2020. January of a new year and many editorial news to come and enjoy. All genres and tastes, all expectations and anticipated readings. It seems, as always also, that we will not have time to read as much as we want, but, also as always, we will want to try. Let's start with these 7 new arrivals with black, historical and romantic tones. Very happy year.
THE HOUSE OF FASHION - JULIA KRÖHN
In the slipstream of titles such as The village of fabrics, for example, comes this set in precisely the twenties of the last century. It was a time of splendor in fashion, where collections of spectacular dresses and the genius of Coco Chanel triumphed. The protagonist is Fanny, daughter of a family that owns a store. She is tired of the old fashioned clothes that are sold there and wants to start a new life in Paris as a designer.
RETURN TO BIRKENAU - GINETTE KOLINKA
Ginette Kolinka, 94, was deported in 1944 to the concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, of which survived. In this book he tells all the history since his deportation, the days in the field his trip back to Paris in 1945, where he met his mother and sisters again. He will also meet again with the extermination camp converted into a museum against oblivion.
THIS HAPPENS TO YOU FOR INFLUENCING - ABEL ARANA
The protagonist of this title is Lucia, a village girl, charming, normal, with a few extra pounds, and in love with Jesus, her lifelong boyfriend, with whom she wants to open a rural hotel. But also has a secret: you can talk to your dog King, your best friend and advisor. But decides to go to Madrid to spend a season with his cousin Puri. He wants to study hospitality and enjoy the big city. You will get the job that is the dream of her life: to be Claudia Mora's assistant, the instagramer most famous in Spain, whom he admires as if he were a divinity.
However Claudia's life is pure pose, and she is a evil that she does not hesitate to abuse everyone around her, starting with Lucia. However, and unintentionally, One day Lucia's luck changes and she is the one who becomes famous to everyone's amazement, starting with his dog.
WE WERE NEVER HEROES - FERNANDO BENZO
Detective novel with a lot of rhythm and intrigue, it tells us the story of Gabo, retired police commissioner who dedicated his career to the fight against terrorism, and Harri, a terrorist who has spent the last twenty years in Colombia after escaping numerous capture attempts. When the Spanish intelligence services discover that Harri has returned to Madrid, they ask Gabo to unofficially find out the reason for his return. A young inspector of Narcotics, Estela, will help him in his quest to stop Harri from acting again.
KM 123 - ANDREA CAMILLERI
Andrea Camilleri left us last summer, but he also leaves us an immense legacy of good novels starting with those of the commissioner Montalbano. This is another one that starts with a mobile turned off. The protagonists are Ester, the one that calls that mobile, and Giulio, that does not respond and that it has just been taken to hospital in serious condition for an accident at kilometer 123 of Via Aurelia in Rome.
However who will connect the phone will be Giuditta, Giulio's wife, who logically does not know anything about Esther. And what looks like a sitcom gets complicated when a witness appears and claims that the Giulio accident has actually been a assassination attempt. The investigation is assigned to a insightful inspector of the criminal police, Attilio Bongioani, you will be faced with a case where nothing is what it seems.
A BLUE FIRE - PEDRO FEIJOO
The Galician writer brings us a new crime novel set in Vigo, where the head of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the central police station will have to face a series of murders each one more macabre and one evil hard to believe. And when it seems that he knows how to direct the investigation, nothing will be as he thought, but much more violent and disturbing.
AN OWN DESTINATION - MARÍA MONTESINOS
Set in the late XNUMXth century, in a decisive historical moment full of contrasts, this novel brings us again a history of those first women who dared to raise their voices against a society that refused to listen to them. The protagonist is Micaela, a young teacher who arrived in Comillas, one of the most elegant towns on the Cantabrian coast, in the summer of 1883. There he met Hector Balboa, an indiano who has returned from Cuba after making a great fortune and is building a school for sons -but not daughters- of the villagers. Micaela will denounce the case so that girls can also receive the education they deserve.