-Titulo Original : North To Paradise A Memoir-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: Review “With unerring humanity, Umar brings instances of light to his sobering tale through moving recollections of the friendships that bolstered him and moments of ‘divine intervention’ that led him to finally find a new home in Spain. This is a stunning testament to the strength of the human spirit.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Both sobering and inspiring, this story about a young African man’s awakening to the realities of an often uncaring world offers a compelling portrait of humanity at its ignorant worst and enlightened best. A candid and provocative memoir from a determined man.” Kirkus Reviews The inspiring true story of one man’s treacherous boyhood journey from a rural village in Ghana to the streets of Barcelona and the path that led him home.Ousman Umar is a shaman’s son born in a small village in Ghana. Though his mother died giving birth, he spent a contented childhood working the fields, setting traps in the jungle, and living off the land. Still, as strange and wondrous flying machines crisscrossed the skies overhead, Ousman dreamed of a different life. And so, when he was only twelve years old, he left his village and began what would be a five-year journey to Europe.Every step of the way, as he traveled across the Sahara desert, through the daunting metropolises of Accra, Tripoli, Benghazi, and Casablanca, and over the sea aboard a packed migrant dinghy, Ousman was handed off like merchandise by a loose network of smugglers and in the constant, foreboding company of “sinkers”: other migrants who found themselves penniless and alone on their way north, unable to continue onward or return home.But on a path rife with violence, exploitation, and racism, Ousman also encountered friendship, generosity, and hope. North to Paradise is a visceral true story about the stark realities of life along the most dangerous migrant route across Africa; it is also a portrait of extraordinary resilience in the face of unimaginable challenges, the beauty of kindness in strangers, and the power of giving back. About the Author Ousman Umar was born in Ghana and immigrated to Europe when he was seventeen. In 2012 he founded NASCO Feeding Minds, an NGO dedicated to the principle that the most effective way to prevent migrants from leaving Ghana for Europe is to provide top-notch opportunities for education and advancement in Ghana. North to Paradise was originally published by Penguin Random House Spain in 2019. Ousman lives in Barcelona.Kevin Gerry Dunn is a Spanish-English translator whose recent projects include Countersexual Manifesto, by Paul B. Preciado, and Easy Reading, by Cristina Morales (for which he received a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant and an English PEN Award), as well as works by Daniela Tarazona, Cristian Perfumo, and Kike Arnal. He also heads the FTrMP Project, an effort to make Spanish translations of vital migration paperwork available for free online...

-Titulo Original : A River In Darkness One Mans Escape From North Korea-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: Review “A terrifying true story of life in North Korea…Told in simple prose, this is a shocking and devastating tale of a country’s utter contempt for its citizens.” Kirkus Reviews“In his achingly straightforward memoir, Ishikawa vividly describes the horrendous conditions that the tyrannical and cultish state inflicts on its people…Ishikawa relates his painful story with sardonic humor and unwavering familial love even in the depths of despair, making human the often impersonal news coverage of mysterious and threatening North Korea.” Booklist (starred review)“Like Kang Chol-hwan’s The Aquariums of Pyongyang (2001) the book that spurred President George W. Bush’s commitment to helping the people of North Korea Mr. Ishikawa’s…descriptions of North Korean poverty are chilling, as are his accounts of the corruption and repression that dominated every aspect of life there…searing, swiftly paced.” Wall Street Journal“Masaji Ishikawa was born in Japan to a Korean father but repatriated as a boy to the supposed paradise of North Korea. Newly translated into English, this account of his life and appalling times should become a classic.” South China Morning Post“We often turn to books to help us understand people, experiences, and worldviews different from our own. If you’re looking to further your education in 2018, pick up A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea. In his memoir, translated from Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa recounts his turbulent childhood and life under a totalitarian regime in North Korea. Yes, you’ll learn about the country’s politics, leaders, and economy. But more importantly, you’ll learn about the people who live there and what it’s like to be on the lower end of the social hierarchy.” HelloGiggles“Compulsively readable and heart-wrenching, A River in Darkness reveals the daily cruelty of North Korea’s government to its poorest people. In this memoir, the victim is a young Japanese-born Korean who settles in the North with his parents, only to endure privation and abuse, as those he loves die of exhaustion, hunger, and loss of hope.” Blaine Harden, New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14 and King of Spies: The Dark Reign of America’s Spymaster in Korea A New York Times bestseller and Amazon Charts Most Read and Most Sold book.A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Memoir & Autobiography.The harrowing true story of one man’s life in and subsequent escape from North Korea, one of the world’s most brutal totalitarian regimes.Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian.In this memoir translated from the original Japanese, Ishikawa candidly recounts his tumultuous upbringing and the brutal thirty-six years he spent living under a crushing totalitarian regime, as well as the challenges he faced repatriating to Japan after barely escaping North Korea with his life. A River in Darkness is not only a shocking portrait of life inside the country but a testament to the dignity and indomitable nature of the human spirit. About the Author Born in 1947 in Kawasaki, Japan, Masaji Ishikawa moved with his parents and three sisters to North Korea in 1960 at the age of thirteen, where he lived until his escape in 1996. He currently resides in Japan...

-Titulo Original : The Price Of Paradise-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: In a city as corrupt as it was luxurious, those who dared to dream were bound to pay the price. Havana, Cuba, 1947. Young Patricio flees impoverished Spain and steps into the sultry island paradise of Havana with only the clothes on his back and half-baked dreams of a better life. Blessed with good looks and natural charm, he lands a job as a runner at El Encanto one of the most luxurious department stores in the world. Famous for its exquisite offerings from French haute couture to Arabian silks, El Encanto indulges the senses in opulent extravagance. It caters to visiting Hollywood stars, rising politicos, and prerevolutionary Cuba’s wealthiest power players, including the notorious mobster Cesar Valdes. Falling in love with the mobster’s young wife, Gloria, is suicide. But Patricio is irresistibly drawn to the beautiful girl with sad eyes, a razor-sharp intellect, and a penchant for both Christian Dior’s clothes and Einstein’s theories. Within the walls of El Encanto, anything seems possible, even a love that promises to heal them and a desire that thrums with the mambo beat of the city itself. In a reckless love affair that spans half a century, Patricio’s and Gloria’s lives entwine time and again, challenged by every twist of fate for in a world of murder, betrayal, and revolution, those who dare to reach for paradise seldom survive unscathed. About the Author Susana Lopez Rubio was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1978. She is a screenwriter who wrote the popular television adaptation of the novel The Time In Between by Maria Dueñas. She writes short stories for adults and children. Achy Obejas is the author of The Tower of the Antilles, the critically acclaimed novels Ruins and Days of Awe, and three other books of fiction. Her poetry chapbook, This Is What Happened in Our Other Life, was both a critical favorite and a bestseller. As a translator, she has worked with Junot Diaz, Wendy Guerra, Rita Indiana, and many others. In 2014 she received the USA Ford Fellowship from USA Artists for both her writing and her translations. She’s written for, among others, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, the Village Voice, In These Times, and the Chicago Tribune, where she was part of a 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning team. Born in Havana, she currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area...

