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Patricia Gibney

    1 janvier 1962

    Patricia Gibney crée des thrillers policiers captivants, nés d'un besoin personnel d'expression thérapeutique. Ses récits se caractérisent par une intrigue solide et une distribution de personnages vivants et auxquels on peut s'identifier, que l'auteure compare à sa propre famille élargie. Auteure irlandaise, Gibney aborde son écriture avec dévouement, perfectionnant son art par des cours et une édition méticuleuse. Son engagement à immerger les lecteurs dans le monde de Lottie Parker transparaît dans chaque page pleine de suspense.

    Patricia Gibney
    Broken Souls
    Tell Nobody
    Little Bones
    No Safe Place
    Final Betrayal
    Silent Voices
    • The gripping new instalment in the internationally bestselling and beloved Lottie Parker series. As Lottie is pulled into her most dangerous investigation yet, the people she loves most are put in grave danger . . .

      Silent Voices
      4,7
    • When Amy Whyte and Penny Brogan leave a local nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning and don't arrive home, their families are beside themselves with worry. Conor Dowling has just been released from prison, a man full of hatred for Amy, the girl who put him behind bars in the first place. The case is given to Detective Lottie Parker, when the girls' blood-soaked bodies are found, days later, in a derelict squat. Chillingly, both girls are clutching silver coins in their hands--what message is this killer leaving behind? All the signs point to Conor but his alibi is water tight. As Lottie examines Penny and Amy's final days alive in a desperate search for clues, two more girls are found stabbed to death in a luxury apartment complex. Caught up in what is fast becoming her toughest case yet, Lottie is unaware that somebody is watching her every move. Then Lottie's two daughters, Katie and Chloe suddenly disappear from the town centre. Terrified that the killer has her girls, the stakes have never been higher for Lottie. But as Lottie puts everything on the line to find her daughters and solve the case, she's about to find herself in terrible danger--someone has a personal axe to grind with her and they know the best way to get to her is to hurt the ones she loves the most

      Final Betrayal
      4,6
    • Detective Lottie Parker investigates a murder and a missing person,a suspecting both are the same person. As others disappear, Lottie fears a serial killer is responsible. As journalists begin to interfere with her investigation, she fears the killer is about to strike again.

      No Safe Place
      4,6
    • In the tenth instalment of the million-copy bestselling Detective Lottie Parker series , Lottie is in a race against time to save the life of an innocent child before it's too late . . .

      Little Bones
      4,6
    • Tell Nobody

      • 414pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Eleven-year-old Mikey, a close friend of Lottie Parker's son Sean, is found dead on a bed of wildflowers. And the victims keep coming, with the same calling card.

      Tell Nobody
      4,5
    • Broken Souls

      • 434pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      ‘She shivered, though the kitchen was warm. Icicles of foreboding trickled down her spine. With trembling hands she whipped back her hair at the nape of her neck. As she turned away from the window, she missed the shadow passing by.’One dark winter’s morning, bride-to-be Cara Dunne is found hanging in her home, dressed in her wedding dress, with a lock of hair removed. Detective Lottie Parker is first on the scene. Looking at Cara’s bruised and battered body, she wonders who could have hated her enough to kill her at the happiest time of her life.The case takes a darker turn that afternoon with another shocking discovery – the broken body of a second young woman, pushed from the roof of the hospital where she worked. Fiona Heffernan was also due to be married, and her body is clad in a wedding dress, a lock of her hair cut off.The killings seem so personal that Lottie is convinced the girls have been killed by someone they knew. When she goes to break the news to Fiona’s family, she’s on the alert for anything suspicious. But then she makes a discovery that causes her blood to run cold – Fiona’s eight-year-old daughter Lily didn’t return home from her dance recital that afternoon. Terrified that Lily will be the next victim of a twisted and dangerous individual, Lottie takes the case into her own hands, risking her life when she comes face-to-face with the killer…

