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Sacrifices: [roman] (La trilogie Verhoeven. #3.)
By Pierre Lemaître. 2012
" Atmosphère glaçante, écriture sèche, mécanique implacable : Pierre Lemaitre a imposé son style et son talent dans l'univers du…
thriller. Après Alex, il achève ici une trilogie autour du commandant Verhoeven, initiée avec Travail soigné. " -- 4e de couv.Silent scream
By Lynda La Plante. 2009
Hot young British film star Amanda Delany had the world at her feet. Never one for the quiet life, she'd…
had a string of affairs with famous actors. Then came a commission to write a tell-all memoir. When Amanda is found brutally murdered, the suspects are lining up - from jealous ex-flatmates to famous lovers to a corrupt agent. As DCI James Langton leads his team in an extensive enquiry, they discover the sad truth behind Amanda's successful facade. 2009.A most curious murder: A Little Library Mystery (Little library mystery. #1.)
By Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli. 2016
With the destruction of her mother's Little Library and the discovery of curmudgeon Adam Cane murdered in her neighbour Zoe…
Zola's fairy garden, divorcée Jenny Weston begins to doubt the soundness of her decision to return to her hometown of Bear Falls, Michigan. When another body is discovered, Jenny and Zoe decide to clear Zoe's name by finding the real killer. 2016.Look for me: a novel (Detective D. D. Warren. #9.)
By Lisa Gardner. 2018
The home of a family of five is now a crime scene: four of them savagely murdered, one--a sixteen-year-old girl--missing.…
Was she lucky to have escaped the carnage? Or does her absence speak of something more sinister? Sergeant Detective D. D. Warren is on the case--but so is survivor-turned-avenger Flora Dane. Seeking different types of justice, they must make sense of the clues left behind by a young woman who, whether as victim or suspect, is silently pleading: Look for me. Bestseller. Sequel to "Find her". 2018.Find you in the dark
By Nathan Ripley. 2018
Martin Reese who is obsessed with digging up the undiscovered remains of serial killer victims catches the attention of a…
murderer prowling the streets of Seattle. He sees his work as a public service, a righting of wrongs that cops have continuously failed to do. Detective Sandra Whittal sees it differently. She is suspicious of the mysterious caller--the Finder, she names him--leading the police to the bodies. Even if the Finder isn't the one leaving bodies behind, who's to say that he won't start soon? On his latest dig, Martin searches for the first kill of Jason Shurn, the early 1990s murderer who may have been responsible for the disappearance of his sister-in-law, whom he never met. But when he arrives at the site, he finds a freshly killed body--a young and recently disappeared Seattle woman--lying among remains that were left there decades ago. Bestseller. 2018.All by myself, alone: a novel
By Mary Higgins Clark. 2017
Fleeing a disastrous and humiliating arrest of her husband-to-be on the eve of their wedding, Celia Kilbride, a gems and…
jewelry expert, is lecturing on a brand-new cruise ship. On board she meets elderly Lady Em. Immensely wealthy, Lady Em is the owner of a priceless emerald necklace that she intends to leave to the Smithsonian after the cruise. Three days out to sea Lady Em is found dead--and the necklace is missing. The list of suspects is large and growing. Celia, with the help of her new friends Willy and Alvirah Meehan, who are celebrating their forty-fifth wedding anniversary, sets out to find the killer, not realizing that she has put herself in mortal danger. Bestseller. 2017.The woman who walked in sunshine (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. #16.)
By Alexander McCall Smith. 2015
Business is slow at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, so slow in fact that for the first time in…
her estimable career Precious Ramotswe has reluctantly agreed to take a holiday. The promise of a week of uninterrupted peace is short-lived, however, when she meets a young boy named Samuel, a troublemaker who is himself in some trouble. Once she learns more about Samuel's sad story, Mma Ramotswe feels compelled to step in and help him find his way out of a bad situation. 2015.The Cinderella murder: an under suspicion novel (Under suspicion. #1.)
By Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke. 2014
Laurie Moran is delighted when the pilot for her reality drama, Under Suspicion, is a success. Now she has the…
ideal case to feature in an episode: the Cinderella Murder. When Susan Dempsey was found dead, her murder raised numerous questions. With the help of lawyer and host Alex Buckley, Laurie knows it will get great ratings, especially when the suspects include Hollywood's elite and tech billionaires. It is perfect for the silver screen; but is Cinderella's murderer ready for a close-up? Bestseller. 2014.Wrongful death (Anna Travis. #9.)
By Lynda La Plante. 2013
Six months after the body of Josh Reynolds, a London nightclub owner, was found and determined by police and coroner…
to be a suicide, DCS James Langton tasks DCI Anna Langton to review the case. Reynolds died from a single gunshot wound to the head, but details are emerging that suggest someone else may have fired the gun. Sequel to "Backlash". 2013.G is for gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone mysteries. #7.)
