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The tangled web
Par B. J Hoff. 1988
Jennifer and Daniel Kaine are in the process of converting a West Virginia farm into a Christian summer camp for…
disabled youth. A hoodlum on the run from the mob turns up with the two children of his murdered boss. The Kaines offer shelter and prepare for the hit men to arrive. Sequel to The Captive Voice (BR 11675)The case has altered
Par Martha Grimes. 1997
On her way back to the Fengate estate from the Case Has Altered pub, Dorcas Reese is strangled to death…
on the Lincolnshire fens. Two weeks earlier, Verna Dunn was shot to death at Fengate. Scotland Yard detective Richard Jury's investigation becomes problematic when his former lover Jenny Kennington turns into the prime suspect in both crimes. Some strong languageLune de miel
Par James Patterson. 2006
Les maris de Nora, aussi fortunés que séduisants, rencontrent tous une fin précoce, au profit de leur veuve... éplorée! John…
O'Hara, inspecteur du FBI se faisant passer pour un agent d'assurances, parviendra-t-il à confondre la mante religieuse sans succomber à son charme vénéneux? Élu thriller de l'année 2005 par un jury international d'éditeurs, Lune de miel a été numéro 1 des ventes aux États-Unis et en Grande-BretagneFear games (The nightmare Room Ser. #No. 1)
Par R. L Stine. 2001
April Powers is one of twelve top students invited to an isolated Caribbean island for two weeks. Besides attending talks…
by visiting celebrities, they will participate in a Life Games competition for a large cash prize. But the group also faces an unanticipated evil challenge. For grades 5-8. 2001School spirits
Par Michael Tunnell. 1997
Patrick moves to a new town with his widowed father, who has been hired as principal of Craven Hill School.…
While visiting the school, Patrick is contacted by the ghost of a young boy asking for help. The girl next door helps terrified Patrick unravel the fifty-year-old mystery of the boy's death. For grades 3-6The Poyson garden: an Elizabethan mystery
Par Karen Harper. 1999
Princess Elizabeth Boleyn is sent into exile in the countryside by her half-sister, Queen Mary. While there, Elizabeth uncovers her…
enemies' plot to have her poisoned by an evil herbalist. The princess, her cousin, and her other loyal followers join together in a fight for survival. Some violence. 1999Nancy Drew ghost stories (Nancy Drew On Campus Ser. #No. 1)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1983
Girl detective Nancy Drew experiences ghostly encounters in six short mystery stories. In "The Campus Ghost," she investigates a caped…
apparition and lights in the locked laboratory of a science professor who died in a car accident. For grades 4-7. 1983Faithful unto death
Par Caroline Graham. 1996
Chief Inspector Barnaby investigates the disappearance of housewife Simone Hollingsworth, but it is unclear whether she ran off, was kidnapped,…
or is dead. Barnaby begins looking in earnest when her husband is murdered and two more women vanish. Some violenceScare school
Par R. L Stine. 2001
Nervous new student Sam Waterbury doesn't like the old prison-looking Wilton Middle School. He feels even worse in the empty…
hallway when he encounters a hissing, three-foot-high, green rat creature with a HUMAN face! For grades 5-8. 2001The mystery in tornado alley
Par Carolyn Keene. 2000
Nancy Drew, along with her dad and her friends, travel to Oklahoma with their housekeeper, Hannah Gruen, to help her…
sell an inherited farm. But their plans are interrupted by a terrifying tornado and a ransom note. For grades 4-7. 2000Le remède et le poison: roman
Par Dirk Wittenborn. 2009
"Début des années 50. Dans une Amérique à la fois puritaine et matérialiste, les traitements en cours pour soigner folie…
