Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history - Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche - he addresses lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety and conformity. De Botton's book led one critic to call philosophy 'the new rock and roll'.
Kay Scarpetta viaja a Dublin para investigar una serie de homicidios ocurridos en Irlanda diez anos atras. Estos presentan algunas similitudes con el caso del Carnicero, que ha infundido el panico en los habitantes de Virginia, y se intenta establecer si ambos sucesos presentan caracteristicas comunes. De vuelta en Estados Unidos todo se precipita: el torso de una mujer aparece en un vertedero con los miembros amputados e inquietantes muestras de herpes en determinadas zonas. El arma ha sido una sierra de carnicero, como en los casos irlandeses, pero la forma de amputar no responde al mismo patron. Todo parece indicar que se trata de asesinos distintos, hasta que la doctora Scarpetta recibe el primero de una serie de macabros mensajes por correo electronico firmados por "muerteadoc."
Parece que Temple Brooks Gault, el asesino en serie que se ha convertido en última pesadilla de la investigadora Scarpetta, ha vuelto a cometer un asesinato. La víctima es una mujer blanca cuya identidad es imposible de aclarar: las pistas encontradas en el escenario del crimen y en el cuerpo de la víctima son tan evidentes que parecen dejadas a propósitos como indicios de un desafío.
Los habitantes de Black Mountain apenas conocen el miedo. No hay nada que temer hasta que, un día, aparece el cadáver de una muchacha y se instala en los habitantes del pueblo un dolor más parecido a la incredulidad que al terror. La doctora Scarpetta, forense famosa por haber resuelto casos similares, acude a Black Mountain y estudia los primeros indicios, aparentemente claros. Sin embargo, poco a poco, el caso adquiere dimensiones que acabarán implicándola personalmente y llevándola al único lugar donde encontrar información precisa: la granja de cuerpos. "Ya no queda ninguna duda de que Patricia Cornwell es la escritora americana de literatura criminal más estimulante y escalofriante." The Times.
Edinburgh is about to become the home of the first Scottish parliament in 300 years. As political passions run high, DI John Rebus is charged with liaison, thanks to the new parliament being resident in Queensbury House, bang in the middle of his patch. But Queensbury House has its own, dark past. Legend has it that a young man was roasted there on a spit by a madman. When the fireplace where the youth died is uncovered another more recent murder victim is found. Days later, in the gardens outside, there is another body and Rebus is under pressure to find instant answers. As the case proceeds, the Inspector finds himself face to face with one of Edinburgh's most notorious criminals...
In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following a macabre trail of evidence that ties the present homicides to a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating clues as Kay is at finding them ...
An Alternate Cover Edition for this ISBN can be found here. The meticulously dismembered body of a woman is discovered in the grounds of an abandoned monastery. 'Too decomposed for standard autopsy. Request anthropologic expertise.' Enter Dr Temperance Brennan, Director of Forensic Anthropology for the province of Quebec, who has been researching recent disappearances in the city. Despite the cynicism of Detective Claudel who heads the investigation, Brennan is convinced that a serial killer is at work. Her forensic expertise finally convinces Claudel, but only after the body count has risen... Tempe takes matters into her own hands, but her determined probing places those closest to her in mortal danger. Can Tempe make her crucial breakthrough before the killer strikes again?
