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On the bustling docks along the River Thames, Great Britain's merchant ships unload the treasures of the world. And here, in dank and sinister alleys, sex merchants ply their lucrative trade. The dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips, who seems far beyond the reach of the law. But when 13-year-old Fig is found with his throat cut, Commander William Monk of the River Police swears that Phillips will hang for this abomination.

As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim’s name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little—only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but—described as quiet and kempt—she doesn’t appear to be a fallen woman. What sinister secrets could have made poor Zenia worth killing? And why does the government keep interfering in Monk’s investigation?

In Blind Justice, mystery abounds in London as Hester Monk, wife of Thames River Police Commander William Monk, questions Abel Taft - a charismatic preacher accused of extortion. Taft appears guilty as sin, but his trial explodes when a star witness drops a bombshell that has the Monks scrambling to save their dear friend Oliver Rathbone.

In Corridors of the Night, nurse Hester Monk and her husband, William, commander of the Thames River Police, do desperate battle with two obsessed scientists who, in the name of healing, have turned to homicide. The monomaniacal Rand brothers - Magnus, a cunning doctor, and Hamilton, a genius chemist - are utterly ruthless in their pursuit of a cure for the fatal "white-blood disease".

William Monk knows London’s streets like the back of his hand. But the river Thames and its teeming docks—where wharf rats and night plunderers ply their trades—is unknown territory. Only Monk’s dire need for work persuades him to accept an assignment from shipping magnate Clement Louvain, to investigate the theft of a cargo of African ivory from Louvain’s recently docked schooner, the Maude Idris. But why didn’t Louvain report the ivory theft directly to the River Police? Another mystery is the appearance of an ill woman who Louvain claims is the discarded mistress of an old friend.

For the prostitutes of Leather Lane, nurse Hester Monk’s clinic is a lifeline, providing medicine, food, and a modicum of peace—especially welcome since lately their ailments have escalated from bruises and fevers to broken bones and knife wounds. At the moment, however, the mysterious death of railway magnate Nolan Baltimore in a sleazy neighborhood brothel overshadows all else. Whether he fell or was pushed, the shocking question in everyone’s mind is: What was such a pillar of respectability doing in a seedy place of sin?

Commander William Monk has learned to live with the fact that he cannot remember the events of his life prior to a horrific carriage accident years ago. But when a ghost from his past, a man he has no recollection of, attempts to frame him for a series of murders, he must rely on the help of his wife, Hester, and his close friend, Oliver Rathbone, in order to free himself - from both the charges and the demons that have haunted him since the accident.

Harry Exeter doesn't want the aid of the Thames River Police in tracking down the men who kidnapped his wife, Kate. He only asks them to help him navigate Jacob's Island, a creepy mass of decrepit buildings where he will hand off a large sum of money in exchange for her life. But when they arrive at the meeting place, Commander Monk and five of his best men are attacked from all sides, and Monk is left wondering who could have given away their plans. As Monk follows leads, it seems inevitable one of his own men has betrayed him. 

When a Hungarian immigrant is dismembered near London's River Thames, Commander Monk is called to the eerie scene, where 16 candles surround the corpse. As identical murders pop up around the city, Monk confronts the unsettling options: could it be the work of a secret society? A serial madman? Or is a xenophobic Brit targeting foreigners? A local doctor who speaks Hungarian from his days on the battlefield may be able to help, but his own struggles with post-traumatic stress have left his memory in shambles.

On a patrol boat near Waterloo Bridge, police superintendent William Monk notices a young couple engaged in an intense discussion. Seconds later, the two plunge to their deaths in the icy waters of the Thames. Was it an accident, a suicide, or a murder? Ever the investigator, Monk learns that the woman, Mary Havilland, had planned to marry the fair-haired man who shared her fate. He also discovers that Mary's father had recently died in a supposed suicide.

The plaintiffs in a sensational breach of promise suit are wealthy social climbers Barton and Delphine Lambert, suing on behalf of their beautiful daughter, Zillah. The defendant is Zillah's alleged fiancé, brilliant young architect Killian Melville, who adamantly declares that he will not, cannot, marry her. Not even to his counsel, distinguished barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone, will Killian explain his rejection of rich and charming Zillah.

The world is poised for social and political change, but England holds tight to its traditions, classes, and prejudices. When an explosion in London kills two policemen and seriously injures three more, many believe that anarchists are the culprits. But Thomas Pitt, commander of Special Branch, knows the city's radical groups well enough to suspect otherwise: that someone with decidedly more personal motives lit the deadly fuse.

In this superbly accomplished new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventure, Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimidation, where women are too often blamed for the violent attacks against them, and powerful men take what they want, leaving others to pay the price. The horrifying rape and apparent suicide of Catherine Quixwood, wife of a wealthy merchant banker, falls outside the new jurisdiction of Special Branch head Thomas Pitt, but so pervasively offensive are the rumors about the victim that Pitt quietly takes a hand in the investigation.

The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their wives to Buckingham Palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a 6000-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But the prince’s gathering proves disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute turns up in a linen closet among the queen’s monogrammed sheets. With great haste, Thomas Pitt, the brilliant mainstay of Special Services, is summoned to resolve the crisis.

As commander of the powerful Special Branch, Thomas Pitt has the job of keeping Britain safe from spies and traitors. So there' s no obvious reason why he is suddenly ordered to investigate two minor incidents: the blood, hair, and shards of glass discovered outside the home of naval weapons expert Dudley Kynaston, and the simultaneous disappearance of Mrs. Kynaston' s beautiful lady's maid. But weeks later, when the mutilated body of an unidentified young woman is found near Kynaston' s home, Pitt realizes that this is no ordinary police investigation.

