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Harry Bosch investiga la muerte del ex profiler del FBI Terry McCaleb, que muchos lectores de Connelly recordarán como el héroe de su novela "Deuda de sangre", llevada al cine con Clint Eastwood en el papel principal.Las indagaciones de Bosch le llevan a sospechar de Robert Backus, conocido como "El poeta", a quien se daba por muerto. Decidirá entonces pedir la ayuda de la agente del FBI Rachel Walling, encargada en su día de la investigación de los crímenes cometidos por Backus...Michael Connelly reúne en "Cauces de maldad" a tres de sus personajes más emblemáticos para construir...

Jose Antonio Villarreal illuminates here the world of pochos, Americans whose parents come to the United States from Mexico. Set in Depression-era California, the novel focuses on Richard, a young pocho who experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and attraction to new ideas. Richard's struggle to achieve adulthood as a young man influenced by two worlds reveals both the uniqueness of the Mexican-American experiences and its common ties with the struggles of all Americans--whatever their past.

Novalie has spent the last four years caring for her ailing mother, and that terrible circumstance has forced her to mature too quickly. She has grown into a strong and determined young woman. Nick has a gift for music. He is a piano prodigy. Novalie and Nick are the opposites. Two lives separated by distance and differences. The only thing they have in common is that both must spend the summer in Bluehaven, an island that hides a past full of secrets and that will change their lives forever.

Hace siglos que el Grial de la Sangre marcó el destino de Temple: él sería el vampiro que dedicaría su vida a proteger el magnífico cáliz. Desde aquel momento, muchos enemigos han tratado de atraparlo, pero sólo Vivian ha conseguido adormecer sus sentidos y resquebrajar su poder. El vampiro se siente atraído por la joven, pero ella debe lealtad a Rupert, su padre adoptivo y el más poderoso rival de Temple.