Résultats pour "Jane" dans Policier

Épuisée par vingt-cinq ans de jonglage entre vie de couple, famille et boulot, Charlotte, la cinquantaine assumée, décide de quitter Paris et les siens pour aller voir si l'herbe est plus verte ailleurs. Sans rompre complètement les ponts avec Romain, son mari resté à Paris, elle s'installe, seule et sur un coup de tête, au Bourguet, un petit village du Gers. La rénovation de sa nouvelle demeure et son petit chaton occupent cette néorurale, amatrice de bons crus, autant que ses dossiers en télétravail.

Le chocolat, c'est excellent contre les déceptions sentimentales. C'est l'excuse parfaite pour la gourmande Charlotte, car justement, par un merveilleux hasard, Elio Giambone, artiste-chocolatier, vient d'ouvrir une boutique à quelques kilomètres de Bourguet, dans le petit village de Fourcès. Ses créations sont si belles que les clients accourent de toute la région et de bien au-delà pour goûter à ses trésors. Une aubaine pour l'artisan qui profite de cet engouement pour annoncer une grande chasse aux œufs pour le dimanche de Pâques.

Pour ses 25 ans, nouvelle édition du roman culte de Jasper Fforde, vendu à près de 100 000 exemplaires en France. Dans une Grande-Bretagne alternative où la littérature est une affaire d'État, les classiques sont surveillés comme des trésors nationaux. Pour protéger les manuscrits et...

It’s autumn and with crisp frosty weather and the leaves as colourful as they've ever been, Olivia and Jago are nestling into their life in Penbartha. Until local resentment about incomers and second home ownership is ignited by what seems to be an increasingly militant action group. A violent death makes the situation even more sinister. Maybe Penbartha isn't the happy place Olivia thought it was? Is the discontent really about second homes or is someone exploiting a well-supported cause in order to pursue a much more personal agenda?

As soon as we open the door to our beautiful new home, I sense their presence . . . the couple who lived here before us. They’ve left things behind, as if on purpose, for us to find. First, there is the mysterious diary that ends too abruptly, followed by pictures of a couple in their thirties, just like us. Tired-looking parents with two small children. Who are they?

Jane Stuart is a widowed young mother and literary agent with a knack for solving mysteries. Winky, her tortoiseshell cat, has a nose for trouble. In Missing Marlene, they team up to solve the mystery of a missing nanny who may have met with foul play. The last thing a working mom like Jane...

Erin Coleridge's used bookstore in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England, is a meeting place for the villagers and, in particular, for the local Jane Austen Society. At the Society's monthly meeting, matters come to a head between the old guard and its young turks. After the meeting breaks for tea, persuasion gives way to murder with extreme prejudice when president Sylvia Pemberthy falls dead to the floor. Poisoned? Presumably, but by whom? And was Sylvia the only target? 

A bodyguard has his work cut out for him protecting a headstrong heiress in this classic tale from New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon. Bodyguard to an heiress is Tyler Duhan's idea of hell. The steely, sexy ex-marine has heard—and dismissed—the gossip about the haunted old LeBeau...

Leo Stone is a ruthless killer or the victim of a miscarriage of justice. A year ago, he was convicted of the murder of two women and sentenced to life in prison. But now he's free, and according to him, he's innocent. DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent are determined to put Stone back behind bars where he belongs, but the more Maeve finds out, the less convinced she is of his guilt. Then another woman disappears in similar circumstances. Is there a copycat killer, or have they been wrong about Stone from the start?

THE STUNNING, UNPREDICTABLE NEW THRILLER WITH BREATHTAKING TWISTS FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANE CASEY *Featured in Good Housekeeping’s 50 must-reads books for the summer* ‘Instantly gripping, it’s a masterpiece' Andrea Mara 'An immersive thriller that...

Had Jane Austen lived to complete Sanditon, it would have been as treasured as her other novels. In the half-finished masterpiece, Austen fashions one of her classic heroines: Charlotte Heywood. The surviving fragment also sets the story well on its path as Charlotte begins an adventure to Sanditon where a full cast of characters becomes intertwined in various intrigues.

