout France.A new science. Forensic expert Enzo Macleod takes a wager to solve the seven most notorious French murders using modern technology - and a total disregard for the justice system.A fresh trail. Deep in the catacombs below the city, he unearths dark clues deliberately set - and as he draws closer to the killer, discovers that he is to be the next victim.

The Enzo Files: Book Two. GAILLAC, SOUTH-WEST FRANCE. A bottled-up secret. Gil Petty, America's most celebrated wine critic, is found strung up in a vineyard, dressed in the ceremonial robes of the Order of the Divine Bottle and pickled in wine. A code to crack. For forensic expert Enzo Macleod, the key to this unsolved murder lies in decoding Petty's mysterious reviews - which could make or break a vineyard's reputation. A danger unleashed. Enzo finds that beneath the tranquil facade of French viticulture lurks a back-stabbing community riddled with rivalry - and someone who is ready to stop him even if they have to kill again.

THE FOURTH CHINA THRILLER, FROM THE MILLION-SELLING PETER MAY - AUTHOR OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLER THE BLACKHOUSE. SUFFOCATED A vehicle crammed with dozens of dead Chinese immigrants is found in southern Texas. Pathologist Margaret Campbell must put aside her horror, and find out why. SUMMONED Detective Li Yan - an even more unwelcome memory for Campbell - has arrived stateside to investigate a link in the case to a lucrative trade in illegal labourers. SNAKEHEAD Li and Campbell will soon find that the crime scene hides another secret: a biological time bomb linking traffickers, politicians and migrants in Beijing, Washington and Texas - posing multiple countries one, very singular, threat.

FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CAST IRON, COFFIN ROAD AND THE BLACKHOUSE **** AN EXPLOSIVE NEW THRILLER SET IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES**'Peter May is an author I'd follow to the ends of the earth' New York TimesHusband and wife Niamh and Ruairidh Macfarlane co-own Ranish Tweed: a Hebridean company that weaves its own special variety of Harris cloth, which has become a sought-after brand in the world of high fashion. But when Niamh learns of Ruairidh's affair with Russian designer Irina Vetrov, then witnesses the pair killed by a car bomb in Paris, her life is left in ruins. Along with her husband's remains, she returns home to the Isle of Lewis, bereft.The Paris police have ruled out terrorism, and ruled in murder - making Niamh the prime suspect, along with Irina's missing husband, Georgy. And so French Detective Sylvie Braque is sent to the island to look into Niamh's past, unaware of the dangers that await her.As Braque digs deeper into the couple's history, Niamh herself replays her life with Ruiairidh, searching her memory for those whose grievances might have led to murder. And with each layer revealed, and every unexpected twist uncovered, the two women find themselves drawn inexorably closer to a killer who will not turn back.

FIVE DREAMS OF FAME. Glasgow, 1965. Jack Mackay dares not imagine a life of predictability and routine. The headstrong seventeen-year-old has one thing on his mind - London - and successfully convinces his four friends, and fellow band mates, to join him in abandoning their homes to pursue a goal of musical stardom. FIVE DECADES OF FEAR. Glasgow, 2015. Jack Mackay dares not look back on a life of failure and mediocrity. The heavy-hearted sixty-seven-year old is still haunted by the cruel fate that befell him and his friends some fifty years before, and how he did and did not act when it mattered most - a memory he has run from all his adult life. London, 2015. A man lies dead in a bedsit. His killer looks on, remorseless. What started with five teenagers five decades before will now be finished.

Jack et Maurie avaient 17 ans lorsqu'ils ont fugué à Londres. Cette fuite fut marquée par une tragédie : la mort de deux hommes et la disparition de Rachel, la cousine de Maurie, dont Jack était éper

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Un thriller profético que explora la experiencia humana bajo los efectos de un virus en pleno confinamiento.Peter May escribió Enemigo invisible hace quince años, cuando la gripe aviar se había extendido por algunos paises. Pero el manuscrito se quedo en un cajon de su escritorio. Los editores no quisieron publicar la historia por considerarla extremadamente exagerada. Aquel texto parecia una distopia con pocos vinculos con la realidad pero,viendo los estragos que ha provocado la pandemia de la Covid-19 en todo el mundo, el libro recobra sentido. Londres es el epicentro de una pandemia global, una ciudad confinada y violenta. Se ha impuesto el estado de emergencia excepcional a causa de un virus que ya ha matado a miles de personas. Los servicios sanitarios estan desbordados y se deben construir nuevos centros sanitarios para descongestionar el sistema. En uno de los lugares donde se edificara un hospital, encuentran una bolsa con los restos de un niño. Jack MacNeil, en su ultimo dia en la Policia Metropolitana, debera resolver el caso en un contexto de presiones y violencia. El asesino, implacable, esta dispuesto a volver a matar para borrar su rastro. Mientras, su vida se rompe por el mismo mal que destroza la existencia del resto.Despues de la magnifica trilogia de Lewis, Peter May ofrece un trabajo igual de absorbente. The Times

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IF YOU FLEE FATE...When Detective Sime Mackenzie is sent from Montreal to investigate a murder on the remote Entry Island, 850 miles from the Canadian mainland, he leaves behind him a life of sleeplessness and regret.FATE WILL FIND YOU...But what had initially seemed an open-and-shut case takes on a disturbing dimension when he meets the prime suspect, the victim''s wife, and is convinced that he knows her - even though they have never met.And when his insomnia becomes punctuated by dreams of a distant Scottish past in another century, this murder in the Gulf of St. Lawrence leads him down a path he could never have foreseen, forcing him to face a conflict between his professional duty and his personal destiny.