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If You Were Here is a thrilling novel of suspense from Alafair Burke, the author Dennis Lehane calls “one of the finest young crime writers working today.” Manhattan journalist McKenna Jordan is chasing the story of an unidentified woman who heroically pulled a teenaged boy from the subway...

When the bodies of two men are found shockingly posed in the garden of an elderly countess, Captain Natalia Monte of the Carabiniere is assigned the case. Soon she finds herself shuttling between Naples' decadent art galleries and violent criminal underworld. If she is to succeed in solving the heinous crime, Natalia must deal with not only her own complicated past and allegiances but also those of the city as a whole. A Few Drops of Blood is a riveting and poetic exploration of the violence that lurks in the heart of beauty.

Áine Odran es una detective especial: es capaz de ordenar las piezas de un rompecabezas de un solo vistazo y sin embargo no es capaz de ordenar su propia vida. Vive de manera solitaria, sin familia y casi sin amigos, pero un encargo misterioso va a cambiar su vida. Un abogado de aspecto elegante le ofrece unos magníficos honorarios por conseguir el éxito en una misión un tanto extraña: encontrar al famoso Capitán Meteoro, superhombre que desapareció hace ya unos años.