Joost van der Meer Livres

A la veille de la guerre de 1914-1918, les grandes puissances vivent leurs derniers moments d'insouciance. Bientôt la violence va déferler sur le monde. De l'Europe aux États-Unis, du fond des mines du pays de Galles aux antichambres du pouvoir soviétique, en passant par les tranchées de la Somme, cinq familles vont se croiser, s'unir, se déchirer. Passions contrariées, jeux politiques et trahisons... Cette fresque magistrale explore toute la gamme des sentiments à travers le destin de personnages exceptionnels... Billy et Ethel Williams, Lady Maud Fitzherbert, Walter von Ulrich, Gus Dewar, Grigori et Lev Pechkov vont braver les obstacles et les peurs pour s'aimer, pour survivre, pour tenter de changer le cours du monde. Entre saga historique et roman d'espionnage, intrigues amoureuses et lutte des classes, ce premier volet du Siècle, qui embrasse dix ans d’histoire, raconte une vertigineuse épopée où l'aventure et le suspense rencontrent le souffle de l'Histoire...

In the fifth installment of the bestselling I Am Number Four series, the Garde face devastating losses. Number Five has betrayed them, Eight is lost, and Ella has been kidnapped, leaving the team scattered. In Chicago, John forms an unexpected alliance with Adam, a Mogadorian defector who knows their secrets and the location of their command base near Washington, DC. However, during their assault, John discovers that the Mogadorians have initiated their ultimate invasion. Meanwhile, Six, Nine, and Marina navigate the Florida Everglades, pursuing the traitorous Five. Marina develops a new Legacy that empowers her to fight back, but her desire for revenge risks consuming her. Though the Garde appears fractured, they remain determined to resist. As long as one member stands, the battle for Earth's survival continues. This thrilling young adult series appeals to fans of action-packed science fiction, comparable to The Fifth Wave, The Maze Runner, and Ender’s Game. The fight for Earth rages on, with more adventures in the series and an exciting spin-off, Generation One, waiting to be explored.

Turn a Blind Eye is the third instalment in the gripping story of Detective Inspector William Warwick, by the master storyteller and Sunday Times number one bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles. William Warwick, now a Detective Inspector, is tasked with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. His team is focused on following Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle appears to exceed his income. But as a personal relationship develops with a member of William's team, it threatens to compromise the whole investigation. Meanwhile, a notorious drug baron goes on trial, with the prosecution case led by William's father and sister. And William's wife Beth, now a mother to twins, renews an old acquaintance who appears to have turned over a new leaf, or has she? As the undercover officers start to draw the threads together, William realizes that the corruption may go deeper still, and more of his colleagues than he first thought might be willing to turn a blind eye. 'Peerless master of the page-turner' - Daily Mail

The story follows Israeli espionage agent Eytan Eckstein, whose mission to eliminate terrorist Amar Kamil goes horribly wrong when they mistakenly kill an innocent man. This blunder ignites a deadly cat-and-mouse game, as Kamil seeks revenge by systematically targeting Eckstein's team. As the tension escalates, Kamil's ultimate goal becomes clear: an assassination plot aimed at the Israeli Prime Minister, leading to a thrilling race against time to prevent catastrophe.

They killed Number One in Malaysia, Number Two in England, and Number Three in Kenya. John Smith is not your average teenager; he frequently moves, changing his name and identity to avoid being found by those who hunt him. He cannot settle down or reveal who he truly is, as doing so would put his life in danger. However, when he arrives in Paradise, Ohio, John decides to try fitting in and making friends for the first time. As he begins to form real connections, he faces the looming threat of his secret being uncovered. Once part of a group of nine, John is now Number Four, and he knows he is next on the list of targets. With praise for its tension and excitement, this story captivates readers and is perfect for fans of The Hunger Games. It marks the beginning of a series that explores John's struggle for survival and the friendships he forms along the way. The author, Pittacus Lore, has been on Earth for twelve years, preparing for a war that will determine the fate of the planet. The journey continues in subsequent books, The Power of Six and The Rise of Nine.

Curieux endroit, curieuse affaire… St Anselm, collège de théologie de l'Église anglicane perdu sur la côte sud de l'Angleterre, n'est pas à proprement parler le lieu où l'on s'attend à une mort violente. Il est vrai que lorsque l'infirmière-gouvernante Margaret Munroe découvre le corps inanimé du jeune élève Ronald Treeves au bas d'une falaise, il ne s'agit encore que d'un accident… thèse évidemment réfutée par le richissime père adoptif du jeune homme. Le célèbre commandant Adam Dalgliesh sera chargé de cette affaire qui le renvoie à sa propre jeunesse : Dalgliesh a lui-même passé ses vacances pendant trois ans dans ce petit séminaire. Ce qu'il découvrira, parfois après le lecteur, est plus que scandaleux. Les cours d'hébreu et de grec ancien n'étaient donc pas la seule passion de cet endroit clos, isolé et qui devient de plus en plus inquiétant au fil de la découverte de la double vie des ecclésiastiques et des professeurs, et pour tout dire, au fil des cadavres… Quelle malédiction frappe donc la paisible école ?

Les talents de négociateur et les compétences tactiques de Gideon Davis lui ont valu le rôle de pacificateur dans les conflits sensibles du monde entier. Sa nouvelle mission : récupérer pour Washington un agent double de l'Asie du Sud-Est qui n'accepte, paraît-il, de ne se rendre qu'à lui. Cet agent, c'est Tillman Davis, son frère. Les deux hommes ne se sont pas vus depuis des années... Mais plutôt que de se livrer, Tillman prend en otage un membre du gouvernement. Gideon est alors contraint de débarquer dans un pays déchiré par de violents combats pour atteindre l'Obélisque, une plate-forme pétrolière ultramoderne envahie par des terroristes dirigés par... Tillman lui-même ! Entraîné dans une course contre la montre, il doit ramener son frère à la raison et empêcher une conspiration internationale de provoquer une hécatombe.

Rendered mute after a traumatic attack, a beautiful young woman and her LAPD rookie brother find themselves enmeshed in a government conspiracy that forces them to outmaneuver an international hit man and a power-hungry baroness.

William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergeant, but his promotion means that he, along with the rest of his team, have been reassigned to the Drugs Squad. They are immediately tasked with apprehending Assem Rashidi, a notorious drug dealer, who operates his extensive network out of South London.As the investigation progresses, William runs into enemies old and new: Adrian Heath, from his school days, now a street dealer who he convinces to turn informer; and financier Miles Faulkner, who makes a mistake that could finally see him put behind bars. Meanwhile, William and his fiancée Beth enjoy making preparations for their upcoming wedding, though an unpleasant surprise awaits them at the altar.As William's team closes the net around a criminal network like none they have ever faced before, he devises a trap they would never expect, one that is hidden in plain sight...

A Japanese-American assassin who specializes in "natural cause" killings finds his carefully ordered world coming under siege in the wake of a government official's murder, with which he has been falsely connected, a situation that is complicated by his attraction to the victim's daugher. Reprint.