-Titulo Original : The Beginning Of The End (apocalypse Z, 1)-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: The dead rise… A mysterious incident in Russia, a blip buried in the news it’s the only warning humanity receives that civilization will soon be destroyed by a single, voracious virus that creates monsters of men. Humanity falls… A lawyer, still grieving over the death of his young wife, begins to write as a form of therapy. Bur he never expected that his anonymous blog would ultimately record humanity’s last days. The end of the world has begun… Governments scramble to stop the zombie virus, people panic, so-called “Safe Havens” are established, the world erupts into chaos; soon it’s every man, woman, and child for themselves. Armed only with makeshift weapons and the will to live, a lone survivor will give mankind one last chance against… Apocalypse Z About the Author An international bestselling author, Manel Loureiro was born in Pontevedra, Spain, and studied law at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. After graduation, he worked in television, both on-screen (appearing on Television de Galicia) and behind-the-scenes as a writer. Apocalypse Z, his first novel, began as a popular blog before its publication, eventually becoming a bestseller in several countries, including Spain, Italy, and Brazil. Manel has written three novels in the Apocalypse Z series. He currently resides in Pontevedra, Spain, where, in addition to writing, he is still a practicing lawyer...

-Titulo Original : A Single Swallow-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: The eagerly awaited English translation of award-winning author Zhang Ling’s epic and intimate novel about the devastation of war, forgiveness, redemption, and the enduring power of love. On the day of the historic 1945 Jewel Voice Broadcast in which Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender to the Allied forces, bringing an end to World War II three men, flush with jubilation, made a pact. After their deaths, each year on the anniversary of the broadcast, their souls would return to the Chinese village of their younger days. It’s where they had fought and survived a war that shook the world and changed their own lives in unimaginable ways. Now, seventy years later, the pledge is being fulfilled by American missionary Pastor Billy, brash gunner’s mate Ian Ferguson, and local soldier Liu Zhaohu. All that’s missing is Ah Yan also known as Swallow the girl each man loved, each in his own profound way. As they unravel their personal stories of the war, and of the woman who touched them so deeply during that unforgiving time, the story of Ah Yan’s life begins to take shape, woven into view by their memories. A woman who had suffered unspeakable atrocities, and yet found the grace and dignity to survive, she’d been the one to bring them together. And it is her spark of humanity, still burning brightly, that gives these ghosts of the past the courage to look back on everything they endured and remember the woman they lost. Review “[A] unique premise of ghostly rendezvous among soldiers, combined with first loves for all three men…Clever use of newspaper accounts, military reports, and letters to loved ones advance the plot and complement the dialogue effectively and interestingly…superb…highly recommended.” -Historical Novel Society “[Zhang] Ling deserves all the credit for communicating the universal language of love and war, but credit is also due to Shelly Bryant, the translator, based on how vividly and movingly the novel reads.” -Enchanted Prose “Zhang Ling helps the reader see events through a distinctly Chinese perspective in which characters speak from the after-life and natural objects have human agency. A thought-provoking work of fiction.” -KATU-TV (Portland, OR) “As a writer of perception and sensitivity, Zhang teases out the many layers of the devastating weight that the war had been putting on the individual, especially women…creates gripping suspense…In a unique narrative style, A Single Swallow compels readers to reflect on innocence and humanity through the prism of war.” -Chinese Literature Today “Themes of gender, memory, and trauma are woven throughout the narrative…the story is not just about friendship; it is also about one woman, a single swallow, who changes the lives of three men forever.” -World Literature Today Praise for Zhang Ling “I am in awe of Zhang Ling’s literary talent. Truly extraordinary. In her stories, readers have the chance to explore and gain a great understanding of not only the Chinese mind-set but also the heart and soul.” -Anchee Min, bestselling author of Red Azalea “Few writers could bring a story about China and other nations together as seamlessly as Zhang Ling. I would suggest it is her merit as an author, and it is the value of her novels.” -Mo Yan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature “[Zhang Ling] tackles a work of fiction as if it were fact…with a profound respect for historical truth as it impacts the real world, she successfully creates characters and stories that are both vivid and moving.” -Shenzhen and Hong Kong Book Review “Zhang Ling’s concern for war and disaster has remained constant throughout the years as she delves deeply into human strength and tenacity in the face of extremely adverse situations.” -Beijing News Book Review Weekly “[In this novel] we see not only the cruelty of war but also humans wrestling with fate…the novel blends the harsh reality of war seamlessly into the daily lives of the common people, weaving hum...

