M. J. Arlidge Livres

Don ou malédiction ? D'un simple échange de regards, Kassie est capable de voir quand et comment vous allez mourir. Un lourd fardeau à porter pour une jeune fille de 15 ans... Elle croise la route d'Adam Brandt, brillant psychologue, alors qu'une série de meurtres frappe Chicago. Kassie semble toujours avoir un lien avec les victimes. Coïncidence malheureuse ou terrible manipulation ? Intrigué par cette adolescente un peu perdue, Adam est tenté de croire à ses troublantes déclarations. D'autant que le danger se rapproche et que Kassie est la seule à savoir où il va frapper...

A riveting, shocking, and thought-provoking standalone thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author M.J. Arlidge.

Caught in a wicked game of cat and mouse, Helen Grace finds herself trapped among the hunted in the darkest thriller yet from the international bestselling author of Little Boy Blue and Eeny Meeny. Framed for a murder she didn't commit... As one of HM Prison Holloway's most high-profile new inmates, Helen Grace has a target on her back and nowhere to hide. She has made a long list of enemies over the course of her career--some are incarcerated within these very walls. When one of Helen's fellow prisoners is found mutilated and murdered in her own locked cell, it's clear that the killer is someone on the inside. But time is running out for Helen as she races to expose the person who framed her, and the body count in the prison starts to climb. Helen will need to draw on all her investigative skills and instincts to catch the serial killer behind these murders and discover the truth--unless the killer finds her first.

"You have one hour to live."Those are the only words on the phone call. Then they hang up. Surely, a prank? A mistake? A wrong number? Anything but the chilling truth... That someone is watching, waiting, working to take your life in one hour.But why?The job of finding out falls to DI Helen Grace: a woman with a track record in hunting killers. However, this is one case where the killer seems to always be one step ahead of the police and the victims. With no motive, no leads, no clues - nothing but pure fear - an hour can last a lifetime...

In the dead of night, three raging fires light up the city skies. It's more than a tragic coincidence. For DI Helen Grace the flames announce the arrival of an evil she has never encountered before. Because this is no firestarter seeking sick thrills, but something more chilling: a series of carefully calculated acts of murder. But why were the victims chosen? What's driving the killer? And who will be next? A powder keg of fear, suspicion and dread has been laid. Now all it needs is a spark to set it off . . .

A young woman wakes up in a cold, dark cellar, with no idea how she got there or who her kidnapper is. Nearby, the body of another young woman is discovered buried on a remote beach. But the dead girl was never reported missing. Someone has been keeping her alive from beyond the grave. For Detective Inspector Helen Grace it's chilling evidence, that she's searching for a monster who is not just twisted but also clever and resourceful - a predator who's killed before.

A man's body is found in an empty house. His heart has been cut out and delivered to his wife and children. He is the first victim, and Detective Inspector Helen Grace knows he will not be the last. But why would a happily married man be this far from home in the dead of night?

THE BRAND NEW THRILLER FROM THE MIND OF THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER M. J. ARLIDGE A crimewave sweeps through the city and no one is safe. A murderous arson attack at the docks. A brutal carjacking in a deserted car park. A fatal hammer attack in a lonely country park. Crimes without motive, without suspects, without leads. Each crime is a piece of a puzzle - with many more pieces still to come. And as they gradually fall into place, Detective Inspector Helen Grace comes to realise just how twisted and devious this web of crime is - and how impossible it will be to stop it . . . * * * * * PRAISE FOR M. J. ARLIDGE AND THE HELEN GRACE THRILLERS: 'Chilling' THE TIMES 'Gripping' SUNDAY MIRROR 'Addictive' EXPRESS 'Truly excellent' THE SUN 'Amazing' RICHARD MADELEY 'Mesmerizing' LISA GARDNER 'Chills to the bone' DAILY MAIL 'This is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo' JUDY FINNIGAN 'Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' JEFFERY DEAVER

Detective Helen Grace faces her own dark compulsions in the twisty new thriller from the author of Pop Goes the Weasel and Eeny Meeny. In the darkest corners of the city, there is a thriving nightlife where people can let loose and cross the lines of work and play, of pleasure and pain. But now that sanctuary has been breached. A killer has struck and a man is dead. In a world where disguises and discretion are the norm, one admission could unravel a life. No one wants to come forward to say what they saw or what they know—including the woman heading the investigation: Detective Helen Grace. Helen knew the victim. And the victim knew her—better than anyone else. And when the murderer strikes again, Helen must decide how many more lines she’s willing to cross to bring in a devious and elusive serial killer...

There is a sickness in the forest. First, it was the wild horses. Now it's innocent men and women, hunted down and murdered by a faceless figure. Lost in the darkness, they try to flee, they try to hide. In desperation, they call out for help. But there is no-one to hear their cries here... DI Helen Grace must face down a new nightmare. The arrow-ridden victims hang from the New Forest's ancient oaks, like pieces of strange fruit. Why are helpless holidaymakers being targeted in peak camping season? And what do their murders signify? Is a psychopath stalking the forest? Is there an occult element to the killings? Could the murders even be an offering to the Forest itself? Helen must walk into the darkness to discover the truth behind her most challenging, most macabre case yet.