Showing results for "Las Posadas" in Literature & Fiction

Entretejiendo el presente con el pasado, Jorge Consiglio construye una novela que se detiene en eso que evidencia las marcas que dejó la dictadura militar de los años setenta. El narrador, sumido en una especie de abulia, fluctúa entre la literatura y su trabajo como vendedor de instrumental...

Nola has been single for years as she has put her success over love, but this Las Posadas she hopes to find something more with the gorgeous mortician who has just moved into town to take over the local funeral home after the owners die in a house fire. For weeks the tension has been building between Nola and Henry during their weekly meetings at Puzzle Club. At the start of Las Posadas, and her turn to host Puzzle Club, Nola has an unexpected guest in her new home.

Cantabria, finales del siglo XIX. Tras la inesperada muerte del cabeza de familia de los Abascal, su viuda e hijos deberán sacar adelante una pequeña posada de viajeros, en el corazón de la villa marinera de Suances. La llegada de Declan Mclister, un irlandés errante que ha pasado sus últimos años en Cuba, trastocará la vida de la familia Abascal al completo, sobre todo la de las dos hijas solteras, María y Amaya. Rencillas, celos y malentendidos entre las hermanas se sucederán en el interior de un hogar cuya tranquilidad ha terminado para siempre.

Cantabria, finales del siglo XIX. Tras la inesperada muerte del cabeza de familia de los Abascal, su viuda e hijos deberán sacar adelante una pequeña posada de viajeros, en el corazón de la villa marinera de Suances. La llegada de Declan Mclister, un irlandés errante que ha pasado sus últimos años en Cuba, trastocará la vida de la familia Abascal al completo, sobre todo la de las dos hijas solteras, María y Amaya.

Wesley Crocker is accused of the murder of young Maria Ibarra, who was found near the "camping place" of the drifter. Crocker's account of the previous night leads Undersheriff Bill Gastner to more troubling questions.

Good cops have no use for coincidence. When a driver slams his pickup truck—twice—into a tandem bike being ridden by Carlos Guzman and his fiancée, Tasha, in Briones, California, it's more than a simple hit-and-run; the driver clearly intended to harm them. Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman gets the call with the news of her son's accident and wastes no time racing to his side. She is greeted by Police Captain Eddie Mitchell, formerly of Posadas County, who allows Estelle to "consult" on the investigation—but only to a point.

When a county employee is found shot to death in sun-drenched daylight while sitting in his county road grader, Undersheriff Bill Gastner is faced with puzzling questions. The simplest explanation - that an errant bullet from a careless target shooter’s rifle blew out Larry Zipoli’s brains - is soon discarded as inconsistencies surface. The fatal bullet shows no rifling marks, and investigation shows that the shooter walked directly toward the road grader, in full view of the victim - who did nothing to defend himself.

Posadas County, sitting along New Mexico's southern border, has enjoyed a surge in visitors, jobs, and prosperity since rancher Miles Waddell used much of his inherited half billion to create an internationally renowned astronomy complex atop Torrance Mesa. Passion, not profit, drives Waddell. Yet benefits include a narrow-gauge train linking the village of Posadas to NightZone. But a ripple of unease is felt across the county with the arrival of developer - no, speculator - Kyle Thompson.