Claudia Conde Fisas Books

Who said old age has to be dull? In a peaceful retirement village off the A21 in Kent, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved killings. But when a local property developer shows up dead, 'The Thursday Murder Club' find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be octogenarians, but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late? A page-turning murder mystery in the tradition of Christie, and a joyful, laugh-out-loud celebration of modern Britishness and the power of friendship, The Thursday Murder Club is a true classic in the making.

«–¿Diga? La voz de Emma, alterada y vulnerable, me habló a través de un mar de lágrimas. –Mamá… –sollozó– Me dijiste que no hiciera ninguna estupidez, pero la he hecho.» Jennifer Lewis, su marido Mark y sus tres hijos son la perfecta familia americana: ricos, guapos, listos, perfectos. Pero una llamada en mitad de la noche lo cambia todo y destruye la vida cuidadosamente construida de Jennifer. Su hija Emma, que cursa un año universitario en Sevilla, ha sido detenida tras el brutal asesinato de otro joven. Jennifer se apresura a acudir a su lado, convencida de que la detención es un error terrible y decidida a hacer todo lo necesario para llevarse a Emma a casa. Pero a medida que comienza a investigar el crimen, empieza a preguntarse si de verdad conocía a su hija. La policía acusa a Emma, y la prensa se hace eco de la historia, exagerando cada sórdido detalle. Uno por uno, el equipo de defensa de Emma, su padre y finalmente incluso la propia Jennifer empiezan a tener dudas.

What was lost will be found...Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned at the last minute to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building. Within moments of his arrival, however, a disturbing object - gruesomely encoded with five symbols - is discovered at the epicenter of the Rotunda. It is, he recognizes, an ancient invitation, meant to beckon its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom.When Langdon's revered mentor, Peter Solomon - philanthropist and prominent mason - is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons and follow wherever it leads him.Langdon finds himself quickly swept behind the facade of America's most historic city into the unseen chambers, temples and tunnels which exist there. All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy, clandestine world of an artfully concealed past in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth.A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories, arcane icons and enigmatic codes, The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. For, as Robert Langdon will discover, there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight...

Ingrid heeft haar veelbelovende carrière als journalist opgegeven toen haar man hoofdredacteur werd bij een grote krant. Nu heeft ze ontdekt dat hij vreemdgaat. Birgitta, een basisschoollerares, slaat doktersafspraken over omdat haar man haar mishandelt. De Russische Victoria ontmoette haar Zweedse man online en emigreerde, maar hij is niet zo zorgzaam als hij leek. Ingrid, Birgitta en Victoria zijn totaal verschillend, maar hebben één ding gemeen: ze zitten vast in een desastreus huwelijk. Online spreken ze af ieder één echtgenoot te vermoorden, maar dat plan neemt een onverwachte wending...

A Special Edition of the SUNDAY TIMES No. 1 bestselling novel from Kate Mosse. When Dr Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons during an archaeological dig in southern France, she unearths a link with a horrific and brutal past. But it's not just the sight of the shattered bones that makes her uneasy; there's an overwhelming sense of evil in the tomb that Alice finds hard to shake off, even in the bright French sunshine. Puzzled by the words carved inside the chamber, Alice has an uneasy feeling that she has disturbed something which was meant to remain hidden... Eight hundred years ago, on the night before a brutal civil war ripped apart Languedoc, a book was entrusted to Alais, a young herbalist and healer. Although she cannot understand the symbols and diagrams the book contains, Alais knows her destiny lies in protecting their secret, at all costs. Skilfully blending the lives of two women divided by centuries but united by a common destiny, LABYRINTH is a powerful story steeped in the atmosphere and history of southern France.