À San Francisco, une explosion dans la maison d'un millionnaire révèle trois corps et un message mystérieux. Peu après, un homme d'affaires est assassiné, déclenchant une guerre contre la corruption. Lindsay Boxer et ses amies enquêtent sur ces crimes en série, alors que le sommet du G8 approche, dans un thriller palpitant.
Che cosa fai se la figlia della tua migliore amica è scomparsa... ed è solo colpa tua? Lisa è una donna come tante, che come tante cerca di essere una buona madre, una buona moglie, una buona lavoratrice. Come tante, annaspa per tenere insieme tutti i pezzi della sua vita. Non come Kate, la sua migliore amica, che non avendo impegni di lavoro può dedicarsi anima e corpo alla cura dei suoi figli, trovando persino il tempo di occuparsi dei problemi altrui. Una donna perfetta. Lisa sa di non essere perfetta, ma fa del suo meglio. Finché, in un giorno particolarmente difficile di una settimana estremamente dura, accade qualcosa di terribile. Basta un attimo di distrazione, un tragico errore, e la figlia tredicenne di Kate, che le era stata affidata per un giorno, sparisce nel nulla. La prima, sconvolgente ipotesi è che sia stata adescata da un maniaco sospettato di aver rapito e violentato un’altra adolescente nella stessa zona. Comincia così per Lisa un lungo calvario, fatto di accuse spietate da parte della pubblica opinione e di inevitabili sensi di colpa, che la spinge però a intraprendere un’indagine privata. Un’indagine che rivelerà l’orrore nascosto sotto l’apparente tranquillità della vita quotidiana...
When Elfrida Phipps moves to a rambling house in Scotland it becomes a magnet for various waifs and strays - This ill-assorted group blends together so that Elfrida finds herself at the centre of a very magical Christmas__
Four crime-solving friends face off against a killer in San Francisco in the Women's Murder Club novel that started James Patterson's thrilling series. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle. But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving each other a hand. The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city. Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer they have ever encountered--before a shocking conclusion in which everything they knew turns out to be devastatingly wrong. Full of the breathtaking drama and unforgettable emotions for which James Patterson is famous, 1st to Die is the start of the #1 New York Times bestselling series of crime thrillers.
Dans "Im Visier des Amokschützen", le "Women's Murder Club" fait face à une terreur grandissante à San Francisco, où des enfants de familles riches disparaissent avec leurs nourrices. Le silence est assourdissant, laissant parents et autorités dans l'angoisse de savoir qui sera la prochaine victime.
Join the Women's Murder Club on an exhilarating thrill ride as love and murder test their friendships like never before. Someone is killing the richest people in the city-and the Women's Murder Club will pay a high price for hunting him. At the party of the year, San Francisco's most glamorous couple is targeted by a killer-and it's the perfect murder. While Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the high-profile killings, a saintly street preacher is brutally executed. Reporter Cindy Thomas inquires into this neglected case and discovers the victim may have had very dark secrets. As the search for two criminals tests the limits of the Women's Murder Club, Lindsay sees sparks fly between Cindy and Lindsay's partner, Detective Rich Conklin. The Club now faces its toughest challenge: Will love destroy all that the four friends have built?
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 afavor, 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. So he assigns Havers to the case and, for good measure, partners her with the one person who shares his wish to see the back of her, Detective Chief Superintendent Isabelle Ardery. But Ardery has her own difficulties. She is not happy to be sent away from London, and as a result is in a rush to return. This causes her to overlook things, important things, and prevents her from uncovering an earlier crime that set everything in motion.
In an isolated country town afflicted by interminable drought, a charismatic and dedicated young priest calmly opens fire on his congregation, shooting dead five parishioners before being gunned down himself. A year later, accompanied by his own demons from war-time reporting, journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend. His assignment is deliberately simple: describe how the townspeople are coping as the anniversary of their tragedy approaches. But as Martin meets the locals and hears their version of events, he begins to realise that the accepted wisdom – that the priest was a paedophile whose imminent exposure was the catalyst for the shooting, established through an award-winning investigation by his own newspaper – may be wrong. Just as Martin believes he’s making headway, a dramatic new development rocks the town. The bodies of two German backpackers - missing since the time of the church shootings - are discovered in a dam in the scrublands. It's the biggest story in Australia, the media arrive en masse. Instead of gently easing back into reporting, Martin finds himself thrown into a media storm, and with it a complex mystery. What was the real reason behind the priest’s shooting spree? And how does it connect to the backpacker murders, if at all? Martin struggles to uncover the town’s dark secrets, putting his job, his mental state, and his life all at risk as events escalate around him.
