Nouveautés

Nicole et Tom ont gagné 10 millions de livres au loto. Du jour au lendemain, leur vie change radicalement. Ils décident de s'installer dans une villa ultramoderne au cœur de la campagne anglaise. Très vite, ils se lient d'amitié avec Sasha et Olly, les occupants d'un imposant manoir et leurs seuls voisins à des kilomètres à la ronde. Mais tout s'écroule quand Nicole découvre le corps sans vie de Tom dérivant dans leur piscine. Pendant que Nicole trouve du réconfort auprès de ses voisins, la police mène l'enquête. Accident ? Meurtre ?

Une famille toxique. Huit invités suspects. Tout le monde est coupable. Mais qui est le tueur ? Pour Will Trent, agent spécial du GBI, et Sara Linton, médecin légiste, McAlpine Lodge, une magnifique propriété au sommet d'une montagne, semblait être l'endroit idéal pour célébrer leur lune de miel. Jusqu'à ce qu'un cri glaçant perce la nuit. Mercy McAlpine, la directrice du Lodge, est morte. Alors qu'une violente tempête fait rage et que la seule route d'accès à la propriété a été emportée par les eaux, il devient évident que le meurtrier se trouve parmi eux.

He’s the perfect man. He says he loves you. You think he might even be made for you. Before long he’s moved into your house – and into your heart. And then he leaves for days at a time. You don’t know where he’s gone or who he’s with. And you realise - if you looked back - you’d say to yourself: DON’T LET HIM IN.

Ancora una volta Kay Scarpetta si trova ad affrontare l'orrore. Richmond: nel container di un cargo proveniente da Anversa viene rinvenuto il cadavere di un uomo in avanzato stato di decomposizione; l'autopsia, eseguita dall'anatomopatologa Kay Scarpetta, non riesce a stabilire con precisione la causa della morte e la polizia non è in grado di identificarlo. Unico indizio, un nome su uno scatolone: "Loup-Garou", "lupo mannaro". È la firma dell'assassino? È la stessa mano criminale che in Francia strazia le sue vittime con terrificanti rituali?

Detective Sergeant Peter Grant takes a much-needed holiday up in Scotland. And he'll need one when this is over... If more's the merrier, then it's ecstatic as his partner Beverley, their young twins, his mum, dad, his dad's band and their dodgy manager all tag along. Even his boss, DCI Thomas Nightingale, takes in the coastal airs as he trains Peter's cousin Abigail in the arcane arts. And they'll need them too, because Scotland's Granite City has more than its fair share of history and mystery, myth ... and murder.

Auf den Stufen der Pfarrkirche wird die geschändete Leiche einer unbekannten Frau gefunden. Als Tobias Stetten zufällig auf neue Hinweise stößt und ihm niemand glaubt, beginnt der Familienvater auf eigene Faust mit Nachforschungen und kommt so der grausamen Wahrheit langsam auf die Spur. Doch mit jeder Entdeckung wächst gleichzeitig die Gefahr für ihn und seine gesamte Familie, denn der ruchlose Mörder versucht mit allen Mitteln seine Identität zu verschleiern.

Tras la creciente preocupación de una enfermedad, el padre de Santiago consulta al doctor Mansano y se somete a procedimientos médicos que a la postre terminan con su vida. Santiago, decidido a vengar la muerte de su padre, asesina al doctor Mansano. Aunque sus acciones fueron cuidadosas, Santiago se ve obligado a huir. En su regreso a casa, descubre que todo lo que cree conocer es, en realidad, una mentira.

When a mob boss enlists Levi's help to track down a forger who duped him with a forged artwork, Levi reluctantly agrees. But when the FBI approaches him with a proposition to crack a money laundering scheme involving art forgery, Levi's world spirals into chaos. At the heart of the criminal network is a mysterious figure known only as The Maestro, a ghostly presence whose true identity remains shrouded in secrecy. Levi's quest for answers leads him to unexpected places, including Fort Detrick, a notorious hub for infectious disease weapons research.