By Sue Grafton. 2012
Three things happened on May 5, the day everyone sang Happy Birthday to Kinsey Millhone. The repairs were completed on…
her apartment, and she moved back in. She was hired by Mrs Clyde Gersh to bring her mother back from the Mojave Desert. And lastly came a real surprise with the news that she'd made one of the top slots on Tyrone Patty's hit list. 2012.Enemies at home (Flavia Albia mystery. #2.)
By Lindsey Davis. 2014
Young, widowed and fiercely independent, Flavia Albia lives alone on the Aventine Hill in Rome and makes a good living…
as a hired investigator. Two mysterious deaths at a local villa may be murder and, as the household slaves are implicated, Albia is once again forced to involve herself. Her fight is not just for truth and justice, however; this time, she's also battling for the very lives of people who can't fight for themselves. Sequel to "The ides of April", followed by "Deadly election". 2014.The ides of April: Falco - The New Generation (Flavia Albia mystery. #1.)
By Lindsey Davis. 2013
Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous investigating family. In defiance of tradition, she lives alone on the…
colourful Aventine Hill, and battles out a solo career in a male-dominated world. As a woman and an outsider, Albia has special insight into the best, and worst, of life in ancient Rome. When a female client dies in mysterious circumstances. Albia investigates and discovers there have been many other strange deaths all over the city, yet she is warned off by the authorities. Followed by "Enemies at home". 2013.Working on the Dublin Murder squad, Detective Antoinette Conway's life is a stream of thankless cases and harassment. Her new…
case looks like a regular lovers' quarrel gone bad. Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty and lying dead next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There's nothing unusual about her, except that Antoinette has seen her somewhere before. Is this the case that will make Antoinette's career or break it? Sequel to "The secret place". 2017.Spider bones: a novel (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)
By Kathy Reichs. 2010
Medical examiner Temperance Brennan and her daughter, along with Brennan's ex-lover and his daughter, become entangled in a case where…
past and present collide. Three bodies are identified as John Lowery - an American soldier declared dead in 1968 in Vietnam. Violence. Bestseller. 2010. (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)The skeleton road
By Val McDermid. 2014
When a skeleton is discovered hidden at the top of a crumbling, gothic building in Edinburgh, Detective Chief Inspector Karen…
Pirie is faced with the unenviable task of identifying the bones. As Karen's investigation gathers momentum, she is drawn deeper into a world of intrigue and betrayal, spanning the dark days of the Balkan Wars. Karen's search for answers brings her to a small village in Croatia, a place scarred by fear, where people have endured unspeakable acts of violence. Meanwhile, someone is taking the law into their own hands in the name of justice and revenge -- but when present resentment collides with secrets of the past, the truth is more shocking than anyone could have imagined. 2014.The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. #15.)
By Alexander McCall Smith. 2014
Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her…
devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business. Eventually, she'll have to accept all the help she can get - even if it comes from a completely unexpected source. Bestseller. 2014.The Double Comfort Safari Club (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. #11.)
By Alexander McCall Smith. 2010
Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge in Botswana's Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate…
mission on behalf of a former guest. The Okavango makes Precious appreciate once again the beauty of her homeland: it is a paradise of teeming wildlife, majestic grasslands and sparkling water. However, it is also home to rival safari operators, fearsome crocodiles and disgruntled hippopotamuses. What's more, Mma Makutsi still does not have a date for her wedding to Phuti Radiphuti and is feeling rather tetchy herself. Sequel to "Tea time for the traditionally built", followed by "The Saturday big tent wedding party". 2010.Tea time for the traditionally built (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. #10.)
By Alexander McCall Smith. 2009
Mr. Leungo Molofololo, proprietor of a local soccer team, believes a saboteur is to blame for a recent losing streak.…
He hires Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency to investigate the players. Meanwhile Mma Ramotswe tries to salvage her trusty, but ailing, little van. Bestseller. 2009.Eeny meeny (Helen Grace. #1.)
By M. J Arlidge. 2014
Two people are abducted, imprisoned, and left with a gun. As hunger and thirst set in, only one walks away…
alive. If Detective Helen Grace hadn't spoken with the shattered survivors herself, she almost wouldn't believe them. This case, with its seemingly random victims, has her baffled. But as more people go missing, nothing will be more terrifying than when it all starts making sense. 2014.The devil's feather
By Minette Walters. 2005
Reuters correspondent Connie Burns is no stranger to the world's troublespots, including the vicious civil unrest in Sierra Leone and…
the war in Iraq. But as she begins to suspect that a foreigner is using the chaos of war to act out sadistic fantasies against women, her efforts to bring him to justice leave her devastated. Degraded and terrified, she goes into hiding in England and strikes up a friendship with Jess Derbyshire, a loner whose reclusive nature may well be masking secrets of her own. Connie draws from the other woman's strength and makes the hazardous decision to attempt a third unmasking of a serial killer. Descriptions of violence. 2005.