Lon Falger Libros

Una joven japonesa decide cursar sus estudios en California a principios de los años 40. Allí se ve atrapada entre el tradicionalismo de su `país y la modernidad de la sociedad estadounidense. Tras el ataque a Pearl Harbor, tanto Hiroko como toda la colonia japonesa, se convierten en enemigos potenciales de EEUU y sufren la hostilidad y prejuicios de sus convecinos. Solo su cálida relación con un profesor universitario pone un poco de esperanza en su vida. Pero ni el amor puede quedar al margen de los estragos de una guerra.

Winner of the CWA John Creasey Award for Best First Novel of the Year - and the start of Minette Walter's long list of bestsellers.It was evident, if there were no other entrance to the ice house, that the body had at some point traversed this thorny barrier . . . The big question was, how long ago? How long had that nightmare been there?' The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange - not since Phoebe Maybury's husband suddenly, inexplicably, vanished. Ten years later a corpse is discovered in the grounds and Phoebe's nightmare begins. For once they have identified the body the police are determined to charge her with murder . . . 'The most impressive first novel in years' Daily Telegraph 'A seductive writer with an imagination that makes her dangerous to know' Sunday Express 'Terrific first novel with a high Rendellesque frisson count' The Times

Een archeologische vondst in de rotsen van het Kilimanjaro bergmassief leidt tot een grimmige klopjacht.