Pérez-Reverte, Arturo

The queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
102 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in 19 languages and held by 2,212 libraries worldwide
When she discovers that her boyfriend Guero, a Mexican drug smuggler, has been killed by rivals and that she is the next target, Teresa Mendoza must give up her old life and become a member of a dark and deadly world in order to survive.

Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
115 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in 15 languages and held by 1,904 libraries worldwide
Wounded seventeenth-century Spanish soldier Alatriste works as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid, but when his latest job takes an unexpectedly deadly turn, he realizes he is in the employ of one of the Spanish Inquisition's most dangerous figures.

The nautical chart by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
82 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in 15 languages and held by 1,848 libraries worldwide
Love and betrayal on the high seas highlight this new work by the bestselling author of "The Seville Communion". Coy is a suspended sailor with time on his hands, a mariner without a ship. While attending a maritime auction in Barcelona, he meets a beautiful woman on a search for lost treasure. As they follow the course of past sailors, their own journey becomes perilous as secrets await in the depths of the sea. Map.

The fencing master by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
151 editions published between 1988 and 2011 in 16 languages and held by 1,817 libraries worldwide
A murder mystery in 1886 Madrid featuring an old fencing master who still teaches in the age of the pistol. He is famous for his unstoppable thrust and one day a beautiful woman arrives asking he teach it to her. The novel traces their relationship. By the author of The Flanders Panel.

The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
142 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 23 languages and held by 1,802 libraries worldwide
Lucas Corso, middle-aged, tired, and cynical, is a book detective, a mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found hanged, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers, Corso is brought in to authenticate the fragment. The task seems straightforward, but the unsuspecting Corso is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, occult practices, and swashbuckling derring-do among a cast of characters bearing a suspicious resemblance to those of Dumas's masterpiece. Aided by a mysterious beauty named for a Conan Doyle heroine, Corso travels from Madrid to Toledo to Paris in pursuit of a sinister and seemingly omniscient killer. "A cross between Umberto Eco and Anne Rice. Think of The Club Dumas as a beach book for intellectuals."-New York Daily News. Part mystery, part puzzle, part witty intertextual game, The Club Dumas is a wholly original intellectual thriller by the internationally bestselling author of The Flanders Panel and The Seville Communion. Lucas Corso's search for the original copy of a book of the occult takes him from Madrid to Paris and into a secret society of antiquarians.

The painter of battles : a novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
51 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in 10 languages and held by 1,773 libraries worldwide
Faulques, a war photographer, witnessed most of the wars of the end of the 20th Century, but he was never able to capture the photo that would explain the chaos of the universe. Now, as continues to try to understand it, he starts painting a grand circular fresco on the inside wall of a tower on the Mediterranean, disturbed by the memories of a woman he can never forget, and an unexpected visit: a man who wants to kill him.

The Seville communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
113 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in 16 languages and held by 1,733 libraries worldwide
A hacker breaks into the pope's computer, asking him to save from demolition a 17th century church in Seville. The Vatican dispatches handsome Father Lorenzo Quart who quickly attracts the attention of an aristocratic beauty embroiled in the affair. By the author of The Flanders Panel.

Purity of blood by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
82 editions published between 1997 and 2008 in 10 languages and held by 1,668 libraries worldwide
Hired to rescue a man's daughter from a convent where a powerful corrupt priest is forcing her to be his personal concubine, Alatriste finds himself thrust into a religious and political conspiracy with ties to the highest levels of the Inquisition.

The Flanders panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
158 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in 22 languages and held by 1,627 libraries worldwide
A whodunit set in the art world. The protagonist is Julia, an art restoration expert in Madrid who is cleaning a 15th Century painting. The painting shows a duke and his knight playing chess and the story begins when, with the aid of x-rays, Julia discovers an inscription hidden in a corner, "Who killed the knight?"

The sun over Breda by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ( Book )
90 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in 11 languages and held by 1,426 libraries worldwide
Swordsman-for-hire Alatriste and his teenage protégé rejoin Alatriste's elite Cartagena regiment during the siege of Breda, an effort that is complicated by the growing power of Luis de Alquézar.