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Piece of my heart (Inspector Alan Banks mystery. #16.)
By Peter Robinson. 2006
As he launches a probe into the killing of a freelance music journalist, Detective Inspector Alan Banks finds his investigation…
journeying back in time more than thirty years and into the heart of the mystery surrounding a decades-old crime. 2006.Photo finish
By Ngaio Marsh. 1980
Troy Alleyn is invited to paint "La Sommita," the legendary opera star, and mistress of tycoon Montague Reece. Troy's husband,…
chief superintendent of Scotland Yard, is hired to protect Sommita but she is found with a knife through her heart. c1980.Paragon walk (Thomas Pitt Ser.)
By Anne Perry. 1981
In the posh street of Paragon Walk in Victorian London, a young woman is brutally raped and murdered. Inspector Thomas…
Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, must penetrate the highbrow facades of the suspects before they can uncover the scandal and prevent more killing. Violence. 1981.Overture to death
By Ngaio Marsh. 1983
It was planned as an act of charity: a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance…
the gift, but its execution was doomed when Miss Campanula sat down to play. A chord was struck, a shot rang out and Miss Campanula was shot dead. A case of sinister infatuation for the brilliant Inspector Alleyn. 1983.One or the other (Eddie Dougherty mystery. #3.)
By John McFetridge. 2016
In the weeks before hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics, the Montreal police are tightening security to prevent another catastrophe like…
the '72 games in Munich. But it isn't tight enough to stop nearly three million dollars being stolen in a bold daytime Brink's truck robbery. As the high-profile heist continues to baffle the police, Constable Eddie Dougherty gets a chance to prove his worth as a detective when he's assigned to assist the suburban Longueuil force in investigating the deaths of two teenagers returning from a rock concert across the Jacques Cartier Bridge. Were they mugged and thrown from the bridge? Or was it a murder-suicide? With tensions running high in the city and his future career at stake, Dougherty faces the limits of the force and of his own policing, and has to decide when to settle and when justice is the only thing that should be obeyed. 2016.Opening night (Roderick Alleyn mysteries ; #15)
By Ngaio Marsh. 1963
Before that first night ended two men were dead, but Martyn, awaiting her entrance, knew nothing of this. The voices…
of the actors already on stage had the remote quality of voices heard in a nightmare - whereas the hammer blows of her heart sounded horrifyingly loud. She left the safety of the wings and stepped into the glare of the footlights. This was what she had travelled across the world for ... this instant ... now! 1963. (Roderick Alleyn mysteries)On finit toujours par payer
By Jean Lemieux. 2003
Un roman policier situé aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Un sergent-détective de la Sûreté du Québec, André Surprenant, doit éclaircir les circonstances de…
l'assassinat de la fille d'un notable de la place. La couleur locale, la caractérisation des personnages et la qualité de la langue ajoutent à une intrigue un peu convenue mais efficace. 2003.On ne peut pas tout avoir
By Ruth Rendell. 2010
Printemps 1990. Ivor Tesham, étoile montante du gouvernement conservateur de Thatcher et coureur de jupons, décide d'offrir à sa maîtresse…
un cadeau d'anniversaire mémorable. Avec son consentement, il organise son enlèvement qui prévoit qu'elle arrive ligotée et bâillonnée à son domicile. Mais tout ne se passe pas comme prévu. 2010. Titre uniforme: The birthday present.On ne réveille pas un chien endormi
By Ian Rankin, Freddy Michalski. 2015
L'inspecteur Rebus a réintégré la brigade criminelle, au grade de sergent. Malcom Fox enquête sur une affaire de bavure policière…
vieille de 30 ans avec Rebus en ligne de mire. Ses collègues de Summerhall et lui s'appelaient les Saints de la bible d'ombre et s'étaient jurés loyauté. Rebus n'est peut être pas un policier véreux mais il est possible qu'il détienne des informations sur cette affaire. Best-seller. 2015. Titre uniforme: Saints of the Shadow Bible.Off with his head (Inspector Alleyn. #19.)
By Ngaio Marsh. 1959
Pesky Mrs Bunz comes to Meridian determined to investigate the rare survival of folk-dancing practised there, and soon antagonises the…
villagers, especially William Anderson who leads the dance and keeps the ancient ritual's secrets. However, there is also friction elsewhere, with two participants in the Dance of the Five Sons spoiling for a fight. Superintendent Alleyn must discover who had the best motive for murder. 1959.NYPD Red (NYPD Red. #1.)
By James Patterson, Marshall Karp. 2012
At the start of Hollywood on the Hudson week, NYPD Red - an elite team protecting the city's celebrities -…
is on high alert. Detective Zach Jordan, part of the team, and his former girlfriend Kylie MacDonald investigate a string of murders set up as movie scenes. 2012.Le mois le plus cruel (Armand Gamache enquête.)
