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New Releases
Summer 2022
Adult
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Eames, Nicholas
ROSA LA SANGUINARIA
Bloody Rose
HC (TRV21266) 2021 9789878474083$24.99
540 pp.
Tam Hashford is tired of serving drinks to famous groups of mercenaries and listening to them talk about their adventures. When the most famous of these groups comes to town, lead by the infamous Bloody Rose, Tam joins them as their bard. Their new mission will end with one of two things: glory or death.
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Castro Cid, Amara
EL TIEMPO SUFICIENTE
Enough Time
PB (MAE21268) 9788418185267 $18.99 384 pp.
Sisters Telma and Celia live in Vigo. Telma is a nurse who pays special attention to an elderly man named Pío. Celia, who is two years younger, was just promoted to the head of her department, but she's not happy at the company. The Wednesday meals at their grandmother's house are important for the three women. When their grandmother passes away, the sisters discover many details about her life and loves that they never knew.
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Frank, Michael
LO QUE FALTA
What Is Missing
PB (AZ21279) 2022 9788413626765 $28.99
440 pp.
This novel begins when Italian-American translator Costanza Ansaldo travels to Italy to start a new life one year after her husband’s death. She is about to turn 40 and she has come to terms with her grief and the fact that she never had children. In Florence, she meets 17-year-old Andrew Weissman and his father Henry, a fertility doctor. The three get together months later in New York City, where a love triangle will transform and intensify as the they examine what it means to be a father, son or potential mother. Constanza, Andrew, and Henry will have to face what is missing in their lives and reveal important truths about fertility, marriage, family, and more.
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Paris, Helen
OBJETOS PERDIDOS
Lost Property
PB (MAE21290) 2022 9788419110176 $29.99
360 pp.
After her life suddenly changes, Dot Watson withdraws from the world. She spends her days working in the lost and found office of the London subway. She takes her job very seriously, and nothing makes her happier than returning something to its owner. When an elderly man comes to the office looking for his deceased wife’s bag, Dot feels a special connection and promises to help. She begins an extraordinary journey that will give her new purpose.
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Parton, Dolly & James Patterson
CORRE, ROSE, CORRE
Run, Rose, Run
HC (GS21262) 2022 9788418945205 $29.99
544 pp.
Music superstar Dolly Parton and bestselling writer James Patterson have teamed up to present the story of AnnieLee Keyes, who travels to Nashville in pursuit of her dream. Determined to succeed as a singer and songwriter, she gets the chance to perform at the Cat’s Paw Saloon. One night, she discovers that Ruthanna Ryder, the Queen of Country music, is in the audience and wants to meet her. Ruthanna is about to offer her the chance of a lifetime: record her debut album with a famous record label. AnnieLee believes her dream is about to come true, but, she has secret from her past that could destroy her.
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Carr, John
EL DÍA QUE ESCAPÉ DEL GUETO
Escape from the Ghetto
PB (GL21269) 2022 9788418059971 $27.99
364 pp.
At the beginning of 1940, Chaim is sent to the ghetto. Hungry, daring, and resolute, he ventures beyond the barbed wire until he has to kill a Nazi guard. That moment changes his life and sets him on an incredible adventure behind enemy lines. He avoids being killed on the Russian front, falls in love in occupied France, is accused of being a Nazi spy in Great Britain, and finally joins the ranks of the English army.
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Harris, Nathan
LA DULZURA DEL AGUA
The Sweetness of Water
PB (AZ21294) 2022 9788413626963 $29.99
440 pp.
Liberated by the Emancipation Proclamation, brothers Prentiss and Landry seek refuge on the property of white farmer George Walker and his wife Isabelle. The Walkers, devasted by the death of their son in the Civil War, hire the brothers to work their land, hoping that this unexpected friendship will help them heal. Prentiss and Landry plan to save money to travel North and reunite with their mother, who was sold when they were children. Parallel to this story, a prohibited romance blossoms between two Confederate soldiers. When their secret gets out, the repercussions threaten to destabilize the entire community. This novel presents Georgia during the violent period of Reconstruction.
