Titres dans Polars

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson. A young woman, an asylum seeker from Russia, is found murdered on the seaweed-covered rocks of the Vatnsleysuströnd in Iceland. Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir of the Reykjavik Police is called to investigate this - the final case in her career before she is forced into retirement. When Hulda starts to ask questions, it isn't long before she realises that no-one can be trusted and that no-one is telling the whole truth.

Aslan Kennedy has an idyllic life as leader of a spiritual retreat for wealthy holidaymakers on one of the Caribbean's most unspoilt islands, Saint Marie. Until he's murdered, that is. The case seems open and shut: when Aslan was killed, he was inside a locked room with only five other people, one of who has already confessed to the murder. Detective Inspector Richard Poole is hot, bothered, and fed up with talking to witnesses who'd rather discuss his aura than their whereabouts at the time of the murder.

On a warm summer night in one of Boston’s working-class neighborhoods, an unthinkable crime has been committed: Four members of a family have been brutally murdered. The father - and possible suspect - now lies clinging to life in the ICU. Murder-suicide? Or something worse? Veteran police detective D. D. Warren is certain of only one thing: There’s more to this case than meets the eye.

An original story from the creator and writer of the hit BBC One TV series Death in Paradise, featuring on-screen favourite detective DI Richard Poole. Supermodel Polly Carter was famed for her looks and party-girl lifestyle. Now she's dead, apparently having thrown herself from the clifftop near her home on the island of Saint-Marie. Those who knew her say Polly would never have killed herself...and when he is called in to investigate, DI Richard Poole is inclined to agree there is more to Polly's death than meets the eye.

Diese ersten schönen Sommertage im Juni wären perfekt für einen heiteren Ausflug nach Saint-Malo, einstige Korsarenstadt und kulinarisches Paradies. Aber zu seinem Leidwesen muss Kommissar Dupin dort ein Polizeiseminar besuchen. Als er in einer Pause durch die Markthallen der Altstadt schlendert, ereignet sich unmittelbar vor seinen Augen ein Mord. Die Täterin flieht. Sie ist die Schwester des Opfers, beide Frauen sind berühmte Küchenchefinnen der Region. Handelt es sich um eine Affekttat zwischen konkurrierenden Schwestern?

Ten years ago fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel was murdered, her cold body discovered lying in a ditch. Her father’s girlfriend was found guilty of the crime. Now, evidence has emerged that proves her innocence and means that Abigail’s killer still roams free. Abigail’s best friend at the time of the murder has now returned to the East Yorkshire village of Elvet to raise her young family. Shocked by the new revelations, she begins to realize that she didn’t know her friend as well as she thought. Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope is tasked with uncovering the truth.

Just when DI Tom Mariner seems to be settling down with his new girlfriend...everything kicks off. First, a badly decomposed body of a young woman is found in a Birmingham sewer. The police can't identify her and dub her "Madeleine". Then, an important politician and his wife are shot on an isolated road. "Vengeance is mine" is scrawled in blood at the scene. Finally, a bomb explosion in the busy city kills five people, causing chaos and panic. Can Detective Mariner and his team get to the bottom of crimes that will come very close to home for him and his team?

Gerrardsville, Colorado. One tragic event. Two witnesses. Two conflicting accounts. One witness sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus—clearly suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what really happened—a man in grey hoodie and jeans, swift and silent as a shadow, pushed the victim to her death, before grabbing her bag and sauntering away. Reacher follows the killer on foot, not knowing that this was no random act of violence. It is part of something much bigger.

A dead man on the beach. A detective with everything to prove. And a secret that won't stay buried. When a man’s body washes up on the North Yorkshire coast with a gunshot wound to the chest, DCI Tom Raven is handed the case. The only clue to the victim’s identity? A ring engraved with two names. Raven hasn’t set foot in Scarborough for over thirty years. Now he’s back – leading a murder investigation and facing ghosts from his past.

Six months ago Harry Bosch left the LAPD before they could fire him and then hired maverick defense attorney Mickey Haller to sue the department for forcing him out. Although it wasn't the way he wanted to go, Harry has to admit that being out of the game has its benefits. Until Mickey asks him to help on one of his cases, and suddenly Harry is back where he belongs, right in the centre of a particularly puzzling murder mystery.

The unmissable Broadchurch novel, inspired by the first season of 2013's mega-hit ITV series. Containing never-before-seen material and adding great depth and insights to the unforgettable cast of characters, this is a must-listen not only for everyone who loved the TV programme ahead of the second series but for all fans of evocative, atmospheric crime drama.