Jane has the perfect life. She's thriving in her career, and her marriage is solid. Her life is only missing one thing: a house to fill with children, which leads her to S.J. Lane. Who knew that one simple decision would change everything? In a community where every woman has the same name…...

Bereits zum dritten Mal ermitteln Herma Bahnsen und Jan Tesdorp mit viel norddeutschem Charme. Obwohl Herma und Jan mittlerweile getrennte Wege gehen, bringen ihre Fälle sie doch wieder zusammen - dabei haben sie auf den ersten Blick gar nichts miteinander zu tun. Gesprochen wird der spannende Krimi des Autoren-Duos Niemann & Goerz erneut von Tim Gössler. Eigentlich wollte Herma Urlaub machen. Und Jan bei seiner neuen Stelle in Lübeck glänzen. Eigentlich. Denn dann kommt alles ganz anders: Während der Überfahrt nach Sylt, wo Herma mit ihrem Partner ein entspanntes Wochenende verbringen will, geschieht ein Mord.

Trudi hatte schon mal eine bessere Woche. Erst rutscht ihr Mann Floyd in der Dusche aus und bricht sich das Genick. Dann erfährt sie, dass sein Tod kein Unfall war, und wird kurz darauf mit seinen Gläubigern konfrontiert. Floyd hatte nicht nur Schulden. Er war ein Diplomlügner und stadtbekannter Gauner. Weder Detective Lawson, der in dem Fall ermittelt, noch Wyatt Slater, der Boss der Unterwelt, glauben, dass Trudi keine Ahnung von Floyds illegalen Aktivitäten hatte.

Septembre. Les derniers rayons de soleil caressent les vignes de Gascogne, mais Charlotte est trop occupée pour apprécier le paysage. Le nez dans les bouquins de grammaire et les méthodes de langue, elle démarre une nouvelle carrière ! La voilà professeur d'Allemand dans un institut de Condom, tous les mercredis. Lorsque le prof de FLE est retrouvé mort dans sa salle de classe, une nouvelle enquête commence et les suspects sont légion.

17-årige Haley McWaid fra en respekteret familie i New Jersey er en pæn pige og familiens stolthed. Hun er kaptajn på skolens lacross-hold og på vej på college med alle de drømme og håb, som hendes tilbedende forældre har fyldt hende med. Derfor forventes det værste, da Haleys mor en...

At first glance, Jellicoe Close seems to be a perfect suburban street – well-kept houses with pristine lawns, neighbours chatting over garden fences, children playing together. But there are dark secrets behind the neat front doors, hidden dangers that include a ruthless criminal who will stop at nothing. It’s up to DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent to uncover the truth. Posing as a couple, they move into the Close, blurring the lines between professional and personal as never before.

On the eve of trial, Assistant District Attorney Lainey Abbott gets a disturbing phone call. Her baby sister, Stephanie, who should have been back at her college dorm after visiting for the weekend, never arrived. At first, she isn’t too worried, because she’s a system insider and has plenty of resources available to locate her sister quickly, including Russ Sanders, the police detective she’s been on and off with for years. It’ll take a couple days, tops. They’ll find Steph and give her a piece of their mind for being so irresponsible.

Da en ukendt mand findes myrdet bag ’Skovpavillonen’ i udkanten af forstaden Egstrup på Vestsjælland, er det de to københavnske drabsefterforskere Anita Hvid og Thor Belling, der sendes til byen for at opklare sagen. Hvid og Belling, der er erfarne partnere på mere end én måde, må dog snart erkende, at denne ærkedanske provinsby gemmer på langt mere end gode råd og velvillige naboer. I Egstrup sladrer man ikke. Kort tid efter findes endnu to mennesker myrdet. En tilfældighed? I serien er Lars Kjædegaard atter vendt tilbage til den klassiske kriminalroman.

The final novel in the highly acclaimed and beloved Thursday Next series. Will Thursday find her happy ending? Swindon-based Literary Detective Thursday Next is embarking on her eighth and final adventure: 'Dark Reading Matter' and she is well aware of the fact. The problem is, others are too...