Thomas H. Cook Livres

Eric Moore a toutes les raisons apparentes d'être heureux : propriétaire prospère d'un magasin de photos et d'une jolie maison dans une petite ville sans problème de la côte Est, il mène une vie de famille épanouie auprès de sa femme Meredith et de son fils Keith, un adolescent de quinze ans. Cet équilibre parfait va pourtant voler en éclats à jamais… Un soir comme les autres, ses voisins demandent à Keith de garder Amy, leur fille de huit ans. Au petit matin, Amy est introuvable. Très vite, l'attention de la police se porte sur Keith et ce dernier, pataud et mal dans sa peau, se défend maladroitement. Du jour au lendemain, Eric devient l'un de ces parents qu'il a vus, à la télévision, proclamer leur foi dans l'innocence de leur enfant. Alors que l'enquête de la police se recentre autour de Keith, Eric doit lui trouver un avocat et le protéger contre les soupçons croissants de la communauté. Mais est-il tout à fait sûr de l'innocence de son fils? Si Keith était coupable, et s'il était prêt à répéter son geste... Quelle devrait être alors la responsabilité d'un père? Les feuilles mortes est le récit d'une confiance brisée et celui des efforts héroïques d'un homme pour retenir coûte que coûte les liens qui l'unissent à tous ceux qu'il aime.

Trois personnes ont été témoins de la présence d'extraterrestres sur Terre. Pendant soixante années, le gouvernement cherche à dissimuler la vérité mais ces trois personnes ne peuvent oublier ce qu'elles ont vu.

A haunting tale.. [that] defies expectations... [with] an ending that is both surprising and devastating".-- "Chicago Tribune" "Harrowing... Terror builds and the ending to this chilling study... is a dizzying jolt".-- "Publisher's Weekly" Along with Jamie and my mother, Laura died at approximately four in the afternoon. It was almost two hours later that Mrs. Hamilton, a neighbor from across the street, saw my father drive away. During those long two hours in which he remained in the house, my father washed my mother's body and arranged her neatly on the bed. After that, he made a ham sandwich and ate it at the table in the kitchen. He drank a cup of coffee, leaving both the plate and the cup in the sink. He didn't pack anything, because he left with nothing. He didn't reenter either Laura's of Jamie's room. He made no attempt to clean up the frightful mess that had been made of them. And yet, for no apparent reason, he remained in the house for a full two hours. What had he been waiting for? "Haunting... Don't pick this up unless you've got time to read it through... because you will do so whether you plan to or not".-- "Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

They call Eddie Miller 'The Coed Killer's Son' because when Eddie was five years old, his father killed a college girl, dismembered her body, and buried the pieces in woods. Where Eddie's family name has brought only infamy, Jack's has bestowed respect. To exorcise the burden, his teacher Jack encourages Eddie to confront past and discover truth about his father.

A tale of constipation and greed in an a small Texas town during the summer when a traveller return.

Attorney Henry Griswald has a secret: the truth behind the tragic events the world knew as the Chatham School Affair, the controversial tragedy that destroyed five lives, shattered a quiet community, and forever scarred the young boy. Layer by layer, in The Chatham School Affair, Cook paints a stunning portrait of a woman, a school, and a town in which passionate violence seems impossible...and inevitable. "Thomas Cook's night visions, seen through a lens darkly, are haunting," raved the New York Times Book Review, and The Chatham School Affair will cement this superb writer's position as one of crime fiction's most prodigious talents, a master of the unexpected ending.

Thomas Cook is one of today's most acclaimed writers of psychological thrillers, penning hypnotic tales of forbidden love and devastating secrets. Now he has written an unforgettable novel that weaves one man's tortured life with a deadly mystery that spans five decades....Riverwood is an artists' community in the Hudson River valley, a serene place where writers can perfect their craft. But for all its beauty and isolation, it was once touched by a terrible crime--the murder of a teenage girl who lived on the estate fifty years ago. Faye Harrison's killer was never caught--and now her dying mother is desperate to learn the truth about her daughter's murder.Enter Paul Graves, a writer who draws upon the pain of his own tragic past to write haunting tales of mystery. Graves has been summoned to Riverwood for an unusual to apply the art of fiction to a crime that was real, and then write a story that will answer the questions that keep Faye's mother from a peaceful death. Just a story. It doesn't have to be true. Or does it?

In autumn 1937, a mysterious woman arrives in Port Alma, a coastal village in Maine, bringing with her a wealth of unspoken secrets. This fragile, green-eyed beauty, with nothing but the clothes on her back, will soon leave the village on the same bus that brought her, but not before irrevocably altering the lives of two brothers—one will die, and the other will spiral into madness. Dora March, the enigmatic newcomer, is hired by the wealthiest man in town, who soon dies, leaving her everything in his will. The townspeople gossip, suggesting she was only after his money and even insinuating her involvement in his demise. Yet, she departs as mysteriously as she arrived, telling lawyers she wants nothing. Her presence deeply impacts the two brothers: one falls in love and tragically dies, while the other believes Dora is to blame and becomes obsessed with finding her to seek revenge. This haunting tale explores themes of love, loss, and obsession, making it a compelling addition to contemporary American literature.

Sara Labriola is a married woman haunted by the shattering secrets of her past—and terrified of the future. Tired of living in fear—and knowing that if she stays in her marriage she'll be killed—Sara decides to do the only thing she she makes herself disappear.One afternoon, without telling a soul, she packs a single suitcase and leaves her life in Long Island behind. In New York City, she will reinvent herself. She will change her identity, and maybe even get the happy ending she's always dreamed of. But that dream is about to become a nightmare when her father-in-law decides to make her pay for abandoning his son.Leo Labriola runs his modest but lucrative criminal organization like he does his family—with unspeakable brutality and zero tolerance for disobedience. He's determined to teach Sara a lesson and he'll stop at nothing to do it. Now six differently desperate and dangerous men—each with the power to destroy her—are on Sara's trail. But none of them suspect that the woman they are seeking has a dangerous secret of her own. For Sara is leading all of them down a path of private demons, past sins, and the deadliest peril.