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À tombeau ouvert
By Kathy Reichs. 2006
Tempe fonce tête baissée dans une nouvelle enquête qui la conduit en Israël. Ce qu'elle y découvre la place au…
coeur d'une immense controverse qui pourrait bien mener à la réécriture de 2000 ans d'histoire religieuse. Tempe est appelée à examiner le corps terriblement mutilé d'un homme trouvé mort à Montréal. Une intrigue extrêmement fouillée, un rythme soutenu et des connaissances anthropologiques fascinantes. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle, descriptions régulières de violence, et beaucoup de langage grossier. 2006, c2005. Titre uniforme: Cross bones.First blood (A dr. George Barnabas Mystery Ser. #Vol. 1)
By Claire Rayner. 1993
Dr. George (for Georgina) Barnabas, an American forensic pathologist at a British hospital, extends her investigation of the apparently natural…
death of a writer and hospital patron, beyond the examination of the body. 1993.Vanish: a novel (Rizzoli And Isles Ser. #Bk. 5)
By Tess Gerritsen. 2005
Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and pregnant detective Jane Rizzoli stumble upon human trafficking when they assist a young woman…
from Belarus. Jane's husband, FBI agent Gabriel Dean, uncovers the mastermind behind the international sex scandal after Jane is held hostage. Violence and strong language. Edgar Award finalist 2006. 2005.Sans raison
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Andrea H Japp. 2006
Qu'y a-t-il dans la tête d'un psychopathe ? Basil Jenrette, patient de Wesley condamné pour plusieurs meurtres, accepte de se…
prêter à des expériences sur son cerveau. À l'Académie nationale des sciences légales de Floride, Kay Scarpetta est plongée dans un dédale de morts et de disparitions inexpliquées. Autant d'affaires qui semblent sans lien les unes avec les autres et dans lesquelles tous les indices divergent. Impliqués malgré eux dans ces enquêtes, Lucy, Marino, Wesley, comme Scarpetta, n'ont d'autres choix que de suivre les pistes sur lesquelles on les attire. Descriptions régulières de violence, beaucoup de langage grossier. 2006, c2005. Titre uniforme: Predator.The bone collector (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #1)
By Jeffery Deaver. 1997
Lincoln Rhyme is one of the world's foremost forensic criminologists. He is also a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down.…
The cop who could once look at a crime scene and find the clues about a killer that no one else could see is now strapped in his bed and actually planning suicide, when he gets a call he can't ignore from his old partner on the force. Some descriptions of sex, strong language, and explicit descriptions of violence. Followed by “The coffin dancer”. 1998, c1997.Tokyo
By Mo Hayder. 2004
Grey Hutchins comes to Tokyo seeking answers to what happened during the Nanking Massacre in which, in one city, the…
Japanese Army killed 300,000 civilians. But she finds herself increasingly desperate and alone in a nightclub catering for Japanese businessmen. One gangster dominates - an old man rumoured to rely on a powerful elixir that others want for themselves - at any price. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.The lesson of her death
By Jeffery Deaver. 1993
As Detective Bill Corde looks down at the beautiful face of the murdered girl in the mud, he cannot know…
that his own life is about to turn into a terrifyingly real nightmare. Before Corde knows it, the girl's killer is trailing him and his unsuspecting family - his wife, his teenage son, and his imaginative but vulnerable daughter Sarah. Sarah - who alone knows the identity of the man who took the life of the girl, the man who may be responsible for further deaths. And the lesson Bill Corde is about to learn - the lesson of her death - is an education that no one will ever forget. 1993.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)Trace (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. book XIII #No. 13)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2004
Former medical examiner Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, to advise on the mysterious death of a teenage girl whose…
father is associated with Homeland Security. Meanwhile Kay's lover, Benton, and niece Lucy investigate another case - which later appears connected to Kay's. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Bestseller. 2004. (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries ; 13)Mordoc
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Hélène Narbonne. 1998
Pour sa huitième enquête, la médecin légiste Kay Scarpetta est aux prises avec un assassin qui la poursuit personnellement sous…
la signature du titre. Un récit réussi dans la ligne du Silence des agneaux. c1998.Cross bones (Temperance Brennan Ser. #No. 8)
By Kathy Reichs. 2005
