Deanna Raybourn

Un thriller divertidísimo sobre unas mujeres mayores que deciden dejar claro que las mejores asesinas a sueldo son, precisamente, las que llegan a jubilarse. Billie, Mary Alice, Helen y Natalie han trabajado durante cuatro decadas para el Museo, una exclusiva red de asesinos. Sin embargo, ahora las consideran de la vieja escuela y, como la tecnologia importa mas que la inteligencia, ya nadie valora su talento. Cuando las invitan a un crucero para celebrar su jubilacion, estas no tardan en darse cuenta de que se han convertido en objetivo de la Junta del Museo, que ha ordenado eliminarlas. Es asi como las cuatro integrantes del llamado Proyecto Esfinge deberan organizarse por su cuenta, confiar las unas en las otras y esperar que el trabajo en equipo sea la clave de su supervivencia. La Junta esta a punto de descubrir de lo que es capaz una señora de armas tomar.Criticas:Un thriller que mezcla Las chicas de oro con James Bond.Buzzfeed Comica, violenta e inesperadamente sensible. Es imposible no animar a estas damas peligrosas mientras se niegan a que las entierren Una frase que, en este thriller, es literal.The Washington PostAgudo e inteligente.PopSugar La camaraderia propia de las viejas amistades, mezclada con multitud de escenas de accion, te tendra pasando las paginas hasta bien entrada la madrugada.CrimeReads Los lectores de Richard Osman y Helen Turnsten disfrutaran viendo a estas mujeres implacables de sesenta años entrar en accion. Rayburn se ha superado.Publishers WeeklyEs una delicia tener un thriller protagonizado por cuatro mujeres habilidosas en un genero tan dominado por los hombres.Library Journal La escritura es habil y original, y la trama es impredecible. Rayburn evoca de forma vivida multitud de escenarios remotos mientras mantiene a los lectores alerta e intentando adivinar que va a pasar a continuacion.Kirkus

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Theodora deja atrás Edimburgo, y a un pretendiente desilusionado, con una pequeña herencia y sus tres únicos vestidos. Pone rumbo a Rumanía, un lugar donde aún se cuentan entre susurros historias de vampiros, para visitar a una vieja amiga y escribir el libro con el que va a lograr ser una mujer independiente de verdad. El castillo situado en los Cárpatos al que llega es un lugar imponente y deteriorado repleto de excéntricos habitantes: la achacosa condesa viuda, el pesaroso administrador, su temerosa amiga Cosmina... pero ninguno de ellos alcanza el oscuro encanto del conde Andrei Dragulescu, el amo del castillo. Andrei resulta desconcertante y cautivador a partes iguales, es un noble adusto que aviva la imaginación de Theodora y despierta en ella pasiones innegables e imposibles de ocultar. Es un hombre de un magnetismo superlativo que ejerce un dominio absoluto sobre el supersticioso pueblo, y ella podría convertirse en una más de las muchas personas que tiene a sus pies. Antes de finalizar su estancia allí y de terminar de escribir su novela, Theodora va a encontrar cosas extrañas y terribles a la par que seductoras. Obsesionarse con algo puede llegar a ser funesto, y ella corre el peligro de acabar siendo víctima de algo más que el deseo.

Readers everywhere have fallen for New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourns intrepid amateur sleuth and socialite, Lady Julia Grey. Not to mention her devastating partner in crime, Nicholas Brisbane. Midsummer Night is the long awaited story of their wedding, a dashing and potentially deadly affair not to be missed Midsummer in Englandan auspicious time for a wedding. Brisbane has taken charge of the music. Julia has, perhaps mistakenly, allowed her sisters to choose the dress. And Belmont Abbey is overflowing with guests awaiting the blessed day. What could go wrong? Combine the close-knit chaos of village life, pagan traditions bursting through staid Victorian conventions, and the congenial madness that tends to swirl around Lady Julias family and you get an unforgettable wedding. But add in a dangerous past nemesis who has come to wish them not-so-well, and their day to remember just might take a fatal turn

New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn returns with a brand-new novella, starring her beloved heroine, the intrepid Lady Julia Grey To mark the passing of another decade, the esteemedand eccentricMarch family have assembled at Bellmont Abbey to perform the Twelfth Night Revels for their sleepy English village. But before Lady Julia and her handsome, sleuthing husband, Nicolas Brisbane, can take to the stage, a ruckus in the stable yard demands their attention. An abandoned infant is found nestled in the steel helm of St. George. Whats more, their only lead is the local legend of a haunted cottage and its ghastly inhabitantwho seems to have returned. Once again, Lady Julia and Nicholas take up the challenge to investigate, and when the source of the mystery is revealed, theyll be faced with an impossible choiceone that will alter the course of their livesforever. Dont miss a single tale in the Lady Julia Grey seriesor Deanna Raybourns latest novel, City of Jasmine.

