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La lionne blanche: roman (Seuil policiers)
By Henning Mankell, Anna Gibson. 2004
En Scanie, par un bel après-midi d'avril 1992, Louise Akerblom, agente immobilière et jeune mère de famille, disparaît dans des…
conditions mystérieuses. Pendant ce temps, en Afrique du Sud, un groupe d'Afrikaners fanatiques prépare avec soin un attentat contre une importante figure politique. Quelques jours plus tard, le corps de Louise, le front troué d'une balle, est repêché dans un puits. L'inspecteur Wallander et son équipe enquêtent. Mais le passé de la victime est limpide et les recherches piétinent. C'est alors que les policiers découvrent sur les lieux du crime le doigt tranché d'un homme noir. 2004, c1993. Titre uniforme: Den vita lejoninnan.La cinquième femme
By Henning Mankell, Anna Gibson. 2000
Polar puissant. Mankell pousse le roman de procédure policière à un degré presque de perfection. Son héros, l'inspecteur Wallander, oublie…
son mal de vivre dans la musique et la boisson, tout en menant son travail de policier avec honnêteté. Ici, avec ses hommes, il mènera des enquêtes, en apparence étrangères l'une à l'autre, sur le meurtre de religieuses françaises par un commando islamiste et l'exécution sauvage d'hommes coupables de violence contre les femmes. Et si ces crimes avaient été perpétrés par une victime contre ses bourreaux? 2000.La blonde en béton: roman (Points. Policiers ; #390)
By Michael Connelly, Jean Esch. 2006
L'inspecteur Harry Bosch en est persuadé : Church, l'homme qu'il a abattu quatre ans plus tôt était bien le Dollmaker,…
le tueur en série de blondes qu'il maquillait après les avoir assassinées. Le procès intenté par la veuve de Church échoue et l'inspecteur est réhabilité. Tout semble être terminé lorsqu'Harry reçoit une lettre qui semble une parfaite imitation des messages du Dollmaker. Et on retrouve une blonde sous la plaque de béton d'un immeuble de Los Angeles. Le tueur aurait-il fait un disciple ou Harry Bosch a-t-il abattu un innocent ? L'inspecteur doit résoudre cette énigme le plus vite possible et pas seulement pour prouver qu'il a raison ! 2006.La glace noire
By Michael Connelly, Jean Esch. 1995
La veille de Noël, l'inspecteur Moore est trouvé sans vie dans un motel de Los Angeles. Arrivé sur les lieux,…
son collègue Harry Bosch se fait virer par ses patrons : c'est un suicide, point final. Furieux, Bosch enquête en douce et comprend que Moore était lié à un trafic de black ice, une drogue nouvelle qui fait des ravages en Californie. Plus troublant, dans la voiture de Moore, il découvre un mot qui lui est clairement destiné. Entre les deux hommes, un étrange dialogue d'outre-tombe se noue au début, jusqu'au jour où on décèle une mouche dans le corps d'un travailleur mexicain jeté à la décharge publique... 1995. Titre uniforme: The black ice.Climate of fear (Commissaire Adamsberg series. #9.)
By Fred Vargas, Siân Reynolds. 2016
A woman is found murdered in her bathtub, and the murder made to look like a suicide. But a strange…
symbol found at the crime scene leads the local police to call Commissaire Adamsberg. When the symbol is found near the body of a second disguised suicide, a pattern starts to emerge: both victims were involved in a tragic incident in Iceland over 10 years ago. A group of tourists found themselves trapped on a deserted island for two weeks, surrounded by thick, impenetrable fog, and two of them didn't make it back alive. But how are the deaths linked to the local Robespierre society? And what does the mysterious symbol signify? Sequel to "The ghost riders of Ordebec". 2016. Uniform title: Temps glaciaires.Knots & crosses: an Inspector Rebus novel (Inspector Rebus ; #1)
By Ian Rankin. 1987
Once a Para in the elite SAS, now an Edinburgh policeman, John Rebus spends his time evading his memories, and…
right now ignoring a series of crank letters. As murders occur under his nose, he realises he can no longer ignore the killer's presence. Some strong language. 1998. c1987. (Inspector Rebus ; 1)Kissing the gunner's daughter (Inspector Wexford mystery. #15.)
