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¿Y si la historia no es como nos la han contado?1960. Mientras Estados Unidos se prepara para saber si su próximo presidente será Richard Nixon o John F. Kennedy, el veterano de guerra Tom Jefferson se dedica a algo que sabe hacer bien: matar por encargo. Existen otros como el, pero Jefferson posee dos cualidades que lo distinguen del resto: esta casado con una mujer que aprueba su manera de ganarse la vida y es el mejor en lo suyo. Por eso, el crimen organizado y la CIA piensan que es la persona ideal para cometer un magnicidio, el de Fidel Castro. Tanto el gobierno como la mafia quieren recuperar la influencia en la isla caribeña que la Revolucion cubana les ha arrebatado. Sin embargo, un fatal descubrimiento de Jefferson lo cambia todo. Castro deja de ser el objetivo para pasar a ser alguien aun mas importante.

Sinopsis: Jack Furness, alpinista de fama mundial, regresa de una expedición al Himalaya con un fragmento de cráneo que se ha conservado casi intacto. Cuando regresa a Estados Unidos, Stella Swift, ex novia de Jack y paleoantropologa de Berkeley, relacion

Berlin 1934. The Nazis have been in power for just eighteen months but already Germany has seen some unpleasant changes. As the city prepares to host the 1936 Olympics, Jews are being expelled from all German sporting organisations ndash; a blatant example of discrimination. Forced to resign as a homicide detective with Berlin''s Criminal Police, Bernie is now house detective at the famous Adlon Hotel. The discovery of two bodies ndash; one a businessman and the other a Jewish boxer ndash; involves Bernie in the lives of two hotel guests. One is a beautiful left-wing journalist intent on persuading America to boycott the Berlin Olympiad; the other is a German-Jewish gangster who plans to use the Olympics to enrich himself and the Chicago mob. As events unfold, Bernie uncovers a vast labour and construction racket designed to take advantage of the huge sums the Nazis are prepared to spend to showcase the new Germany to the world. It is a plot that finds its conclusion twenty years later in pre-revolution Cuba, the country to which Bernie flees from Argentina at the end of A Quiet Flame.

Dans la Russie post-soviétique, le narrateur est envoyé auprès du meilleur spécialiste de la lutte contre la mafia, le colonel Grouchko. Dès son arrivée, un journaliste qui enquêtait sur les affaires

München, 1949: een stad waar schimmige handel, hebzucht en vluchtende oorlogsmisdadigers samen komen. Ook na de oorlog is het een plek vol verraad. Privédetectives krijgen heel wat onfrisse zaken aan

Né à Édimbourg en 1956, Philip Kerr a fait des études de droit avant de devenir journaliste. Il est également l’auteur de romans d’anticipation, de scénarios et de livres pour enfants qui ont rencont

1954. Alors qu''il tente de fuir Cuba en bateau, Bernie Gunther est arrêté par la CIA et transféré à la prison de Landsberg à Berlin. La guerre froide fait rage et les Américains, qui ont besoin d''i

A chilling modern horror story in which the source of the horror is totally unexpected - and utterly terrifying. Special Agent Gil Martins investigates domestic terrorism for the Houston FBI. Once a religious man, now his job makes him question the existence of a God who could allow the violence he sees every day. Gil is asked to investigate a series of unexplained deaths of victims known for their liberal views. When a woman tells Gil that these men have been killed by prayer, he questions her sanity. Yet the evidence mounts that there might be something in what she says, even more so when Gil finds that his own life is on the line.

The rolling strip across the bottom of the screen shouts the news: BESTSELLING NOVELIST JOHN HOUSTON'S WIFE FOUND MURDERED AT THEIR LUXURY APARTMENT IN MONACO. Houston is the richest writer in the world, a book factory publishing many bestsellers a year - so many that he can't possibly write them himself. He has a team that feeds off his talent; ghost writers, agents, publishers. So when he decides to take a year out to write something of quality, a novel that will win prizes and critical acclaim, a lot of people stand to lose their livelihoods. Now Houston, the prime suspect in his wife's murder, has disappeared. He owns a boat and has a pilot's licence - he could be anywhere and there are many who'd like to find him. First there's the police. If he's innocent, why did he flee? Then again, maybe he was set up by one of his enemies. The scenario reads like the plot of one of Houston's million-copy-selling thrillers...

Gil Martins, an agent with the FBIs Domestic Terrorism Unit in Houston, confronts the violence generated by extremism within our nations borders every day. He sees hatred and destruction wrought by every kind of ism there is, and the zealots who kill in their names. Until now, he has always been a part of the solutionhowever imperfecta part of justice. But when Gil discovers he played a key role in wrongly condemning an innocent man to death row, it shakes his faithin the system, in himself, and in Goddeeply. It even estranges him from his wife and son. Desperate, Gil offers up a prayer. To know God is there, not through a sign or physical demonstration but through the strength to cope with his ever-growing, ever-creeping doubts.His problems become more than personal as things heat up in Houston. A serial killer terrorizing the morally righteous turns out to have religious motivations, upping the case from homicide to domestic terrorism. A number of prominent secular icons die or are grievously injured abruptly and under suspicious circumstances, the latest of which is a New Atheist writer whos fallen into an inexplicable coma. Left and right, it seems Gil cant escape the power of God and murder.As Gil investigates both cases, he realizes that there may be a connectionanswering his prayers in a most terrifying way.

Berlin, March 1943. The mood in Germany is bleak after their stunning defeat at Stalingrad. Private Investigator Bernie Gunther is at work in the German War Crimes Bureau - weary, cynical but well aware of the value of truth in a world where that's now a rarity. When human remains are found deep in the Katyn Forest, Bernie is sent to investigate. Rumour has it that this mass grave is full of Polish officers murdered by the Russians. For Josef Goebbels, proof of Russian involvement is sure to destroy the Western Alliance, giving Germany a chance to reverse its devastating losses. But supposing the truth is far more damaging to the German cause? It's Bernie Gunther's job to give Goebbels what he needs. But when there's nothing left for Gunther to lose, the compulsion to speak the truth becomes ever stronger...