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SINOPSIS 1928. Catalina viaja a Madrid contra la voluntad de su madre para estudiar Farmacia y se instala en la Residencia de Señoritas. Su ilusión, su pasión y sus ganas de aprender pronto la llevarán a hacer nuevas amigas, a verse envuelta en los conflictos políticos de la época y a entrar en contacto con iconos feministas como Elena Fortún y María de Maeztu. Su viaje de adolescente ingenua a mujer con deseos propios se verá marcado por un triángulo sentimental con dos jóvenes que representan mundos opuestos y, sobre todo, por las dudas entre el matrimonio y su vocación profesional. Porque, en esa época, una mujer sí debía elegir. ¿Conseguirá Catalina hacer realidad su mayor deseo? Título: Las modernas Autor: Ruth Prada Editorial: Plaza & Janés Fecha de publicación: 10 Febrero 2022 RESEÑA VALORACIÓN: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 “Las Modernas” es la primera novela de la periodista Ruth Prada y, en mi opinión, es un debut fantástico. Tanto la portada, cuya ilustración inmediatamente te hace viajar a la

SYNOPSIS Marissa and Mathew Bishop seem like the golden couple . . . until Marissa cheats. In a desperate attempt to repair her family, Marissa takes a chance on maverick therapist Avery Chambers, who lost her licence due to controversial methods. If Avery Chambers can’t fix you in ten sessions, she won’t take you on as a client. She helps people overcome everything, from domineering parents to assault. Her successes almost help her absorb the emptiness she feels since her husband’s death. When the Bishops glide through Avery’s door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, all three are set on a collision course they never expected. Because the biggest secrets in the room are still hidden, and it’s no longer simply a marriage that’s in danger. Not all of them are who they seem, and matters are about to turn deadly... Title: The golden couple Author: Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen Publisher: MacMillan Publication date: March 3, 2022 REVIEW RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ After two years since their last

  SYNOPSIS When Louise surprises her boyfriend by returning early from a work trip, safe to say she wasn’t expecting to see him in flagrante delicto with another woman. Heart-torn and vowing to stay away from men, when Louise’s next project involves restoring an ageing hotel in Italy, she leaps at the chance to get away. Managed by a crew of sextagenarians, the Grand Hotel del Monferrato needs all the love and care Louise can give it. But it’s hard to stay focused on the job when her thoughts keep straying to Vito, the reclusive and mysterious owner of the hotel. With his tragic past and her no-romance policy, Louise knows they can’t have a future. Yet something keeps pulling the two together. Title: An escape to remember Author: T.A. Williams Publisher: Canelo Publication date: March 24, 2022 I’m a man. And a pretty old man as well. I did languages at university a long time ago and then lived and worked in France and Switzerland before going to Italy for seven years as a teacher of En

SINOPSIS La ceniza volcánica del Etna cubre la ciudad de Catania y la subcomisaria de la Policía Judicial, Giovanna Garrasi, conocida como Vanina, se enfrenta a un nuevo caso: descubrir qué esconde el cadáver de una mujer aparecido en una villa de Sciara. Las circunstancias no pueden ser más extraordinarias: la casa, de aire señorial y prácticamente abandonada desde 1959, se encuentra en ruinas y el cuerpo está momificado cado. Identificar car el cadáver y determinar la causa de la muerte será como atravesar el túnel del tiempo. Décadas atrás, la villa ya fue el escenario de un famoso crimen. ¿Estarán relacionadas ambas muertes? En su empeño por aclarar el misterio, la subcomisaria encontrará un aliado inesperado: el comisario Biagio Patanè, quien, aburrido por la jubilación, estará encantado de rebuscar en sus recuerdos para ayudarla. La tenaz subcomisaria sacará a la luz una sorprendente historia de avaricia y rencor que todos creían enterrada, pero que se arrastrará hasta el present

SYNOPSIS Everyone's Dying to Join . . . The Home Group is a glamorous collection of celebrity members' clubs dotted across the globe, where the rich and famous can party hard and then crash out in its five-star suites, far from the prying eyes of fans and the media. The most spectacular of all is Island Home—a closely-guarded, ultraluxurious resort, just off the English coast—and its three-day launch party is easily the most coveted A-list invite of the decade. But behind the scenes, tensions are at breaking point: the ambitious and expensive project has pushed the Home Group's CEO and his long-suffering team to their absolute limits. All of them have something to hide—and that's before the beautiful people with their own ugly secrets even set foot on the island.  As tempers fray and behavior worsens, as things get more sinister by the hour and the body count piles up, some of Island Home’s members will begin to wish they’d never made the guest list. Because at this clu

