Red Bailey, ex detective, quiere reconstruir su vida: dejar atrás un pasado violento y peligroso, y recobrar la plácida existencia anónima de un hombre corriente. Para él, el paraíso se llama Bridgeport; el infierno, Nueva York. Pero no hay paraísos para quienes han vivido como Red Bailey. El recuer
Eleven mi horca
✍ Scribed by Geoffrey Homes
- Publisher
- ePubLibre
- Year
- 1946
- Tongue
- Spanish
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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✦ Synopsis
Red Bailey, ex detective, quiere reconstruir su vida: dejar atrás un pasado violento y peligroso, y recobrar la plácida existencia anónima de un hombre corriente. Para él, el paraíso se llama Bridgeport; el infierno, Nueva York. Pero no hay paraísos para quienes han vivido como Red Bailey. El recuerdo vuelve: Acapulco, una mujer irresistiblemente atractiva, un asesinato. y la sombra de la horca al final del camino. Este inquietante relato de Geoffrey Homes, y su protagonista, Red Bailey, entran por derecho propio en la exclusiva y reducida galería de los grandes de la novela negra.
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