By Ruth Rendell. 1991
The murder of off-duty Sergeant Caleb Martin is the first link in a chain of events which leads to a…
series of deaths. Inspector Wexford must find the connection between the deaths. Sequel to "The veiled one", followed by "Simisola". 1991.Killer's payoff: an 87th precinct mystery (87th Precinct Ser. #Bk. 6)
By Ed McBain. 1978
He appeared to be a decent, honest citizen, until blackmailer Sy Kramer was killed, gangland-style. Which of Kramer's marks had…
given him his very last payoff? A politician's beautiful wife with a deadly secret? An overly interested ex-con? A wealthy soft-drinks executive? Or the mystery person who had fattened Kramer's wallet by the thousands? The detectives of the 87th Precinct must break the chain that links the dead man's associates and single out a killer - before someone else cashes it in. 1978.Jupiter's bones: a novel (Peter Decker And Rina Lazarus Novel Ser.)
By Faye Kellerman. 1999
Detective Peter Decker investigates the death of a cult leader, Father Jupiter, who was once a prominent astrophysicist. Jupiter had…
disappeared for ten years until emerging as the founder of a group of misfits, but he had many enemies in both lives--including his daughter. Strong language and violence. Bestseller. 1999.Cross Country (Alex Cross series. #14.)
By James Patterson. 2008
When Cross is called to investigate a massacre-style murder scene, he is shocked to find that the victim is an…
old friend. Angry, hurt and more determined than ever, Cross begins the hunt for the perpetrators of this cruel crime. He is drawn into a dangerous underworld right in the heart of Washington DC that leads him on a life threatening journey to the Niger Delta where heroin dealing, slave trade and oil and gas theft are rife. Sequel to "Double cross", followed by "Alex Cross's trial". 2008. (Alex Cross series ; 14)Before the frost: a Kurt and Linda Wallander novel (Linda Wallander ; #1)
By Henning Mankell, Ebba Segerberg. 2004
Ystad police make an horrific discovery: a severed head, and hands locked together as if in prayer. Linda Wallander arrives…
at the station and becomes involved in the case. In the process she shows the hallmarks of her father - the flaring temper, the maverick approach - when confronting a group of extremists bent on punishing the world's sinners. Some descriptions of violence. 2004. (Linda Wallander ; 1)Babylon
By Marlaine Delargy, Camilla Ceder. 2013
Two lovers are shot dead in an apartment in Gothenburg. The dead man’s girlfriend is the obvious suspect. Rebecca has…
a history and motive. But when her house is burgled it is only her dead boyfriend’s possessions that are ransacked. Inspector Christian Tell begins to wonder whether she might be the victim in a larger game. 2013, c2012.Gone (Jack Caffery mystery. #5.)
By Mo Hayder. 2013
Jack Caffery's newest case seems like a routine carjacking, a crime he's seen plenty of times before. But as the…
hours tick by and his investigation morphs into a nightmare, he realizes the sickening truth: the thief wasn't after the car, but the eleven-year-old girl in the backseat. Meanwhile, police diver Sergeant Flea Marley is pursuing her own theory of the case, and what she finds in an abandoned, half-submerged tunnel could put her in grave danger. The carjacker is always a step ahead of the Major Crime Investigation Unit, toying with their minds in taunting letters, and ready to strike again. As the chances for his victims grow slimmer, Jack and Flea race to fit the pieces together in time. 2013.Fiddlers: a novel of the 87th Precinct (An 87th Precinct novel.)