-Titulo Original : The Light Of The Fireflies-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: From bestselling Spanish author Paul Pen comes a haunting and hopeful tale of discovering light in even the darkest of places. For his whole life, the boy has lived underground, in a basement with his parents, grandmother, sister, and brother. Before he was born, his family was disfigured by a fire. His sister wears a white mask to cover her burns. He spends his hours with his cactus, reading his book on insects, or touching the one ray of sunlight that filters in through a crack in the ceiling. Ever since his sister had a baby, everyone’s been acting very strangely. The boy begins to wonder why they never say who the father is, about what happened before his own birth, about why they’re shut away. A few days ago, some fireflies arrived in the basement. His grandma said, There’s no creature more amazing than one that can make its own light. That light makes the boy want to escape, to know the outside world. Problem is, all the doors are locked. And he doesn’t know how to get out… About the Author Paul Pen is an author, journalist, and scriptwriter. In 2014, he won the Gonzoo Prize for author of the year from Spanish newspaper 20 minutos, awarded by popular vote. His first novel, The Warning, also earned him the title of Fnac New Talent in 2011 and has been translated into German and Italian. Pen’s short stories include a digital-format collection of suspenseful tales titled Thirteen Stories. The Light of the Fireflies is his second novel and is available in English for the first time. About the Translator Simon Bruni is a translator of fiction and nonfiction from Spanish, a language he acquired through “total immersion” living in Alicante, Valencia, and Santander. He studied Spanish and linguistics at Queen Mary University of London and literary translation at the University of Exeter. His literary translations include nov¬els, short stories, and video games, while his nonfiction portfolio spans fields as diverse as journalism, social geography, early modern witch¬craft, food security, and military history. He has won two third-place prizes in the John Dryden Translation Competition: in 2015 for his translation of Paul Pen’s harrowing short story “The Porcelain Boy,” and in 2011 for Francisco Perez Gandul’s slang-driven novel Cell 211. His translation of Paul Pen’s novel The Light of the Fireflies has sold more than a hundred thousand copies worldwide. Simon serves on the executive committee of the Society of Authors’ Translators Association (TA) and is a member of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA). For more information, please visit simonbruni ...

-Titulo Original : Your Perfect Year A Novel-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: A man consumed by a meaningless life is going to do something he’s never considered doing before. He’s going to enjoy the day… For hyper-particular publishing heir Jonathan Grief, the day starts like any other with a strict morning fitness regimen that’ll keep his divorced, easily irritated, cynical, forty-two-year-old self in absolutely flawless physical condition. But all it takes to put a crimp in his routine is one small annoyance. Someone has left a leather-bound day planner with the handwritten title Your Perfect Year in his spot on his mountain bike at his fitness course! Determined to discover its owner, Jonathan opens the calendar to find that someone known only as “H.” has filled it in with suggestions, tasks, and affirmative actions for each day. The more he devotes himself to locating the elusive H., the deeper Jonathan is drawn into someone else’s rich and generous narrative and into an attitude adjustment he desperately needs. He may have ended up with a perfect year by accident, but it seems fate has set Jonathan on a path toward healing, feeling, and maybe even loving again…if only he can meet the stranger who’s changing his life one day at a time. About the Author Charlotte Lucas is the pseudonym of Wiebke Lorenz. Born and raised in Dusseldorf, she studied German, English, and media studies at Trier University and now lives in Hamburg. In collaboration with her sister, she has written more than a dozen bestselling novels under the pseudonym Anne Hertz. In Your Perfect Year Charlotte embarks on a search for the answers to the large and small questions of life. Alison Layland is a novelist and translator. A member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting and the Society of Authors, she has won a number of prizes for her fiction writing and translation. She is the author of two novels: literary thriller Someone Else’s Conflict and eco-themed psychological thriller Riverflow, both published by Honno Press. She has also translated numerous successful novels from German and French into English. She lives and works in the beautiful and inspiring border country between Wales and England...

-Titulo Original : The House By The River-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: From acclaimed Greek writer Lena Manta comes an emotionally powerful saga following five young women as they realize that no matter where life leads them, the only constant is home. Theodora knows she can’t keep her five beautiful daughters at home forever they’re too curious, too free spirited, too like their late father. And so, before each girl leaves the small house on the riverside at the foot of Mount Olympus, Theodora makes sure they know they are always welcome to return. Having survived World War II, the Nazi occupation of Greece, and her husband’s death, Theodora now endures the twenty-year-long silence of her daughters’ absence. Her children have their own lives they’ve married, traveled the world, and courted romance, fame, and even tragedy. But as they become modern, independent women in pursuit of their dreams, Theodora knows they need her and each other more than ever. Have they grown so far apart that they’ve forgotten their childhood home, or will their broken hearts finally lead them back again? Review “In the first of bestselling Greek writer Manta’s works to be translated into English, she demonstrates her keen perception into the human heart…Gripping, intricate story lines and [a] touching finale.” Booklist “In this poignant chronicle, Lena Manta examines the lives of five individual girls who leave their home. While their departures are typical, the possibility of their return forms the intriguing premise of this novel…The strong prose and descriptions of Greece and other locales are engrossing.” Historical Novel Society “A gripping and deeply touching novel, The House by the River was the page-turner of my reading month, more sentimental than I typically go in for, but intricate and well wrought. Can we ever really go home? Manta has some ideas.” Words Without Borders About the Author Lena Manta was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Greek parents. She moved to Greece at a very young age and now lives with her husband and two children on the outskirts of Athens. Although she studied to be a nursery school teacher, Lena instead directed her own puppet theater before writing articles for local newspapers and working as a director for a local radio station. Manta was proclaimed Author of the Year in both 2009 and 2011 by Greek Life & Style magazine. She has written thirteen books, all of them published by Psichogios Publications, including the bestselling The House by the River, which has sold almost 250,000 copies and is the first of her books to be translated into English. Hers is a voice to be reckoned with, and each new book is a tour de force in the Greek publishing world. Gail Holst-Warhaft is a poet and translator and has worked as a journalist, broadcaster, prose writer, academic, and musician. Among her many publications are Road to Rembetika, Theodorakis: Myth and Politics in Modern Greek Music, The Collected Poems of Nikos Kavadias, Dangerous Voices: Womens Laments and Greek Literature, The Cue for Passion: Grief and Its Political Uses, I Had Three Lives: Selected Poems of Mikis Theodorakis, and Penelopes Confession. She has published translations of Aeschylus and several of Greeces leading novelists and poets. Her poems and translations have appeared in journals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Her Kavadias translations won the Van der Bovenkamp award from Columbia Universitys Translation Center, and her poem Three Landscapes won the Poetry Greece Award in 2001. The Fall of Athens, her most recent collection of poetry, essays, and stories about Greece, is forthcoming from Fomite Press...

