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Annie Chapman led a hard, lower class life in filthy 19th century London. Late in life, circumstances and her choices led her to earn her crust by solicitation. After a bruising brawl with another woman over money and a man, she lost her lodgings and found herself sleeping rough. That dangerous turn of events delivered her into the hands of London's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.

He may be a millionaire, but Vern Wheeler never forgot that he is a son of Maine - land of big sky, wide lakes, and the fattest salmon on the East Coast. To escape the boardroom, he buys a rundown fishing lodge in the wilds of his home state, and with his brother turns it into the most fashionable retreat in New England. After years of happy fishing, the Wheelers have no interest in selling Raven Lodge. But a local Native-American group won't take no for an answer.

Dive into a gripping tale of desperation, deceit, and the blurred boundaries between survival and sacrifice in this riveting horror novel. Join John and Margaret Hog as their once-stable life crumbles under the weight of financial troubles, pushing them to the edge. In a daring bid to salvage their butcher shop and family's well-being, Margaret devises a risky plan that plunges them into a world of dark secrets and illegal dealings.

La acción de este thriller implacable arranca en la peculiar ciudad italiana de Trieste, frontera entre dos mundos. Augusto Ledesma elige el que fuera hogar de James Joyce como primer escenario para continuar su siniestra obra, que alimenta del aliento de sus víctimas y de la humillación de sus perseguidores. Hasta allí se trasladará el inspector Ramiro Sancho en su frenética y obsesiva persecución de un asesino en serie que parece haber acentuado su voracidad.

En Consummatum est el lector asistirá al ansiado desenlace de una trilogía que ha robado el sueño a quienes leyeron Memento mori y continuaron recorriendo los laberintos de la mente criminal con Dies irae. El singular y novedoso estilo narrativo de Pérez Gellida promete no dejar indiferente a nadie en este magistral e imprevisible acto final.

Cuando Eugenio Casasola, reportero de El imparcial, transita un momento de quietud en su carrera y su vida personal, un fantasma del pasado reaparece para robarle la tranquilidad: el asesino conocido como El Chalequero - quien se pudre en una celda del castillo de San Juan de Úlua por asesinar prostitutas veinte años atrás - misteriosamente parece estar de regreso. Aunque Eugenio sospecha que quizá la tormenta que se cierne sobre la Ciudad de México sea la encarnación de un mal aún peor.

Traumatized as a teen by a brutal act of violence that would seriously scald his temporal lobe, young Niccolo Abruzzi was institutionalized for a while. After many months away restoring his mental wellness, he eventually learned how to cope with that past. Having inherited the family eatery in a quaint part of the Bronx, New York called ‘Little Italy,’ Nick assumed his new role of restaurateur.