C'est devenu une obsession : tous les six mois, Bosch ressort le dossier Marie Gesto, jeune fille dont la mystérieuse disparition n'a jamais été élucidée. En treize ans d'enquête, il n'a rien pu trouver : ni indice, ni suspect, pas même le corps de la jeune victime. Un jour enfin le coupable passe aux aveux, mais Bosch se méfie : pour lui, l'homme n'est rien d'autre qu'un imposteur talentueux doublé d'un bouc émissaire idéal. Une dernière fois, Bosch reprend l'enquête...
The third highly acclaimed novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, and winner of the Edgar award. Personal tragedy has left Dave Robicheaux close to the edge. Battling against his old addiction to alcohol and haunted nightly by vivid dreams and visitations, Dave finds his only tranquillity at home with his young ward Alafair. But even this fragile peace is shattered by the arrival of Dixie Lee Pugh who brings with him a brutal trail of murder and violence. Robicheaux reluctantly agrees to help out his old friend but becomes more involved than he bargained for when he finds himself suspect Number One in the series of bloody killings. Forced to leave his home, Robicheaux's precarious existence reaches breaking point when Alafair's life is threatened. Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke: 'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly 'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King 'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' Daily Mail Fans of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love James Lee Burke: Dave Robicheaux Series 1. The Neon Rain 2. Heaven's Prisoners 3. Black Cherry Blues 4. A Morning for Flamingos 5. A Stained White Radiance 6. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead 7. Dixie City Jam 8. Burning Angel 9. Cadillac Jukebox 10. Sunset Limited 11. Purple Cane Road 12. Jolie Blon's Bounce 13. Last Car to Elysian Fields 14. Crusader's Cross 15. Pegasus Descending 16. The Tin Roof Blowdown 17. Swan Peak 18. The Glass Rainbow 19. Creole Belle 20. Light of the World 21. Robicheaux Hackberry Holland Series 1. Lay Down My Sword and Shield 2. Rain Gods 3. Feast Day of Fools 4. House of the Rising Sun Billy Bob Holland Series 1. Cimarron Rose 2. Heartwood 3. Bitterroot 4. In The Moon of Red Ponies * Each James Lee Burke novel can be read as a standalone or in series order *
Dave Robicheaux, son épouse Molly et son ami Clete Purcel tentent d'oublier le traumatisme de Katrina en s'immergeant dans la nature somptueuse et sauvage du Montana. Alors qu'il pêche tranquillement, Clete est pris à partie par deux individus qui l'ont reconnu à cause d'une sordide affaire pourtant très ancienne. Ces hommes aux manières brutales et au passé trouble travaillent pour un riche entrepreneur extrêmement déplaisant. Alors qu'une ambiance malsaine s'installe, d'horribles faits divers se produisent...
Harry Bosch is facing the end of the line. He's been put on the DROP - Deferred Retirement Option Plan - and given three years before his retirement is enforced. Seeing the end of the mission coming, he's anxious for cases. He doesn't have to wait long!
Following SHELTER and SECONDS AWAY - the gripping new Mickey Bolitar YA thriller from the internationally bestselling master of suspense. It's been eight months since Mickey Bolitar witnessed the tragic death of his father. Eight months of lies, dark secrets and unanswered questions. While he desperately wants answers, Mickey's sophomore year of high school brings on a whole new set of troubles. Spoon is in hospital, Rachel won't tell him where he stands, his basketball teammates hate him . . . and then there's Ema's surprise announcement: she has an online boyfriend and he's vanished. As he's searching for Ema's missing boyfriend (who may not even exist!), Mickey also gets roped into helping his nemesis, Troy Taylor, with a big problem. All the while, Mickey and his friends are pulled deeper into the mysteries surrounding the Abeona Shelter, risking their lives to find the answers - until the shocking climax, where Mickey finally comes face-to-face with the truth about his father.
After three years as a PI, Harry Bosch returns to the LAPD. Teaming with former partner Kizmin Rider, Harry is assigned to the Open-Unsolved team. The superb page-turning 11th Bosch novel from the award-winning No.1 bestselling author.
The 'Lincoln Lawyer' grapples with a haunting case in a gripping thriller from bestselling author Michael Connelly. Mickey Haller gets the text 'Call me ASAP - 187', and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Suddenly, Mickey's not just trying to get his client off a murder charge, but there is a more personal connection: the victim was Gloria Dayton - his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow. Far from saving her, Haller may have been her downfall. Haunted by the ghosts of his own past, and with his own guilt or redemption on the line, he desperately needs to find out who Gloria really was and who, ultimately, was responsible for her death.