-Titulo Original : The Silver Music Box (the Silver Music Box, 1)-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: A captivating cross-generational novel from German author Mina Baites about a Jewish family divided by World War II and an inheritance with the power to bring them back together. 1914. For Paul, with love. Jewish silversmith Johann Blumenthal engraved those words on his most exquisite creation, a singing filigree bird inside a tiny ornamented box. He crafted this treasure for his young son before leaving to fight in a terrible war to honor his beloved country a country that would soon turn against his own family. A half century later, Londoner Lilian Morrison inherits the box after the death of her parents. Though the silver is tarnished and dented, this much-loved treasure is also a link to an astonishing past. With the keepsake is a letter from Lilian’s mother, telling her daughter for the first time that she was adopted. Too young to remember, Lilian was rescued from a Germany in the grips of the Holocaust. Now only she can trace what happened to a family who scattered to the reaches of the world, a family forced to choose between their heritage and their dreams for the future. About the Author Mina Baites has written stories for as long as she has been able to think, and she loves transporting her readers to new, mysterious worlds. She has published a number of successful contemporary romances under the pseudonym Anna Levin. She also cowrites historical novels set in her beloved Germany as one half of the pseudonymous author Gerit Bertram. Mina lives with her family in northern Germany and loves traveling...

-Titulo Original : A Man-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: A man follows another man’s trail of lies in a compelling psychological story about the search for identity, by Japan’s award-winning literary sensation Keiichiro Hirano in his first novel to be translated into English. Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido’s life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rie Takemoto. She wants Kido to investigate a dead man her recently deceased husband, Daisuke. Upon his death she discovered that he’d been living a lie. His name, his past, his entire identity belonged to someone else, a total stranger. The investigation draws Kido into two intriguing mysteries: finding out who Rie’s husband really was and discovering more about the man he pretended to be. Soon, with each new revelation, Kido will come to share the obsession with and the lure of erasing one life to create a new one. In A Man, winner of Japan’s prestigious Yomiuri Prize for Literature, Keiichiro Hirano explores the search for identity, the ambiguity of memory, the legacies with which we live and die, and the reconciliation of who you hoped to be with who you’ve actually become. Review “Hirano’s English-language debut, a shape-shifting psychological thriller…As back-alley gritty and entertaining as a Raymond Chandler novel, the book asks what it means to be ‘you,’ and suggests that the answer means nothing at all. Hirano’s stylish, suspenseful noir should earn him a stateside audience.” Publishers Weekly “Keiichiro Hirano’s A Man has all the trappings of a gripping detective story: a bereaved wife, a dead man whose name belongs to someone else, mysterious coded letters, a lawyer intent on uncovering the truth. Together with a willfully understated title, however, these features belie a deeply thoughtful novel whose mystery premise gives way to an examination of the most profound questions of identity and artistic creation. In a work so rooted in Japanese cultural history, the questions posed by the author become distinctly literary, moving ultimately to address the very practice of novel-writing.” Arts Desk “What sort of novel is A Man? Hirano dangles a number of possibilities before the reader, from existential thriller to full-on spy novel. That a novel that deals so thoroughly with the ambiguities of identity should have its own identity be in question is utterly fitting. Did I mention it’s also a gripping read?” Words Without Borders “As an added bonus to the sympathetic characters and a well-constructed narrative is the detailed exploration of the complexities of the Japanese family registration system that made deception possible…Particularly appealing is author Keiichiro Hirano’s compelling portrayal of Kido… A Man may not end on a happy note, but the reader can take satisfaction in seeing Kido accomplish his mission. The puzzle is unraveled and his client and her children obtain closure. Mostly, though, it’s Kido’s many admirable qualities that shine through and carry the story.” Japan Times “Hirano has continued to grapple with new themes ever since his debut. In this work, he has arrived at the primal question of what validates human existence.” Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police “A riveting examination of desire and identity, A Man patiently unpicks the nature of unfulfilled aspirations. Keiichiro Hirano has written a multilayered tale of human reinvention, at once eminently readable and deeply moving.” Tash Aw, author of The Harmony Silk Factory and Five Star Billionaire “There is no doubt that Keiichiro Hirano is an author with an extremely pioneering and modern spirit. His works have opened up a very imaginative space in analyzing and exploring the spiritual world of humanity.” Sheng Keyi, author of Northern Girls and Death Fugue About the Author Keiichiro Hirano is an award-winning and bestselling novelist whose debut novel, The Ec...

-Titulo Original : Two Spies In Caracas A Novel-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Power comes an edge-of-your-seat political thriller about rival spies, dangerous love, and one of history’s most devastating revolutions. Venezuela, 1992. Unknown colonel Hugo Chavez stages an ill-fated coup against a corrupt government, igniting the passions of Venezuela’s poor and catapulting the oil-rich country to international attention. For two rival spies hurriedly dispatched to Caracas one from Washington, DC, and the other from Fidel Castro’s Cuba this is a career-defining mission. Smooth-talking Ivan Rincon of Cuba’s Intelligence Directorate needs a rebel ally to secure the future of his own country. His job: support Chavez and the revolution by rallying the militants and neutralizing any opposing agents. Meanwhile, the CIA’s Cristina Garza will do everything in her power to cut Chavez’s influence short. Her priority: stabilize the greatest oil reserves on the planet by ferreting out and eliminating Cuba’s principal operative. As Chavez surges to power, Ivan and Cristina are caught in the fallout of a toxic political time bomb: an intrepid female reporter and unwitting informant, a drug lord and key architect in Chavez’s rise, and personal entanglements between the spies themselves. With everything at stake, the adversaries find themselves at the center of a game of espionage, seduction, murder, and shifting alliances playing out against the precarious backdrop of a nation in free fall. A thrilling fictional story based on unimaginable real-life events. Review Praise for Two Spies in Caracas A New York Times Globetrotting Pick! An Amazon Best Book of the Month: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense “Naim wields his experiences as an international affairs writer and former Venezuelan economic cabinet member to provide authoritative insights into the severe economic downturns and rises in violence stemming from the power plays of external actors seeking to exploit a vulnerable nation in turmoil. This is a must for anyone who wants to explore this tumultuous and often strange period in modern Latin American history.” -Publishers Weekly “A nail-biting modern-history thriller set in 1990s Venezuela, Two Spies in Caracas: A Novel is a tale of crisscross alliances, easily betrayed…Intense, and written with the realism drawn directly from the author’s personal experience serving as a former member of Venezuela’s economic cabinet, Two Spies in Caracas is enthusiastically recommended especially for connoisseurs of the genre.” -Midwest Book Review “[A] sharp, effective indictment of Hugo Chavez and the late tyrant’s brand of authoritarian populism.” -Foreign Affairs Praise for The End of Power “A remarkable new book by the remarkable Moises Naim.” -Richard Cohen, Washington Post “Naim is a courageous writer who seeks to dissect big subjects in new ways.” -Wall Street Journal “[A] highly original, interdisciplinary meditation on the degeneration of international power…The End of Power makes a truly important contribution.” -Washington Post “This fascinating book…should provoke a debate about how to govern the world when more and more people are in charge.” -Foreign Affairs “After you read The End of Power, you will see the world through different eyes. Moises Naim provides a compelling and original perspective.” -Arianna Huffington “[Naim] makes his case with eloquence.” -Financial Times “A timely and timeless book.” -Booklist “Having served as editor in chief of Foreign Policy and executive director of the World Bank, Naim knows better than most what power on a global scale looks like…[A] timely, insightful, and eloquent message.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review) “The End of Power will change the way you read the news, the way you think about politics, and the way you look at the world.” -William Jefferson Clinton “In my own experience as president of Brazil, I observed firsthand many of the trends that Naim identifies in this book, but he...

