Andrzej Szulc Livres

4e épisode Sur le lino vert du pénitencier, Mister Jingles gît dans son sang. Dans ses petits yeux noirs de souris, une expression d'agonie et de stupeur bien trop humaine... Au-dessus de lui, percy sourit. Et le hurlement de Delacroix n'y change rien... Le tonnerre, ce jour-là, n'avait cessé de gronder. Le ciel était lourd de nuages, déchiré d'éclairs... Une tornade meurtrière s'était levée. Les éléments déchaînés protestaient. C'était l'exécution de Delacroix... Autour de la chaise électrique, Percy s'affaire. Il jubile. C'est son heure... C'est lui qui pose le masque sur le visage du condamné, lui qui lève la main pour... Mais quelque chose ne va pas ! Oh ! un simple détail... Les autres n'ont rien vu ! Et cette fois, hélas, John Caffey, oui, John Caffey lui-même n'y peut rien...

It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courtney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold... 'The scope is magnificent and the epic scale breathtaking ... Wilbur Smith is one of thos benchmarks agains whom others are compared' - The Times 'Meticulous research supports constant excitement in a fast-moving tale' - Washington Post

Il s'appelle Hannibal Lecter. Il est psychiatre. Emprisonné à vie pour une série de meurtres sanglants, il est la plus grande autorité du pays en matière de démence criminelle. Pour comprendre les motivations secrètes d'un psychopathe qui terrifie l'Amérique, la police a besoin de ses " intuitions ". Mais Lecter n'accepte de communiquer qu'avec Clarence, une jeune inspectrice tout juste sortie de l'université. Si elle veut bien lui parler d'elle-même, de son enfance, de ses peurs intimes, peut-être l'aidera-t-il à trouver le tueur... Ou le tueur à la trouver...

Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, Lily is introduced to their mesmerizing world of bees and honey, and the Black Madonna. This is a remarkable novel about divine female power, a story women will share and pass on to their daughters for years to come.

Depicts the struggles of a U.S. airman attempting to survive the lunacy and depravity of a World War II base

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Unputdownable' Guardian 'Gripping' Sunday Times The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.

Mitch Rafferty has just sixty hours to save his wife.

"Set your other books aside for a day or two and read straight through Man and Boy." --USA Today Some situations to avoid when preparing for your all-important, finally-I-am-fully-grown thirtieth birthday: -Having a one-night stand with a colleague from work. -The rash purchase of luxury items you can't afford. -Being left by your wife. -Losing your job. -Suddenly becoming a single parent. If you are coming up on thirty, whatever you do, don't do any of that. It will f*** up your whole day.