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Nelson DeMille

    23 août 1943 – 17 septembre 2024

    Nelson DeMille est un maître du thriller haletant, réputé pour ses intrigues complexes et ses dialogues vifs, souvent empreints d'un humour noir. Il tisse des récits qui explorent les complexités du pouvoir, de la tromperie et de la psyché humaine, souvent ancrés dans des décors vivides et atmosphériques. Sa voix distinctive et sa capacité à mêler action à enjeux élevés et études de personnages captivantes ont solidifié sa réputation en tant que voix importante de la fiction contemporaine.

    Nelson DeMille
    The Hammer of God
    Gold Coast
    Word of honour
    The Charm School
    Le deshonneur d'Ann Campbell
    La Vengeance du lion
    • La Vengeance du lion

      • 587pages
      • 21 heures de lecture

      15 avril 1986 : les États-Unis lancent un raid contre une base militaire libyenne. Parmi les rares survivants, Asad Khalil, protégé du colonel Kadhafi... Depuis, celui qu'on appelle le Lion n'a plus qu'un objectif : exécuter l'implacable vengeance d'Allah en éliminant tour à tour les huit hommes qui ont pris part à ce bombardement, et celui qui en a donné l'ordre : l'ancien président de la première puissance mondiale. Le Lion ne tarde pas à mettre les États-Unis à feu et à sang. Face à lui, un ex-flic de la criminelle, fort en gueule et tête brûlée : John Corey, de la force antiterroriste. Même dans les bas-fonds de New York, qu'il a écumés pendant des années, Corey n'a jamais rencontré une telle violence, une telle sauvagerie. Pour terrasser le Lion, il va devoir inventer une stratégie très personnelle qui n'est guère du goût des têtes pensantes du FBI et de la CIA... Traduit dans 20 pays, La Vengeance du Lion a été n° 1 pendant 15 semaines sur les listes de best-sellers du New York Times et de Publishers Weekly.

      La Vengeance du lion
      4,3
    • The Charm School

      • 704pages
      • 25 heures de lecture

      Deep in the heart of Russia, a group of casually dressed young men are learning a different kind of lesson. The undergraduates sprawled around a game board aren't chilling out on campus: the young KGB agents attending the Charm School are brushing up on their American. When a young tourist goes to the aid of a stranger on a dark Russian road, he is astonished to find a fellow American on the run. The man has been missing for over a decade, plucked from the jungles of Vietnam to become an unwilling tutor at the institution. Now his former students are poised to strike at the heart of America.

      The Charm School
      4,3
    • Word of honour

      • 768pages
      • 27 heures de lecture

      Ben Tyson is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest handsome family man, admired by men and desired by women. But sixteen years ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam. There, in 1968, the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity - and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Now the press, army justice and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson. His family, his career and his personal sense of honour hang in the balance.

      Word of honour
      4,1
    • Gold Coast

      • 637pages
      • 23 heures de lecture

      A new neighbor arrives on the Gold Coast in this compelling and provocative novel about the super-rich of Long Island from the international No. 1 bestseller.

      Gold Coast
      4,1
    • The Hammer of God

      • 223pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      A man in monk's robes, The Hammer of God, is butchering women to cleanse the world of witches. Sergeant Joe Ryker is committing every sin in the book to purge New York of killers.

      The Hammer of God
      2,0
    • *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* This “outstanding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) thriller features a brilliant and unconventional Army investigator, his enigmatic female partner, and their pursuit of the Army’s most notorious deserter. Captain Kyle Mercer of the elite Delta Force vanished in Afghanistan, with a video from his Taliban captors making headlines. The situation was unclear: Had Mercer deserted before capture? A second video confirmed he had willfully disappeared, raising alarms about the trained assassin and keeper of classified intelligence. A year later, Mercer is spotted in Caracas, Venezuela, by an old Army buddy, prompting top military officials to assign Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor from the Criminal Investigation Division to retrieve him—preferably alive. Brodie faces challenges not only from the mission's complexity and his partner’s inexperience but also from their undeniable chemistry and his growing suspicion that Taylor may be reporting to the CIA. With its ripped-from-the-headlines appeal, exotic locale, and signature twists and humor, this marks the beginning of a thrilling new series from the #1 New York Times bestseller and his award-winning screenwriter son.

      Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor Series - 1: The Deserter
      4,1
    • On a Long Island beach at dusk, Bob Mitchell and Janet Whitney conduct their illicit love affair in front of a video camera, set to record each steamy moment. Suddenly a terrible explosion lights up the sky. Grabbing the camera, the couple flees as approaching police cars speed toward the scene. Five years later, the crash of Flight 800 has been attributed to a mechanical malfunction. But for John Corey and Kate Mayfield, both members of the Elite Anti-terrorist Task Force, the case is not closed. Suspecting a cover-up at the highest levels and disobeying orders, they set out to find the one piece of evidence that will prove the truth about what really happened to Flight 800--the videotape that shows a couple making love on the beach and the last moments of the doomed airliner.

      Night Fall
      4,1
    • Plum Island

      • 528pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER CELEBRATING THE 20th ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen -- and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found on their patio, each with a bullet in the head. The local police chief, Sylvester Maxwell, wants Corey's big-city expertise, but Maxwell gets more than he bargained for. John Corey doesn't like mysteries, which is why he likes to solve them. His investigations lead him into the lore, legends, and ancient secrets of northern Long Island -- more deadly and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. During his journey of discovery, he meets two remarkable women, Detective Beth Penrose and Mayflower descendant Emma Whitestone, both of whom change his life irrevocably. Ultimately, through his understanding of the murders, John Corey comes to understand himself. Fast-paced and atmospheric, marked by entrancing characters, incandescent storytelling, and brilliant comic touches, Plum Island is Nelson DeMille at his thrill-inducing best.

      Plum Island
      4,0
    • Up country

      • 864pages
      • 31 heures de lecture

      Having taken to the lifestyle of a middle-aged civilian, the last thing Paul Brenner wanted to do was return to work for the Army's Criminal Investigation Division, the agency that thanked him for years of life-risking service by forcing him into early retirement. But when an old friend calls in a career's worth of favours, Paul finds himself moonlighting for the Army as he investigates a puzzling murder that took place thirty years before in the midst of the Vietnam war. Forced to return to the country that haunts him and work for the people who cast him aside, Paul must engage in the battle of his life as he attempts to find justice in a world of staggering corruption.

      Up country
      4,0