When an Orthodox Jew is found shot to death in Montreal, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called in to figure…
out the puzzling damage to the corpse. Unexpectedly, a stranger slips her a photograph of a skeleton and assures her the picture is the key to the victim's death. Before she knows it, Tempe is involved in an international mystery as old as Jesus. 2005.Mutation
By Robin Cook. 1989
Un chercheur scientifique réussit, par manipulation génétique, à créer un enfant deux fois plus intelligent qu'Einstein. Mais qui est vraiment…
cet enfant de dix ans, trop beau, trop intelligent et bien trop sage? Quelques descriptions de violence. 1989. Titre uniforme: Mutation.The surgeon (Rizzoli And Isles Ser. #Bk. 1)
By Tess Gerritsen. 2001
Trauma surgeon Catherine Cordell left Savannah after escaping from a serial murderer whom she managed to kill. A copycat is…
now stalking her in Boston while finding other victims, and Catherine falls in love with the detective on the case. Descriptions of violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2001.Body double: a novel (Rizzoli And Isles Ser. #Bk. 4)
By Tess Gerritsen. 2004
Pathologist Maura Isles - an adopted child who never knew the identity of her birth parents - is confronted by…
the corpse of a murdered woman who is apparently her identical twin. She launches an investigation, together with Detective Jane Rizzoli, into her sister's past, following the trail to a state correctional facility and a schizophrenic inmate who may be her mother. This leads to a remote cabin in Maine, a killer who has been murdering expectant mothers for decades, making periodic sweeps of the country, and the kidnapping of an affluent pregnant housewife who is kept buried in a crude coffin. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2004.Signe suspect
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2005
Le docteur Kay Scarpetta s'est installée en Floride. Elle a quitté la médecine légale institutionnelle pour l'expertise privée. Pourtant, elle…
va devoir revenir dans cette ville de Richmond qui lui a tourné le dos cinq ans plus tôt. Sur place, des surprises désagréables l'attendent. La démolition de ses anciens bureaux est presque achevée ; le médecin-légiste expert qui lui a succédé est un parfait incompétent ; son ancien assistant en chef est plongé dans des problèmes personnels qu'il refuse d'aborder. Privée de l'assistance de Wesley et de sa nièce Lucy, Scarpetta doit se résoudre à élucider les causes du décès d'une adolescente de quatorze ans. Elle doit démêler l'écheveau des pistes, traquer des signes suspects afin de révéler une vérité qu'elle ne parviendra peut-être pas à tolérer. 2005. Titre uniforme: Trace.Countdown (Eve Duncan series. #6.)
By Iris Johansen. 2005
Jane MacGuire, adopted daughter of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan from "Blind Alley" is the victim of an attempted kidnapping. Jane…
believes that someone from her past life is involved and seeks help from con man Mark Trevor. Bestseller. 2005. (Eve Duncan series ; 6)L'île des chiens: roman (Calmann-Lévy crime)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Jean Esch. 2002
Judy Hammer vient d'être nommée responsable de la police de l'État de Virginie, alors que la Virginie est en pleine…
révolution. La petite île de Tanger se soulève et fait sécession après que le gouverneur de l'État ait instauré une surveillance des routes par hélicoptère pour lutter contre les excès de vitesse. Hammer et son adjoint Andy Brazil se trouvent pris entre politiciens et conducteurs, dont certains sont de dangereux criminels. 2001, 2002. Titre uniforme: Isle of dogs.Fatal voyage (Temperance Brennan Ser. #No. 4)
By Kathy Reichs. 2001
A plane crashes in the mountains of North Carolina and forensic scientist Tempe Brennan undertakes routine identification of the victims.…
The discovery of a severed foot well away from the main site suggests that apart from the air tragedy, another corpse lies hidden somewhere. 2001.The empty chair (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #3)
By Jeffery Deaver. 2001
Rhyme and Amelia are drafted in as forensic experts to help find two woman kidnapped by the Insect Boy. They…
manage to find him, then Amelia, convinced of his innocence, breaks him out of jail. Her actions are to have disastrous consequences. Sequel to “The coffin dancer”, followed by “The stone monkey“. 2001.Life support
By Tess Gerritsen. 1997
The man Dr. Toby Harper admits to Springer Hospital is delirious and in a critical condition from an apparent viral…
infection of the brain. When he disappears without trace, a second delirious patient dies in hospital care. As Toby's hunt intensifies, and an unexpected tragedy hits close to home, she discovers the unthinkable: an evil, deadly purpose behind a terrifying epidemic.