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By Kathy Reichs, Viviane Mikhalkov. 2002
Un avion vient de s'écraser au coeur des Smoky Mountains, en Caroline du Nord, faisant 88 victimes. Parmi les corps,…
on trouve un pied n'appartenant à aucun des passagers. L'enquête mène Temperance Brennan vers un mystérieux chalet et sur la piste d'une société secrète impliquant des personnalités locales. Livre comportant de la violence et du langage grossier. 2002. Titre uniforme: Fatal voyage.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)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.By Daniel Griffin. 2017
Vancouver Island, 1993. A group of idealistic young activists, determined to do whatever it takes to protect the environment, turn…
to sabotage. But in a single moment everything they've worked for goes horribly wrong, when a night watchman at a logging company warehouse is killed in an explosion that they set. Follows these activists as their lives-- and their cause-- spiral out of control. Griffin reimagines history: what if, instead of the legendarily peaceful and successful Clayoquot Sound protests of the 1990s, things had gone too far? How far is too far, when it comes to protesting what one sees as injustice? And what happens when that line is crossed? 2017.By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Andrea H Japp. 2013
Peu après une tuerie de masse, Kay Scarpetta apprend qu'une jeune femme vient d'être retrouvée morte sur le campus d'un…
institut de technologie à Boston. Le cadavre est recouvert d'un étrange résidu phosphorescent. Deux semaines plus tard, un procès devait avoir lieu entre la victime et la société fiduciaire Double S. Suite de "Vent de glace", suivi de "Monnaie de sang". 2014, c2013. Titre uniforme: Dust.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.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.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)By Aritha Van Herk. 1981
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.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.By Jeffery Deaver. 2016
Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer. She's chasing him through a department store in Brooklyn when…
suddenly the escalator malfunctions. The stairs give way and several people are trapped, with one man horribly mangled by the gears. Sachs is forced to let her quarry escape as she jumps in to try to help save the victims. But was this a random, freak accident? Bestseller. 2016.By Gail Anderson-Dargatz. 2016
On one side of the river are Hannah and Brandon Robertson, teenagers who have been raised by their grandfather after…
they lost their mother. On the other is a Shuswap community that has its own tangled history with the river--and the whites. But the river is dying, and Hannah is carrying salmon past the choke point to the spawning grounds while her childhood best friend, Alex, leads a Native protest against the development further threatening the river. When drowning nearly claims the lives of both Hannah's grandfather and her brother, their world is thrown into chaos. Hannah, Alex, and most especially Brandon come to doubt their own reality as they are pulled deep into Brandon's numinous visions, which summon the myths of Shuswap culture and tragic family stories of the past. 2016.By Iris Johansen. 2000
In this sequel to "The killing game" (DC22109) Logan's late wife's vengeful half-brother, Rudzak, kidnaps an employee from Logan's research…
facility. Logan manipulates ATF agent Sarah Patrick and her search dog, Monty, into helping him track the hostage. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. Followed by "Body of lies". Bestseller. 2000. (The Eve Duncan series ; 3)By Anne Giardini. 2006
Maggie is in her early thirties, gainfully employed, between relationships and ready for change. When a quiz predicts that her…
death will occur before her next birthday, it seems that becoming happy will prevent the prediction from coming true. Maggie's life becomes considerably more complicated as she embarks on a quest for happiness - especially when she finds herself on the run with her sister's newborn son. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2006.By Amanda Leduc. 2013
Sam wakes to discover that he's growing wings on his back. Elsewhere, Lilah undergoes her own transformation as she seeks…
sexual penance from her boss. Approaching the same mysterious fate, Sam and Lilah begin to see the world differently - and to find light in the most unlikely places. 2013.By Andrea Kane. 2012
Amanda Gleason's infant son Justin suffers from a rare immune deficiency. His best chance for survival died with his father,…
Paul, who was murdered before Justin was born. But when a recent photo surfaces of a man who looks like a very-much-alive Paul, Amanda hires Forensic Instincts to investigate. 2012.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.By Jeffery Deaver. 2013
When a U.S. government sniper kills a suspected American terrorist, private investigator Lincoln Rhyme is tasked with building a case…
against those involved. Violence and strong language. Sequel to “The burning wire”, followed by “The skin collector“. 2013.By Wayson Choy. 1995
Three young Chinese immigrants to Canada share their stories about growing up as new Canadians. They discuss their family and…
the relationships among its members, as well as their own childhoods which vary depending on their gender and age. Canada Reads 2010. 1995.