James Runcie

UN NUEVO HÉROE IRRUMPE EN EL MUNDO DEL CRIMEN, CON LA ASTUCIA DE AGATHA CHRISTIE Y LA IRONÍA DEL PADRE BROWN. El libro que ha inspirado la serie de televisión.En la pequeña y aparentemente idílica localidad de Grantchester, cerca de Cambridge, Sidney Chambers, un vicario poco convencional, no se ocupa solo de las almas de sus parroquianos, sino tambien de sus secretos. Joven, atractivo, amante del jazz y exsoldado atormentado por los recuerdos de la guerra, tiene una innata pasion por la investigacion. Cuando una serie de inquietantes casos trastornan la paz de Grantchester, Sidney decide ayudar al inspector Keating a resolverlos, logrando penetrar en los corazones y misterios, alli donde la policia no puede llegar. En este primer libro de la serie Los misterios de Grantchester, James Runcie sumerge al lector en una seductora atmosfera de los años cincuenta, con casos apasionantes y giros inesperados en una trama de ritmo absorbente.

1955. Canon Sidney Chambers, loveable priest and part-time detective, is back. Accompanied by his faithful Labrador, Dickens, and the increasingly exasperated Inspector Geordie Keating, Sidney is called to investigate the unexpected fall of a Cambridge don from the roof of King''s College Chapel, a case of arson at a glamour photographer''s studio and the poisoning of Zafar Ali, Grantchester''s finest spin bowler.Alongside his sleuthing, Sidney has other problems. Can he decide between his dear friend, the glamorous socialite Amanda Kendall and Hildegard Staunton, the beguiling German widow? To make up his mind Sidney takes a trip abroad, only to find himself trapped in a web of international espionage just as the Berlin Wall is going up.

From the author of THE DISCOVERY OF CHOCOLATE -- a romantic historical quest set in Renaissance Florence and China surrounding the search for ultramarine. THE COLOUR OF HEAVEN is a fictional account of a young man who travelled to what are now Afghanistan and China to discover lapis lazuli, the precious stone that when turned into ultramarine changed the history of painting -- allowing artists to abandon gold as a background and open up depth, landscape and perspective with the most beautiful shade of blue. Along the way, Paolo suffers the torments of unfulfilled love before he returns to his anxious family in Venice, where he also plays a part in the early development of lenses and spectacles!

En 1518 Diego de Godoy parte hacía el Nuevo Mundo en busca de fortuna para luego regresar a España y, ya como hombre rico,poder casarse con su querida Isabella.Sin embargo, tras luchar con Hernan Cortés se enamora locamente de una indígena mexicana que le introducirá en los misterios del chocolate, esa sustancia afrodisiaca en la cual tal vez reside el secreto de la vida...Una novela deliciosa,sensual y deslumbrante,un libro para disfrutar con todos los sentidos.

From the author of THE DISCOVERY OF CHOCOLATE -- a romantic historical quest set in Renaissance Venice and China surrounding the search for ultramarine. THE COLOUR OF HEAVEN is a fictional account of a young man who travelled to what are now Afghanistan and China to discover lapis lazuli, the precious stone that when turned into ultramarine changed the history of painting -- allowing artists to abandon gold as a background and open up depth, landscape and perspective with the most beautiful shade of blue. Along the way, Paolo suffers the torments of unfulfilled love before he returns to his anxious family in Venice, where he also plays a part in the early development of lenses and spectacles!

1955. Le prêtre détective Sidney Chambers est de retour, accompagné de son fidèle labrador, Dickens, et de linspecteur de Scotland Yard Geordie Keating. On fait appel à lui pour enquêter sur la chute

1955. Le prêtre détective Sidney Chambers est de retour, accompagné de son fidèle labrador, Dickens, et de linspecteur de Scotland Yard Geordie Keating. On fait appel à lui pour enquêter sur la chute

Sidney Chambers, le prêtre de Grantchester, est un célibataire de 32 ans. Grand, brun, les yeux noisette et l’air rassurant, Sidney est un homme d’église peu conventionnel qui peut aller là où la pol

Sidney Chambers, le prêtre de Grantchester, est un célibataire de 32 ans. Grand, brun, les yeux noisette et l’air rassurant, Sidney est un homme d’église peu conventionnel qui peut aller là où la pol

Les années 1960. Sidney Chambers goûte aux joies du mariage avec Hildegarde, son épouse allemande. Mais le calme ne dure jamais longtemps à Grantchester et bientôt le clerc détective tente darrêter u

Les années 1960. Sidney Chambers goûte aux joies du mariage avec Hildegarde, son épouse allemande. Mais le calme ne dure jamais longtemps à Grantchester et bientôt le clerc détective tente darrêter u

A wonderfully inventive and entertaining journey through time and the history of chocolate! The Discovery of Chocolate is a fabulous tale, as rich and exotic as the gorgeous creation that Diego de Godoy first discovers when he arrives in Mexico with Cortes and his conquistadors. Diego is seeking his fortune in the New World. What he finds is love, and chocolate, and an elixir of life. Separated from his lover, he must wander the world, and the centuries, in search of the fulfilment that he first knew in Mexico. In a series of dramatic episodes that are evocative, witty and thought-provoking, from revolutionary Paris to Freuds Vienna, Frys Bristol and Hersheys Pittsburgh, Diego and his ever-faithful greyhound, Pedro, seek the perfection of chocolate and the meaning of life.

From the author of THE DISCOVERY OF CHOCOLATE a romantic historical quest set in Renaissance Florence and China surrounding the search for ultramarine. THE COLOUR OF HEAVEN is a fictional account of a young man who travelled to what are now Afghanistan and China to discover lapis lazuli, the precious stone that when turned into ultramarine changed the history of painting allowing artists to abandon gold as a background and open up depth, landscape and perspective with the most beautiful shade of blue. Along the way, Paolo suffers the torments of unfulfilled love before he returns to his anxious family in Venice, where he also plays a part in the early development of lenses and spectacles!