A mansion with a hellish past. A serial killer with a shadow. A city about to boil over. Having received a letter about a murder in the country mansion of Wild Boar Hall, Alderman James is only too happy to leave the city to investigate. For too long the seemingly endless cycle of murders in the Liberties has weighed on him. While the Alderman investigates this pastoral distraction, a sinister plan is set in motion back in Dublin. One that has James at the very heart of it all! Fear and paranoia return to the streets and things are made worse still when a new killer realizes he has a fan.

In South Africa, oil tankers are mysteriously arriving at port with far less cargo than when they left–leaving the insurance company boss Tyrone haemorrhaging money. Despite her grief, Kiara can’t turn down the opportunity to help him work out what is happening as she knows this case could secure her family’s future.

Just a few short months ago, Sheriff Rebecca West thought her toughest battles were behind her. But nothing could have prepared her for the turmoil she’s faced since coming to Shadow Island. Attempts on her life. Heartbreak. Betrayal. And that’s just the beginning. The worst is yet to come. Still reeling from the shocking discovery of who’s behind Shadow Island’s exclusive and depraved "men’s" club, Rebecca is determined to take them down. There’s only one problem. One by one, the members end up dead. Tongues cut out, hands chopped off—the message is clear...

Meet Percy: a short-tempered emperor penguin with delusions of grandeur, a vocabulary that could peel paint off an iceberg, and a dream of ruling the South Pole—with violence, vengeance, and unapologetic sarcasm. After getting booted from his colony for flipper-based misconduct and general rage issues, Percy stumbles into the under-ice criminal underworld. What follows is a riotous rise through penguin slap-fights, seal mafia showdowns, and emotionally unstable puffins—with Percy building an empire of ice, fish, and fury.

They forgot her. Ignored her. Buried her alive in silence. She smiled, stayed quiet—and dug their graves instead. Widow Maker: Some women don’t forgive. They KILL. "Buried in silence. Resurrected for revenge."

Cassidy Cantwell has devoted her life to becoming a detective, never forgetting the cold case that has influenced her entire career: the unsolved murder of her best friend. Cassidy tries to balance her demanding job with her suffocatingly close-knit family and her increasingly clingy boyfriend, but when a strange new murder case comes across her desk, she’s determined to solve it, especially when it turns out the victim was the wife of her college ex-boyfriend.

When Lonnie Bowers returns to the Reservation, he finds a grandfather he doesn't want, a brother he despises, and a sister addicted to crystal meth. He'd like to walk away. The Indian side of his heritage has never brought anything but pain, so why would he want more? But it's not that simple; not when it's in his power to strike a blow against La Familia, Mexico's largest producer of methamphetamines. Lonnie's had the best training any agent could have, but he never reckoned on the charismatic, twisted power of Nazario Moreno, and nobody told him that to stay alive--he'd have to pray.

FBI Agent Riley Paige faces a calculating serial killer who turns abandoned classrooms into macabre crime scenes, complete with unsolved math problems on the blackboard.

The little girl’s body rests gently against the trunk of an old fir tree, her small hands laid delicately in her lap. From the day she became a Special Agent, Zoe Storm vowed to seek justice for the innocent. And for this little angel, her promise burns brighter than ever.

Erica Falck, trentenaire installée dans une petite ville paisible de la côte ouest suédoise où elle écrit des biographies, découvre le cadavre aux poignets tailladés d'une amie d'enfance dans une baignoire d'eau gelée. Impliquée malgré elle dans l'enquête, Erica est vite convaincue qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un suicide. Stimulée par cette flamme naissante, Erica se lance à la conquête de la vérité et met au jour, dans la petite société provinciale qu'elle croyait bien connaître, des secrets détestables.

Un très bon polar, qui comblera les attentes des lecteurs du genre. Un style soigné et littéraire, un scénario et une procédure cohérents. Des personnages hauts en couleur qui prennent vie au fil des pages et des rebondissements.

Jean-Pierre Bertalmio récidive avec l'équipe du BAS, le bureau des affaires spéciales, entité affectée aux affaires délicates qui doivent être traitées dans la discrétion. La garde rapprochée - composée de Gaby, Tahar et Sabrina - présente dans son précédent roman, "Le Bois aux loups", est expédiée en Haute-Provence.