Wedding bells ring Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories--is the marksman a hero or a vigilante? A murderer returns The case explodes, and the FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to the investigation. As Alex and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, the murders continue. It becomes clear that they are the work of a professional who has detailed knowledge of his victims' movements--information that only a Washington insider could possess. Caught in a lethal cross fire As Alex contends with the sniper, Siegel, and the wedding, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good. With a supercharged blend of action, deception, and suspense, Cross Fire is James Patterson's most visceral and exciting Alex Cross novel ever.
The 16th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series They’ve come for Detective Alex Cross’s family. Now he’ll come for them. At a family celebration, Alex Cross hears the shocking news that his niece Caroline has been murdered. Grieving and furious, Cross’s investigation takes him to Washington D.C.’s wild underground subcultures – and reveals that Caroline wasn’t this killer’s only victim. Partnering with his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, Cross finds himself confronting a world of unchecked power, where the capital’s most powerful people are hiding dirty, dangerous secrets that they’ll stop at nothing to protect. As they close in on the killer, the evidence begins to point to the unimaginable – a revelation that could rock the entire world…
The thrilling 9th novel in the phenomenal Alex Cross detective series
Chris Paget'S Well Ordered World Is Blown Apart By His Love For His Assistant, Terri, In The Sequel To Degree Of Guilt. Terri'S Ex Husband, Ricky, Is Determined To Destroy Them Both And Instigates A Child Custody Battle For Terri'S Four-Year Old Daughter, Accusing Terri Of Neglect And Paget'S Teenage Son Of Sexual Molestation. Then Ricky Is Murdered And Paget Finds Himself The Principle Suspect, On Trial For His Life. Eyes Of A Child Demonstrates Why North Patterson Is An International Bestselling Author. The Pace Is Superb, The Court Room Scenes Unsurpassable, But Most Importantly The Compelling Characters, Particularly Ricky, Terri'S Cunning And Amoral Husband, Show North Patterson As One Of The Strongest Storytellers Writing Today.
Fin des seventies. San Francisco, la fureur au cœur et au corps, consomme la libération sexuelle sous des néons tapageurs. Débarquant de Cleveland, la jeune Mary Ann Singleton plante son camp au 28 Barbary Lane, un refuge pour « chats errants ». Logeuse pour le moins libérale, Mme Madrigal règne en douce matriarche sur cette étonnante pension de famille... « Ça va à toute vitesse, avec la profondeur d'un roman d'analyse et la légèreté d'un sitcom.» Stéphane Hoffmann, Madame Figaro Traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis) par Olivier Weber et Tristan Duverne
Un attentat mystérieux dans une petite ville américaine mobilise l'agent du FBI Alex Cross. Un appel anonyme des revendications mène les enquêteurs à une impasse, puis d'autres attentats sont signalés à travers le monde.
Robert Langdon, professeur d'histoire de l'art et de symbologie religieuse, est appelé pour déchiffrer un symbole gravé au fer rouge sur la poitrine d'un scientifique qui vient d'être assassiné. Ce symbole est celui des Illuminati, une antique confrérie secrète qui a juré d'anéantir l'Eglise catholique et qui vient justement de dérober une substance très dangereuse
"When the bady of eleven year old Thuy Sen is found in San Francisco bay, the police qwiftly charge Rennell and Payton Price with her grisly murder. A twelve person jury, helped along by an incompetent lawyer for the defence, is quick to find the brothers guilty - and to sentence them both to die for their crimes.