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Connnelly, Michael
CIUDAD DE HUESOS
City of Bones
PB (AZ21276) 2022 9788413627601 $16.99
432 pp.
Detective Harry Bosch investigates the discovery of a body linked to a murder happened over 20 years ago. The unsolved case brings up childhood memories when Bosch was an orphan. Rookie Julie Brasher jolts him back to the present. He has been warned not to date rookies, but their connection is too strong. A suspect flees, someone is shot, and the crime makes a splash in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Bosch tries to stay calm.
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Connnelly, Michael
MÁS OSCURO QUE LA NOCHE
A Darkness More Than Night
PB (AZ21275) 2022 9788413627588 $16.99
464 pp.
A movie director is accused of killing an actress he was in a relationship with. Harry Bosch is both the arresting officer and key witness at the trial that all Hollywood is talking about. Meanwhile, Terry McCaleb is enjoying retirement when he asked to work on the type of murder case he specialized in while at the FBI. His case and Bosch’s case are somehow intertwined. The two investigations put both men in grave danger.
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Connelly, Michael
EL VUELO DEL ÁNGEL
Angel’s Flight
PB (AZ21277) 2022 9788413627564 $16.99
478 pp.
When the body of the famous African-American lawyer Howard Elias is found, no detective wants to investigate. He specialized in cases involving police brutality and corruption, making everyone on the force a potential suspect. Harry Bosch is given the assignment. The murder happened right before a major trial involving his client Michael Harris, alleging policy brutality. After Rodney King, the riots of 1992, and the OJ Simpson trial, Los Angeles is on edge. Harry knows he is stepping into a minefield that could blow up in his face.
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Kelly, Martha Hall
LAS ROSAS OLVIDADAS
Lost Roses
PB (MAE21288) 2022 9788418185311 $18.99
568 pp.
In 1914, New York socialite Eliza Ferriday travels to St. Petersburg with her friend Sofya, a cousin of the Romanovs. When Austria declares war on Serbia and the imperial Russian dynasty collapses, Eliza finds a way home while Sofya and her family flee to the countryside. In the United States, Eliza and her daughter Caroline do everything they can to help the Russian people escape the revolution. When Eliza stops getting letters from Sofya, she begins to fear the worse.
Also by this author:
LAS MUJERES DE LA CASA DE LAS LILAS
Lilac Girls
PB (MAE20744) 9788417108748 $29.99
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Hayden, Leah
MISS GUGGENHEIM
Miss Guggenheim
PB (MAE21306) 2022 9788419110244 $29.99
376 pp.
1941, Peggy, who has become a stand-out in the Parisian Bohemian scene, and her new love, painter Max Ernst, finally manage to leave a war-torn Europe. The obstacles that they must face are enormous and Peggy worries that Ernst will be returned to Germany. The painter does not find it easy to adapt to his new life with other exiled artists or play second fiddle to a famous woman. Peggy will have to decide if she wants to save her relationship or achieve her life-long goal of opening a gallery in New York. In the end, she will accomplish her most desired goal: open a museum with her name in Venice.
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Marly, Michelle
LA DIVA
The Diva
PB (MAE21289) 2022 9788419110107 $29.99
352 pp.
At the age of 34, Maria Callas is at the height of her career as an opera singer, but her performances have begun to take a toll on her. Her voice begins to fail and she must take breaks, but no one is willing to let her rest. She arrives at her friend Elsa Maxwell’s house completely exhausted. There she meets Aristotle Onassis. In spite of their differences, thus begins a passionate, volatile relationship.
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Shipstead, Maggie
EL GRAN CÍRCULO
Great Circle
HC (AZ21287) 2022 9788413626888 $34.99
374 pp.
After being rescued as babies from a transatlantic shipwreck in 1914, Marian and Jamie Graves grow up in Missoula, Montana, raised by their dissolute uncle. When they meet a pair of aerial acrobats, Marian’s life-long passion for flying is awakened. At 14, she leaves school and meets a dangerous smuggler who gets her a plane and pays for lessons. She will finally be able to live out her dream of circumnavigating the Earth.
