El velo del corazón

The charismatic Sira Quiroga--the unforgettable protagonist from the bestselling The Time in Between--is now back in a page-turning intrigue that moves from Jerusalem to London to Madrid to Tangiers during the tumultuous aftermath of World War Two. Four cities. Two missions. One woman. With the end of WWII, the former seamstress turned couturier turned spy Sira Quiroga is finally ready to embrace the serenity of a peaceful existence with her British diplomat husband Marcus and the upcoming prospect of motherhood. But fate has other plans in store for her, and tranquility proves elusive....

“Este momento puede ser un sueño; un sueño mío, un sueño de ellos, un sueño de todos. Porque he sido muchos una vez o uno muchas veces..., un sueño personal o plural, pero sueño al fin. ¿Qué tal? —Pregunté, creyendo poner en jaque a mis fantasmagóricos amigos. —¡Despierta, o despierten entonces! —Exclamó con autoridad la imagen de Hobek”.

The six stories that make up this book are all set in the islands of the South Pacific. Whether it be on the islands of Samoa, in Tahiti, or in Honolulu, all of these stories feature the development of tensions between the worldview and the lifestyle of the natives and those of the white men, representing an even more essential confrontation: the one between East and West. Maugham masterfully narrates political stories, stories of frustraded economic ambition, of incomplete or unrequited love, all of which share his talent for exposing the most elemental human passions, those which lead men...

�No cierres los ojos�. Es lo que repite Lizzy Gardner una y otra vez en su cabeza. A los 17 a�os fue secuestrada a unas manzanas de su casa y torturada durante meses, pero consigui� huir convirti�ndose as� en la �nica v�ctima superviviente del psic�pata al que apoda Spiderman. Catorce a�os despu�s, Lizzy intenta llevar una vida normal trabajando como investigadora privada y dando clases de defensa personal a adolescentes, con el fin de olvidar ese oscuro episodio de su pasado que la mantiene en un constante estado de alerta. Sin embargo, sus miedos reviven cuando Jared,...