Mariëtte van Gelder Livres

"Les rumeurs les plus folles courent sur « la Fille des marais » de Barkley Cove, en Caroline du Nord. Pourtant Kya n'est pas cette créature sauvage et analphabète que tous imaginent et craignent. Abandonné à l'âge de dix ans par sa famille, c'est grâce au jeune Tate qu'elle apprend à lire et à écrire, découvre la science et la poésie. Mais Tate, appelé par ses études, doit partir à son tour. Et lorsque l'irréparable se produit, elle ne peut plus compter que sur elle-même..." -- back cover

Een Engels meisje geniet in Parijs haar opvoeding als de Tweede Wereldoorlog uitbreekt; zij sluit zich aan bij het verzet.

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?

In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Children and teachers barricade themselves into classrooms, the library, the theatre. The headmaster lies wounded in the library, unable to help his trapped students and staff. Outside, a police psychiatrist must identify the gunmen, while parents gather desperate for news. In three intense hours, all must find the courage to stand up to evil and save the people they love.

An extended family gathers in late August to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of its formidable matriarch, Leonora. She is the daughter of the famous Edwardian painter Ethan Walsh, whose paintings are kept at the family home, Willow Court in Wiltshire. At Leonora's house party will be her daughters, Gwen and Rilla, whom she raised alone after she was widowed in her late twenties; Rilla's stepdaughter Beth; and Gwen's husband and three children with their spouses and lovers. One outsider joins the group: Sean Everard, a television director who's making a documentary about the life and work of Ethan Walsh. All families have their dark side and Leonora's is no exception. By the time the marquee is dismantled and all the guests have gone their separate ways, two shocking past events have come to light, to rock complacency and change for ever the lives of Leonora and her daughters.

He is watching you. He knows you, better than you know yourself. And he is using his knowledge to plan your death. But you are not his only victim. He is also watching your killer. He is about to get away with the perfect murder . . .

Detective Archie Sheridan just has to get through the next few days, then his birthday and Halloween will be over. But with escaped serial killer Gretchen Lowell on the loose, the investigation into the murder of a DEA agent demanding his attention, and journalist Susan Ward showing up at his apartment needing a favour, it's going to be a long weekend. Soon Archie finds himself crashing a masked ball on a private island owned by Jack Reynolds, a notorious local drug kingpin. By morning, Archie is back on pain killers, a guest is dead and Archie quickly realizes that little is what it seems. One thing is clear: Gretchen is back, and Archie's nemesis and sometimes lover has something special in mind for the birthday boy, something she's been planning for a long, long time. On Halloween Eve, with time running out, and the life of someone close to Archie on the line, Archie knows his only chance is to give Gretchen exactly what she wants. But Gretchen will prove more horrifying, and unpredictable, than Archie could ever imagine...

En Angleterre, de nos jours. Poppy Wyatt est au bord de la crise de nerfs : elle vient de perdre sa bague de fiançailles, celle qui est dans la famille de son fiancé Magnus depuis plusieurs générations. Et pour couronner le tout, on vient de lui dérober son portable. Juste au moment où elle envisage la fuite à l'étranger, elle découvre dans une poubelle un téléphone. Miracle ! Enfin pas si sûr... Car ce portable appartient à l'assistante d'un dénommé Sam qui n'a pas l'air de saisir l'urgence de la situation. A force de supplications, Poppy réussit à le persuader de lui laisser ledit téléphone. C'est juré, c'est l'affaire de quelques heures, et elle lui transmettra tous ses messages d'ici là. Sauf que bien entendu, toute cette affaire va rapidement tourner au vinaigre : impossible de retrouver cette foutue bague, la soirée avec les beaux-parents vire au désastre, Magnus n'est pas d'un très grand soutien et Lucinda, la très irritable wedding planner, est aux abonnés absents. Et puis, il y a ces messages étranges reçus sur le portable de Sam, qui laisseraient entendre qu'un complot se prépare contre lui dans sa propre entreprise. Poppy parviendra-t-elle à redresser la situation ?

The second book in the mind-blowing new series from the author of GONE. Another breathtaking page-turner from Michael Grant. The first battle is over, but the war rages on. Sanity or madness? Truth or happiness? Love or survival? In the nano, you don't get to decide. schovat popis