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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into the country under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography--and fate--introduce...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins México, S.A
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Una novela escrita a ritmo de rock, con guiños a los clásicos de terror y una vuelta de tuerca que te llevará a un sitio del que quizás nunca puedas, o quieras, salir. Damián huye de dos asesinos que lo persiguen en una solitaria carretera en el desierto. Logra eludirlos pero su automóvil se está quedando sin gasolina. A la distancia descubre un hotel que por fuera parece abandonado. Llama a la puerta y lo recibe Mercedes, una hermosa rubia...
123) Do I know you?
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When a couple feels like they're married to a stranger, a flirtatious game of pretend becomes the spark they need to reignite their relationship in this romance from the authors of The Roughest Draft. Eliza and Graham's marriage is quietly failing. With their five-year anniversary approaching, neither of them are thrilled about the weeklong getaway to the Treeline Retreat they've been gifted. Nestled on the Northern California coastline, the inn...
124) Floating hotel
Author
Series
DAW book collectors volume no. 1958
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family-and a mystery that spans the stars"--
125) The second stranger
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An electric, locked-room suspense thriller set in the remote Scottish Highlands, where icy temperatures and a terrible blizzard prevent any ideas of escape--from a brilliant new voice in crime fiction. One bitterly cold February night at the remote MacKinnon Hotel, Remie Yorke begins her last shift at the front desk as the snow begins to fall. She has booked a one-way flight for the next day--and she's never coming back to Scotland. Or so she thinks....
126) Maldeniña
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Maldeniña se sitúa en un pueblo minúsculo, que "no es más que dos hileras de casas como dientes torcidos en la boca de un loco, un pueblo querido a ratos, que no existe en el mapa", un pueblo en el que no pasa nada más que una carretera, con sus camiones y forasteros. Este pueblo y sus habitantes son testigos de la soledad de Isa. En la habitación del hotel ruinoso en la que vive con Papá, Isa hace recortes y dibujos de la casa que desearía...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It is 1886, and the government has given the US Cavalry control of Yellowstone. For widowed hotelier Kate Tremaine, the change is a welcome one. She knows every inch of her wilderness home like the back of her hand and wants to see it protected from poachers and vandals. Refused a guide by Congress, Lieutenant William Prescott must enlist Kate's aid to help him navigate the sprawling park and track down the troublemakers. But a secret from his past...
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