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J.J. de Wit

    The Mephisto Club
    Moment of Truth
    Killer Smile
    Down River
    Jack McEvoy Serie - 1: De dichter
    Le dernier coyote
    • One for the Money

      • 290pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      You've lost your job as a department store lingerie buyer, your car's been repossessed, and most of your furniture and small appliances have been sold off to pay last month's rent. Now the rent is due again. And you live in New Jersey. What do you do? If you're Stephanie Plum, you become a bounty hunter. But not just a nickel-and-dime bounty hunter; you go after the big money. That means a cop gone bad. And not just any cop. She goes after Joe Morelli, a disgraced former vice cop who is also the man who took Stephanie's virginity at age 16 and then wrote details on a bathroom wall. With pride and rent money on the line, Plum plunges headlong into her first case, one that pits her against ruthless adversaries - people who'd rather kill than lose. In Stephanie Plum, Evanovich has created a resourceful and humorous character who stands apart from the pack of gritty female detectives.

      One for the Money2012
      3,8
    • Jack McEvoy Serie - 1: De dichter

      • 420pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Denver crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how--he decides to write the story. But his research leads him to suspect a serial killer is at work--a devious murderer who's killing cops and leaving a trail of poetic clues. It's the news story of a lifetime, if he can get the story without losing his life.

      Jack McEvoy Serie - 1: De dichter2009
      4,1
    • Down River

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Adam Chase has spent the last five years in New York trying to wipe out the memory of his family's rejection. Until a phone call from his best friend Summons him back to Red Water Farm. When he left North Carolina, Adam left for good. Now he has no choice but to return - and being remembered as a murderer doesn't help. Within hours of arriving, Adam is beaten up, accosted and has to face the hostility of those closest to him, including Grace, the young woman he cannot forget. Nothing has changed. And then people start turning up dead. For a man only just acquitted of murder, Adam's homecoming does not go well. And he has a dark streaks, a history of violence. Everyone doubts. No one trusts him. And as the past threatnes to overshadow the present, Adam becomes the prime suspect for the new murders. He alone can clear his name.

      Down River2008
      4,0
    • 'Gruesome, seductive and creepily credible' The Times'I HAVE SINNED'The words are scrawled in blood at the most shocking murder scene Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli have ever witnessed. The victim, a young woman, has been entirely drained of blood and horrifically dismembered.

      The Mephisto Club2007
      3,9
    • Killer Smile

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Young lawyer Mary DiNunzio finds her life in jeopardy when she digs too closely into the suicide of an Italian-American in a World War II internment camp, and starts receiving ominous threats.

      Killer Smile2005
      3,7
    • Rough Justice

      • 463pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations, Marta discovers the chilling truth about her client's innocence. Taking justice into her own hands, she furiously sets out to prove the truth, with the help of two young associates. In an excruciating game of beat-the-clock with both the jury and the worst blizzard to hit Philadelphia in decades, Marta will learn that the search for justice isn't only rough—it can also be deadly.

      Rough Justice2003
      3,7
    • La constance du jardinier

      • 488pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      Tessa Quayle, jeune et belle avocate anglaise, a été sauvagement assassinée près du lac Turkana dans le nord du Kenya. Son compagnon de voyage et amant supposé, médecin africain dune organisation humanitaire, a disparu sans laisser de trace. Justin, l'époux de Tessa, diplomate de carrière au haut-commissariat britannique de Nairobi et jardinier amateur, se lance dans une quête solitaire à la recherche des tueurs et de leur mobile. Sa quête l'entraîne à Londres, puis à travers l'Europe et au Canada, pour le ramener en Afrique jusqu'au Sud-Soudan et se terminer sur les lieux mêmes du crime. Une odyssée pleine de violence et de fureur où se trament les sombres machinations de multinationales pharmaceutiques, où se nouent d'étranges alliances politiques. Et tandis que s'éveille la conscience de Justin, tandis qu'il se rallie à la cause de Tessa, allant jusqu'à achever la mission qu'elle s'était assignée, sa plus grande révélation sera la découverte de cette femme qu'il n'a guère eu le temps d'aimer. La Constance du jardinier mêle l'histoire bouleversante d'un homme grandi par la tragédie et l'impitoyable exploration de la face cachée de la mondialisation par l'un des romanciers les plus incisifs de notre époque.

      La constance du jardinier2001
      3,7
    • Le dernier coyote

      • 377pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Suite à une grave altercation avec son supérieur, le lieutenant Harvey Pounds, l'inspecteur Harry Bosch est mis en congé d'office et sommé de consulter une psychologue afin de maîtriser son agressivité : sa réintégration au sein de la police de Los Angeles en dépend. Harry Bosch commence par refuser le traitement, puis, poussé à bout par ses questions, révèle au Dr Hinojos le secret qui le hante : sa mère, Marjorie Lowe, une prostituée, a été tuée alors qu'elle allait enfin l'extraire du centre où, tout petit enfant, on l'avait placé après l'avoir séparé d'elle. Et, nœud du problème, l'enquête de police qui aurait pu l'aider à accepter la réalité de ce meurtre n'a pas abouti. Libéré par cet aveu, Harry Bosch comprend alors que, malgré l'interdiction d'enquêter qui le frappe, il doit retrouver celui qui lui a ravi l'amour de sa mère, et rouvre le dossier.

      Le dernier coyote2000
      4,3
    • XPD

      • 464pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      This novel is constructed around the supposition that Winston Churchill secretly met with Adolf Hitler in 1940 to discuss the terms of a British surrender. Forty years later, Hitler's personal minutes of the discussions are threatening to surface.

      XPD1990
      3,8
    • Moment of Truth

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      When attorney Jack Newlin discovers his wife's body, he's determined to hide the truth about her killer. Deciding to frame himself, he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find: Mary DiNunzio, a reluctant rookie from a hot Philadelphia firm. But Mary is smarter and more persistent than he thinks, and she's just as determined to prove what really happened.

      Moment of Truth1900
      3,9