-Titulo Original : P.s. From Paris (us Edition)-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: From Marc Levy, the most-read French author alive today, comes a modern-day love story between a famous actress hiding in Paris and a bestselling writer lying to himself. They knew their friendship was going to be complicated, but love-and the City of Lights-just might find a way. On the big screen, Mia plays a woman in love. But in real life, she’s an actress in need of a break from her real-life philandering husband-the megastar who plays her romantic interest in the movies. So she heads across the English Channel to hide in Paris behind a new haircut, fake eyeglasses, and a waitressing job at her best friend’s restaurant. Paul is an American author hoping to recapture the fame of his first novel. When his best friend surreptitiously sets him up with Mia through a dating website, Paul and Mia’s relationship status is “complicated.” Even though everything about Paris seems to be nudging them together, the two lonely ex-pats resist, concocting increasingly far-fetched strategies to stay “just friends.” A feat easier said than done, as fate has other plans in store. Is true love waiting for them in a postscript? Review “With sassy characters and a refreshing narrative, Levy delays the inevitable in clever ways, allowing for personality quirks and believable foibles to make the steady descent into romance a fun ride.” -Publishers Weekly “Breezy and fast-paced.” -Kirkus Reviews “A highly entertaining read.” -Kirkus Reviews “This beautiful modern-day love story reminded me that the best type of love is the one that helps you find your true self.” -First For Women About the Author With more than forty million books sold, Marc Levy is the most-read French author alive today. He’s written eighteen novels to date, including All Those Things We Never Said, Children of Freedom, and Replay. Originally written for his son, his first novel, If Only It Were True, was later adapted for the big screen as Just Like Heaven, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. Since then, Levy has not only won the hearts of European readers; he’s won over audiences from around the globe. More than one and a half million copies of his books have been sold in China alone, and his novels have been published in forty-nine languages. He lives in New York City. Readers can learn more about him and follow his work at marclevy.info. A novelist and translator, Sam Taylor is the author of The Republic of Trees, The Amnesiac, The Island at the End of the World, and The Ground Is Burning. He has translated more than a dozen novels from the French, including Laurent Binet’s acclaimed HHhH and the bestselling The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker. Born in Nottinghamshire, England, and a former journalist for the Observer, Taylor lived with his family in France before moving to the United States...

-Titulo Original : The American Lady (the Glassblower Trilogy, 2)-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: Tempestuous and beautiful Wanda Miles, daughter of Ruth and Stephen Miles (or so she thinks), aspires to more than the life of a debutante, but the trouble is she doesn’t know precisely what she wants. Then her aunt Marie, the family’s renowned glassblower, arrives from Lauscha, Germany, and Wanda decides that learning about her ancestry may hold the key to her future. When Marie accidentally reveals a long-held secret about Wanda’s parents, Wanda goes to Lauscha to unravel the truth. While Marie finds herself increasingly swept up in New York City’s bohemian social scene catching the eye of a handsome young Italian in the process Wanda explores a past she never knew in the village of her mother’s youth and begins to build a life that she never expected. A sweeping tale that takes readers from the small town of Lauscha to the skyscrapers of New York and the sun-kissed coast of Italy, The American Lady is a tribute to the enduring power of family and what we’ll do in the name of love. About the Author Petra Durst-Benning has developed a loyal following for her well-researched historical novels in her native Germany, where she lives with her husband. She has written more than a dozen books, many of which have gone on to be bestsellers and some of which have been adapted for television. Durst-Benning frequently visited the United States as a child and developed a passion for American fiction, which inspired her own writing career...

-Titulo Original : The Lioness Of Morocco-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: Independent-minded Sibylla Spencer feels trapped in nineteenth-century London, where her strong will and progressive views have rendered her unmarriageable. Still single at twenty-three, she is treated like a child and feels stifled in her controlling fathers house. When Benjamin Hopkins, an ambitious employee of her fathers trading company, shows an interest in her, she realizes marriage is her only chance to escape. As Benjamins rising career whisks them both away to exotic Morocco, Sibylla is at last a citizen of the world, reveling in her newfound freedom by striking her first business deals, befriending locals…and falling in love for the first time with a charismatic and handsome Frenchman. But Benjamins lust for money and influence draws him into dark dealings, pulling him ever further from Sibylla and their two young sons. When hes arrested on horrible charges, the fate of Sibyllas family rests on her shoulders, as she must decide whether shell leave him to his fate or help him fight for his life. About the Author Julia Drosten is the pseudonym for a two-person writing team based in Munsterland, Germany. This novel was originally published in German under the title Die Lowin von Mogador and was an Amazon bestseller in Germany. The authors have written many other works of historical fiction in German, and they greatly enjoy conducting research for their novels, diving into history and making the past come alive. They count flying in a historic biplane, watching butchers work in a butchers shop, exploring Egypt, and being pampered by a beautician among their research pursuits. The Lioness of Morocco is their first novel translated into English...