Jack Mullen is a driven student of the law. His brother Peter is a servant of the rich, parking the cars of the Hamptons' elite-and perhaps satisfying their more intimate needs as well. Then Peter's body is found on the beach. Jack knows the drowning was no accident, but someone's unlimited power and money have bought the cops, the judges, the system. Now Jack is learning a lesson in justice he never got in law school ... and his astonishing plan to beat the billionaires will have you reeling-and cheering-to the very last page.
Krimi. NYPD Red is a special task force charged with protecting the interests of Manhattan's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. When a world-famous movie producer is poisoned on the first day of a Manhattan film festival called Hollywood on the Hudson, they are the first ones called
Blesse, terrorise, Oscar Bane exige d'etre admis dans le service psychiatrique de l'hopital de Bellevue. Il pretend avoir echappe au meurtrier de sa petite amie, et ne se laissera examiner que par Kay Scarpetta, medecin legiste expert, l'unique personne en qui il ait confi ance. A la demande du procureur, Jaimie Berger, Kay se rend a New York avec son epoux, Benton, et sa niece, Lucy. Une chose est sure: une femme a ete torturee et tuee, et d'autres morts violentes sont a craindre. Tres vite, une verite s'impose a Kay: le tueur sait precisement ou se trouve sa proie, ce qu'elle fait et, pire encore, il est au courant des progres de l'enquete. Kay Scarpetta doit affronter l'incarnation du mal... Tous les ingredients qui ont fait les succes de Patricia Cornwell sont reunis. Le Figaro litteraire. Patricia Cornwell a le chic pour trousser des intrigues qui scotchent. Le Nouvelliste. www.patriciacornwell-deuxterres.comww...
La vie d'Owen Pick s'effondre. Dans la trentaine, vierge et vivant dans la chambre d'amis de sa tante, il vient d'être suspendu de son poste de professeur de géographie après des accusations de conduite sexuelle inappropriée, qu'il nie fermement. En cherchant des conseils professionnels en ligne, il est entraîné malgré lui dans le monde sombre des forums incel, où il rencontre le charismatique, mystérieux et sinistre Bryn. En face d'Owen vit la famille Fours, dirigée par Cate, physiothérapeute, et Roan, psychologue pour enfants. La famille Fours a un mauvais pressentiment à propos de leur voisin Owen, qu'ils trouvent un peu inquiétant, surtout leur fille adolescente qui jure qu'il l'a suivie jusqu'à chez elle un soir. Pendant ce temps, Saffyre Maddox a passé trois ans en tant que patiente de Roan Fours. Se sentant abandonnée à la fin de leur thérapie, elle cherche d'autres moyens de maintenir sa connexion avec lui, l'observant dans l'ombre et découvrant plus qu'elle ne le souhaitait sur Roan et sa famille. Puis, la nuit de la Saint-Valentin, Saffyre Maddox disparaît - et la dernière personne à l'avoir vue vivante est Owen Pick.
Roman policier (suspense) Kay Scarpetta, bien déterminée à découvrir les raisons du meurtre de son assistant Jack Fielding, se rend au pénitencier de femmes de Géorgie, où une prisonnière affirme détenir des informations sur ce dernier. Elle évoque aussi d'autres assassinats sans relations apparentes : une famille d'Atlanta décimée des années auparavant et une jeune femme dans le couloir de la mort. Peu après, Jaime Berger, ancienne procureur de New York, convoque Kay Scarpetta à un dîner, mais dans quel but ? Kay comprend que le meurtre de Fielding et celui auquel elle a échappé autrefois constituent le début d'un plan destructeur. Face à un adversaire malade et dangereux, elle traverse enfin le voile rouge qui l'empêchait de comprendre. [4e de couverture]
