El Rey de Pikas

The latest novel from Sara Shepard, author of Reputation and the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series. When the principal of an elite California preschool is attacked, three moms—who feel like outsiders among the school's manicured and ultra-wealthy community—must work together to uncover what she's hiding, figure out who's trying to frame them, and make sure their own secrets stay hidden. Andrea, Lauren, and Ronnie all see themselves as good, loving moms who are trying their best, but they each arrive at the Silver Swans preschool Welcome Breakfast with something to...

El asesinato de don Jesús, vigilante de un edificio en construcción, y la consecuente investigación policiaca son el punto de partida para que Vicente Leñero explore las miserias de la naturaleza humana y del sistema corrupto que las propicia. La muerte, verdadera o imaginaria del velador viejo y enfermo provoca las confesiones de los obreros que trabajaban con él y la gente que lo rodeaba. Con una suma audaz de recursos, Leñero sabe convertir el género del thiller en una muy profunda, pero ágil y divertida reflexión y le plantea al lector una pregunta incesante: ¿quién es el...

Ila's Diamonds is a story about a young African American female working for a clandestine arm of the government during the seventies and eighties. It is an intriguing look at how a person can leave their comfort zone and find a meaningful life full of love, sacrifice, pain and joy. It also gives the reader a panoramic view of how your circumstance does not predict your outcome. Finally this book is about love and how we obtain it, nurture it, expound on it and ultimately lose it.

In the tradition of the Mexican masters Rosario Castellanos or Juan Rulfo, Rose Mary Salum creates an aura of fantasy that goes beyond the mere narration of telling a story. It submerges the reader into a dream/like experience without disconnecting itself from a magical plot of realities that will ultimately take you to experience the universal emotions of love, death and life.