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Nora Kelly, de l'Institut archéologique de Santa Fe, est approchée par l'historien Clive Benton pour localiser le Campement perdu de l'expédition Donner, introuvable depuis 1847, afin d'y effectuer des recherches historiques... et mettre la main sur un trésor.

La 19e enquête de l'inspecteur Pendergast, du duo de choc Preston & Child (n°1 des ventes du New York Times), le conduit en Floride, aux sources d'une rivière maudite, où des émules du Dr Mengele se livrent à d'inavouables expériences...

Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier’s son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army’s brightest stars. But in every cop’s life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like...

Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human.... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders.

Life in NYC is amazing until something eerie and seemingly impossible makes its way on Earth. Such an artifact has the ability to bridge different realities where upon the user finds himself in an upside-down realm with peculiar technology and nightmarish toys that are as alive as him. Horror grips his mind as he tries to find a way to survive.

Jack Reacher reunites with the survivors of his old Army investigative team, scrambling to raise the living, bury the dead, and connect the dots in a mystery that is growing darker by the day. In a world of bad luck and trouble, when someone targets Jack Reacher and his team, they'd better be ready for what comes right back at them.

In a novel that slams through one hairpin surprise after another, Lee Child unleashes a thriller that spans three decades and gnaws at the heart of America...and for Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, it's a mystery with only one answer the kind that comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye.

À 12 ans, Gideon Crew voit son père se faire abattre sous ses yeux. À 20 ans, Gideon est au chevet de sa mère. Elle lui révèle que Melvin Crew n'était pas le traître que tout le monde croyait, et, dans un dernier souffle, supplie son fils de venger sa mémoire. À 32 ans, Gideon tient enfin sa revanche et tue l'assassin de son père. Son plan, spectaculaire et méticuleux, est couronné de succès. Mais, dans l'ombre, on l'observe.

Across the country women are being murdered by a killer who leaves no evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to a motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, the only thing that links the victims is the man they all knew: Jack Reacher.

A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a murdered corpse. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for an enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's desolate Salton Sea, which in turn propels him on a journey of discovery deep into his family's sinister past.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. The “blockbuster” (Esquire) new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child, featuring “the best villain yet” (USA Today)! Don’t...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Preston and Child comes the Agent Pendergast origin story—a golden opportunity for longtime fans and new readers to learn about Agent Pendergast’s strange and shocking first case. It only took six months for the life of Special Agent Dwight Chambers...

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they cross paths with New York’s deadliest serial killer ...Pendergast’s own ancestor ... and now his greatest foe. AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Astoundingly, Constance has found a...

THE FIRST NOVEL IN LEE CHILD'S #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES—NOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO! “From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible.”—People Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just...

Reacher's anonymity in Florida is shattered by an investigator who's come looking for him. But hours after his arrival, the stranger is murdered. Retracing the PI's trail back to New York, Reacher's compelled to find out who was looking for him and why. He never expected the reasons to be so personal - and twisted.

Sieben tödliche Unfälle geschehen über die ganze USA verteilt, und sie scheinen nichts miteinander zu tun zu haben. Doch als Charles Stamoran, der US-Verteidigungsminister, davon erfährt, setzt er eine Untersuchung höchster Priorität an. Auch der Militärpolizist Jack Reacher gehört zu den Ermittlern. Er erkennt, dass die sieben Männer eine gemeinsame CIA-Vergangenheit haben – und dass es keine Unfälle waren. Außerdem verdichten sich die Hinweise, dass das Morden nicht enden wird, bevor noch ein achtes Ziel getötet wurde: Charles Stamoran! Reacher steht ein Wettrennen um Leben und Tod bevor.

Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the mud off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator Margo Green is called in to aid the investigation.

“Gripping and suspenseful . . . Child ratchets up the suspense to new heights.”—The Denver Post Jack Reacher lives for the moment. Without a home. Without commitment. And with a burning desire to right wrongs—and rewrite his own agonizing past. DEA Susan Duffy is living for the future...

This memoir is laced with wonderful stories about the French character, particularly in the world of food, and the way of life that Julia Child embraced so wholeheartedly. Above all, she reveals the kind of spirit and determination, the sheer love of cooking, and the drive to share that with her fellow Americans that made her the extraordinary success she became.

"You can leave the army, but the army doesn’t leave you. Not always. Not completely," notes Jack Reacher - and sure enough, the retired military cop is soon pulled back into service. This time, for the State Department and the CIA. Someone has taken a shot at the president of France in the City of Light. The bullet was American. The distance between the gunman and the target was exceptional. How many snipers can shoot from three-quarters of a mile with total confidence? Very few, but John Kott - an American marksman gone bad - is one of them...