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Flynn, Laurie Elizabeth
CHICAS ENCANTADORAS
The Girls Are All So Nice Here
PB (AZ21280) 2022 9788413626802 $28.99
392 pp.
Many things have changed since Ambrosia Wellington graduated college and she has struggled to build a new life. Out of the blue, she receives an invitation to an alumni reunion along with an anonymous note that simply says “we have to talk about what we did that night.” At the event, Amber and her friend Sully receive messages that grow increasingly threatening. It becomes obvious that someone wants revenge for what they did and the damage they caused.
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Griffiths, Elly
EL UMBRAL DE LA MENTIRA
The Janus Touch
PB (MAE21291) 2022 9788418185298 $18.99
352 pp.
When workers find a skeleton while demolishing an old house in Norwich, forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway is called in to investigate. Was it an ancient ritual sacrifice or a murder? The house was an orphanage in 1970, and the priest who ran it offers new clues as he remembers the events of the day. As Ruth's curiosity grows, she won't let anything--not even her pregnancy--get in the way of her solving the case.
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Puzyńska, Katarzyna
MÁS ROJO SANGRE
Redder Blood
PB (MAE21304) 2022 9788418185281 $18.99
456 pp.
Summer in Lipowo is gorgeous. Detective Daniel Podgorski feels he is living his best life thanks to his beautiful love Weronika. Meanwhile, two girls are murdered. The police fear it could be the work of a serial killer. Daniel joins the team investigating the crime, led by the polemic commissioner Klementyna Kopp. The lack of breakthroughs coincides with some personal problems in Daniel’s life and shocking secrets about Klementyna’s past.
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Winspear, Jacqueline
MAISIE DOBBS
Maisie Dobbs
PB (MAE21305) 9788419110220 $29.99
344 pp.
In 1929, Maisie Dobbs hangs up a sign announcing her investigation services. She becomes one of the first female detectives in London. Her life took a huge turn years ago when she started working for Lady Rowan Compton, an aristocrat who took notice of Maisie’s intelligence. Maisie’s first case, which appears to be one involving infidelity, leads her to a home for veterans of World War I. This place ends up having an unexpected connection to her past.
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Lesser, Elizabeth
QUE HABLE CASANDRA
Casandra Speaks
PB (MAE21273) 2022 9788418184864 $29.99
304 pp.
What would Eve had said her motives were for eating the apple or Pandora’s for opening up the box? What if women had told their stories? We need stories to understand the world, but over time, many women’s voices have been silenced. Elizabeth Lesser presents stories, myths, and tales from the Bible to modern classics showing how they have shaped how women are viewed.
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Martul Hernández, Carmen
FORTALECER EL SISTEMA INMUNITARIO
Strengthening Your Immune System
HC (LA21302) 2022 9788466241373 $29.99
160 pp.
The pandemic has made people more interested and informed about the benefits of a healthy immune system. This book examines immunity, natural barriers, and vaccines as well as autoimmune diseases and immunodeficiencies. It clearly explains how to identify problems, the importance of proper nutrition, what probiotics do, the benefits of exercise, the importance of good hygiene habits, and much more.
Also by this author:
VIRUS Y BACTERIAS. PANDEMIAS QUE HAN ASOLADO EL MUNDO
Viruses and Bacteria: Pandemics that Have Devastated the World
HC (LA21191) 9788466240574 $30.99
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Haig, Matt
EL LIBRO DE LA ESPERANZA
The Comfort Book
HC (GS21274) 2022 9788418945120 $29.99
272 pp.
From the author of The Midnight Library comes this inspirational book. It presents comforting stories and words that allow us to view ourselves and the world differently. There is nothing stronger in this world than hope.
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Whateley, Laura
DINERO: INSTRUCCIONES DE USO
Money: A User’s Guide
PB (VS21281) 2022 9789877478075 $17.99
224 pp.
According to the author, we are all bad with money, but some people are better at hiding that fact. To remedy this, she arms readers with the information they need to make wise financial decisions and avoid being taken advantage of by banks and other companies. She explains how mortgages work, which credit cards are best, how much you should invest, and much more.
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