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.
As the only woman homicide inspector in San Francisco, Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing has prepared her for the brutal maniac who has begun a killing spree - slaughtering newlywed couples. Lindsay is sickened by the deaths, but her determination to bring the murderer to justice is threatened by a personal tragedy. So she turns to Claire Washburn, a coroner, Cindy Thomas, a journalist, and Jill Bernhardt, an attorney, for help with both crises, and the Women's Murder Club is born.
When a rock star, a fashion designer, a software tycoon and a millionaire heiress are all murdered in mysterious circumstances, Detective Lindsay Boxer is quickly assigned to the high-profile investigation.
The cozy, bucolic town of Ludlow is stunned when one of its most revered and respected citizensIan Druitt, the local deaconis accused of a serious crime. Then, while in police custody, Ian is found dead. Did he kill himself? Or was he murdered? A masterful work of suspense, The Punishment She Deserves sets Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Inspector Thomas Lynley against one of their most intricate cases. Fans of the longtime series will love the many characters from Elizabeth Georges previous novels who join Lynley and Havers, and readers new to the series will quickly see why she is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed writers of our time.
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…
Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues perplexed. Across the country, men and women are kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappear completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realizes. They are being bought and sold. And it seems The Wolf is the master criminal behind this terrible trade and who is bringing a new reign of terror to organized crime. Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it is time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track his new prey and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive. As the case boils over, Alex is in hot water at home, too. His ex-fiancée, Christine Johnson, comes back into his life - and not for the reasons Alex might have hoped. Full of the unexpected twists and heartrending surprises that James Patterson delivers better than any suspense writer alive, The Big Bad Wolf is an unforgettable thriller from the 'master of the suspense genre' (Sunday Telegraph).
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.