-Titulo Original : The Last Of The Stanfields-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: A mystery, a love story, and a search through a shadowy past. Two strangers unite in this novel of family secrets by international bestselling author Marc Levy, the most read contemporary French author in the world. When London journalist Eleanor-Rigby Donovan receives an anonymous letter alluding to a crime committed by her deceased mother, her life is turned upside down. It points her to a bar on the Baltimore Harbor, where she finds a stranger who has received the same mysterious letter about his own mother. Together, Eleanor-Rigby and this young man, George-Harrison Collins, embark on a quest through the shadowy past of the Stanfields, a moneyed Maryland family full of unimaginable secrets. These secrets will transport them back decades, across continents, and to a mysterious crime long buried…until now. Review “[A] breezy family drama that plays out its familiar narrative beats right on time.” Kirkus Reviews “ The Last of the Stanfields is a compelling tale of mystery, love, and a search through a shadowy past.” Brooklyn Digest “Amusing at times, nostalgic and wistful at others…” New York Journal of Books About the Author With more than forty million books sold, Marc Levy is the most-read French author alive today. He’s written nineteen novels to date, including P.S. from Paris, All Those Things We Never Said, The Children of Freedom, and Replay. Originally written for his son, his first novel, If Only It Were True, was later adapted for the big screen as Just Like Heaven, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. Since then, Levy has not only won the hearts of European readers, he’s won over audiences around the globe. More than one and a half million of his books have been sold in China alone, and his novels have been published in forty-nine languages. He lives in New York City. Readers can learn more about Levy and follow his work at marclevy.info. About the Translator Daniel Wasserman is an American translator, copywriter, and editor with a passion for the written word whose projects run the gamut from novels and stage productions to marketing and nonprofit. Wasserman took the leap into translation almost by accident, lured by all the wonderful idiosyncrasies of the French language. Through his Paris-based company, Word Geek, Wasserman has been lucky enough to work with many notable talents, such as bestselling author Marc Levy, and star of stage and screen Mathieu Amalric. With a background in screenwriting and film production, Wasserman brings the creative touch of cinema together with a highly adaptable style, crafting dynamic and engaging writing with utmost care...

-Titulo Original : The Honest Spy-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: During one of history’s darkest chapters, one man is determined to make a difference. In the tradition of Schindler’s List comes a thrilling novel based on the heroic true story of Fritz Kolbe, a widowed civil servant in Adolf Hitler’s foreign ministry. Recognizing that millions of lives are at stake, Kolbe uses his position to pass information to the Americans risking himself and the people he holds most dear and embarks on a dangerous double life as the Allies’ most important spy. Summoned from his South African post to return to Nazi Germany, Kolbe leaves behind his beloved fourteen-year-old daughter, a decision made for her safety that nonetheless torments him. And as he lives under the constant threat of arrest, he wrestles with the guilt of putting Marlene Wiese, a married nurse and the love of his life, in danger as they collaborate on Kolbe’s clandestine work. But no matter the personal cost, Kolbe will not be deterred. In scenes that pulse with suspense, he emerges as a towering figure who risked everything to save innocent lives and Germany from itself. About the Author Andreas Kollender was born in Duisburg, Germany, and studied German literature and philosophy. He has worked as a builder, in sales, and in bars and now lives in Hamburg as an author and teacher of creative writing. Steve Anderson is a translator, an editor, and a novelist. His latest novel is Lost Kin (2016). Anderson was a Fulbright Fellow in Munich, Germany. He lives in Portland, Oregon...

-Titulo Original : The Last Of The Stanfields-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: A mystery, a love story, and a search through a shadowy past. Two strangers unite in this novel of family secrets by international bestselling author Marc Levy, the most read contemporary French author in the world. When London journalist Eleanor-Rigby Donovan receives an anonymous letter alluding to a crime committed by her deceased mother, her life is turned upside down. It points her to a bar on the Baltimore Harbor, where she finds a stranger who has received the same mysterious letter about his own mother. Together, Eleanor-Rigby and this young man, George-Harrison Collins, embark on a quest through the shadowy past of the Stanfields, a moneyed Maryland family full of unimaginable secrets. These secrets will transport them back decades, across continents, and to a mysterious crime long buried…until now. Review “[A] breezy family drama that plays out its familiar narrative beats right on time.” Kirkus Reviews “ The Last of the Stanfields is a compelling tale of mystery, love, and a search through a shadowy past.” Brooklyn Digest “Amusing at times, nostalgic and wistful at others…” New York Journal of Books About the Author With more than forty million books sold, Marc Levy is the most-read French author alive today. He’s written nineteen novels to date, including P.S. from Paris, All Those Things We Never Said, The Children of Freedom, and Replay. Originally written for his son, his first novel, If Only It Were True, was later adapted for the big screen as Just Like Heaven, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. Since then, Levy has not only won the hearts of European readers, he’s won over audiences around the globe. More than one and a half million of his books have been sold in China alone, and his novels have been published in forty-nine languages. He lives in New York City. Readers can learn more about Levy and follow his work at marclevy.info. About the Translator Daniel Wasserman is an American translator, copywriter, and editor with a passion for the written word whose projects run the gamut from novels and stage productions to marketing and nonprofit. Wasserman took the leap into translation almost by accident, lured by all the wonderful idiosyncrasies of the French language. Through his Paris-based company, Word Geek, Wasserman has been lucky enough to work with many notable talents, such as bestselling author Marc Levy, and star of stage and screen Mathieu Amalric. With a background in screenwriting and film production, Wasserman brings the creative touch of cinema together with a highly adaptable style, crafting dynamic and engaging writing with utmost care...

