Paola Bertante Livres

A chilling thriller featuring Detective Charlie Parker from bestselling author John Connolly. Not to be missed for fans of Stephen King and Michael Connelly. When Charlie Parker was still a boy, his father, a NYPD cop, killed a young couple, a boy and a girl barely older than his son, then took his own life. There was no explanation for his actions. Stripped of his private investigator's license, and watched by the police, Parker is working in a Portland bar, holding down a job and staying out of trouble. But in the background, he is working on his most personal case yet, an investigation into his own origins and the circumstances surrounding the death of his father, Will. It is an investigation that will reveal a life haunted by lies, by his mother's loss and his father's betrayal, by secrets kept and loyalties compromised. And by two figures in the shadows, a man and a woman, with only one purpose: to bring an end to Charlie Parker's existence . . .

" Le vol 545 de la compagnie TransPacific qui assurait la liaison entre Hong-Kong et Denver a subi de violentes perturbations et a dû se poser sur l'aéroport de Los Angeles. Bilan quatre morts et cinquante-six blessés. Ce grave accident, qui survient à moins d'une semaine de la signature d'un important contrat avec la Chine, pose à nouveau le problème de la sécurité en vol des appareils de la Norton Compagny. " L'enquête interne menée par Casey Singleton, responsable du service qualité, doit prouver que la fiabilité du N-22 ne peut-être remise en cause. Mais un avion, aussi fiable soit-il, peut difficilement affronter les turbulences qui agitent le marché mondial et les remous médiatiques...

A group of parents, trapped in middle-class stability, deal with marriage, kids and their suburban life in very different ways. Now a box-office smash, 'Little Children' is a unique mix of the comical and the compassionate.

En apprenant l'énième rupture amoureuse de sa petite sœur Lottie, Fliss se met en mode action. Étape 1 : mettre à l'abri les vases en cristal le temps que Lottie donne libre cours à sa colère Étape 2 : la freiner dans ses envies de tout envoyer valser/s'exiler sur une île déserte/entrer dans une secte Étape 3 : prévoir quelques soirées pyjama en attendant qu'elle trouve un nouveau fiancé. Un plan bien rodé qui a fait ses preuves. Sauf que cette fois... Coup de fil de Lottie : surprise, elle vient de trouver un mari ! Un vague flirt d'autrefois ! Et tous deux sont en route pour une lune de miel dans un sublime hôtel en Grèce ! Catastrophe. Fliss en est sûre, Lottie a fait le pire des choix. Une seule solution : empêcher à tout prix que les deux tourtereaux consomment leur union express et faire annuler le mariage. Et pour saboter la nuit de noces, Fliss a plus d'un stratagème en réserve...

It was an accident. He didn't mean to kill the security guard with his skateboard - it was self-defense. But there's no one to back up his story. No one even knows he was at Paranoid Park. Should he confess, or can he get away with it? It's an ethical question no one should have to answer. Writing more intensely than ever before, Blake Nelson delivers a film noir in book form, complete with interior monologue and dark, psychological drama. This is a riveting look at one boy's fall into a world of crime, guilt, and fear - and his desperate attempt to get out again.

Non esistono braccia più sicure delle proprie per proteggere i figli, ma a volte è necessario affidarsi a qualcuno di cui ci si possa fidare. Melissa e suo marito cercano una babysitter per le loro due bambine, ma nessuna sembra all'altezza. Finché non incontrano Jade, che sembra perfetta: le bambine la adorano e lei le ama come se fossero sue. Melissa, felice, le affida la gestione della famiglia per tornare al lavoro. Tuttavia, iniziano a verificarsi eventi strani in casa e Melissa ha sensazioni inquietanti. Anche se non ha prove concrete, percepisce che qualcosa non va. Quando ne parla con il marito, lui non le crede, attribuendo le sue preoccupazioni alla stanchezza o a possibili depressioni. Jade diventa l'unica persona che la sostiene e, giorno dopo giorno, Melissa si convince di aver fatto la scelta giusta. Ma la perfezione di Jade nasconde un lato oscuro. Melissa scoprirà che ogni persona, anche la più gentile, ha un passato e che la protezione dei propri cari, anche dei figli, non può durare per sempre.