New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn transports readers to a magical New Years Eve party in 1914, where two guests will discover the passion of a lifetime in this prequel novella Notorious socialite Delilah Drummond wont be deterred by the war. Instead, she decides to throw the event of the year, and shes handing out invitations with an eye for wanton fun and wild abandon. There is the dashing explorer and archaeologist Gabriel Stark, a man at a crossroads in his life. Brilliant and restless, hes just committed to a secret enterprise that forces him to play a public role very different from the man he truly is. And then there is the charming if flighty Evangeline Merriweather. Evie has dreamed her whole life of adventure. Little does she know, shes about to get more than she bargained for. Especially after her vivacious Aunt Dove acts as fairy godmother, if a saucy one, providing a scandalous gown and a whisper of jasmine on her skin. Evie will shake cool Gabriel to his core, but just how far are they willing to take love at first sight? One seductive night will change Evie forever. Watch for her next adventure, in the City of Jasmine.

Tis the season for an investigation! Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane return for a Christmas caper at Bellmont Abbey. After a year of marriageand numerous adventuresLady Julia and Brisbane hope for a quiet, intimate Christmas togetheruntil they find themselves at her fathers ancestral estate, Bellmont Abbey, with her eccentric family and a menagerie of animals. Nevertheless, Julia looks forward to a lively family gatheringbut amongst the celebrations, a mystery stirs. There are missing jewels, new faces at the Abbey, and a prowling ghost that brings back unwelcome memories from a previous holidayone that turned deadly. Is a new culprit recreating crimes of the past? And will Brisbane let Julia investigate? Dont miss a single tale in the Lady Julia seriesread the book that started it all, Silent in the Grave, available now.

A husband, a family, a comfortable life: Theodora Lestrange lives in terror of it all. With a modest inheritance and the three gowns that comprise her entire wardrobe, Theodora leaves Edinburghand a disappointed suitorfar behind. She is bound for Rumania, where tales of vampires are still whispered, to visit an old friend and write the book that will bring her true independence. She arrives at a magnificent, decaying castle in the Carpathians, replete with eccentric inhabitants: the ailing dowager; the troubled steward; her own fearful friend, Cosmina. But all are outstripped in dark glamour by the castles master, Count Andrei Dragulescu. Bewildering and bewitching in equal measure, the brooding nobleman ignites Theodoras imagination and awakens passions in her that she can neither deny nor conceal. His allure is superlative, his dominion over the superstitious town, absoluteTheodora may simply be one more person under his sway. Before her sojourn is endedor her novel completedTheodora will have encountered things as strange and terrible as they are seductive. For obsession can prove fataland she is in danger of falling prey to more than desire.

Cuando lady Julia Grey regresó a Inglaterra después de un largo viaje por Italia, encontró su casa natal, la abadía de Bellmont, abarrotada de familiares y amigos. Para su sorpresa, el único hombre a quien habia querido olvidar, el enigmatico y orgulloso Nicholas Brisbane, estaba entre los invitados de su padre y no estaba solo. Para no ser menos, Julia le presento inmediatamente a su enamorado; un joven y distinguido conde italiano. Sin embargo, las celebraciones de regreso a casa dieron un giro inesperado y cruel con el hallazgo de uno de los invitados muerto en la capilla, victima de un brutal asesinato. Lady Julia reanudo entonces su insolita, interesante y deliciosa colaboracion con Nicholas Brisbane, decidida a desenmarañar aquella red de engaños antes de que el asesino golpeara de nuevo.