Kay Scarpetta est experte en sciences l gales sur CNN et conseill re aupr s du m decin en chef de l'institut m dico-l gal de New York. Le producteur de CNN souhaite que Scarpetta lance une nouvelle mission. Mais cette notori t accrue semble d clencher une s rie d' v nements inattendus. Alors qu'elle intervient en direct au sujet d'une affaire tr s m diatis e, la disparition et la mort pr sum e d'une millionnaire, Kay re oit un appel surprenant d'une t l spectatrice, qui se r v le tre une ancienne patiente de son mari Benton Wesley, et, de retour chez elle, elle trouve un inqui tant paquet. Scarpetta, dont la vie est menac e, se lance alors dans une enqu te qui implique un acteur c l bre, qu'on accuse d'un crime sexuel, et sa ni ce Lucy, qui aurait eu des liens avec la millionnaire disparue... En mati re de sciences l gales, nul n' gale Cornwell New York Times Book Review
La morgue inscrit tous les décès au Registre des morts. Ce livre va bientôt prendre une signification différente pour Kay Scarpetta. Lorsqu'elle s'installe à Charleston, en Caroline du Sud, pour y ouvrir avec sa nièce Lucy et Pete Marino un cabinet de médecine légale, elle croit commencer une vie idéale. Mais très vite, elle entre en conflit avec des politiciens locaux et on cherche à saboter son projet. Débute alors une série de morts violentes : un meurtre rituel, un enfant victime de sévices, une joueuse de tennis retrouvée mutilée à Rome, sans autre lien entre ces affaires qu'une certaine patiente d'un prestigieux hôpital psychiatrique de Nouvelle Angleterre. D'autres noms s'ajouteront au Registre des morts, peut-être même celui de Kay. [Source : 4e de couv.]
1967, Lake City, Ohio. Tony Lord and Sam Robb, both in their teens, are best friends and athletic rivals. Twenty-eight years later, Tony is a successful San francisco attorney; sam is an assistant principal at Lake City High School. Sam has never left home, and Tony has never returned since the trauma that changed his life: the brutal murder of his first love, Alison, of which he was wrongly accused and which turned everyone, even Sam, against him. Now Sam is a suspect. One of his female students has been murdered. Tony, reluctantly but inevitably, comes back to defend him. At once, Tony is plunged into the unfinished business of his past. In the merciless arena of a murder trial, he must confront not only his fear that Sam is a murderer but also the buried truths that obscure the real meaning of Alison's death. Powerful in its portrayal of the complexities of male friendship, of the darkest recesses of love, and of the many ways in which the past stakes its claim upon the present, Silent Witness is that rare suspense novel which is far more - the kind of story we have come to expect from Richard North Patterson.
Barbara est catastrophée: Hadiyyah, la fille de son ami Taymullah Azhar a été enlevée par sa mère. Azhar ne s'étant jamais marié avec Angelina et son nom ne figurant pas sur le certificat de naissance de leur fille, il n'a aucun droit juridique. Il n'a pas d'autre possibilité que de faire appel à un détective privé. Mais alors qu'ils retrouvent la trace d'Haddiyyah en Toscane, la petite se fait enlever. Cette dernière étant britannique, Scotland Yard et la police italienne vont devoir collaborer, non sans heurts. Et lorsque la presse s'en mêle, l'incident diplomatique n'est guère loin. C'est là que Lynley intervient...
Son compagnon vient de le quitter. Gabriel Noone, écrivain et animateur radio de renom, sombre dans le désespoir, jusqu’au jour où l’un de ses auditeurs lui adresse un manuscrit : Pete, treize ans, victime d’un pédophile et séropositif, lui confie ses souffrances. Une correspondance téléphonique s’engage, qui augure d’une relation et de révélations bouleversantes.
Elle est allongée sur le sol du garage. Inerte. Ses jolis vêtements sont imprégnés de sang. Épouvantée, Nikki secoue sa mère. En vain. Devant ce corps déjà froid, elle doit se rendre à l'évidence : on l'a assassinée. Pour la retenir encore un peu, Nikki enquête auprès de ses proches, ose les questions qu'elle n'a pas eu le temps de poser. Les réponses ont un parfum de révélations...
