El asesinato de Roger Ackroyd (Spanish Edition)

A murder in the small English village of King’s Abbott leads Hercule Poirot into a strange mystery involving a determined, curious spinster, the local doctor, and a wide range of suspects with possible motives and mysterious relationships.

El asesinato de roger ackroyd (Spanish Edition)

CHRISTIE,AGATHA

Literature & Fiction

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On a three-day journey through the snowbound Balkan hills, Hercule Poirot tracks down a murderer among a colorful and unusual assortment of passengers aboard the luxurious Orient Express.

Asesinato en el orient expres (Spanish Edition)

" This collection of short mysteries brings together 14 stories, 14 crimes, and twice as many suspects from Poirot's mysterious adventures around the globe, including his investigation into the mysterious murders that followed the opening of Pharaoh Men-her-Ra’s tomb."

Poirot investiga (Spanish Edition)

Genre Fiction

Un cadaver en la biblioteca (Spanish Edition)

"When the body of a beautiful blonde woman is discovered in the library of Colonel and Mrs. Bantry's Gossington Hall in the quiet village of St. Mary Mead, Jane Marple baits a trap to catch the killer."

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Three generations of the Leonides family live together in a large and somewhat crooked-looking house. Sophia and Charles have just resumed their courtship, interrupted by WWII. Then the wealthy patriarch of the household, Aristide, is murdered, injected not with insulin for his diabetes but with a killer substance. Suspicion falls on the whole household, including Aristede's two sons, his widow ¨Dfifty years his junior¨D and even his three grandchildren. Could any member of this seemingly devoted family have had a hand in his death? Can Charles Hayward, fianc¨¦ of the late millionaire¡¯s granddaughter, help the police find the killer? 
Description in Spanish: Charles y Sophia se han reunido para reanudar su noviazgo interrumpido por la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ahora una nueva dificultad se interpone entre ellos: el abuelo de Sophia, un anciano millonario griego con el que viv¨ªa toda la familia, ha muerto envenenado. 
A parecer se trata de un asesinato, la sustancia letal ha sido introducida en una de las ampollas de insulina que habitualmente le inyectaban al anciano. Todos sus parientes son sospechosos: la segunda esposa del difunto, Sophia¡ Charles quiere demostrar la inocencia de su novia.

La casa torcida (The Crooked House)

When an ad appears in the gazette announcing a murder to take place on Friday at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m., the locals show up, assuming it's a murder mystery party, only to get shot at and then become witnesses to the real murder of a boy no one knows. Fortunately, Miss Marple arrives and unravels this tangled skein before too many of them get bumped off. Miss Jane Marple doesn't look like your average detective. Quite frankly, she doesn't look like a detective at all. But looks can be deceiving, for the mild-mannered spinster sleuth is as adept at solving murders that baffle Scotland Yard as she is at unravelling village secrets. Description in Spanish: En el periódico de Chipping Cleghorn se publica una noticia sorprendente que deja atónitos a los pacíficos vecinos del pueblo: "El viernes, a las seis y media, alguien morirá asesinado en casa de Letittia Blacklock. La curiosidad es mayor que el miedo y las personas más relevantes de la población se dan cita en la casa a la hora anunciada. Una vez allí comprueban que la noticia del periódico era fidedigna, a la hora indicada se produce un asesinato. Afortunadamente, Miss Marple, de visita en la villa, se encarga de resolver el macabro asunto con su peculiar estilo.

Se anuncia un asesinato (A Murder is Announced)

Take one dead lothario; add his jealous wife accused of his murder; toss in a devoted daughter who wants to clear her mother's name, and you get one of the greatest challenges of Hercule Poirot's career. Amyas Crale's passion for painting and women made him famous. His murder made him infamous. Sixteen years earlier his jealous wife was tried, convicted and sentenced to life for a notorious slaying. Description in Spanish: Una joven acude a Hercule Poirot en busca de ayuda. Su padre, Amyas Crale, un famoso pintor, fue envenenado hace muchos años, y su madre, juzgada y condenada por este crimen, murió en la cárcel. La muchacha fue enviada entonces a Canadá con unos parientes, quienes la educaron y cambiaron el nombre.

Cinco cerditos (Spanish Edition)

Mystery writer Ariadne Oliver has been invited to a Hallowe'en party at Woodleigh Common. One of the other guests is an adolescent girl known for telling tales of murder and intrigue ¨Dand for being generally unpleasant. But when the girl, Joyce, is found drowned in an apple-bobbing tub, Mrs. Oliver wonders after the fictional nature of the girl's claim that she had once witnessed a murder. Which of the party guests wanted to keep her quiet is a question for Ariadne's friend Hercule Poirot.   Description in Spanish: Ariadne Oliver est¨¢ de visita en casa de su amiga Judith Butler. La casa hierve de actividad, pues se prepara una fiesta infantil y hay que organizar diversos juegos. Mientras duran los preparativos, Joyce, una jovencita, afirma haber presenciado un asesinato. Nadie cree en lo que dice por su fama de mentirosa.

Las manzanas (Halloween Party)

The ever-popular Kitchen Confidential is now available in Spanish. Get the truth about the real conditions of a three-star restaurant, and read about what goes on behind kitchen doors. Find out from Bourdain why you should not order fish on a Monday, why it is not wise to order well-done meat and why seafood frittata is not a good selection for brunch. ''Hysterical, Bourdain gleefully rips through the scenery to reveal private backstage horrors.'' New York Times. Description in Spanish: ''Os quiero hablar de las oscuras y reconditas entranas de un restaurante. La vida de cocinero ha sido para mi un largo enredo amoroso, con momentos tanto sublimes como ridiculos. Nunca he lamentado el inesperado giro de mi vida, que me hizo caer en el ocio de los restaurantes. Siempre he creido que la buena cocina, el buen yantar esta por encima de todo riesgo. Lo mismo da que hablemos de un queso azul sin pasteurizar, de ostras crudas o de trabajar con socios del crimen organizado. Para mi la comida siempre ha sido una aventura''. Muy seguro de entretener a entendidos y profanos, Anthony Bourdain no deja titere con cabeza en su exquisito, divertido y delicioso relato. Un recorrido desde el modesto oficio de lavaplatos, hasta la cocina de Rainbow Room en el Rockefeller Center, mafia incluida.

Confesiones de un chef -bolsillo (Spanish Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Bourdain, Anthony

Leaders & Notable People

About the Author\nROSETTA FORNER es escritora, coach personal, ejecutiva y creadora del Anticoaching <(>&<)> Ánimacoaching, y de la escuela de emociones La Vida en Rosetta. También es consultora para empresas, articulista y colaboradora de radio y televisión. Entre sus libros, destacan: Cuentos de hadas para aprender a vivir, La danza de amor de las hadas, La reina que dio calabazas al caballero de la armadura oxidada y El último sapo que besé.\n¿Es que ya nadie cree en las hadas? Si no las vemos, ¿es porque no existen? Si existiesen, ¿las veríamos? Si usted tiene a alguien en su vida que le induce al optimismo, le anima a despertar la magia de su corazón y le ayuda a descubrir lo mejor de usted misma... con toda probabilidad su vida se ha visto bendecida por la presencia de un hada.

Cuentos de hadas-bolsillo (NO FICCIÓN) (Spanish Edition)

Forner, Rosetta

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