A presque quarante ans, Lorenzo Brown sort enfin de prison. Bien décidé à se tenir à carreau, il s'investit corps et âme dans une association de défense des animaux mal-traités. Mais dans les quartiers les plus miséreux de Washington D.C., le pouvoir reste entre les mains des patrons de la drogue. Et voici Brown à nouveau embringué dans le cycle infernal de la violence...
Terry McCaleb, one of the most effective serial-killer investigators in the history of the FBI, hunts down his heart donor's killer. An unputdownable story from from the award-winning No.1 bestselling author.
A dark, brilliantly conceived and deeply chilling novel that has sold over 700,000 copies in the author's native France. 'A novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Steig Larsson for the very first time . . . Bussi breaks every rule in the book, but I doubt I'll read a more brilliant crime novel this year' - Joan Smith, Sunday Times On the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and is engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. The miraculous sole survivor is a three-month-old baby girl. Two families, one rich, the other poor, step forward to claim her, sparking an investigation that will last for almost two decades. Is she Lyse-Rose or Emilie? Eighteen years later, having failed to discover the truth, private detective Credule Grand-Duc plans to take his own life, but not before placing an account of his investigation in the girl's hands. But, as he sits at his desk about to pull the trigger, he uncovers a secret that changes everything - then is killed before he can breathe a word of it to anyone . . .
@2@@20@@18@'Everything a great thriller should be and I can't wait to see more of Eddie Flynn.' Mark Billingham@19@@21@@3@@2@@20@@18@'So Hollywood, punchy and cool and pacy as hell.' Eva Dolan@19@ @21@@3@@2@@20@Eddie Flynn has 48 hours to save his daughter...@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turned out the two weren't that different.@3@@2@It's been over a year since Eddie vowed never to set foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. Olek Volchek, the infamous head of the Russian mafia in New York, has strapped a bomb to Eddie's back and kidnapped his ten-year-old daughter, Amy. Eddie only has forty-eight hours to defend Volchek in an impossible murder trial - and win - if he wants to save his daughter. @3@@2@Under the scrutiny of the media and the FBI, Eddie must use his razor-sharp wit and every con-artist trick in the book to defend his 'client' and ensure Amy's safety. With the timer on his back ticking away, can Eddie convince the jury of the impossible?@3@@16@@2@@20@Praise for race-against-time legal thriller writer, Steve Cavanagh:@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@@20@@21@@20@'A gripping, twisty thriller'@21@ @18@Ian Rankin, number 1 bestselling author of Rather Be The Devil@19@@3@@2@'Legal thrillers are my blind spot, but I'll always make an exception for Steve Cavanagh. Quite simply, THE PLEA is one of the most @20@purely entertaining@21@ books you'll read this year. It's a blast.' @18@John Connolly, bestselling author of the Charlie Parker series@19@@3@@2@'In the crowded field of legal thrillers, Steve Cavanagh stands head and shoulders above the competition, with his skilfully plotted, @20@action-packed@21@ and big-hearted Eddie Flynn novels . . . highly intelligent, @20@twist-laden and absolutely unputdownable'@21@ @18@Eva Dolan, author of the critically acclaimed Tell No Tales@19@@3@@2@'A @20@cleverly constructed legal thriller@21@ combined with a classic locked-room mystery. Eddie Flynn is fast becoming one of my favourite fictional heroes and Cavanagh one of my favourite thriller writers.' @18@S.J.I. Holliday, author of Black Wood@19@@3@@2@@20@'Raymond Chandler@21@ could have created Eddie Flynn. THE PLEA is @20@Phillip Marlowe@21@ and @20@Michael Connolly's Mickey Haller@21@ combined, with a bit of @20@Jim Thompson's THE GRIFTERS@21@ thrown in. A superb read with a main character destined to be one of the most talked about in crime fiction.' @18@Howard Linskey, author of The Search@19@@3@@2@@20@If you like John Grisham, Lee Child and Michael Connelly, you will LOVE the gripping and twisty Eddie Flynn series:@21@@3@@2@1. The Defence@16@2. The Plea@16@3. The Liar@3@@2@* Each Eddie Flynn thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order *@3@
