Cari Mora, by Thomas Harris

Thomas Harris is back. He has returned with the necessary rest so that the ghosts of Hannibal Lecter fade in the memory of other days. Because this total thriller began with the new millennium and there was no one who resisted reading or watching the movies too ...

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The Last Widow, by Karin Slaughter

The Last Widow, by Karin Slaughter

With her mastery of diverse focuses, on the same plot that progresses in parallel in superimposed scenarios, Karin Slaughter presents us with one of those time trial novels loaded with psychological suspense and maximum tension action. When the term "more ambitious work" is abused, the idea ends up wearing out. But …

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The Forgotten Letter, by Lucinda Riley

The forgotten letter

The Irish Lucinda Riley returns to the attack with one of her captivating stories. And it does so by drawing on its usual historical scenery, but always focusing the narrative interest on succulent intrahistories that link the present and the past. Riley's mastery of combining the romantic, the tragic,… in his literary cocktails.

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Hard times, by Mario Vargas LLosa

Hard times, by Mario Vargas LLosa

Fakes news (a topic that we already saw in this recent book by David Alandete) is a topic that actually comes from afar. Although before, self-serving lies were created in a more concentrated way in political spheres driven by intelligence agencies and other services to one ...

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A Decent Man, by John le Carre

A decent man, by John le Carré

Approaching the nineties, John le Carré still has the fuse to continue presenting his spy novels. And the truth is that in the necessary process of adaptation to current times, this English author does not lose an iota of that icy intensity of the Cold War as ...

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Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

Imaginary Friend, by Stephen Chbosky

Misfortune is that which takes hold on those who try to escape from it. In its literary aspect, this impossible escape becomes a perfect plot for any thriller. That is the case of Imaginary Friend, a novel by Stephen Chbosky with that aroma of big problems of ...

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Eliseo's diary, by JJ Benitez

Eliseo's diary, by JJ Benitez

Eleventh installment of a dazzling saga that fascinates lovers of the esoteric, worries fervent believers and, above all, entertains in this hybrid between novel and report with hints of fascinating historical chronicle. When JJ Benitez started with Trojan Horse, back in 1984, I was a ...

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The Dog Archipelago, by Philippe Claudel

The Dog Archipelago, by Philippe Claudel

The best Claudel is back with one of his typical crime novels with that unexpected mixing component that only the creative capacity of this French author can make it work. The taste for the black genre is partly explained by its connection with that atavistic and dark part ...

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The chain, by Adrian Mckinty

The chain, by Adrian Mckinty

The day is coming. Your mobile phone rings and you verify that you have been added to a group of school parents. The nightmare has begun ... Jokes aside, the idea of ​​this novel is very suggestive based on that feeling of particular connection between today's parents. A …

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The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides

The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides

Justice almost always seeks compensation. In case it cannot, or even if it can be compensated in some way but some damage prevails, it also has punishment as a tool. In any case, Justice always needs the objective truth from which to qualify some facts. But …

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Black wolf, by Juan Gómez Jurado

Black wolf, by Juan Gómez Jurado

One of the few regrets that I discovered in some readers of Juan Gómez Jurado's previous novel, Reina Roja was that open ending, with its pending questions in terms of various ramifications ... But that's how it had to be to get to this Black She-wolf and maybe even there are still fringes ...

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