Cuaderno antártico

It is the seventies. Bert Lev, World War II vet and retired New York City detective, is in Acapulco managing a small hotel owned by a wealthy man grateful to Bert for rescuing his kidnapped daughter. Bert, who has lost his wife and suffered a heart attack, is piecing his life together when he is faced with another crisis. He is asked to find another kidnapped girl. His budding romance with the beguiling Sabrina makes him reluctant, but he is soon enmeshed in a frightening and mysterious struggle.

Un asesinato, una reliquia robada, una conspiración y un plan siniestro... y, para frenar los acontecimientos, sólo el agudo intelecto de Félix Cervantes. El profesor, con la ayuda de la quisquillosa guía de sus vacaciones en Italia, la señorita Diana Pagano, tendrá que desfacer más de un entuerto y enderezar algún agravio. Una novela sorprendente, única, culta y cómica a la vez, que combina el género de aventuras basadas en enigmas históricos con el humor más fino e inteligente.

¿Explorar África en globo? Con el Victoria y dos intrépidos compañeros, el doctor Fergusson se propone triunfar donde han fracasado otras grandes expediciones. Juntos vivirán una extraordinaria aventura llena de dificultades y peligros.

From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during the war. No-one had expected to see him again. One day, a flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile balance of everyday life. Soon he is named the Anderer, "the other," and tensions rise until, one night, the newcomer is murdered. Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events leading to his death, but his report delivers much...