Anna Rusconi Livres

This collection brings together Patricia Cornwell's first three thrillers. In "Fatal Weekend," a serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia. Kay Scarpetta, along with her niece Lucy, attempts to track down the murderer, but someone is sabotaging the investigation to ruin Scarpetta's reputation. In "Corpus Delicti," Beryl Madison is being stalked, receiving threatening phone calls. Yet, for inexplicable reasons, she lets her killer into her home one night. In "All That Remains," the car of a young couple is found abandoned in a remote location, and months later, their bodies are discovered. The mystery deepens with the appearance of a strange playing card found with each corpse. This omnibus showcases Cornwell's signature blend of suspense and forensic detail, as Scarpetta navigates complex cases while confronting personal and professional challenges.

Etrange cérémonial que de préparer l'autopsie d'un homme qui n'est pas encore mort... C'est pourtant à quoi s'occupe le médecin-légiste Kay Scarpetta, en ce soir de décembre, en attendant le corps de Ronnie Joe Waddell, qui ne sera officiellement déclaré mort sur la chaise électrique qu'à 23h 05. Cette même nuit, le corps d'un adolescent de treize ans est découvert, mutilé, contre une benne à ordures. Et l'on relève sur les lieux du crime l'empreinte digitale d'un homme qui ne peut pas être coupable - cette même empreinte qui a fait condamner Waddell...

A body is discovered in a Virginia landfill. The details --- expert removal of head and limbs --- mirror that of a case Dr. Kay Scarpetta has been investigating in Ireland. But for Scarpetta, the game has only just begun. The killer boldly contacts her via the Internet, signing off with the ominous screen name deadoc. As her investigation deepens, Scarpetta discovers that the victim in Virginia was exposed to a rare smallpox-like virus before she was killed, and that Scarpetta herself could be infected. Now she knows she is up against a killer unlike any she has pursued before --- a relentless psychopath with access to an incredibly sophisticated arsenal of deadly force. And with a very personal interest in seeing Kay Scarpetta suffer.

Rebus is off the case literally. A few days into a murder inquiry following the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, Rebus blows up at DCS Gill Templer. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' in other words, he's in the Last Chance Saloon. Rebus is given an old, unsolved case to work on, in order to teach him and others the merits of teamwork. But there are those in the team who have their own secrets and they'll stop at nothing to protect them. As if this wasn't enough, Rebus is asked to act as a go between for gangster 'Big Ger' Cafferty. And as newly promoted DS Siobhan Clarke works the case of the murdered art dealer, she is brought closer to Cafferty than she could ever have anticipated ...

On the eve of the first Scottish parliament in three hundred years, Edinburgh is a city rife with political passions and expectations. Queensbury House, the home of Scotland's new rulers, falls in the middle of John Rebus' turf, keeping him busy with ceremonial tasks. That quickly changes, however, when a long-dead body is discovered in a Queensbury House fireplace, a homeless man throws himself off a bridge - leaving behind a suitcase full of cash - and an up-and-coming politician is found murdered. The links between the three deaths lead Rebus to a confrontation with one of Edinburgh's most notorious criminals, a man he thought he'd put in jail for life. Someone's going to make a lot of money out of Scotland's independence - and, as Rebus knows all too well, where there's big money at stake, darkness gathers.

La jeune femme adossée, nue dans la neige, à une fontaine de Central Park. Tuée selon un rituel dont le célébrant, à l'évidence, n'est autre que Temple Gault, le meurtrier psychopathe qui échappe encore à toutes les recherches... Deux questions pour Kay Scarpetta et ses collègues, Marino et Wesley : pourquoi a-t-il voulu les attirer à New York ? Et comment cette inconnue a-t-elle pu se laisser déshabiller et assassiner sans qu'on relève la moindre trace de résistance de sa part ? Célèbre depuis Post Mortem (prix du Roman d'aventures 1922), le trio formé par la jeune médecin-légiste et les deux policiers affronte ici un ennemi retors autant qu'implacable. Le début d'un suspense qui culminera dans le labyrinthe du métro new-yorkais...

Black Mountain, petite bourgade de Caroline du Nord. La vie s'écoule paisiblement. Pourtant, Emily Steiner, ravissante fillette de onze ans, est enlevée, torturée et assassinée. Le mode opératoire ressemble en tout point à celui du tueur en série Temple Gault, que Kay Scarpetta traque depuis des années. Épaulée par Marino et Wesley, elle démèle un à un les fils qui la rapprochent du meurtrier. Elle doit affronter l'hostilité d'une communauté frappée par l'horreur, et le chagrin d'une mère qui ne comprend pas qu'on veuille exhumer sa fille.

