Madeleine Roux

Stella Raphael, a woman of great beauty and formidable intelligence, is married to Max, a staid and unimaginative forensic psychiatrist. Max has taken a job in a huge top-security mental hospital in rural England and Stella, far from London society, finds herself restless and bored. Then into her lonely existence comes Edgar Stark, a brilliant sculptor confined to the hospital after killing his wife in a psychotic rage. He comes to Stella's garden merely to rebuild an old, Victorian conservatory, but there's an overwhelming physical attraction to this desperate man that Stella is powerless to ignore. Their explosive affair pits them against Stella's husband, her child, and the entire institution. When the crisis comes, Stella makes her decision - one that will destroy several lives and precipitate an appalling tragedy that could only be fueled by illicit sexual love.

David Jiménez se curtió cubriendo guerras, desastres y revoluciones durante casi dos décadas antes de ser nombrado director de El Mundo. Lo que parecía un reto ilusionante —dirigir el diario en el que entró como becario a los 23 años— se transformó en una batalla por la defensa de la independencia del periódico frente a un establishment político y económico decidido a controlarlo. Jiménez ofrece un relato único sobre cómo respira la vida en una redacción —sus personajes, rivalidades, traumas y éxitos—, cómo funciona el juego de favores entre los medios y el poder y qué precio pagan quienes se niegan a participar en él. Presidentes, reyes, ministros, banqueros, capos del dinero, comisarios y periodistas protagonizan esta crónica sobre los secretos inconfesables del periodismo y los hilos que gobiernan España. El Director es, además, un retrato íntimo de las encrucijadas éticas, las relaciones personales, las amistades y deslealtades que se viven cuando se ocupa el despacho de uno de los grandes diarios del país. La prensa prometió contarte la verdad. David Jiménez te cuenta la verdad sobre la prensa.

419 pages : 21 cm

""Finally, a zombie apocalypse done right!"* The lurching, lunging, laugh-filled sequel to Allison Hewitt is Trapped. Spring is in the air, and a radical group of "Repopulationists"-- better known as Rabbits--are restless and ready to multiply. Unfortunately, these zealots manage to destroy a crucial barrier in north Seattle, unleashing the undead into the city. It's not good news for Sadie Walker, who's trying to live a normal life and raise her nephew in peace--when he's kidnapped by Rabbits. Now she's got to fight off zombies and zanies and sail a shipload of survivors to safety when she'd love to tell them all to get a life. But hey, it is the zombie apocalypse, after all... "--

„Gott braucht einen Dämon, um den Teufel aufzuspüren.“ Rom, Ewige Stadt, Hort uralter Geheimnisse. Hierhin führen im Jahre 2004 die Spuren einer Verschwörung, in deren Mittelpunkt Eric von Kastell steht, der Werwolfjäger. Immer wieder trifft er auf das Vermächtnis einer Frau, die im 18. Jahrhundert um ihr Leben kämpfte: Gregoria, die Äbtissin eines entweihten Klosters. Eric und Gregoria sind untrennbar verbunden durch die heiligste Substanz, die sich auf Erden findet: Das Sanctum kann Wunder wirken – oder den Tod bringen … Was in RITUS begann, wird in SANCTUM enden - die Fortsetzung des Bestsellers!

Allison Hewitt and five colleagues are trapped together at their bookstore when the zombie outbreak hits, and she records events on her blog.

Louisa Ditton doesn t know who she is anymore. After the gruesome events of last autumn, she has settled into her role as a maid at Coldthistle House but struggles to control her new changeling powers. Is she turning into a monster like her employer, the devilish Mr. Morningside, or did her last act of heroism redeem her?