Minette Walter Libros

Finales de los años setenta. En una zona obrera del barrio de Richmond, una mujer de raza negra muere atropellada en un suceso que la policía atribuyó a un desgraciado accidente. Todo el vencindario, excepto la señora Ranelagh, la última persona que estuvo con ella, aceptó la escueta versión policial. Sin embargo, veinte años después, la señora Ranelagh ha vuelto al lugar de los hechos con un único y firme próposito: reconstruir lo sucedido en aquella noche lluviosa que todos los que vivian en el barrio parecen tener motivos para olvidar.

En el bello paisaje de la campiña inglesa, una adinerada familia debe enfrentarse a un destino que parece condenarla a la extinción. El viejo coronel Lockyer-Fox ha perdido a su mujer, mientras sus hijos, Leo, un ludópata redomado, y Elizabeth, una pomiscua alcohólica condenada al fracaso, apenas son una mácula dentro de la genealogía familiar. Deprimido y con el único apoyo de su fiel abogado Mark Ankerton, Lockyer-Fox también debe hacer frente a las habladurías de sus convecinos, que le acusan del supuesto asesinato de su esposa. Se avecinan tiempos difíciles para el coronel quien, además, ha decidido destapar un viejo secreto y encomendar a Mark la tarea de encontrar a una nieta entregada en adopción apenas nacer. Una lejana vergüenza que la familia Lockyer-Fox ocultó a cal y canto, para proteger la ya maltrecha reputación de Elizabeth. En tanto, en las tierras que lindan con la propiedad del coronel se instala un grupo de nómadas con el objetivo de asentarse por un tiempo indefinido. A la cabeza del movimiento se encuentra un siniestro personaje a quien todos conocen como Fox Evil, un individuo capaz de hundir aún más si cabe los ánimos del coronel. Sólo la providencial visita de su nieta, convertida por los avatares de la vida en una joven capitana del ejército inglés, le ayudará a encarar el avispero emocional en el que vive su agotado corazón.

Los periódicos informan que Jinx Kingsley, fotógrafa de modas y rica heredera, ha intentado quitarse la vida después de que su prometido Leo la abandonase y desapareciera en compañia de la mejor amiga de Jinx. Cuando esta despierta del coma en que se encuentra no recuerda nada de su supuesto intento de suicidio. Poco a poco, los recuerdos empiezan a emerger, pero no concuerdan con lo que dicen: la verdad de lo ocurrido yace en lo más profundo de su mente, pero también otros recuerdos aún más aterradores, y ella no está segura de querer saberlos...

'Wonderful and sweeping, with a fabulous sense of place and history.' Kate Mosse on The Last Hours As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Dorseteshire, the quarantined people of Develish question whether they are the only survivors. Guided by their beloved young mistress, Lady Anne, they wait, knowing that when their dwindling stores are finally gone they will have no choice but to leave. But where will they find safety in the desolate wasteland outside? One man has the courage to find out. Thaddeus Thurkell, a free-thinking, educated serf, strikes out in search of supplies and news. A compelling leader, he and his companions quickly throw off the shackles of serfdom and set their minds to ensuring Develish's future - and freedom for its people. But what use is freedom that cannot be gained lawfully? When Lady Anne and Thaddeus conceive an audacious plan to secure her people's independence, neither foresees the life-threatening struggle over power, money and religion that follows...

A sweeping historical adventure set during one of the most turbulent periods of British history - featuring a heroine you'll never forget...

In prison, they call her the Sculptress for the strange figurines she carves - symbols of the day she hacked her mother and sister to pieces and reassembled them in a blood-drenched jigsaw. Sullen and menacing, Olive Martin is burned-out journalist Rosalind Leigh's only hope of getting a new book published.But as she interviews Olive, in her cell, Roz finds flaws in the Sculptress's confession. Is she really guilty as she insists? Drawn into Olive's world of obsessional lies and love, nothing can stop Roz's pursuit of the chilling, convoluted truth. Not the tidy suburbanites who'd rather forget the murders, not a volatile ex-policeman and her own erotic response to him, not an attack on her life.Not even the thought of what might happen if the Sculptress went free...

In 1970 Howard Stamp, a retarded 20-year-old, was convicted on disputed evidence of brutally murdering his grandmother in her Dorset home. Less than three years later he was dead, driven to suicide by self-hatred and relentless bullying by other prisoners. A fate befitting a murderer, perhaps, but what if he was innocent? When 34-year-old anthropologist Dr. Jonathan Hughes re-examines Stampâs case for a book on injustice, his research into the written evidence leads him to believe that Stamp was wrongly convicted. But is the forgotten story of one friendless young man compelling enough to persuade Jonathan to confront the real murderer? One person believes it is. George Gardener, sixty, has been trying to bring Stampâs case to public attention for years and has unearthed new evidence that might exonerate him. But Gardener needs the young academic on board if it is to be used to maximum effect. On the face of it, there is no similarity between the illiterate Stamp and the highly educated Hughes, yet their lives resonate through their damaged childhoods and their mutual sense of exclusion. With the threat of war in Iraq dominating British hearts and minds, there begins a battle closer to home: an attempt to prove a grotesque miscarriage of justice. But if the killer is still at large....

With this stunning debut--a marvelous marriage of classic convention and contemporary sophistication--Minette Walters sets a new standard of excellence for the mystery novel. The three women living in seclusion at an elegant Hampshire country house have long been fodder for village gossip...even whispers of a witches' coven. So when a faceless corpse of uncertain vintage is found in the Streech Grange ice house, Chief Inspector Walsh can't wait to make a case of it. Lady of the manor Phoebe Maybury, still haunted by Walsh's relentless investigation of her husband's strange disappearance ten years ago, is calm. She and her two housemates--sensitive, charming artist Diana Goode and pretty, earthy Anne Cattrell--seem as puzzled as the police. But do they have something to hide? While Walsh strives to nail Phoebe for murder, sexy young Detective Sergeant McLoughlin turns his attention to the exasperating and magnetic Anne. Soon his inquiry and his impulses will draw him into a tangled thicket of love, loyalty, and deadly intrigue.