By Ed McBain. 2005
Most serial killers don't shoot their victims twice in the face with a Glock. Most serials killers don't strike five…
times in two weeks. And most serial killers' prey share something more in common than just being over fifty years of age. But this is a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile, so why should the victims? With trademark wit and sizzling dialogue, Ed McBain unravels a mystery that takes you to the outer edges of the city and examines the dreams we chase in the darkening hours, before the fiddlers have fled. 2005.Black rock: an Eddie Dougherty mystery
By John McFetridge. 2014
Montreal 1970. The “Vampire Killer” has murdered three women and a fourth is missing. Bombs explode in the stock exchange,…
McGill University, and houses in Westmount. Riots break out at the St. Jean Baptiste parade and at Sir George Williams University. James Cross and Pierre Laporte are kidnapped and the Canadian army moves onto the streets of Montreal. A young beat cop working out of Station Ten finds himself almost alone hunting the serial killer, as the rest of the force focuses on the FLQ crisis. Constable Eddie Dougherty, the son of a French mother and an Irish-Canadian father, decides to take matters into his own hands to catch the killer before he strikes again. 2014.Death of an honest man (Hamish Macbeth mysteries. #33.)
By M. C Beaton. 2018
Paul English, newcomer to Lochdubh, has insulted nearly everyone on police sergeant Hamish Macbeth's beat--so when Paul is murdered, Hamish…
is faced with a wide array of suspects. And he's lost the services of his clumsy policeman, Charlie. Can Hamish find the killer on his own? Sequel to "Death of a ghost". 2018.Depth of winter (Longmire Mysteries. #14)
By Craig Johnson. 2018
Welcome to Walt Longmire's worst nightmare. In Craig Johnson's latest mystery, Depth of Winter, an international hit man and the…
head of one of the most vicious drug cartels in Mexico has kidnapped Walt's beloved daughter, Cady, to auction her off to his worst enemies, of which there are many. The American government is of limited help and the Mexican one even less. Walt heads into the one-hundred-and-ten degree heat of the Northern Mexican desert alone, one man against an army. 2018.Dark tide rising (William Monk. #24)
By Anne Perry. 2018
When Kate Exeter is kidnapped on the shore of the Thames, Commander William Monk is enlisted by her desperate husband…
to save her. Kate's captors are demanding a ransom for her safe return and Monk and his most trusted men must arrange a secret handover in the dark slums of Jacob's Island. But on the night someone betrays them and a brutal skirmish breaks out, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Who is to blame for what went wrong? Monk senses tensions mount and no one knows who to trust. Then a whistle blower claims that the ransom money was embezzled funds that incriminate Kate's husband, and the case takes on a whole new meaning. 2018.Bryant & May: strange tide (Bryant & May mystery.)
By Christopher Fowler. 2016
The River Thames is London's most important yet neglected artery. When a young woman is found chained to a post…
in the tide, no-one can understand how she came to be drowned there. At the Peculiar Crimes Unit, Arthur Bryant and John May find themselves dealing with an impossible crime committed in a very public place. Soon they discover that the river is giving up other victims, but as the investigation extends from the coast of Libya to the nightclubs of North London, it proves as murkily sinister as the Thames itself. 2016.Hunting shadows: an Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery (Inspector Ian Rutledge novels. #16.)
By Charles Todd. 2014
A society wedding at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire becomes a crime scene when a man is murdered. After another body…
is found, the baffled local constabulary turns to Scotland Yard. Though the second crime had a witness, her description of the killer is so strange it's unbelievable. The victims are so different that there seems no rhyme or reason to their deaths. Nothing logically connects them--except the killer. As the investigation widens, a clear suspect emerges. But for Rutledge, the facts still don't add up, leaving him to question his own judgment. In going over the details of the case, Rutledge is reminded of a dark episode he witnessed in the war. While the memory could lead him to the truth, it also raises a prickly dilemma. To stop a murderer, will the ethical detective choose to follow the letter--or the spirit--of the law? Sequel to "Proof of guilt", followed by "A fine summer's day". 2014.