-Titulo Original : The Secret Healer (the Secret Healer, 1)-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: In the fourteenth century, opportunities for women are limited to the home. But spirited young Madlen finds her calling as assistant to the city’s trusted midwife, Clara. Working alongside Clara, Madlen develops a surprisingly soothing technique and quickly becomes a talented healer. After Clara’s tragic death, Madlen alone rushes to assist the birth of a local nobleman’s child. But rather than the joy of birth, Madlen walks into an accusation of murder and witchcraft because of her extraordinary gifts. Forced to flee her own town, she establishes a new identity in the home of her aunt. Yet even though it endangers her life, she cannot resist the urge to help the sick patients who seek out her miraculous treatment. When she meets handsome Johannes an investigator hired by the Church to bring her to justice for sacrilegious acts she becomes drawn to the very man that could destroy her. Will Madlen’s gifts bring about her downfall? Or can love and reason prevail in a time of fearful superstition? About the Author Born in 1970, Ellin Carsta is a successful German author who publishes under various pseudonyms. She is married with three children, ages twenty, eighteen, and sixteen. Although writing books is her passion, she also enjoys sports, especially jogging and cross-training...

-Titulo Original : The Empress A Novel-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: From a bestselling author in Mexico comes her English-language debut an enthralling historical novel about the tragic reign of Empress Carlota of Mexico. It’s 1863. Napoleon III has installed a foreign monarch in Mexico to squash the current regime. Maximilian von Habsburg of Austria accepts the emperor’s crown. But it is his wife, the brilliant and ambitious Princess Charlotte, who throws herself passionately into the role. Known to the people as Empress Carlota, she rules deftly from behind the scenes while her husband contents himself with philandering and decorating the palace. But Carlota bears a guilty secret. Trapped in a loveless marriage, she’s thrown herself into a reckless affair. Desire has blinded Carlota to its consequences, for it has left her vulnerable to her sole trusted confidante. Carlota’s devious lady-in-waiting has political beliefs of her own and they are strong enough to cause her to betray the empress and join a plot to depose her from the throne. As Carlota grows increasingly, maddeningly defenseless, both her own fate and that of the empire are at stake. A sweeping historical novel of forbidden love, dangerous secrets, courtly intrigue, and treachery, The Empress passionately reimagines the tragic romance and ill-fated reign of the most unforgettable royal couple of nineteenth-century Europe during the last throes of the Second Empire. About the Author Born in Barcelona, Laura Martinez-Belli has lived in Mexico, Panama, and Madrid. Her debut novel, Por si no te vuelvo a ver, was a bestseller in Mexico. She is also the author of El ladron de calices; Las dos vidas de Floria, which was translated into Italian with great success; and La ultima pagina, which was shortlisted for the Premio Letras Nuevas de Novela in 2013. Martinez-Belli has taught creative writing in universities and cultural institutions and has been a columnist for several print media outlets in Latin America. Currently, she runs writing workshops at the School of Writers (Escuela de Escritores) in Madrid, where she resides. The Empress (Carlota, in the Spanish original) is her first novel to be published in English. Simon Bruni translates literary works from Spanish, a language he acquired through total immersion living in Alicante, Valencia, and Santander. He studied Spanish and linguistics at Queen Mary University of London and literary translation at the University of Exeter. Simon’s many published translations include novels, short stories, video games, and nonfiction publications. He is the winner of three John Dryden awards: in 2017 and 2015 for Paul Pen’s short stories “Cinnamon” and “The Porcelain Boy,” and in 2011 for Francisco Perez Gandul’s novel Cell 211. His translations of Paul Pen’s The Light of the Fireflies and Sofia Segovia’s The Murmur of Bees have both become international bestsellers...

-Titulo Original : The Strange Journey Of Alice Pendelbury-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: From international bestselling author Marc Levy comes a witty and beguiling novel of one woman’s unexpected journey to follow her destiny. Alice Pendelbury believes everything in her life is pretty much in order from her good friends to her burgeoning career. But even Alice has to admit it’s been an odd week. Not only has her belligerent neighbor, Mr. Daldry, suddenly become a surprisingly agreeable confidant, but he’s encouraging her to take seriously the fortune-teller who told her that only by traveling to Turkey can Alice meet the most important person in her life. What’s more, the peculiarly insistent Mr. Daldry has even agreed to finance Alice’s trip one that against all reason seems to be predestined. It’s on this journey, crazy from the outset and strangely irresistible, that Alice will find out that nothing in her life is real, that her past is not true, and that the six people she’s about to encounter will shape her future in ways she could never have dreamed. Revised edition: Previously published as L’etrange voyage de Monsieur Daldry, this edition of The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury includes editorial revisions. About the Author With more than forty million books sold, Marc Levy is the most read French author alive today. He’s written nineteen novels to date, including The Last of the Stanfields, P.S. from Paris, All Those Things We Never Said, The Children of Freedom, and Replay. Originally written for his son, his first novel, If Only It Were True, was later adapted for the big screen as Just Like Heaven, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo. Since then, Levy has not only won the hearts of European readers, he’s won over audiences around the globe. More than one and a half million of his books have been sold in China alone, and his novels have been published in forty-nine languages. He lives in New York City. Readers can learn more about Levy and follow his work at marclevy.info...

-Titulo Original : Last Train To Istanbul A Novel-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: An international bestseller by one of Turkey’s most beloved authors. As the daughter of one of Turkey’s last Ottoman pashas, Selva could win the heart of any man in Ankara. Yet the spirited young beauty only has eyes for Rafael Alfandari, the handsome Jewish son of an esteemed court physician. In defiance of their families, they marry, fleeing to Paris to build a new life. But when the Nazis invade France and begin rounding up Jews, the exiled lovers will learn that nothing not war, not politics, not even religion can break the bonds of family. For after they learn that Selva is but one of their fellow citizens trapped in France, a handful of brave Turkish diplomats hatch a plan to spirit the Alfandaris and hundreds of innocents, many of whom are Jewish, to safety. Together, they must traverse a war-torn continent, crossing enemy lines and risking everything in a desperate bid for freedom. From Ankara to Paris, Cairo, and Berlin, Last Train to Istanbul is an uplifting tale of love and adventure from Turkey’s beloved bestselling novelist Ay e Kulin. Review “Kulin, a bestselling Turkish author, has penned this brilliant novel using the techniques of historical fiction. Her narrative with numerous characters and a number of subplots is handled deftly…The story is compelling up to the end and deserves a film adaptation. Highly recommended.” Historical Novel Review “Ayse Kulin is a clever writer. She draws the reader into the story of the life and loves of a Turkish family in wartime and by the time the reader realizes that she has also cranked up the tension with a rescue plot, it is too late to put the book down unfinished. For aficionados of wartime novels as well as for anyone glued to his or her seat watching the film Argo, this is a must-read.” Helen Bryan, bestselling author of War Brides and The Sisterhood About the Author One of Turkey’s bestselling and most beloved authors, with more than ten million copies of her books sold, Ay e Kulin is known for captivating stories about human endurance. In addition to penning internationally bestselling novels, she has also worked as a producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter for numerous television shows and films. A mother to four sons, she lives in Istanbul. Last Train to Istanbul, winner of the European Council Jewish Community Best Novel Award and the Premio Roma in Italy, has been translated into twenty-three languages. About the Translator John W. Baker spent his formative years living in Istanbul due to his father’s posting, and was educated at the English High School for Boys there. Following in his father’s footsteps, he had a career with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London until he took early retirement to live in Turkey again. He is honored to have been the first British writer to have written a play in Turkish, Ihtiras (Passion), which was produced in 2003 by Gencay Gurun and was voted one of the best five new plays that year. The success of Ihtiras led to favorable publicity resulting in Baker being asked by Ay e Kulin to translate two of her novels, Last Train to Istanbul (Nefes nefese) and Face to Face (Bir gun). Other translations followed, including Theodora, by Radi Dikici, about the Byzantine empress, and most recently, Unfulfilled Promises, by Leyla Yildirim, a love story set during the Battle of Gallipoli. Baker returned to live in England in 2010 and is now happy to be back living in London again and doing the occasional translation...