Billie, Mary Alice, Helen e Natalie trabalharam para o Museu, uma rede de matadores de elite, por quarenta anos. Agora seus talentos são considerados antiquados, e ninguém aprecia o que elas têm a of

Para lady Julia Grey y Nicholas Brisbane, la luna de miel había terminado… pero la aventura acababa de comenzar.Ante los ruegos de la excéntrica familia de Julia, los dos se marcharon a la India para

Los espíritus cuentan secretos… Lady Julia y Nicholas Brisbane habían vuelto de su viaje por el extranjero y habían establecido su residencia en Londres. Sin embargo, unir sus dos colecciones de masc

A royal scandals connection to a brutal serial killer threatens London in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Awardnominated author Deanna Raybourn.Autumn 1888. Veronica Speedwell and her colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beauclerk to stop a potential scandal so explosive it threatens to rock the monarchy. Prince Albert Victor is a regular visitor to the most exclusive private club in London, and the proprietress, Madame Aurore, has received an expensive gift that can be traced back to the prince. Lady Wellie would like Veronica and Stoker to retrieve it from the club before scandal can break. Worse yet, London is being terrorized by what would become the most notorious and elusive serial killer in history, Jack the Ripperand Lady Wellie suspects the prince may be responsible.Veronica and Stoker reluctantly agree to go undercover at Madame Aurores high-class brothel, where a body soon turns up. Secrets are swirling around Veronica and the royal familyand it is up to Veronica and Stoker to find the truth, before it is too late for all of them.

The wickedly clever and devilishly amusing* Veronica Speedwell returns for a rousing adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey Mysteries.London, 1887. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell meets the mysterious Lady Sundridge, who begs her to take on an impossible tasksaving society art patron Miles Ramsforth from execution. Ramsforth, accused of the brutal murder of his mistress, Artemisia, will face the hangmans noose in a weeks time if the real killer is not found.But Lady Sundridge is not all that she seems, and unmasking her true identity is only the first of many secrets Veronica must uncover. Together with her natural-historian colleague, Stoker, Veronica races against time to find the true murderer. From a Bohemian artists colony to a royal palace to a subterranean grotto with a decadent history, the investigation proves to be a very perilous undertaking indeed...*SusanElia MacNeal

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!This Golden Girls meets James Bond thriller is a journey you want to be part of. -BuzzfeedOlder women often feel invisible, but sometimes thats their secret weapon.Theyve spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that theyre sixty years old, four women friends cant just retire its kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller by New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn.Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills.When the foursome is sent on an all-expenses paid vacation to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realize theyve been marked for death.Now to get out alive they have to turn against their own organization, relying on experience and each other to get the job done, knowing that working together is the secret to their survival. Theyre about to teach the Board what it really means to be a womanand a killerof a certain age.

Members of an Egyptian expedition fall victim to an ancient mummys curse in this thrilling Veronica Speedwell novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries. London, 1888. As colorful and unfettered as the butterflies she collects, Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell cant resist the allure of an exotic mysteryparticularly one involving her enigmatic colleague, Stoker. His former expedition partner has vanished from an archaeological dig with a priceless diadem unearthed from the newly discovered tomb of an Egyptian princess. This disappearance is just the latest in a string of unfortunate events that have plagued the controversial expedition, and rumors abound that the curse of the vengeful princess has been unleashed as the shadowy figure of Anubis himself stalks the streets of London. But the perils of an ancient curse are not the only challenges Veronica must face as sordid details and malevolent enemies emerge from Stokers past. Caught in a tangle of conspiracies and threatsand thrust into the public eye by an enterprising new foeVeronica must separate facts from fantasy to unravel a web of duplicity that threatens to cost Stoker everything...

London, 1887. Veronica Speedwell intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime. But fate has other plans. When Veronica thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron, he offers her sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker - a reclusive and bad-tempered natural historian. When the Baron is murdered, Veronica and Stoker are forced to go on the run from an elusive assailant, wary partners in search of the villainous truth.

London, 1888. Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell cant resist the allure of an exotic mysteryparticularly one involving her enigmatic colleague, Stoker. His former expedition partner has vanished from an archaeological dig with a priceless diadem unearthed from the newly discovered tomb of an Egyptian princess, just the latest in a string of unfortunate events that have plagued the controversial expedition. In London, rumours abound that the curse of the vengeful princess has been unleashed as the shadowy figure of Anubis himself stalks the streets. Sordid details emerge from Stokers past, and caught in a tangle of conspiracies and threats, Veronica must separate facts from fantasy to unravel a web of duplicity that threatens to cost Stoker everything