Khronnos

Tragicomedia de unas vacaciones. Un padre visita a su hija emigrante en la nueva Suecia muy lejos ya del paraiso socialdemocrata de epocas anteriores."

Esta novela se caracteriza por su barroquismo lírico; la anécdota es sólo el esqueleto de una serie de reflexiones, pensamientos que siguen su propia lógica, alejándose en cada palabra; también lo es de fragmentos poéticos, citas, que son como el eco que sintetiza la voz de los primeros. Es una reflexión sobre las grandezas y miserias de ese lenguaje "que no va a ninguna parte" y que a pesar de ello nos solicita. La autora nos invita a una ceremonia melancólica que, si bien no repara la pérdida acaso la atenúa, a través de una escritura osada, desprotegida, a la intemperie,...

It's one of the most disturbing cases DI Fawley has ever worked. The Christmas holidays, and two children have just been pulled from the wreckage of their burning home in North Oxford. The toddler is dead, and his brother is soon fighting for his life. Why were they left in the house alone? Where is their mother, and why is their father not answering his phone? Then new evidence is discovered, and DI Fawley's worst nightmare comes true. Because this fire wasn't an accident. It was murder. And the killer is still out there...

Targeted by a disabled former spy for the Crown who wrongly believes she is blackmailing his sister, Beatrice Lockwood offers her assistance in tracking down the real culprit and eventually falls for the spy only to find herself hunted by a mad scientist who would resurrect a dead lover.