-Titulo Original : Still Waters (sandhamn Murders, 1)-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: The first book in Swedish author Viveca Sten’s enormously popular Sandhamn Murders series. On a hot July morning on Sweden’s idyllic vacation island of Sandhamn, a man takes his dog for a walk and makes a gruesome discovery: a body, tangled in fishing net, has washed ashore. Police detective Thomas Andreasson is the first to arrive on the scene. Before long, he has identified the deceased as Krister Berggren, a bachelor from the mainland who has been missing for months. All signs point to an accident until another brutalized corpse is found at the local bed-and-breakfast. But this time it is Berggren’s cousin, whom Thomas interviewed in Stockholm just days before. As the island’s residents reel from the news, Thomas turns to his childhood friend, local lawyer Nora Linde. Together, they attempt to unravel the riddles left behind by these two mysterious outsiders while trying to make sense of the difficult twists their own lives have taken since the shared summer days of their youth. About the Author Swedish writer Viveca Sten has sold almost four million copies of her enormously popular Sandhamn Murders series. In 2014, her seventh novel, the hugely successful I maktens skugga (In the Shadow of Power), was published in Sweden and cemented her place as one of the country’s most popular authors. Her Sandhamn Murders novels continue to top the bestseller charts and have been made into a successful Swedish-language TV miniseries, which has been broadcast around the world to thirty million viewers. Sten lives in Stockholm with her husband and three children, but she prefers to spend her time visiting Sandhamn to write and vacation with her family. Marlaine Delargy is based in Shropshire in the United Kingdom. She studied Swedish and German at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and taught German in comprehensive schools for almost twenty years. She has translated novels by authors including Åsa Larsson, Kristina Ohlsson, Helene Tursten, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Therese Bohman, Ninni Holmqvist, and Johan Theorin, with whom she won the Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger for The Darkest Room in 2010...

-Titulo Original : Tonight You’re Dead (sandhamn Murders, 4)-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: Soon to be divorced, attorney Nora Linde is finding her way as a single mother, and even falling in love again, when she’s asked by her childhood friend Detective Thomas Andreasson to help in a disturbing investigation. Marcus Nielsen, a university student, has apparently committed suicide, but it’s what he’s left behind that’s so suspicious and damning: his research into the Coastal Rangers, an elite military group where, in 1976, a young cadet died under questionable circumstances, a sadistic sergeant went free, and a case went cold. When two of Nielsen’s contacts are also found dead and diaries of their tortuous training turn up missing Thomas and Nora are certain that whatever happened three decades ago is unforgivable. And for someone who wants to keep those secrets buried unforgettable. Now they must fight against time to expose a cover-up that hasn’t yet claimed its last victim. About the Author Since 2008, Swedish writer Viveca Sten has sold almost four million copies of her Sandhamn Murders series, which includes Still Waters, Closed Circles, Guiltless, Tonight Youre Dead, In the Heat of the Moment, In Harms Way, and The Price of Power. Published in 2014 and hugely successful, The Price of Power, Stens seventh novel, cemented her place as one of the countrys most popular authors, one whose crime novels continue to top bestseller charts. Set on the tiny Swedish island of Sandhamn, the series has also been made into a Swedish-language TV miniseries seen by thirty million viewers around the world. Sten lives in Stockholm with her husband and three children, yet she prefers spending her time in Sandhamn, where she writes and vacations with her family. Follow her at vivecasten ...

-Titulo Original : Guiltless (sandhamn Murders, 3)-Fabricante : Amazon Crossing-Descripcion Original: The tiny Swedish island of Sandhamn has always been a haven for lawyer Nora Linde. With trouble brewing in her marriage, she finds its comforts more welcome than ever, even in the depths of winter. That is, until her two young sons trip across a severed arm in the woods. The boys gruesome discovery will once again connect Nora with her childhood friend Thomas Andreasson, now a local police detective. When the limb is identified as belonging to a twenty-year-old woman who disappeared without a trace months earlier, what had been a missing persons case takes on a whole new urgency. Nora and Thomas delve deeply into the womans final hours, each of them wrestling not only with the case but with the private demons it awakens in them. As they do, theyll find themselves drawn into the history of Sandhamn and the tensions that have been simmering just below the surface for more than a hundred years. About the Author Swedish writer Viveca Sten has sold almost four million copies of her enormously popular Sandhamn Murders series. In 2014, her seventh novel, the hugely successful I maktens skugga (In the Shadow of Power), was published in Sweden and cemented her place as one of the countrys most popular authors. Her Sandhamn Murders novels continue to top the bestseller charts and have been made into a successful Swedish-language TV miniseries, which has been broadcast around the world to thirty million viewers. Sten lives in Stockholm with her husband and three children, but she prefers to spend her time visiting Sandhamn to write and vacation with her family...