SYNOPSIS Brunetti is approached for a favor by Elisabetta Foscarini, a woman he knows casually, but her mother was good to Brunetti’s mother, so he feels obliged to at least look into the matter privately, and not as official police business. Foscarini’s son-in-law, Enrico Fenzo, has alarmed his wife (her daughter) by confessing their family might be in danger because of something he’s involved with. Since Fenzo is an accountant, Brunetti logically suspects the cause of danger is related to the finances of a client. Yet his clients seem benign: an optician, a restaurateur, a charity established by his father-in-law. However, when his friend’s daughter’s place of work is vandalized, Brunetti asks his own favors—that his colleagues Claudia Griffoni, Lorenzo Vianello, and Signorina Elettra Zorzi assist his private investigation, which soon enough turns official as they uncover the dark and Janus-faced nature of a venerable Italian institution. Title: Give unto others Author: Donna Leon Se

SYNOPSIS Nobody can get into the mind of an erratic killer―except an unpredictable detective. When a young man is found lying on a station platform with a hole in his head, DI Kate Young is called in to investigate the grisly murder. But the killing is no one-off. As bodies start to pile up, she is faced with what might be an impossible task―to hunt down a ruthless killer on a seemingly random rampage. Meanwhile, Kate has her own demons to battle as she struggles to come to terms with her husband’s death. And she is hell-bent on exposing corruption within the force and bringing Superintendent John Dickson to justice. But with the trail of deception running deeper―and closer to home―than she could ever have imagined, she no longer knows who she can trust. With her grip on reality slipping, Kate realises that maybe she and the killer are not so different after all. But time is running out and Kate is low on options. Can she catch the killer before she loses everything? Title: A life for

  SINOPSIS Ángel es un joven violinista con una carrera prometedora en la Orquesta Nacional de España, pero su pasado complejo y traumático irá alejándole cada vez más de una vida plena, y le hará refugiarse en la música como único escudo de supervivencia. El enigmático doctor Vasiliev se cruzará en su camino y le ayudará a ensamblar las piezas de su intrincado pasado, además de abrirle los ojos a una nueva realidad que muy pocas personas conocen. Ángel tendrá que decidir entre conformarse con la vida plena que cualquiera desearía o adentrarse en un complejo y desconocido mundo, tan tentador como peligroso, dentro de la organización secreta Équidis. Título: Équidis Autor: Daniel Portillo Fecha de publicación: 29 Diciembre 2021 RESEÑA VALORACIÓN: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Muchas gracias a Daniel Portillo por el envío de su novela. He de confesar que cuando el autor se puso en contacto conmigo para saber si estaría interesado en leer y reseñar “Équidis”, su novela debut, fui un poco excéptico. ¿Un techno-th

  SYNOPSIS In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two men, seemingly randomly, were murdered with the same gun, with strange notes left behind. Beth Greer was the perfect suspect—a rich, eccentric twenty-three-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. But she was acquitted, and she retreated to the isolation of her mansion.   Oregon, 2017. Shea Collins is a receptionist, but by night, she runs a true crime website, the Book of Cold Cases—a passion fueled by the attempted abduction she escaped as a child. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To Shea’s surprise, Beth says yes.   They meet regularly at Beth’s mansion, though Shea is never comfortable there. Items move when she’s not looking, and she could swear she’s seen a girl outside the window. The allure of learning the truth about the case from the smart, charming Beth is too much to resist, but even as they grow closer, Shea senses something isn’t right. Is she making fr

SYNOPSIS When budding true crime blogger Maggie Shaw is invited to the Influencer of the Year awards, it feels like everything is finally falling into place. The party is held on a glamorous yacht and presents the perfect opportunity for Maggie to network – the first step towards achieving her dream of turning her hobby into a full-time job. But by the end of the night, there’s one question on everybody’s lips: who killed Stella Knight? Stella was beautiful and famous. Her life appeared to be perfect. But behind the façade, Stella had made a number of enemies – and all of them were on board. Title: The influencers Author: S.V. Leonard Publisher: Canelo Publication date: March 10, 2022 REVIEW RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The life of an influencer is desirable and glitzy on the outside, a life to die for, and some people are willing to do anything to get it, even kill for it. But this glamorous life hides lots of dirty laundry under the surface, and The influencers explores this duality in a really fun

  SINOPSIS Violeta viene al mundo un tormentoso día de 1920, siendo la primera niña de una familia de cinco bulliciosos hermanos. Desde el principio su vida estará marcada por acontecimientos extraordinarios, pues todavía se sienten las ondas expansivas de la Gran Guerra cuando la gripe española llega a las orillas de su país sudamericano natal, casi en el momento exacto de su nacimiento. Gracias a la clarividencia del padre, la familia saldrá indemne de esta crisis para darse de bruces con una nueva, cuando la Gran Depresión altera la elegante vida urbana que Violeta ha conocido hasta ahora. Su familia lo perderá todo y se verá obligada a retirarse a una región salvaje y remota del país. Allí Violeta alcanzará la mayoría de edad y tendrá su primer pretendiente... En una carta dirigida a una persona a la que ama por encima de todas las demás, Violeta rememora devastadores desengaños amorosos y romances apasionados, momentos de pobreza y también de prosperidad, pérdidas terribles e inme