Burrowing through the goldsmiths' quarters and hidden archives of London, Tokyo, and Istanbul, Katharine Sterne is on the trail of a ruby, diamond, and pearl brooch once worn by Queen Elizabeth I. Interwoven with the tale of her hunt is that of a pair of Iraqi Jewish brothers who traveled to Lond...
No sé si ponerle 1 o 2 estrellas a este libro. Todos mis instintos me incitan a ponerle solo una, más que nada porqué nunca sufrí tanto al leer un libro. Si bien la premisa es, a mi parecer, bastante original (por lo menos en lo que a mi concierne nunca antes leí un libro cuya protagonista fuese ...
Among the rush hour crowds and abandoned levels of the London Underground, someone is pushing women under trains. In his search for the killer, Casimir, a Tube worker, is led ever deeper into this city beneath the city.Below the bright crowds and turned musicians is a labyrinth of long-forgotten ...
Florence in June 1. Florence in June Swimming pool colours: turquoise, azure, iridium. The shadows of ripples on the tiles, all tiger-band and giraffe-skin, their patterns gelling and rescinding in perpetual slow motion. Florence floats, sun in her face. Her eyes are shut, spangled with lash-drop...