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Sink or swim
Par Gerald Hammond. 1996
Wallace James's activity level is slowed by heart trouble and angina, but he still works in his sporting-goods shop in…
the highlands of Scotland. Listening to his CB radio, he overhears a blackmail attempt. It seems Colonel McInsch had failed to save a neighbor from drowning. Now there is some doubt as to the death's accidental nature. With his wife Janet's help, James investigatesTroubled waters
Par Carolyn Wheat. 1997
Jan Gebhardt surrenders after being a fugitive for fifteen years, accused of killing a federal agent while transporting illegal aliens.…
Her old acquaintance, attorney Cass Jameson, is worried that Jan may implicate her former boyfriend, a paraplegic veteran who is also Cass's brother. Strong language and violenceCaught in the light: a novel
Par Robert Goddard. 1999
After a passionate love affair with a woman he met in Vienna, married photographer Ian Jarrett returns to England seeking…
a divorce. Then his beloved disappears, and Ian discovers that she believes herself to be the reincarnation of the woman who invented photography. Ian is gradually drawn into a murderous plot. 1998Relations dangereuses
Par Sarah Lovett. 1996
Burning for revenge
Par John Marsden. 2000
In this sequel to Darkness, Be My Friend (BR 12596) the teen guerilla band members led by Ellie are abandoned…
in Australia and have to fight their way out of an enemy airfield--destroying it in the process. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 1997La ville des frelons: roman
Par Patricia Cornwell. 1998
En plus de l'enquête criminelle qu'elle propose, l'auteur, qui s'est taillé une belle place dans le monde de la littérature…
policière, dépeint dans ce roman, le chaos, la tragédie sociale, la violence et l'absurdité des rues de l'Amérique qu'elle connaîtNon coupable: roman
Par John Grisham. 1994
Le premier roman de l'auteur (1989) beaucoup plus original et humain que les "best-sellers" suivants autant pour la part autobiographique…
que pour l'intrigue qui lancent un jeune avocat à la défense d'un accusé noir. [SDMHard time: a V.I. Warshawski novel
Par Sara Paretsky. 1999
Chicago private detective V.I. Warshawski finds a fatally injured female escaped convict in the road. Police want to charge V.I.…
with murder, and the victim's powerful former employer is less than helpful. The relentless sleuth is burglarized, beaten, and imprisoned before she learns the truth. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1999Murder at the Library of Congress
Par Margaret Truman. 1999
Annabel Reed-Smith is happily ensconced at the Library of Congress's Hispanic room researching an article on Christopher Columbus and his…
aide Las Casas, whose lost diaries are rumored to reveal hidden treasure. When she finds the expert librarian on the subject murdered, Annabel and her husband, Mac, investigate. Some violence. 1999Les filles du samouraï: 1, La trahison
Par Maya Snow. 2009
Kimi et Hana sont des jeunes filles de bonne famille. Leur père, gouverneur de la province, vit en parfaite harmonie…
avec les provinces voisines. L'avenir des deux soeurs est tout tracé : devenir des femmes accomplies, à l'éducation irréprochable. Mais elles nourrissent secrètement un rêve : manier le sabre, comme de véritables samouraïs. Un jour, leur oncle, que la soif de pouvoir aveugle, assassine froidement leur père. Kimi et Hana s'enfuient. Elles se cachent alors dans une école de samouraïs ; elles vont y apprendre les règles de combat dans un seul but : se venger. Traquées sans relâche, leur vie est désormais entre leurs mains. -- 4e de couvÀ genoux: roman (Seuil policiers)
Par Michael Connelly. 2008
"Le corps du Dr Stanley Kent vient d'être retrouvé au belvédère naturel proche de Mulholland Drive : deux balles dans…
la nuque, style exécution. Nouvellement affecté à la section Homicide Special, l'inspecteur Harry Bosch découvre vite que le Dr Kent avait accès à des matières radioactives utilisées dans le traitement de certains cancers féminins... et que ces matières ont disparu. Aux yeux de l'agent spécial du FBI Rachel Walling, que Bosch aime encore malgré leur rupture après le fiasco d'Echo Park, ce meurtre et cette disparition risquent fort de marquer le début d'un attentat terroriste à la bombe sale. Donc conflit ouvert et cette fois, Bosch n'est pas sûr d'avoir le dessus : il y a certes de la parano dans les services de la sécurité du territoire, mais la menace islamiste est bien réelle..." -- 4e de couvMurder with peacocks
Par Donna Andrews. 1999
Meg is knocking herself out trying to be a bridesmaid for the weddings of her brother, mother, and best friend.…
As she tries to help her ditzy relatives prepare for their various outrageous festivities, one of the guests is murdered, old crimes are uncovered, and she falls in love. 1999Full dress gray
Par Lucian Truscott. 1998
In this sequel to Dress Gray (RC 16136, BRA 16533), Ry Slaight returns to West Point thirty years after he…
graduated, this time as the new superintendent. His first day on the job, a young woman cadet dies on parade. During the ensuing investigation, Slaight's daughter Jacey, also a cadet, helps uncover a conspiracy involving students and officers. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexTake it easy
Par David Hill. 1995
New Zealand. Rob Kennedy, still mourning his mother's passing, joins five other teenagers for a week-long hike through rugged mountains.…
But when they wake up one morning, their adult guide is dead. For junior and senior high readersThe Sterkarm handshake
Par Susan Price. 2000
Anthropologist Andrea Mitchell's unethical twenty-first-century employer sends her back through a time tunnel to the sixteenth-century English-Scottish border to facilitate…
a scheme to extract gold and oil from the land. But overweight Andrea falls in love and has to choose between cultures. Some violence. For senior high and older readers. 1998The cat who robbed a bank
Par Lilian Braun. 1999
Autumn in Pickax brings festivals, the Scottish Games, and the return of estate jeweler Mr. Delacamp. But Mr. Delacamp is…
murdered in the newly restored hotel, and his assistant and the desk clerk are missing. Qwilleran takes clues from his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, to solve the crime. Bestseller. 1999Havana twist: a Willa Jansson mystery
Par Lia Matera. 1998
California attorney Willa Jansson travels to Cuba when her mother, a political activist, fails to return home. Deported to Mexico…
City for asking too many questions, Willa enlists the help of her former boyfriend, a San Francisco homicide detective. Some violenceLe réseau Corneille: roman
Par Ken Follett. 2002
Blue genes: a Kate Brannigan mystery
Par Val McDermid. 1996
Manchester private investigator Kate Brannigan is hired to rescue a punk rock band from saboteurs. But things become more complicated…
when her friends Alexis and Chris, who are involved in an illegal fertility experiment, become frightened after their gynecologist is murdered. Some strong language and some violenceNe le dis à personne
Par Harlan Coben. 2001