Quelques mois après la disparition du caïd Sir Chuck, Antoine Aubin se trouve impliqué malgré lui dans l'histoire d'un psychopathe en phase terminale qui veut partir avant de subir son procès pour meurtre. Avec l'assistance du lieutenant-détective Donald McGraw, Antoine tente d'empêcher le monstre d'arriver à ses fins.

È una primavera malinconica per il commissario Arcadipane. Ogni strada, ogni bar, ogni osteria della città sono un ricordo. Lui che dove gli altri crollano ha sempre trovato "terra di conquista", ora si sente stanco; la sua intelligenza, tanto umile quanto ostinata, pare essersi assopita. A destarlo dal torpore è un episodio di violenza come ce ne sono molti. Dietro cui, però, si nasconde un male così insensato da spegnere le parole in bocca. Vincenzo Arcadipane ha cinquantacinque anni, un matrimonio fallito alle spalle e un futuro che non promette granché.

Rosenmontag 1933: Gereon Rath feiert Karneval in Köln. Der Morgen danach beginnt für ihn mit einem heftigen Kater, der falschen Frau im Bett und einem Anruf aus Berlin: Der Reichstag steht in Flammen! Sofortige Urlaubssperre! Seinen neuen Fall aber erbt Gereon Rath von seinem Vorgesetzten Wilhelm Böhm, der sich unter dem Nazi-Polizeipräsidenten ins politische Abseits manövriert hat: Ein Obdachloser ist erstochen am Nollendorfplatz gefunden worden.

Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After 25 years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.

When he left the LAPD, Bosch took a file with him: the case of a production assistant murdered four years earlier during a film-set robbery. The LAPD thinks the stolen money was used to finance a terrorist training camp. Thoughts of the original murder victim were lost in the federal zeal, and when Bosch decides to reinvestigate, he quickly falls foul of both his old colleagues and the FBI. When the investigation enables him to meet up with an old friend, shadows from his past come back to haunt him.

Le sang sous la glace. Mis en scène dans leur propre appartement, des corps comme des poupées incomplètes, mutilés avec une précision chirurgicale. Justement, c'est peut-être la chirurgie qui relie les victimes entre elles. Et, plus précisément, une erreur médicale commise dans le secret d'une salle d'opération, étouffée par les années. Des nuits blanches attendent la police de Norrköping et la procureure Jana Berzelius. Mais cette dernière a d'autres cauchemars que le tueur au scalpel. Un homme qui la connaît depuis l'enfance.

Ein spannender Fall für Lacroix, der viele geheimnisvolle Rätsel mit sich bringt. Wird Lacroix es schaffen die Rätsel zu lösen oder wird ihm die Zeit zum Verhängnis? Seit seine Frau Dominique für das Amt der Bürgermeisterin von Paris kandidiert, steht auch Lacroix im Rampenlicht. Dabei scheut der Commissaire nichts so sehr wie die Öffentlichkeit! Als Lacroix vor den neugierigen Blicken in sein Stammbistro flieht, tritt ein noch viel berühmterer Mann durch die Tür: Éric Seignosse, siebenmaliger Gewinner der French Open und Präsident des französischen Tennisverbands.

Drei Leichen auf einem abgelegenen Hof und ein tödliches Geheimnis... Ein mysteriöser Dreifachmord auf einem Bauernhof versetzt die Bewohner eines holsteinischen Dorfes in Angst. Für Pia Korittki, neue Kommissarin bei der Lübecker Mordkommission, soll dieser Fall zur Bewährungsprobe werden. Als während der Ermittlungen ein sechzehnjähriges Mädchen spurlos verschwindet, wird die Zeit knapp. Und Pia erkennt, dass sich hinter der Fassade ländlicher Wohlanständigkeit abgrundtiefer Hass und verbotene Leidenschaften verbergen.

Februar in der Provence - es wird langsam Frühling, die Mandelbäume blühen. Und Capitaine Roger Blanc wird nach Les Baux gerufen. In einem düsteren Tal unterhalb der berühmten Burgruine liegen die Carrières de Lumières, ein aufgegebener Steinbruch, in dem nun Kunstausstellungen gezeigt werden. Während eines Besuchs wurde ein Mann ausgeraubt und brutal ermordet. Wie sich zeigt, war das Opfer, Patrick Ripert, Privatdetektiv. Der wohlhabende Besitzer eines Mandelhofs in der Nähe hatte ihn erst wenige Tage zuvor engagiert, weil ein Bild aus seiner umfangreichen Sammlung gestohlen worden war.