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Alfredo Colitto

    1 janvier 1958

    Alfredo Colitto est un auteur dont l'œuvre littéraire est profondément ancrée dans une passion pour le voyage et la découverte. Ses récits explorent souvent des thèmes tels que la dépendance, la quête de sens et les rencontres culturelles, se déroulant dans les décors vibrants de lieux qu'il a expérimentés de première main. Colitto possède une voix narrative distinctive, mêlant réalisme brut et prose évocatrice pour créer des histoires immersives et captivantes. Son écriture plonge dans les complexités de la psyché humaine et des relations, dans le cadre d'une vie en constant mouvement et exploration.

    Shut Your Eyes Tight
    The Kings of Cool
    Die Bruderschaft des Feuers
    L'Étoile du désert
    Resurrection Walk: The Brand New Blockbuster Lincoln Lawyer Thriller
    Inquisition
    • Inquisition

      • 375pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      A brilliant thriller to rival CJ SANSOM and RORY CLEMENTSIn 14th-century Italy, Mondino is a university anatomist - a man of science in a land governed by the brutal Inquisition.

      Inquisition
      3,5
    • Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own.The path to justice for both the lawyer and his investigator is fraught with danger from those who don't want the case reopened. And they will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from uncovering what the deputy's killing was really about.CRIME DOESN'T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:'The pre- eminent detective novelist of his generation'IAN RANKIN'The best mystery writer in the world'GQ'A superb natural storyteller'LEE CHILD'A master'STEPHEN KING'America's greatest living crime writer'DAILY EXPRESS'One of the great storytellers of crime fiction'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

      Resurrection Walk: The Brand New Blockbuster Lincoln Lawyer Thriller
      4,5
    • Bologna soll brennen … Bologna im Herbst 1312: Mondino de‘ Liuzzi, Medicus und Anatom, wird vom Bürgermeister mit der Aufklärung eines seltsamen Todesfalls beauftragt: Ein Mitglied des Ältestenrats wurde völlig verkohlt in seinem Haus gefunden. Doch im Zimmer, in dem sich die Leiche befindet, deutet nichts auf einen Brand hin. Mondino bringt die sterblichen Überreste in seinen Sezierraum, um sie zu untersuchen. An einem Arm des Toten entdeckt er eine Tätowierung: ein Monster mit Flügeln und einem Löwenkopf, dessen Körper von einer Schlange umringt wird. Wenig später wird ein Franziskanermönch im Bordellviertel tot aufgefunden. In seiner Tasche findet man eine Zeichnung, die der Tätowierung auf dem Arm der ersten Leiche sehr ähnelt. Gemeinsam mit dem ehemaligen Templer Gerardo del Castelbretone kommt Mondino einer Sekte auf die Spur, die dem Gott der Sonne und des Feuers Mithra huldigt – und die eine ungeheuerliche Verschwörung plant …

      Die Bruderschaft des Feuers
      4,0
    • The Kings of Cool

      • 325pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      In this high-octane prequel, Don Winslow delves into the backstory of Ben, Chon, and O, the characters from his acclaimed thriller. Set against the backdrop of 1960s Southern California to the recent past, the narrative explores the complexities of family—fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friends and lovers. As the trio confronts a dangerous mix of drug dealers and corrupt law enforcement, they discover that their destinies are intertwined with their parents' histories. The plot is filled with unexpected twists that bring the two generations to a dramatic confrontation, forcing Ben, Chon, and O to choose between their true families and their loyalty to each other. This fast-paced and provocative tale is infused with Winslow's signature elements—complex characters, sharp dialogue, and incisive social commentary—making it a captivating love story for contemporary readers. The book promises to resonate in your mind and heart long after the final page is turned, showcasing Winslow's mastery as a novelist at the peak of his craft.

      The Kings of Cool
      4,2
    • Shut Your Eyes Tight

      • 592pages
      • 21 heures de lecture

      Once a cop. Ex-NYPD detective Dave Gurney is supposed to be retired. But people with problems keep knocking on his door. Like the police, who are baffled by a gruesome murder they just can't seem to solve. A young bride has been killed in the middle of her own wedding reception. The prime suspect - her new husband's Mexican gardener - is missing.

      Shut Your Eyes Tight
      4,0
    • Lorsque, dix ans aprA]s les faits, le mariachi Orlando Merced succombe A ses blessures, l'inspecteur Harry Bosch hA(c)rite d'un vrai cas d'A(c)cole A enseigner A la jeune inspectrice Lucia Soto. Hormis une balle retrouvA(c)e A l'autopsie, les pistes sont inexistantes. Plus ennuyeux, et dangereux pour Bosch, Lucia semble s'intA(c)resser plus qua (TM)il ne faudrait A un autre dossier, et met son nez lA oA il ne faut pas. TrA]s A(c)branlA(c) par la nature de cette deuxiA]me affaire, Bosch dA(c)cide de passer outre au rA]glement et de mener les deux enquAates de front, malgrA(c) les risques encourus dans une ville oA la passion politique l'emporte sur tout. A Michael Connelly entremAale une nouvelle fois avec talent enquAates policiA]res, magouilles politiques et affairistes.A Pierrick Fay, Les A0/00chos. A Connelly rA(c)ussit encore A nous A(c)pater.A Bruno Corty, Le Figaro. A 20/20 pour Connelly.A Catherine Balle, Le Parisien.

      Mariachi Plaza
      4,0
    • Non fidarti di Peter Pan

      • 513pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      Dave Gurney, pluridecorato poliziotto del NYPD ora in pensione, non rinuncia di tanto in tanto a interessarsi a qualche caso apparentemente senza soluzione - provocando le ire della moglie, che lo vorrebbe impegnato in attività meno rischiose. Ma ci sono tentazioni a cui è impossibile resistere, e per Gurney il pericolo è una di queste. Stavolta, è alle prese con l'omicidio di Carl Spalter, candidato al posto di governatore dello stato di New York, freddato mentre pronunciava il discorso funebre al funerale della madre. Omicidio per cui è stata ingiustamente condannata sua moglie una sentenza che appare chiaramente pilotata. Ma il caso è tutt'altro che chiuso e, come scoprirà ben presto Gurney, la posta in gioco tutt'altro che bassa: perché là fuori c'è il vero colpevole, qualcuno che, protetto dall'anonimato, è deciso a colpire ancora. E Gurney arriverà molto presto a seguirne le tracce, scoprendo un nemico diabolicamente intelligente, che viene da molto lontano, e ha un insolito soprannome: Peter Pan. Un assassino talmente scaltro che per il poliziotto l'unico modo per fermarlo sarà diventare il suo prossimo bersaglio.

      Non fidarti di Peter Pan
      4,0
    • From the twelve-million copy bestselling author of the Lewis trilogy comes a chilling new mystery set in the isolated Scottish Highlands. A TOMB OF ICE A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a missing man entombed in ice. A DYING DETECTIVE Cameron Brodie, a Glasgow detective, sets out on a hazardous journey to the isolated and ice-bound village. He has his own reasons for wanting to investigate a murder case so far from his beat. AN AGONIZING RECKONING Brodie must face up to the ghosts of his past and to a killer determined to bury forever the chilling secret that his investigation threatens to expose. Set against a backdrop of a frighteningly plausible near-future, A WINTER GRAVE is Peter May at his page-turning, passionate and provocative best. *PRE-ORDER THIS EXPLOSIVE NEW NOVEL NOW*

      A Winter Grave
      3,9
    • Beginning his witness-protection job at a doughnut restaurant in the week before the 1980 presidential election, small-time thief Vince Camden finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a local politician's troubles.

      Citizen Vince
      3,8