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Prenant pour cadre les Appalaches, région la plus pauvre des États-Unis, personnage à part entière du récit, l'auteur de Seul le silenceet d'Une saison pour les ombresentraîne le lecteur dans un voyage aussi palpitant qu'inoubliable. Victor Landis est shérif dans une petite ville de...

2006, La Nouvelle-Orléans. Catherine, la fille du gouverneur de Louisiane, est enlevée. Confiée au FBI, l'enquête prend un tour imprévu : son kidnappeur se livre aux autorités et demande à s'entretenir avec Ray Hartmann, un obscur fonctionnaire qui travaille dans une unité de lutte contre le crime organisé. Alors qu'une course contre la montre s'engage pour retrouver Catherine, dans l'ombre, la mafia et les autorités s'inquiètent du dialogue qui s'établit entre les deux hommes.

"Tu poursuis des ombres. Et jamais elles ne se laissent prendre." Août?1976. Nelson Garrett est shérif en Floride. Lors d'une arrestation qui tourne mal, il est grièvement blessé. C'en est fini pour lui du service actif. Suivant les conseils de son infirmière, Hannah Montgomery, il rejoint...

Raymond Whyte est journaliste d'investigation. Un bon journaliste d'investigation qui a déjà dénoncé de nombreux abus et s'est fait beaucoup d'ennemis. Alors qu'il vient de clore sa dernière affaire, il a l'impression que quelqu'un le suit... "Private Eye" est une nouvelle de Roger Jon Ellory issue du recueil "Regarder le noir".

A brand new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS **** Rookie police officer Rachel Hoffman has never seen a dead body before. It will not be her last. Her first murder case is a young woman - sent off to sleep with a mysterious note that quotes from an...

Estranged after a devastating betrayal, brothers Victor and Frank Landis - sheriffs of neighbouring counties - hadn't spoken for years. In truth, Victor didn't care if Frank was alive or dead. Until the day somebody killed him. Crossing county lines in search of answers, Victor is soon on the trail of a sinister conspiracy that takes him deep into the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. From the poorest communities to the most powerful and corrupt organisations, he soon becomes ensnared in a dangerous web of drugs, trafficking and murder.

No one wanted to see the truth. But when the newspapers reported the fourth murder, when they gave the killer a name and released details of his horrendous crimes, there were few people that could ignore it. Detective Robert Miller is assigned to the case. He and his partner begin the task of correlating the details of each crime scene and rapidly things begin to get complicated. The victims do not officially exist. Their personal details do not register on any known systems.

Orphaned half-brothers Clarence Luckman and Elliott Danziger have been raised in state institutions, unaware of any world outside. But their lives take a sudden turn when they are seized as hostages by a convicted killer en route to death row. Earl Sheridan is a psychopath of the worst kind, but he has the potential to change the boys' lives for ever.

Après avoir passé plus de 29 ans derrière les barreaux, Andersen sort de prison. Il retourne dans sa maison, qui n'est plus vraiment sa maison, retrouve sa vie d'avant, qui ne l'est plus vraiment non plus. Ses souvenirs sont flous, mais seules persistent les odeurs. Le parfum du laurier-rose est une nouvelle de R. J. Ellory issue du recueil Respirer le noir, établi sous la direction d'Yvan Fauth.

In 1930s Georgia, 12-year-old Joseph hears of the brutal murder of a young girl, the first of a series of killings that will take 10 lives. Compelled by fear and duty, Joseph and his friends are determined to protect the people of Augusta Falls.

On 22nd November 1963, John F. Kennedy's presidential motorcade rode through Dealey Plaza. He and his wife, Jackie, greeted the crowds on a glorious Friday afternoon in Dallas, Texas. Mitch Newman is a photojournalist based out of Washington, DC. His phone never rings. When it does, a voice he hasn't heard in years will tell him his former fiancée Jean has taken her own life. Jean was an investigative reporter working the case of a lifetime. Somewhere in the shreds of her investigation is the truth behind her murder....

'In the top flight of crime writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH In the dead of winter, even brothers become strangers... A CHILLING WINTER THRILLER PERFECT FOR FANS OF FARGO *FROM AN AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* Running from a troubled childhood, Jack Devereaux left home as soon as he could and...

Janine et Carol sont sœurs jumelles. Janine est sourde, pas Carol. En grandissant, Janine prend son indépendance et commence à voir des hommes. Mais un jour, alors qu'elle a rendez-vous avec un inconnu, elle se fait violer et assassiner. Face à l'incompétence des autorités, Carol décide de lui faire justice elle-même.

Having fled to New York following his involvement in a terrible crime, Irish-born Danny McCabe throws in his lot with Nicolas and Lucia Mariani, Corsican siblings who have come to America to make their fortune. In New York the trio get by, earning money from fighting and - on Nicolas Mariani's part - increasingly illicit activity. Lucia has ambitions of becoming an actress, and, following a fight that goes horribly wrong, the three of them head to Los Angeles, the city of dreams.

Washington, embroiled in the mid-term elections, didn't want to hear about serial killings. But when the newspapers reported a 4th murder, when they gave the killer a name and details of his horrendous crimes, there were few people who could ignore it. Detective Robert Miller is assigned to the case.

After leaving the Big Apple as soon as he was old enough, his life consisted of one moderately successful book, a collection of affectionately received newspaper columns and a comfortable existence in Miami. Then everything changes. A robbery goes wrong - and turns John's existence on its head. It seems that his father didn't die all those years ago.

Stroud's best years are behind him. A former war photographer, he's seen things no one should have to see. He left the front line before his luck ran out. His best friend and mentor, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate and died in an explosion. His body was never recovered; his friends buried an empty box. But then Stroud gets a call from his old editor, Marcus Haig. Two months ago Raphael was photographed in Istanbul. Stroud doesn't believe it's him, but there's money on the table for Stroud to go out there and prove he's dead.

Vous n'en ferez qu'une bouchée ! San Francisco, 1971. L'inspecteur Garrett Erickson enquête sur une série de meurtres : des jeunes femmes décapitées dont plusieurs organes ont été prélevés. Obsédé par ces victimes dont on ne retrouve même pas l'identité, il est aidé par l'agent Will Slater du FBI, qui l'incite à penser de manière irrationnelle, à penser comme le meurtrier. Peut-il s'agir d'un cannibale ?