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The running woman
Par Patricia Carlon. 1998
Australian teenager Carol Zamia is found dead in a creek. A neighbor saw a woman in white running from the…
scene, and Zamia's parents accuse the young widow Gabriel Endicott. Gabriel admits to being at the crime scene but says she knows nothing about the murder. Now she must prove itLe truc de l'oncle Henry: roman
Par Alain Gagnon. 2006
Olaf Bégon est directeur de la Sûreté municipale de Saint-Euxème, une ville de taille moyenne du Québec médio-nordique. Ses collègues…
des autres municipalités l'envient. Il ne se passe jamais rien à Saint-Euxème ; rien de sérieux, rien de conséquent. Il fait d'ailleurs respecter la loi avec une bonhomie dont ses concitoyens ne se plaignent pas. Olaf y jouit du bonheur tranquille de l'ennui, jusqu'au jour où le voile se déchire et où des réalités obscures et insolites s'insèrent dans le paysage idyllique de l'automne euxémois. La vie communautaire se détraque. S'accumulent disparitions inexpliquées, meurtres, mutilations, attaques par des géants contre les équipements du chantier d'un barrage, retour d'un homme présumé mort, vieux documents qui révèlent leurs mystères... -- 4e de couvSink 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 violenceRelations dangereuses
Par Sarah Lovett. 1996
La 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. 1999À 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 couvItalian fever: a novel
Par Valerie Martin. 1999
Lucy Stark is an assistant to novelist DV, who dies suddenly while writing a book in Italy. Lucy travels to…
Italy for his funeral, to retrieve his things, and to discover why he died. She is met by Massimo, an interpreter, who comes to care for her in many ways. Some descriptions of sex. BestsellerFull 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 sexRebecca
Par Daphne Maurier. 1938
Rebecca, the glamorous mistress of a great English estate, died eight months before Maxim de Winter brought a young and…
frightened second wife to live there. Mystery, intrigue, and violence eventually reveal the circumstances surrounding Rebecca's deathThe 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 violenceChristine
Par Stephen King. 1983
Chilling, macabre love tragedy set in 1978 in Pittsburgh centers on teenage misfit Arnie Cunningham and his devotion to and…
ultimate possession by his '58 Plymouth Fury, "Christine." Eerie things happen from the day that Arnie buys the car for $250 from creepy old Roland D. LeBay. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerUne patience d'ange: roman (Célébrités : collection biographique)
Par Elizabeth George. 1999
Blanche cleans up
Par Barbara Neely. 1998
When Blanche White reluctantly agrees to fill in as housekeeper for a vacationing friend, she encounters a family in chaos.…
Mr. Brindle's campaign for governor is disrupted by a murder and a suicide in his household. Some of his African American supporters are particularly scornful and suspicious of Blanche. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex