En el hotel Bertram (Spanish Edition)
El hotel Bertram’s es un establecimiento londinense de rancio abolengo. Miss Marple pasa unos días en él invitada por su sobrino, y, una vez acomodada, se relaciona con antiguos conocidos y personas de la alta sociedad, como lady Sedgwick. Pero no es oro todo lo que reluce en el hotel, pues la...
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El hotel Bertram’s es un establecimiento londinense de rancio abolengo. Miss Marple pasa unos días en él invitada por su sobrino, y, una vez acomodada, se relaciona con antiguos conocidos y personas de la alta sociedad, como lady Sedgwick. Pero no es oro todo lo que reluce en el hotel, pues la policía anda tras la pista de una banda de delincuentes que parece tener relación con el afamado establecimiento.
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Format: kindle
ISBN:
9788490068335
ASIN: B00E9Z207I
Publish date: 2013-09-17
Publisher: RBA
Pages no: 222
Edition language: Spanish
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