By Louise Penny, Michel Saint-Germain, Louise Chabalier. 2011
Durant le week-end de Pâques, le village de Three Pines s'anime le temps d'une grande chasse aux œufs. Lorsqu'une étrangère…
ayant le don de communiquer avec les esprits sinstalle au gîte d'Olivier, sa présence éveille la curiosité. Une soirée de spiritisme est organisée dans la vieille maison abandonnée des Hadley. La séance destinée à libérer la demeure du mal qu'elle recèle est tragiquement interrompue par la mort d'une participante. Morte de peur, vraiment ? C'est ce qu'Armand Gamache, l'inspecteur-chef de la Sûreté du Québec, va devoir découvrir en revenant dans les Cantons-de-l'Est avec son équipe. Alors que le printemps explose de vie, le mal, lui, reste tapi dans l'ombre et Gamache le sait mieux que quiconque. 2011. Titre uniforme: The cruellest month.En plein coeur: Armand Gamache Enquête (Armand Gamache enquête.)
By Louise Penny, Michel Saint-Germain. 2010
Three Pines, dans les Cantons-de-l'Est, est un petit coin de paradis. Un matin, durantle week-end de l'Action de grâce, Jane…
Neal est trouvée morte dans les bois, le cour transpercé. Le réveil est brutal pour cette communauté tranquille, car ce qui pourrait n'être qu'un bête accident de chasse laisse perplexe Armand Gamache, l'inspecteur-chef de la Sûreté du Québec dépêché sur les lieux. Qui pourrait bien souhaiter la mort de Jane Neal, cette enseignante à la retraite, artiste à ses heures, qui a vu grandir tous les enfants du village et qui dirigeait l'association des femmes de l'église anglicane ? En détective intuitif et expérimenté, Armand Gamache se doute qu'un serpent se cache au cour de l'éden, un être dont les zones d'ombre sont si troubles qu'il doit se résoudre au meurtre. Mais qui ? 2010. Titre uniforme: Still life.Not in the flesh (Inspector Wexford mystery. #21.)
By Ruth Rendell. 2007
A man and his dog unearth something in a wood - a human hand, part of a body that has…
lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton shroud. The post mortem cannot reveal the precise cause of death, and the only clue is a crack in one of the dead man's ribs. Then, about twenty yards away from the woodland burial site, in the cellar of a disused cottage, another body is discovered. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Sequel to "End in tears", followed by "The monster in the box". 2007.Noirs tatouages
By Val McDermid, Philippe Bonnet, Arthur Greenspan. 2008
Y a t-il un lien entre le poème qu'aurait écrit le poète Wordsworth à propos du chef des mutins du…
Bounty et le cadavre tatoué retrouvé dans un marécage dans un village anglais? Descriptions régulières de nature sexuelle, descriptions régulières de violence et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2008, c2006. Titre uniforme: The grave tattoo.None so blind (Inspector Green mystery. #10)
By Barbara Fraser Fradkin. 2014
Twenty years ago, a raw and impressionable Detective Michael Green helped convict a young professor for the murder of an…
attractive co-ed. From behind bars, the man continued to hound Green with letters protesting his innocence. Shortly after being paroled, he is found dead. Is it suicide? Revenge? Or had Green made the biggest mistake of his career ― a mistake which cost an innocent man his liberty and ultimately his life? To determine the truth, Green is forced to re-examine old evidence and open up old wounds to stare down a far greater evil hiding in plain sight. 2014.Noces de feu
By Ruth Rendell, Pierre Guglielmina. 1997
À Middleton Hall, luxueuse maison de retraite, la riche Stella s'est prise d'affection pour son aide-soignante, Jenny. La confiance qui…
s'est installée entre elles incite cette dernière à lui révéler son secret. Alors, à son tour, la vieille dame se met à évoquer des souvenirs qui éclairent des zones obscures de sa personnalité. Une intrigue inquiétante où voisinent l'amour et la mort, l'amitié et la perversité? 1999, c1997. Titre uniforme: Brimstone wedding.Noblesse oblige: une enquête du commissaire Brunetti (Brunetti)
By Donna Leon, William Olivier Desmond. 2002
No more dying then (Inspector Wexford mystery. #6.)
By Ruth Rendell. 1971
A little boy disappears in the same lane from which a little girl had disappeared eight months earlier; the hunt…
for the boy is relentless and desperate. Sequel to "A guilty thing surprised", followed by "Murder being once done". 1971.No mark upon her (Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James series. #14.)
By Deborah Crombie. 2012
Someone kills detective chief inspector Rebecca Meredith, who was training for the Olympic trials as a rower. Superintendent Duncan Kincaid…
gets the case and learns that Meredith had accused one of their colleagues of raping her. Then Meredith's lover, a fellow rower, is attacked. c2012.