Charlie Higson Livres

Dans la banlieue de Londres des années 1990, Sean Crawley mène une existence ordinaire et solitaire, marquée par l'alcool et un travail peu gratifiant. Sa vie bascule lorsqu'un collègue lui propose un emploi atypique : suivre un homme pour le compte d'un mystérieux entrepreneur, en échange d'argent liquide. Sean, rêvant d'être détective privé, s'engage dans cette aventure, mais il ignore les dangers qui l'attendent. Rapidement, son rêve se transforme en cauchemar, et il doit puiser dans des ressources insoupçonnées pour se sauver, révélant ainsi une facette cachée de sa personnalité. L'histoire dresse un portrait sans concession des laissés-pour-compte de la société britannique contemporaine. L'auteur, Charles Higson, mêle le polar à une fable burlesque, avec un humour noir typiquement britannique. Écrivain, producteur et comédien, Higson s'est fait connaître dans les années 1990 grâce à la série humoristique de la BBC, The Fast Show. Depuis 1992, il publie des romans noirs alliant réalisme social et humour grinçant, dont plusieurs ont été bien accueillis par la critique.

The Hunted is Charlie Higson's sixth terrifying installment in the thrilling The Enemy series. The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets - Crazed and hungry The others had promised that the countryside would be safer than the city. They were wrong. Now Ella's all-alone except for her silent rescuer, Scarface - and she's not even sure if he's a kid or a grown-up. Back in London, Ed's determined to find her. But getting out of town's never been more dangerous- because coming in the other direction is every SICKO in the country. It's like they're being called towards the capital and nothing is going to stop them...In the penultimate book in The Enemy series, the survivors' stories cross with chilling consequences.

First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across London and made it to the Natural History Museum alive - just. But the fight will never end while the Enemy lives, unless there's another way . . . The kids at the museum are looking for a cure. All they need are medical supplies. To get them means a journey down unknown roads. Roads where not only crazed, hungry sickos hide in the shadows. Suddenly it's not so clear who - or what - they're fighting. 'Lord of the Flies with zombies . . . tons of nail-biting action.' Rick Riordan, creator of Percy Jackson Contains strong language and scenes of violence

Follows the dual storylines of Small Sam on his search for Ella and of Shadowman's discoveries about Saint George and the Disease itself.

The sickness struck everyone sixteen and over. Mothers and fathers, older brothers, sisters, and best friends. No one escaped its touch. And now children across London are being hunted by ferocious grown-ups who are hungry, bloodthirsty, and not giving up. DogNut and the rest of his crew, in search of the friends they lost during the fire, set off on a deadly mission from the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace and beyond, as the sickos lie in wait. But who are their friends and who is the enemy in this changed world?

The second heart-stopping, mind-blowing book in this killer series - the Enemy is back. A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit as they go on the run with a mismatched group of other kids - nerds, fighters, misfits. And one adult. Greg, a butcher, who claims he's immune to the disease. They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world. But as a fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London, they realize they won't all survive

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It all comes to an end in the final book in The Enemy series The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets - Crazed and hungry. Sickos swarm the streets of London. Gathered in the centre of the city, they lie in wait. The survivors have one final epic battle to overcome. Together they must work out a plan of attack and end the grown-ups reign of terror before it's too late. The end is coming.

Young James Bond must take a series of dangerous gambles to decipher a code that will save a kidnapped professor.

Caribbean island of Lagrimas Negras - Criminals come here to hide, with blood on their hands and escape on their minds. On the mainland, in the town of Tres Hermanas, ex-flying ace Jack Stone leaves his son and daughter in the company of James Bond. But a gang of thieves lies in ambush - they want Stone's precious safe.