Florianne Vidal Orden de los libros (cronológico)

On a train departing from Manchester, a woman sits among sleepy commuters, wiping away tears and trying to remain unnoticed. Emily has a happy marriage, a child, and a beautiful home. Yet, she has just abandoned it all, relying on a train ticket and a new name. Hours earlier, she had dressed quietly and left the bedroom without a glance at her husband, certain that if he woke, he would stop her from leaving. Her departure was surprisingly easy; all it took was some money and a few essentials in her bag, while she pushed aside thoughts of those she was leaving behind. Emily is determined to seek a new beginning, to build a life entirely opposite to the respectable one she has led until now. However, a shadow looms: the memory of her twin sister, Caroline, who has always hated her and seemingly tried to ruin her life at every turn. What secret binds the two sisters, and what event from their past casts a dark shadow over Emily's escape? Is it truly so simple to disappear and start anew?

La esposa del novelista Owen Quine está convencida de que su marido se ha marchado a pasar unos días solo, tal como ha hecho en otras ocasiones. Por ello acude al despacho del detective privado Cormoran Strike para encargarle que encuentre a su esposo y lo lleve de vuelta a casa. Sin embargo, Cormoran descubre que tras la ausencia de Quine hay mucho más de lo que su mujer cree. Hace poco, Owen había acabado un manuscrito en el que revelaba los secretos más comprometedores de prácticamente todos sus conocidos. Es evidente que la publicación de la novela arruinaría sus vidas, así que, en teoría, cualquiera de ellos haría lo que fuese por impedir que el libro saliera a la luz. Y cuando la teoría se vuelve realidad con la aparición del cadáver de Quine, los acontecimientos se precipitan. Owen ha sido brutalmente asesinado, con una crueldad que Cormoran no recuerda haber visto nunca. Así pues, detener al culpable se convierte en una tarea urgente, por lo cual Cormoran Strike y Robin Ellacott, su eficaz ayudante, han de recurrir a todo su arrojo y astucia para identificar al asesino y atraparlo lo antes posible. Segunda entrega de la aclamada serie protagonizada por Cormoran Strike y Robin Ellacott, una peculiar pareja que, por su inteligencia y determinación, deleitará a los aficionados a las historias de misterio y suspense.

Joss Cole, a burned out public defender from LA, has opted for a quieter life in Washington State. Then into her office walks Dean Belden in search of a lawyer to help him set up a business. Within days Belden appears before a federal grand jury and, just minutes before testifying, he is killed. Meanwhile, Gideon van Ry, a nuclear fission expert in California, is troubled by the failure to account for two nuclear devices missing from the former Soviet Union. Under a false bill of lading, they were shipped to a company called Belden Electronics, and Gideon's only lead is the lawyer who incorporated Belden Electronics - Joss Cole...