Copenhague, 1905. Severine Riis, esposa del pintor danés Viktor Riis, posa para él, siempre de espaldas. Para sobrellevar el silencio de las sesiones, comienza a escribir un diario con sus reflexiones íntimas. Bucarest, 1985. Joen Alsted, embajador de Dinamarca, hereda seis cuadros de Viktor y se relaciona con la familia Moore, donde su hija Freya cautiva a Sophia, su esposa, quien anhela ser madre. Londres, 2005. Tras la muerte de su marido, Sophia decide vender las obras de Riis, y el joven historiador del arte Peter Finch se encarga de su documentación. Freya, ahora casi treintañera, es invitada a la casa de Sophia, donde descubre los diarios de Severine. Esto desata una investigación sobre la vida y obra de Riis, con consecuencias inesperadas. Paula Vene Smith presenta una historia cautivadora en la que seis cuadros enigmáticos impactan la vida de varios personajes a través del tiempo. La autora explora la relación entre arte y vida, creando un caleidoscopio de emociones que atrapa al lector desde el inicio.
Kay Scarpetta è tornata a Cambridge dopo un difficile caso, quando riceve una chiamata dal suo ex collega Pete Marino, che la informa del ritrovamento del corpo di una giovane donna sul campo da baseball del MIT. La vittima è Gail Shipman, un ingegnere informatico coinvolto in una causa milionaria contro una società di intermediazione finanziaria. Scarpetta sospetta che la morte di Gail non sia una coincidenza e teme un possibile legame con sua nipote Lucy. La causa della morte non è immediatamente chiara: il corpo è avvolto in un telo color avorio e disposto in una posa particolare, suggerendo l'operato di un killer esperto. Sul cadavere vengono trovate tracce di polvere fluorescente rossa, verde e blu, che collegano il caso a una serie di omicidi sessuali a Washington, attribuiti a un serial killer noto come Capital Killer, indagato dal marito di Kay, Benton Wesley. La famosa anatomopatologa e il suo team si trovano di fronte a uno scenario inquietante, che va oltre il semplice omicidio seriale, rivelando un legame con droghe sintetiche e tecnologia dei droni, coinvolgendo crimine organizzato e alte sfere governative. Questo è il ventunesimo caso di Kay Scarpetta, un'icona della narrativa thriller.
George W., le Bandit-en-Chef accompagné de sa clique de millionnaires, prépare sa réélection au poste de Commandant en Chef de la Mère Patrie ! Il n'en fallait pas plus à Mike pour repartir au front et TOUT faire pour que le cauchemar s'arrête. Dans ce nouveau livre, aussi drôle et provocateur que les précédents, Mike est l'Arme de Dérision Massive : il s'attaque aux mensonges et à la propagande dont son pays est victime depuis le 11 septembre, notamment sur les armes de Saddam. Il révèle les petits secrets du roi George du pétrole irakien et ses petites combines avec ses copains saoudiens. Et Mike se fâche vraiment quand il voit que sa patrie est devenue les Etats-Unis de la Peur, où les libertés publiques sont menacées alors que les grands patrons-truands des multinationales US échappent à la prison ! " Le bonhomme est toujours aussi drôle. Dans son dernier bouquin, il s'emploie, avec la joyeuse hargne qu'on lui connaît, à dégommer le bilan calamiteux de George W. et de son gang. "
Nella quiete del crepuscolo di inizio settembre, Elisa Vandersteel, una ventitreenne, muore in un incidente in bicicletta lungo il fiume Charles. Sebbene sembri colpita da un fulmine, la bella giornata suggerisce un'altra causa. Kay Scarpetta, famosa anatomopatologa, riceve da giorni un messaggio vocale inquietante con una filastrocca inviata da un anonimo che si firma Tailend Charlie. Arrivata sulla scena della morte di Elisa, Kay riceve la settima filastrocca. Ha già informato il collega Pete Marino, il marito Benton Wesley e la nipote Lucy, ma quest'ultima, nonostante le sue abilità informatiche, non riesce a rintracciare Tailend Charlie o a capire come abbia accesso a informazioni private. È chiaro che l'anonimo è coinvolto nella morte della ragazza. Inoltre, altre due morti sospette per folgorazione convincono Kay dell'esistenza di un'arma letale che uccide a distanza, potenzialmente in grado di scatenare panico tra la popolazione se la sua esistenza venisse rivelata. Con Caos, Patricia Cornwell presenta il ventiquattresimo thriller con protagonista l'iconica Kay Scarpetta.