Tras la muerte de su tía Lina, Maribel Ordóñez se siente más perdida que nunca. Hacía tiempo que esta joven cordobesa se sentía sola, desde que falleció su padre, a quien estaba muy unida. Al menos ha heredado la casa familiar, un lugar que la...

El símbolo perdido, la sensacional continuación de El código Da Vinci, es un golpe maestro de la narrativa: una carrera mortal a través de un auténtico laberinto compuesto por códigos y verdades ocultas, bajo la mirada vigilante de un ser villano aterrador. La acción de El símbolo...

El maestro de la novela histórica de suspense nos deleita con una historia de mujeres fuertes, decisiones difíciles y heridas que nunca cerraron. 300.000 lectores ya tienen a Rafael Tarradas Bultó en su lista de imprescindibles Barcelona, 1880. Como protegida de una de las mujeres de la alta burguesía barcelonesa, Sara ha comenzado a trabajar en la colonia textil de la familia Bofarull . Allí, su prodigiosa mirada y su incomparable talento la llevarán a liderar el departamento de diseño , donde parece haber encontrado su vocación.

Valiéndose de las características propias de la novela gótica, la crónica medieval y la novela policíaca, El nombre de la rosa narra las actividades detectivescas de Guillermo de Baskerville para esclarecer los crímenes cometidos en una abadía benedictina en el año 1327.

Junio de 1960. Un temporal mantiene aisladas en la idílica isla de Utakos, frente a Corfú, a nueve personas alojadas en el pequeño hotel local. Nada hace presagiar lo que está a punto de ocurrir: Edith Mander, una discreta turista inglesa, aparece muerta en el pabellón de la playa. Lo que parece un suicidio revela indicios imperceptibles para cualquiera salvo para Hopalong Basil, un actor en decadencia que en otro tiempo encarnó en la pantalla al más célebre detective de todos los tiempos.

El Laberinto de los Espíritus es un relato electrizante de pasiones, intrigas y aventuras. A través de sus páginas llegaremos al gran final de la saga iniciada con La Sombra del Viento, que alcanza aquí toda su intensidad y calado, a la vez que dibuja un gran homenaje al mundo de los libros...

Carlos Ruiz Zafón concibió está obra como un reconocimiento a sus lectores, que le habían seguido a lo largo de la saga iniciada con La Sombra del Viento. “Puedo conjurar rostros de chiquillos del barrio de la Ribera con los que a veces jugaba o peleaba en la calle, pero ninguno que...

Madrid, actualidad. Ana García-Brest, experta en arte, recibe la llamada de Martin, el joven y misterioso buscador de tesoros a quien conoció fugazmente durante la búsqueda de El Astrólogo en La Tabla Esmeralda. Han asesinado a un magnate italiano y un poderoso tesoro está en peligro: el Medallón de Hiram, una reliquia mágica que perteneció al arquitecto del templo de Salomón. Nadie conoce el paradero exacto de la pieza y Martin necesita la ayuda de Ana para encontrarla.

A través de los exóticos palacios de los grandes maharajás de la India de 1911 y de las majestuosas mansiones inglesas de los años veinte, descubrimos la extraordinaria vida de Anahita Chavan. Ochenta años más tarde, una joven y exitosa actriz estadounidense viaja a una apartada mansión inglesa para participar en una película. Durante el rodaje aparece el bisnieto de Anahita, que está investigando el pasado de su abuela. Juntos intentarán descubrir los secretos que albergan las paredes de la mansión sobre la familia que ha vivido allí durante generaciones.

A su papá acuchilló, también a su madre mató. Es 1983 y Kit McDeere, una enfermera privada, llega a la decadente Mansión Hope para atender a Lenora, quien ahora es una anciana decrépita que no puede moverse y cuya única forma de comunicación es una vieja máquina de escribir. Mientras Kit la ayuda a escribir los hechos de la masacre, descubre que la historia guarda muchos más secretos de los que se sospechaba.

Isla de Wight, 1334. Al ver próxima su muerte, el abad Felix, superior de la abadía de Vectis, deja constancia en una epístola de un secreto terrorífico y de los extraños acontecimientos relacionados con una orden muy singular: la Orden de los Nombres. Los monjes clarividentes que la componen han dedicado toda su vida a consignar sin descanso en unos libros la fecha de nacimiento y muerte de toda la humanidad...

El anciano filósofo Pitágoras es uno de los personajes con más poder político de su época. Está a punto de nombrar un sucesor entre sus grandes maestros cuando en su comunidad se inicia una serie de asesinatos. Cada muerte tiene lugar de un modo más desconcertante e imprevisible, reflejando tras ellas una mente oscura y poderosa que parece superar a la del mismísimo Pitágoras.

Puri ha heredado dos cosas de su padre: la pasión por el chocolate y una plantación de cacao situada en Vinces, Ecuador, la ciudad conocida como el «París Chiquito». Aunque no ha visto a su padre desde que era un bebé, este le ha dejado una parte de la plantación que tenía. También les ha dejado su parte a los tres hijos ilegítimos que tenía.

Año 2026. Mientras la humanidad se acerca a la fatídica fecha del fin del mundo, el hijo del ex agente del FBI Will Piper desaparece en pos de una joven que afirma tener una información que podría cambiar el destino: no todos los escribas habrían muerto en el suicidio colectivo de la abadía de Vectis. El fin de los escribas es el broche de oro a una trilogía que ha fascinado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo.