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Avec ce livre audio, Elizabeth George fait de vous un auteur de roman policier. God save the Queen... du crime ! Par où commencer pour transformer une simple idée, souvent fugace, en un manuscrit redoutablement efficace ? Dans cet ouvrage, Elizabeth George - plus d'une vingtaine de romans à son actif et des millions d'exemplaires vendus - nous montre son envers du décor.

Teo Bontempi, membre d'une brigade luttant contre les violences faites aux femmes, succombe à l'hôpital après avoir été retrouvée inconsciente dans son appartement londonien. Thomas Lynley et ses adjoints, Barbara Havers et Winston Nkata, découvrent bientôt lors de leur enquête que la policière, d'origine nigériane, avait été excisée dans son enfance. Teo s'intéressait d'ailleurs à une clinique qu'elle soupçonnait de mutilations génitales médicalisées, une pratique qui suscitait l'hostilité des exciseuses locales.

Londres, à l'entrée de l'hiver... Lynley, Havers, Nkata, Saint James et les autres sont sur le pied de guerre. Pour traquer un adversaire particulièrement redoutable : un meurtrier en série dont les cibles sont de jeunes métis laissés-pour-compte. Est-ce pour cela que leur disparition est, dans un premier temps, passée inaperçue ? Toujours est-il que la police n'entame que tardivement les recherches. Consciente de l'ampleur de la tâche, la hiérarchie de Scotland Yard convoque pour prêter main-forte à Lynley un psychologue formé au métier de profileur.

Sci-Fi: The Definitive Collection is a collection of 29 classic science fiction novels and stories, read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the most iconic science fiction writers of all time, including H.G. Wells; Jules Verne; H.P. Lovecraft; Maragret Cavendish; Yevgeny Zamyatin; and more.

Le retour de Lynley et Barbara Havers, à la recherche d'une enfant disparue en Toscane. Le sergent Barbara Havers est catastrophé. Hadiyyah, la fille de son cher ami Azhar, a été enlevée par sa mère et aucune poursuite judiciaire n'est possible. Azhar n'a jamais épousé Angelina et l'enfant ne porte pas son nom. Alors qu'Azahar se désespère, Angelina refait finalement surface avec une nouvelle alarmante : Hadiyyah a été kidnappée sur la place d'un marché toscan.

Into Keldale's pastoral web of old houses and older secrets comes Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton. Along with the redoubtable Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, Lynley has been sent to solve a savage murder that has stunned the peaceful countryside. For fat, unlovely Roberta Teys has been found in her best dress, an ax in her lap, seated in the old stone barn beside her father's headless corpse. Her first and last words were "I did it. And I'm not sorry".

When a Member of Parliament shows up at New Scotland Yard requesting an investigation into the suicide of the son of one of his constituents in the beautiful town of Ludlow, the Assistant Commissioner sees two opportunities in this request: the first is to have an MP owing him a favour, and the second is to get rid of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, whose career at the Met has been hanging by a thread for quite some time.

Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction - and a little too close to home.

When 13-year-old Matthew Whately goes missing from Bredgar Chambers, a prestigious public school in the heart of West Sussex, aristocratic Inspector Thomas Lynley receives a call for help from the lad’s housemaster, who also happens to be an old school chum. Thus, the inspector, his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, and forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James find themselves once again outside their jurisdiction and deeply involved in the search for a child - and then, tragically, for a child killer.

Deborah and Simon St. James have taken a holiday in the winter landscape of Lancastershire, hoping to heal the growing rift in their marriage. But in the barren countryside awaits bleak news: The vicar of Wimslough, the man they had come to see, is dead - a victim of accidental poisoning. Unsatisfied with the inquest ruling and unsettled by the close association between the investigating constable and the woman who served the deadly meal, Simon calls in his old friend Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. Together they uncover dark, complex relationships in this rural village.

"The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I'm the one who's answerable for his death. It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn't forgive." In her astonishing best-seller, acclaimed author Elizabeth George reveals the even darker truth behind this startling confession. Playing for the Ashes is a rich tale of passion, murder, and love in which Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers once again find themselves embroiled in a case where nothing - and no one - is really what it seems.

Als Angelina Upman und die neunjährige Haddiyah plötzlich verschwinden, ist Taymullah Azhar völlig verzweifelt. In seiner Not und in Sorge aufgelöst um seine Tochter wendet er sich an seine Nachbarin und gute Freundin Barbara Havers. Diese setzt sofort alles in Bewegung, um herauszufinden, wo die beiden sind. Wie sich herausstellt, hat Angelina die kleine Haddiyah nach Italien verschleppt, wo sie mit ihrem neuen Liebhaber zusammenwohnt.

A Nigerian-born detective sergeant working for the Metropolitan Police is found unconscious in her own flat and ends up in hospital, where she dies of her injury. The post-mortem reveals that the subdural hematoma is the result of a blow to her head. DI Thomas Lynley, DS Barbara Havers and DS Winston Nkata are called in to investigate a case that touches upon not only the work and the life of the murdered detective but also upon a controversial cultural tradition that damages and often destroys the future of everyone it involves.

Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesn't trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, but Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officer's hard-as-nails exterior to a hidden and possibly attractive vulnerability.

Kit Tyler must leave behind shimmering Caribbean islands to join the stern Puritan community of her relatives. She soon feels caged, until she meets the old woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond. But when their friendship is discovered, Kit herself is accused of witchcraft!

Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is at a loss: The daughter of her friend Taymullah Azhar has been taken by her mother, and Barbara can't really help - Azhar had never married Angelina, and his name isn't on Hadiyyah's, their daughter's, birth certificate. He has no legal claim. Azhar and Barbara hire a private detective, but the trail goes cold. Azhar is just beginning to accept his soul-crushing loss when Angelina reappears with shocking news: Hadiyyah is missing, kidnapped from an Italian marketplace.

This carefully curated anthology brings together the most iconic romantic tales of all time—each filled with complex characters, sweeping emotions, and timeless narratives that will captivate your heart. From the fiery romance of Wuthering Heights to the quiet yearning of A Room with a View, these stories are a perfect blend of forbidden love, tragic endings, and tender moments of connection.

Bernard Fairclough ist das Oberhaupt einer wohlhabenden und einflussreichen Familie. Als sein Neffe eines Tages tot in einem See aufgefunden wird...

The producer of a troubled play invites the cast to spend the weekend in his remote Scottish Highlands estate to hash out the problems. When the housemaid finds the playwright murdered in bed, Thomas Lynley and his partner must unmask the villain.