Antonio Malpica
1) Mal tiempo
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En el metro de la ciudad un oficinista que acumula siete reportes de impuntualidad se percata de una incongruencia en el reloj del andén que da un vuelco a su vida; un cuidador intenta explicarle a un niño que no es un fantasma lo que perturba su sueño sino el reflejo de alguien que tiempo atrás vivió en el mismo espacio que ahora habitan; la inalterable cotidianidad de un editor veterano se ve interrumpida por un descubrimiento fatalmente previsible;...
2) That morning
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"Mangrufo and Leuklaya don't feel like themselves. Mangrufo can't enjoy playing with toys or reading, like he usually does. Neither can Leuklaya. They hurt each other the day before, and both feel ashamed and lonely. However, neither one of them knows what to do with their feelings. It's not until they come together once again that all feels right with the world. This book boasts a subtle monster theme within a real-world, relatable situation. Through...
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Three children have disappeared in Mexico City. The only clue the police have is that the cases are related, when a few days after the kidnappings, their families receive a macabre gift: a bag with the boys' bones and bloody clothes. No one suspects that Sergio Mendhoza, a thirteen-year-old, is the only one able to solve this mystery.
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¿Qué pasaría si un día un gnomo en un puente te desafiara con la pregunta más difícil de todos los tiempos... y pudieras contestarla? Tal vez nada. ¡O tal vez el gnomo te premiaría con un montón de deseos! ¡Pues algo así ocurre en este cuento donde nada es lo que parece y hay luciérnagas gigantes, peleas a espadazos y helados gratis para todos!
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Tres millones de dólares bien valen una misa. En el México de los años noventa, buena parte de la población enfrenta la mayor crisis financiera que el país ha visto en la historia reciente. Entre las víctimas están los hermanos Oroprieto Laguna, dos muchachos que huyeron de su pueblo --y de su tiránica madre-- antes de cumplir la mayoría de edad. Pero ahora la tremenda inflación y la caída del peso los llevarán de vuelta a sus raíces,...
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In this second volume of the series of chilling novels, a series of violent murders plague Mexico City. In addition to their atrocity, the crimes have two things in common: the victims were alone in a place where no one could enter and all of them were pianists. Ashes of a nocturne attributed to Franz Liszt lead Sergio lead to uncover the truth behind this cursed composition. With much more than his own life at stake, he must act before it's too late....
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"After the success of the books in the Heroes series- Siete esqueletos decapitados, Nocturno Belfegor, and El legado de la estirpe- Antonio Malpica brings the same suspense and terror to this YA romance novel. It is a modern and vital story that is filled with both humor and melodrama. The protagonist, Simon, has just reached adulthood after an event that has radically transformed his life and urged him to settle accounts from his past. Thus, in the...