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L'apprenti
By Tess Gerritsen, Jacques Martinache. 2005
Depuis que Warren Hoyt croupit derrière les barreaux, l'inspecteur Jane Rizzoli, fleuron de la police criminelle de Boston, souffle un…
peu : ce tueur en série, surnommé le Chirurgien en raison de son habileté à manier le bistouri, lui a fait subir un calvaire qu'elle n'est pas près d'oublier. Appelée sur les lieux d'un nouveau crime, elle constate que certains détails rappellent les méthodes de l'actuel prisonnier. Quelques passages où le langage est grossier, descriptions régulières de violence, et descriptions explicites de nature sexuelle. 2007, c2005. Titre uniforme: Apprentice.Registre des morts: [une enquête de Kay Scarpetta]
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Andrea H Japp. 2008
Quinzième enquête de Kay Scarpetta. La célèbre pathologiste s'est installée à Charleston, en Caroline du Sud, pour y ouvrir un…
nouveau cabinet de médecine légale avec sa nièce Lucy et son enquêteur Pete Marino. Mais on cherche à saboter son travail et même sa vie. Elle est confrontée à une série de morts violentes - une jeune joueuse de tennis retrouvée mutilée à Rome, un enfant martyrisé, un meurtre rituel - sans autre lien entre ces affaires que la très toxique Marylin Self, psychiatre-vedette de la télévision. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle, descriptions régulières de violence, et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2008, c2007. Titre uniforme: Book of the dead.Break no bones (Temperance Brennan mysteries ; #9)
By Kathy Reichs. 2007
In South Carolina Dr. Tempe Brennan traces recent bones from a Native American burial ground to a medical clinic. When…
Tempe's estranged husband, Pete, moves back in town to research a missing person's case, Tempe suspects a connection between her investigation and his inquiry. Strong language, and descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2007. (Temperance Brennan mysteries ; 9)Bones to ashes (Temperance Brennan mysteries ; #10)
By Kathy Reichs. 2007
A young girl's skeleton found in New Brunswick reminds forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan of her own Acadian childhood friend…
who disappeared in her teens. Meanwhile Tempe's former lover, detective Andrew Ryan, is investigating a serial killer who may be connected to Tempe's case. Strong language, and descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2007. (Temperance Brennan mysteries ; 10)Tolérance zéro
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Jean Esch. 2007
"N'importe quel crime, n'importe quand" est le leitmotiv de Monique Lamont, la procureur vedette du Massachusetts. Dans sa lutte contre…
le crime, la jeune femme choisit le meilleur enquêteur de sa brigade, Winston Garano, dont l'élégance et le caractère photogénique devraient parfaitement servir ses ambitions électorales personnelles. Mis au défi de résoudre sous le regard des médias un meurtre commis il y a vingt ans, l'inspecteur Win apprécie peu d'être utilisé comme un vulgaire pion dans cet imbroglio politique. Lorsqu'il reçoit des menaces personnelles, c'en est trop. 2007. Titre uniforme: At risk.The twelfth card (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #6)
By Jeffery Deaver. 2006
Trying to discover why a Harlem high school student is being targeted for murder, quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme and his…
protegee, Amelia Sachs, look for answers in the student's term paper about her civil rights activist ancestor. Sequel to "The vanished man", followed by “The cold moon”. 2006. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 6)Mistress of justice
By Jeffery Deaver. 2002
Taylor Lockwood juggles twin careers as a struggling jazz musician in seedy Manhattan clubs and a paralegal at the genteel…
Wall Street law firm of Hubbard, White & Willis. When a multimillion-dollar promissory note is stolen, dark secrets emerge behind the Victorian facades of the firm. Some strong language. 2002.The front (Win Garano novels ; #2)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2008
Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano is given one of his most challenging cases yet when he is asked to investigate…
the death of a young British woman murdered more than forty years ago. Assumed to be a victim of the Boston Strangler, Janie Brolin was raped and left for dead in 1962. With no DNA and sketchy police records, this is a case that will test Garano to his limits. 2008. (Win Garano novels ; 2)At risk (Win Garano Ser. #No. 1)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2007
Moving between the chill of Cambridge, Massachusetts and the sultry humidity of Knoxville, Tennessee, Winston Garano, a police investigator, is…
instructed to look into a twenty-year-old murder case. Although Win reckons there are many more pressing current cases which should have higher priority, he gets on with the task, unaware of the can of worms he will prise open. 2007.Passage mortel
By Kathy Reichs, Laurence Ink. 1999
La découverte du cadavre gelé d'une religieuse morte il y a cent ans va mener à une secte bizarre de…
la Caroline du Nord. Mais le coeur de l'action se passe à Montréal et ses environs (Saint-Jovite pour être plus précis). Le point d'ancrage de cette sinistre affaire qui rappelle la tragédie de l'Ordre du Temple solaire ou celle de Waco au Texas. Beaucoup de langage grossier, descriptions régulières de violence, et quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle. 1999. Titre uniforme: Death du jour.The treatment (Jack Caffery mystery)
By Mo Hayder. 2006
In a pleasant London neighbourhood, a man and his wife are found tied up in their own home and their…
