Johannes Steck Livres

Ken Follett nous plonge dans l'une des périodes les plus captivantes et les plus violentes de l'Histoire... La grande aventure du XXe siècle, telle que personne ne l'a jamais racontée. En 1911, les grandes puissances vivent leurs derniers instants d'insouciance. Bientôt la guerre va déferler sur le monde... De l'Europe aux Etats-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, au rythme des bouleversements de l'Histoire. Passions contrariées, rivalités et intrigues, jeux politiques et trahisons... Cette fresque magistrale explore toute la gamme des sentiments humains à travers le destin de personnages exceptionnels, visionnaires et ambitieux... 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, drames amoureux et lutte des classes, ce premier volet du Siècle raconte une vertigineuse épopée où l'aventure et le suspense rencontrent le souffle de l'Histoire...

It's been a good summer for forensics expert Dr David Hunter. His relationship is going well and he's in demand again as a police consultant. Life is good. Then a call comes from an old associate: a body has been found, and she'd like Hunter to take a look. The empty shell of St Jude's Hospital now stands awaiting demolition, its only visitors society's outcasts, addicts and dealers. A partially mummified corpse has been discovered in the hospital's cavernous loft, but not even Hunter can say how long it's been there. All he knows for sure is that it's the body of a young woman. And that she was pregnant. But the collapse of the loft floor reveals another of the hospital's secrets. A sealed-off chamber, still with beds inside. Some of them occupied... For Hunter, what began as a straightforward case is about to become a twisted nightmare that threatens everyone around him. And as the investigation springs more surprises, one thing is certain. St Jude's hasn't claimed its last victim . . . With its viscerally authentic forensics, menacing atmosphere and nerve-shredding tension, Simon Beckett's new crime thriller will leave you gasping.

Childhood sweethearts William and Mary have been married for sixty years. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. Both have a strong sense of right and wrong. This is what their son, Joe O'Loughlin, has always believed. But when Joe is summoned to the hospital with news that his father has been brutally attacked, his world is turned upside down. Who is the strange woman crying at William's bedside, covered in his blood - a friend, a mistress, a fantasist or a killer? Against the advice of the police, Joe launches his own investigation. As he learns more, he discovers sides to his father he never knew - and is forcibly reminded that the truth comes at a price. A mesmerising psychological thriller from one of the greatest crime writers of today, Michael Robotham, the internationally bestselling author of THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS. Praise for Michael Robotham's writing: 'Will have you turning the pages compulsively' The Times 'Robotham doesn't just make me scared for his characters, he makes my heart ache for them' Linwood Barclay 'Superbly exciting ... a terrific read' Guardian 'A nerve-shredding thriller with the heart and soul so often missing from lesser crime and suspense novels. I couldn't stop reading, yet I didn't want Audie's story to end. Robotham is an absolute master' Stephen King on Life or Death

N°1 des ventes dans son pays, le Suédois Johan Theorin s'impose désormais comme un des maîtres du polar scandinave. Après L'Heure trouble, salué par la critique internationale, L'Écho des morts explore à nouveau l'atmosphère étrange de l'île d'Ôland; où les Westin, une famille de Stockholm, ont décidé de s'installer définitivement. Quelques jours après leur arrivée au coeur de l'hiver, Katrine Westin est retrouvée noyée et son mari sombre dans la dépression. Alors que d'inquiétantes légendes autour de leur vieille demeure refont surface, la jeune policière chargée de l'enquête est vite convaincue qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un accident... Porté par l'écriture très personnelle de Theorin, un suspense où passé et présent s'entrecroisent dans un climat troublant, aux limites du fantastique.

With 18 million copies sold worldwide, THE SHACK is an international bestseller that explores life's toughest questions through the gripping story of one man's struggle to find answers to his suffering. Mack's youngest daughter, Missy, was abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, still trapped in his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack. Against his better judgement Mack arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon. What he finds there will change his life forever. THE SHACK wrestles with the timeless question, 'Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?' Mack's experiences when he faces up to his darkest nightmares will astound you, and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. This is the kind of book you'll want to tell everyone about. Millions have discovered it already - now it's your turn.

<strong>Ein verunglückter Drogendeal, ein toter Freund, der Donnerstagsmordclub is back and better than ever!</strong> Das hätten sie sich ja denken können, die Hobbyermittler des Donnerstagsmordclubs. Ein Jahr ohne Mordfall haben sie sich zu Weihnachten gewünscht, doch nur wenig später – dahin der fromme Wunsch. Der Tote: Kuldesh Shamar, ein Antiquitätenhändler, der am Morgen nach den Festtagen unglücklicherweise in ein Drogengeschäft verwickelt wird, was er am Abend mit seinem Leben bezahlt. Von dem wertvollen Paket, das er aufbewahren sollte, fehlt jedoch jede Spur. Nicht unbedingt zur Freude der Beteiligten. Mittendrin in dieser Löwengrube aus Dealern, Fälschern und Betrügern, die dem Paket hinterherjagen, die vier Senioren aus Coopers Chase. Und sie sind wütend, denn der Tote war nicht irgendwer, sondern ein alter Freund von Elizabeths Ehemann Stephen. Zieht euch warm an, möchte man den Ganoven da zurufen - aber nicht, weil gerade Winter ist. Johannes Steck und Beate Himmelstoß verstricken ihr Publikum zum vierten Mal in eine unnachahmlich charmante Mordermittlung.