Valérie Janssen Ordre des livres (chronologique)

I’ve been told history is written by survivors. But I know that isn’t always true. My name is Tenley Lockwood, and very soon, I’ll be dead. This is my story—but the end is only the beginning. Tenley “Ten” Lockwood has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. She’s earned her rep as the craziest of crazies, but that doesn’t stop the torture. Ten can leave, but only if she allows her parents to choose where she’ll live—after she dies. There is an eternal truth most of the world has come to accept: Firstlife is merely a dress rehearsal, and real life begins after death. In the Everlife, two realms are in power: Troika and Myriad, longtime enemies and deadly rivals. Both will do anything to recruit Ten, including sending their top Laborers to lure her to their side. Soon, Ten finds herself on the run, caught in a wild tug-of-war between the boy she’s falling for and the realm she wants to support. Who will she choose? Can she stay alive long enough to make a decision?

Feyre heeft de vloek van Amarantha verbroken en is teruggekeerd naar het Lentehof, maar daarvoor moest ze een hoge prijs betalen. De vreselijke dingen die ze heeft gedaan om Tamlin te redden kan niet ze vergeten en ook haar afspraak met Rhysand, Edelheer van het gevreesde Nachthof, heeft ze maar al te goed onthouden. Terwijl Feyre haar weg zoekt door een doolhof van politiek, passie en duizelingwekkende macht, doemt er een veel groter kwaad op. Feyre zou het kunnen tegenhouden, maar alleen als het haar lukt om haar angstaanjagende krachten te beheersen en haar gekwelde ziel te helen.

FROM THE CRIME WRITER LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 It is freezing mid-winter on Exmoor, and in a close-knit community where no stranger goes unnoticed, a local woman has been found murdered in her bed.Taunted by the killer and sidelined by his abrasive senior detective, Jonas has no choice but to strike out alone on a terrifying hunt .

Sofie werkt in een boekhandel in Manhattan. Haar vader is net overleden en laat haar achter met een gigantische erfenis en een rusteloos gevoel. Sofie’s echtgenoot stelt voor om te verhuizen van de stad naar een chique plattelandsgemeente. Daar komt ze terecht in een leesclubje met verveelde, slimme en bitcherige huisvrouwen die niets anders doen dan roddelen, teveel drinken en vreemdgaan met elkaars echtgenoten. Wanneer de mooie Julia, lid van Sofies leesclubje, schommelend aan een tak in haar voortuin wordt gevonden, denkt men in eerste instantie aan zelfmoord. Maar zowel de politie als haar vriendinnen twijfelen hieraan. De aan spannende boeken verslaafde Sofie ziet hier de uitdaging waar ze zo aan toe was en begint haar eigen onderzoek.

Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. Every day after school, Steven goes digging to lay to rest the ghost of the uncle he never knew, who disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery. Only Steven's Nan is not convinced her son is dead. She still waits for him to come home, standing bitter guard at the front window while her family fragments around her. Steven is determined to heal the widening cracks between them before it's too late. And if that means presenting his grandmother with the bones of her murdered son, he'll do it

Inspecteur Banks krijgt de opdracht op een discrete manier de weggelopen dochter van zijn directe chef op te sporen.

In the tradition of Ian Rankin and Elizabeth George, this masterful novel of suspense—from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Peter Robinson—spins a story of professional jealousy that could result in more than one murder. A peaceful demonstration in the normally quiet town of Eastvale ends with fifty arrests—and the brutal stabbing death of a young constable. But Chief Inspector Alan Banks fears there is worse violence in the offing. For CID Superintendent Richard Burgess has arrived from London to take charge of the investigation, fueled by professional outrage and volatile, long-simmering hatreds. Almost immediately, Burgess descends with vengeful fury upon the members of a sixties-style commune—while Banks sifts through the rich Yorkshire soil around him, turning over the earthy, unsettling secrets of seemingly placid local lives. Crossing Burgess could cost the Chief Inspector his career. But the killing of a flawed Eastvale policeman is not the only murder that needs to be solved here. And if Banks doesn't unmask the true assassin, his superior's misguided obsession might well result in further bloodshed. Peter Robinson once again explores the human psyche in a novel that demonstrates how our weaknesses can lead to deadly consequences.

Attorney Nina Reilly faces disbarment after an unknown enemy steals client files and reveals their contents, unless her ex-husband, attorney Jack McIntyre, and sometime lover, detective Paul van Wagoner, can find the culprit

Sur le répondeur de l'inspecteur Banks, un message de son frère . "Rappelle-moi vite... C'est une question de vie ou de mort...", mais Roy est injoignable et Banks décide de partir pour Londres à la recherche de ce frère businessman qu'il n'a jamais vraiment connu. Parallèlement, dans le Yorkshire, sa collègue Annie Cabbot, chargée, d'élucider le meurtre d'une jeune femme assassinée sur une petite route de campagne, découvre dans la poche du cadavre un papier froissé portant le nom et l'adresse de Banks. Il est clair pour Annie et pour Banks, qui n'a trouvé à Londres qu'un appartement vide, que les deux affaires sont liées. Mais parvenir à l'établir risque de les confronter à des conséquences terrifiantes... Un suspense nerveux, sec, et pourtant chargé d'une atmosphère intime et prenante. Avec son personnage de flic complexe, amateur de jazz et de bon whisky, Robinson s'impose comme un des auteurs majeurs du polar contemporain.

A well-liked, respected historian/archaeologist is bludgeoned to death and left half-buried in a field. Now it falls to Chief Inspector Banks to solve a seemingly motiveless murder--and stop a killer who's bound to kill again.