El relato policial surge en el siglo XIX, estrechamente vinculado con los cambios que trae la modernidad, como la ajetreada vida en las grandes ciudades y la exaltación del raciocinio lógico-deductivo.
From its settlement in 1634 to its important proximity to the nation's capital in the present, Maryland has served as a crossroads of America, influencing critical events, not the least of which have been numerous crimes.
Full of facts and trivia for every day of the yearDo you know when the Duke of Albemarle arranged Britain's first boxing match, between his butler and his butcher?
The charlatan Alicks Sly murdered his wife, Ellie, and killed himself with a cut-throat razor in a house in Sydney's Newtown in early 1904, leaving their children to a wretched fate.
AS SEEN ON AUSTRALIAN STORYShortlisted for The Ned Kelly Awards Best True Crime 2018Shortlisted for The Danger Prize (writing about Sydney and crime) 2018'I first met Lindsey Rose playing pool at The Burwood Hotel in 1988.
Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, returns for more crime solving adventure in this hilarious second novel from 'The Mobile Library' series.
En diciembre de 1992, Gerardo López Laguna participó en una marcha de 500 personas desarmadas, que atravesaron el cerco de la ciudad sitiada de Sarajevo para llevar un mensaje de paz a las víctimas de la guerra.
Viele Menschen nehmen sich gerade zu Beginn eines Neuen Jahres vor mehr Sport zu machen, gesünder zu essen, weniger Alkohol zu trinken, oder Vergleichbares.
From the late 1870s to mid-1880s, Tombstone, Arizona, enjoyed impressive growth and prosperity as a result of the discovery of major silver deposits nearby.
From the harsh realities of basic training to post-war chaos in Iraq and knife-edge tension in Northern Ireland, Squaddie takes us to a place not advertised in army recruitment brochures.
Sexualisierte Gewalt in Kindheit und Jugend hat nicht nur weitreichende Folgen für die Betroffenen, sondern wirkt sich auch spätestens nach der Offenlegung auf das Leben von Eltern, Geschwistern und anderen Bezugspersonen aus.
A 2021 Daily Telegraph Book of the Year'Had me gripped from the outset' Fergal Keane'Everyone should read the testimonies of the Chibok girls who survived the capture' MalalaIn the spring of 2014, an American hip hop producer unwittingly triggered an online hurricane with a quickly thumbed tweet featuring a four-word demand: #BringBackOurGirls.
The pages of The Diary of Jack the Ripper reveal the unimaginable - that over a century ago, the legendary serial killer at work in London's Whitechapel kept a record of his bestial mutilations of women.
Esta Crónica novelada es una historia, hilada entre fragmentos, desde 1883 a 1968 −verídica en relación a tiempo, lugares, pueblos: Putaendo y Panquehue, posteriormente ciudades− referentes a la vida de la protagonista, María Jesús y a su padre, Juan Camus Lepe, personaje destacado por su responsabilidad, sentido del honor y rígida autoridad.
Albert Camus, premio Nobel de literatura en 1957 e intelectual muy activo políticamente en esos años de la Guerra Fría, murió en un accidente vial el 4 de enero de 1960.
El libro de Hernán España, y sus apartados o puertas, evoca temas y enigmas cuya fuente emana de la ciencia ficción; además de los ecos nominales y temáticos de la ciencia ficción, el autor incursiona por los mitos, esa religión-ficción de nuestros poetas antiguos.
Winner of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year'Exceptional - a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant' - Daily MailInspired by a real-life murder trial, The Maiden is a remarkable feminist revisionist novel that places the forgotten women of history firmly centre stage.