young son has disappeared. Jack Caffery is called in to investigate, but a similar tragedy from his own past makes it impossible for him to be scientifically detached. Descriptions of sex, violence and explicit strong language. 2001.Une mort sans nom
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Hélène Narbonne. 1996
Une jeune femme est retrouvée nue, adossée à une fontaine de Central Park, à New York. Les recherches concernant son…
identité restent vaines. En revanche, Kay Scarpetta, Marino et Wesley devinent rapidement celle du tueur : Temple Gault. Mais le choix de la ville, de la victime et le changement de modus operandi les laissent perplexes. L'autopsie ne révélant aucune trace de contrainte, ils ne comprennent pas pourquoi la jeune femme a accepté de se déshabiller par ce froid glacial. Scarpetta lutte contre le découragement. A l'exception des dents de la victime, soignées de manière inhabituelle, les indices sont bien minces. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle et de violence, et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 1996. Titre uniforme: From Potter's field.The vanished man (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #5)
By Jeffery Deaver. 2003
When a killer flees the scene of a homicide at a prestigious Manhattan music school and locks himself in a…
classroom, the police have him surrounded within minutes. A scream rings out, followed by a gunshot. The police break down the door. The room is empty. The ambitious Sachs, and the quadriplegic Rhyme, must work together to ferret out a master illusionist they've dubbed "the conjurer" and prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Sequel to "Stone monkey", followed by “The twelfth card”. 2003. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 5)Unnatural exposure (Kay Scarpetta ; #8)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1998
Dublin, Ireland and Richmond, Virginia: separated by thousands of miles - linked by murder. Dr Kay Scarpetta is sure the…
nine murders are connected - but the tenth is different. A copy cat maybe. But Scarpetta is not happy with the investigation nor with the strange messages that start appearing on her computer. Sequel to "Cause of death" (DC15265). Strong language. 1998. (Kay Scarpetta ; 8)Fatal voyage
By Kathy Reichs. 2002
When a plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina, Tempe Brennan is one of the first on the…
scene. As a forensic anthropologist she serves on the response team. The task that confronts her is a sad and sickening one. Sequel to "Deadly decisions". Followed by "Grave secrets" (DC24553). 2002. (Temperance Brennan mysteries ; 4)The stone monkey (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #4)
By Jeffery Deaver. 2002
Recruited to help the FBI and the INS perform the nearly impossible, Lincoln Rhyme and his partner, Amelia Sachs, manage…
to track down a cargo ship headed for New York City carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants, as well as the notorious human smuggler and killer known as "the Ghost." But when the Ghost's capture goes disastrously wrong, Lincoln and Amelia find themselves in a horrifying race against time. Descriptions of violence. Sequel to “The empty chair”, followed by “The vanished man“. 2002.The body farm (Kay Scarpetta Ser. #No. 5)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1994
The discovery of the corpse of an eleven-year-old girl sends shock waves through the small community of Black Mountain, a…
sleepy little town in North Carolina. Dr Kay Scarpetta, working on a similar case in Virginia, is called in to apply her forensic skills to this latest atrocity, but the apparent simplicity of the case proves something of a poisoned chalice. Contains violence. 1994.Mortelles décisions
By Kathy Reichs, Viviane Mikhalkov. 2002
L'alliance magistrale des connaissances de l'anthropologue judiciaire et de la puissance narrative d'un auteur majeur du roman policier. On y…
retrouve son intrépide héroïne, Tempérance Brennan. Et Tempérance n'a pas fini de nous étonner car sa spécialité, l'anthropologie judiciaire, est de plus en plus sophistiquée. Aujourd'hui on sait, certes, faire parler les fragments d'os mais aussi le sang: les projections, les éclaboussures..., tous ces détails scientifiquement analysés "racontent" comment un meurtre s'est déroulé. Ensuite il ne reste plus qu'à trouver le coupable. Dans la guerre des gangs de motards qui secoue Montréal, deux membres des Vipères ont été déchiquetés par une grenade. Impossible d'identifier les victimes. Tempérance Brennan est donc appelée à la rescousse par l'escouade de police "Carcajou", chargée de ce dossier brulant. Descriptions régulières de violence et beaucoup de langage grossier. 2002, c2000. Titre uniforme: Deadly decisions.Postmortem: Ein Kay-scarpetta-roman (Kay Scarpetta Ser. #No. 1)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1990
Dr. Kay Scarpetta has two problems. The first one is that a serial killer is strangling women in their own…
bedrooms, the second is that not everyone is thrilled that a woman is chief medical examiner. She uses computers, fingerprint-matching processors, and DNA-testing equipment to identify the killer. Violence and strong language. c1990.Birdman (Jack Caffery mystery.)
By Mo Hayder. 2000
The Met's crack murder squad is called when five bodies are found, all young women, all ritualistically murdered, dumped on…
wasteland near the Millennium Dome. Detective Inspector Jack Caffrey, young, driven, unshockable, finds himself facing hostility within the force and echoes of his past. Tortured by a death long ago that he might have prevented, he now works around the clock, knowing that this sadistic killer will strike again. 2000.