et dépression sont les cures de coma, injections de soufre, lobotomies frontales. Mais les ambitions de Will Friedrich sont plus modestes : prescrire le bonheur sur ordonnance. Professeur de psychologie à Yale, jeune, pauvre et ambitieux, ce père de quatre enfants sassocie à une riche et sémillante psychiatre, Bunny Winton, pour extraire une substance dune plante exotique : l'ingrédient secret du bonheur et... la pilule qui le rendrait célèbre. Casper Padrag, étudiant en mathématiques, asocial et suicidaire mais redoutablement intelligent, semble le parfait cobaye. Mais les résultats, d'abord spectaculaires, tournent mal. Une soif de vengeance se déclenche [...]". -- 4e de couvHeartwood
Par James Burke. 1998
Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland, last seen in Cimarron Rose (BR 11339), is defending hapless cowboy Wilbur Pickett, accused of…
stealing bonds from his wealthy employer, Earl Deitrich. Wilbur's blind wife kills an intruder, while Billy Bob focuses suspicion on Earl's wife and son. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1999Thin ice
Par Marsha Qualey. 1997
Arden's parents died in a plane crash when she was six, and her brother, Scott, dropped out of college to…
raise her. Now Arden is seventeen and Scott has disappeared, presumably drowned in a snowmobile accident. But Arden has reason to believe Scott has run away, and she's determined to find him. For junior and senior high readersSome deaths before dying
Par Peter Dickinson. 1999
Ninety years old and bedridden with a degenerative disease, Rachel Matson nonetheless uses her keen mind to resolve a long-standing…
mystery concerning her late husband. Her background as a photographer helps her conduct her search, which focuses on antique dueling pistols. She relies on her nurse and daughter to do the legworkThe last dance: a novel of the 87th Precinct
Par Ed McBain. 2000
An apparent hanging suicide by a retired male nurse is reclassified as homicide when traces of a paralyzing drug are…
discovered. A snitch is killed after telling 87th precinct detectives he has information on the murder. The cops comb the city for a motive and a murderer. Strong language and some violence. 2000Her forbidden knight
Par Rex Stout. 1997
The "Erring Knights," a group of men who spend the day in the lobby of New York City's Lamartine Hotel,…
establish themselves as champions of Miss Lila Williams, the hotel telegrapher. When newcomer John Knowlton shows an interest in Lila, they check him out and learn he has a shady pastVêtue de pied en cap (Darcy Cavanaugh Ser.)
Par Candy Calvert. 2008
"L'infirmière du service des urgences, Darcy Cavanaugh, espère que cette croisière lui permettra de passer des vacances inoubliables et d'oublier…
les grossièretés de ses patients, le manque de personnel dans les hôpitaux et une vie amoureuse qui sombre à toute allure. Champagne, robes de grands couturiers et paysages spectaculaires, voilà exactement ce que son médecin lui a prescrit. Mais, quand un garçon de cabine est retrouvé mort dans des circonstances troublantes, Darcy doit affronter un véritable raz-de-marée pour découvrir la vérité. Seule parmi un océan de passagers de l'âge d'or et un animateur de danse au physique très plaisant, mais envers qui se portent ses soupçons Darcy doit résoudre le mystère sous peine de subir le supplice de la planche." -- 4e de couvThe stargazey: a Richard Jury mystery
Par Martha Grimes. 1998
Richard Jury is so strangely intrigued by the attractive woman wearing a luxurious fur who boards the bus he is…
riding, that he follows her when she leaves. A few days later, Jury learns a woman matching her description is found dead. Jury's investigation leads him to an art-theft ring and another murderSidetracked: a Kurt Wallander mystery
Par Henning Mankell. 1999
Ystad, Sweden. Police officer Kurt Wallander is about to leave on vacation when a young girl immolates herself and a…
former minister of justice is brutally murdered. Somehow the cases are connected. Other killings follow, committed by someone who always escapes on a moped. Some violence. 1999Don't forget me!
Par R. L Stine. 2000
Danielle wishes she were an only child and that her pesky little brother Peter would disappear. But she regrets that…
wish after she hypnotizes him while their parents are away and Peter begins to forget who he is. For grades 5-8. 2000