Le cadavre de son ami Ted Eddings, un journaliste, retrouvé au fond de l'eau dans une zone militaire interdite, lance le médecin légiste Kay Scarpetta sur les traces d'une secte manipulée par un réseau terroriste international. En compagnie de Lucy, sa nièce, devenue un agent du FBI, et de son complice Marino, le flic macho, au grand cœur, elle affronte d'implacables ennemis, tout au long d'un suspense où les technologies de pointe et la réalité virtuelle bouleversent les données de l'enquête criminelle... Patricia Cornwell a connu une célébrité immédiate avec son premier roman, Postmortem, Prix Edgar Poe aux Etats-Unis et, en France, Prix du Roman d'aventures 1992. Mémoires mortes, Et il ne resta que poussière..., Une mort sans nom sont aujourd'hui des best-sellers dans vingt-quatre pays.

Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy takes the discipline of logic and the mind back to its roots. Drawing inspiration from six of the finest minds in history - Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche - he addresses lack of money, the pain of love, inadequacy, anxiety and conformity. De Botton's book led one critic to call philosophy 'the new rock and roll'.

A murder has been committed - but as the victim is a rapist, recently released from prison, no one is that concerned about the crime. That is, until Detective Inspector John Rebus and DS Siobhan Clarke uncover evidence that a serial killer is on the loose . . . When Rebus also starts looking into the apparent suicide of an MP, he is abruptly warned off the case, not least because the G8 leaders have gathered in Scotland, and Rebus's bosses want him well out of the way. But Rebus has never been one to stick to the rules, and when Siobhan has a very personal reason for hunting down a riot cop, it looks as though both Rebus and Clarke may be up against their own side . . .

John Rebus parcourait la jungle de la ville, une jungle que les touristes ne voient jamais, trop occupés à mitrailler les temples dorés du passé. Édimbourg était une ville d'apparences ; le crime n'y était pas moins présent, tout juste plus difficile à repérer. Édimbourg était schizophrène, la ville de Jekyll et Hyde, bien entendu, mais aussi celle de Deacon Brodie, des manteaux de fourrure sans petite culotte, comme on disait à Glasgow. Mais c'était aussi une petite ville. Un avantage pour Rebus. Il traqua sa proie dans les bars à voyous, dans les lotissements où le chômage et l'héroïne tenaient lieu de blason, parce qu'il savait que quelqu'un d'aguerri saurait survivre dans cet anonymat. Jetant un coup d'œil à la ronde, il vit qu'il avait atterri au cœur du désespoir.

In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following a macabre trail of evidence that ties the present homicides to a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating clues as Kay is at finding them ...

Une anthropologiste judiciaire (comme Patricia Cornwell) lance une héroïne qui fait son métier dans une étrange affaire de tueur en série qui se passe à Montréal. [SDM]

Bombay, 1993. Chamdi ha dieci anni e vive alle porte della città, lontano dai violenti scontri tra induisti e musulmani, dalle moschee bruciate e dai negozi svaligiati. La sua non è una vera casa, è un orfanotrofio, perché i genitori lo hanno abbandonato appena nato. Il suo mondo è fatto del colore acceso delle bouganville, delle canzoni, dei giochi. E delle preghiere silenziose perché qualcuno arrivi e lo porti via. Ma lui ha un grande sogno, che Bombay si trasformi in una città senza tristezza, un luogo in cui i bambini possono giocare per le strade e in cui non ci sono figli senza genitori. Chamdi sa che quella degli orfani è una vita a metà, i loro occhi non splendono, hanno solo una luce presa in prestito: per questo sembrano tristi anche quando ridono. Così decide di andarsene, di partire alla ricerca del padre, con in tasca una manciata di petali di bouganville. Perdendosi per i vicoli sporchi e affollati, Chamdi incontra Sumdi e la sorella Guddi, che per strada ci vivono fin dalla nascita. E in breve si trova a chiedere l'elemosina insieme a una spaventosa corte dei miracoli al servizio di un bandito senza pietà. Eppure Chamdi non vuole abbandonare i suoi sogni, e quando Guddi sarà in pericolo di vita, scoprirà quanto sia fragile l'innocenza ma quanto forte possa essere l'amicizia.

The memoirs of Irish Times journalist Nuala O'Faolain. The book traces her life from childhood in Dublin, through university, to her career in TV and the press, touching on her mother's alcoholism and her growing acceptance of age. This extended edition includes a selection of her journalism.

Iran, 1920. Shapur, dieci anni, è ansioso per il viaggio a Yadz con suo padre, dove spera di assaporare dolci prelibatezze. Tuttavia, un incidente segna la sua vita: suo padre, umiliato da un reale musulmano, decide di lasciare la sua terra per cercare un destino migliore. Il loro viaggio li porta a Dahanu, vicino a Bombay, dove scoprono un frutto dolcissimo che cambierà le loro vite. Ottant’anni dopo, Shapur è diventato ricchissimo grazie a quella terra e al suo frutto, che considera la sua piantagione e la sua eredità. Ora, pronto a ritirarsi, ha scelto Zairos, il suo giovane e viziato erede, per custodire le sue memorie. Tuttavia, quando Zairos si innamora di una schiava warli, Shapur è costretto a mettere in discussione tutto ciò in cui ha sempre creduto. Questo amore proibito lo porterà a scoprire un segreto di famiglia che il nonno aveva cercato di nascondere per oltre cinquant’anni.