      Broken Souls
      4,5
    • The boy's body was so white it was almost transparent. But that's not what caused the nausea to rise up her throat. He was so young. His body was unmarked, surrounded by a halo of plucked wildflowers. One hot summer evening, eleven-year-old Mikey Driscoll is on the way home from playing with friends. Two days later, his body is discovered on a bed of wildflowers by some local teenagers. The case is assigned to Detective Lottie Parker and this time it's personal. The victim was a close friend of her son, Sean, from the run-down Munbally estate on the other side of town. Sean tells his mother Mikey was behaving normally before he died, but Lottie can't help but feel that her son is keeping something from her... Then days later, another boy is found dead, surrounded by wild flowers next to beautiful Ladystown Lake. On the hunt for a twisted individual with a terrifying calling card, Lottie must uncover the web of secrets within Mikey's circle of friends. Someone is hiding something but who are they protecting and can Lottie find out before it's too late? Lottie is desperate to catch the killer before he strikes again because this time her own child could be in terrible danger... If you love Helen Fields, Karin Slaughter and Rachel Abbott, you'll love the latest heart-stopping thriller from Patricia Gibney. Tell Nobody will keep you guessing until the very last page.

      Tell Nobody : Absolutely gripping crime fiction with unputdownable mystery and suspense
      4,5
    • D.I. Lottie Parker - 15: Hidden Daughters

      A Totally Addictive and Unputdownable Serial Killer Thriller

      The girl shuddered violently as she hid behind the crumbling walls, frozen in fear by the heavy footsteps approaching. When a call comes in about a woman found burned to death in a deserted cottage, Detective Lottie Parker is first on the scene. The victim, abandoned as a child and hidden away at the Sisters of Mercy Convent, has no family to mourn her. Lottie uncovers that the woman had a visitor shortly before her death—a young journalist named Imelda. Could Imelda be connected to the murder? Lottie's investigation leads her to the abandoned convent, where she learns from an old caretaker that Imelda had been there just a day earlier. However, Lottie's day takes a dark turn when she discovers that the caretaker has also been scalded to death, mirroring the victim's fate. With Imelda as the only link between the victims, Lottie races against time to find her. When Imelda's blood-stained jacket is found in an abandoned building, Lottie fears the worst. Desperate to save Imelda and identify the killer, Lottie seeks answers from the other women hidden at the convent. But can she uncover the truth before another victim is silenced? This gripping tale promises twists and turns that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.

      D.I. Lottie Parker - 15: Hidden Daughters
      4,5
    • The Lost Child

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      'Let me out! Please . . .' My tiny fists pound the door, but my voice reverberates off the stone walls and hangs in the air as if suspended by spider's webs. No one comes . . . Years later, a woman is found face-down in a pool of blood. Detective Lottie Parker is called to the remote farmhouse in the bleak Irish countryside. Inside, she finds a scene that speaks of uncontrollable rage: glasses smashed, chairs ripped apart, the woman's body broken. A black rain jacket makes Lottie think she knows the killer's identity, but then she finds a disturbing clue: is the murder linked to an old case at St Declan's asylum - a case investigated by her own father, just before he took his life? When another victim is left without her tongue on the hospital steps, and a young girl goes missing, Lottie knows she has to act fast. Can she face her own demons and uncover the truth before another life is taken? An absolutely gripping page-turner from the million-copy bestselling author of Irish Top 10 bestsellers, The Missing Ones and The Stolen Girls. If you love Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen and Helen Fields, you'll be completely hooked.

      The Lost Child
      4,3
    • "When Faye Baker discovers a fragile child's skull behind the walls of her new home, Detective Lottie Parker is called to investigate. The house has been owned for years by the family of Faye's boyfriend Jeff, so when Jeff starts acting suspiciously, Lottie wonders what he might be hiding... Lottie doesn't have long to dig deeper before a child's bones are found by eleven-year-old Gavin on nearby railway tracks. The bones don't match the small skull behind the walls, but Lottie can't ignore the coincidence. Someone out there must be missing their loved ones and it's up to her to put right a terrible wrong. Unable to shake a feeling of foreboding, Lottie goes to speak to Faye, and discovers that she hasn't turned up for work. When Faye's body is found stuffed in the back of her car, Lottie needs to find out who wanted her to keep quiet. As Lottie hunts for Faye's killer, the case takes a darker turn when Gavin goes missing. Faye and Gavin are connected only by the grisly body parts they discovered. But who are these little victims and why has their killer come back? Can Lottie find the answers before another precious life is taken?"--page [4] of cover

      Buried Angels: Absolutely gripping crime fiction with a jaw-dropping twist
      4,3