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Un monde nouveau (Fanette, la suite #3)
Par Suzanne Aubry. 2022
"La troisième et dernière partie de Fanette : la suite replonge les lectrices et les lecteurs dans des intrigues passionnantes…
où l'amour, les conflits et les mystères abondent, sous la plume d'une grande écrivaine. Ne pouvant exercer sa profession de journaliste tant que son mari est au pouvoir, Fanette s'engage dans le Cercle des femmes pour le progrès, alors que le Québec se transforme au gré des premiers pas du féminisme et des mouvements ouvriers. Marie-Rosalie, sa fille aînée, se retrouve seule à Paris, sans ressources financières, et décide de se présenter au Conservatoire de musique. De son côté, Madeleine Portelance, craignant d'être accusée du meurtre de son ancien amant, prend la fuite en France avec sa compagne. Échapperont-elles au redoutable chef de police Georges Duchesne ? À la Jeune-Lorette, les fantômes du passé refont surface, bouleversant l'existence jusque-là paisible d'Amanda."La dérive (À la croisée des chemins #1)
Par Louise Tremblay-D'Essiambre. 2023
Connor Fitzgerald et son épouse Ophélie Vaillancourt vivent un quotidien de misère avec leurs treize enfants. Le salaire de mécanicien…
pour le Canadien Pacifique de Connor ne suffisant pas à nourrir sa famille, les enfants sont contraints de contribuer très jeunes à la subsistance et aux tâches de la maisonnée, quitte à s'exilerPendant (Le club des dames d'argent #2)
Par Dominique Drouin. 2022
Retrouvez avec bonheur vos lectrices soixantenaires, bien installées dans leur immeuble en copropriété. Suivez les huit héroïnes durant les deux…
années de la pandémie, avec tous les bouleversements que celle-ci implique. Comme dans le premier tome, chaque chapitre évolue autour d'un livre au programme du club de lecture des dames, qui entraîne conversations et réflexions au sujet de leurs vies, de leurs accomplissements, de leurs échecs, de leurs désirs... Le roman met en lumière les amitiés touchantes entre ces femmes, présentes les unes pour les autres, beau temps, mauvais temps.Deuxième opus d'une trilogie dont le dernier tome se déroule après la pandémieMon fils ne revint que sept jours
Par David Clerson. 2023
Une femme passant ses étés seule dans un chalet en Mauricie reçoit la visite de son fils disparu depuis plus…
de dix ans. Jour après jour, il lui raconte sa vie d'errance ainsi que sa vision hallucinée du réel tandis qu'ils marchent vers une tourbière où ils avaient l'habitude d'aller quand il était enfant. Ce court roman dépeint la beauté singulière de la forêt : les champignons, la flore et la sphaigne, dont l'étrangeté fascinante s'accorde aux récits du fils, qui envoûtent en même temps qu'ils expriment une impossibilité à habiter la vie. Et alors que leurs pieds s'enfoncent dans la tourbière se fait surtout ressentir l'amour d'une mère pour son fils, qui revient pour mieux disparaîtrePleading guilty
Par Scott Turow. 1993
When attorney Bert Kamin vanishes along with a large chunk of a client's money, the firm partners turn to another…
of their attorneys--ex-cop Mack Malloy--for confidential help. Secretly impressed by Kamin's daring, Malloy begins his search. A trail of frightening clues leads Malloy to believe that Kamin is in even deeper trouble than suspected--maybe even dead. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerLe droit chemin: roman
Par David Homel. 2010
« Ben Allan est professeur de littérature dans une université anglophone du centre-ville de Montréal, une université jamais nommée mais…
qu'on peut aisément assimiler à Concordia. Il a cinquante ans, son père Morris vient d'être admis dans un foyer pour personnes âgées ; il est en pleine crise existentielle. Ben aime toujours sa femme, mais le quotidien et les années, la trop grande connaissance de l'autre, le fils dépendant maladif de la télévision, ont usé le couple presque à la corde. Sur cette toile de fond de la couleur des immeubles d'habitation de Montréal, qui rappellent ceux de Chicago, la ville natale des Allan, une plasticienne, Carla McWatts, entre dans la vie de Ben par une porte étrange... » -- 4e de couvLe postier Passila: roman (Domaine français)
Par Alain Beaulieu. 2010
« Parce qu'il s'ennuie dans la "grande ville" et souffre de sa relation avec l'infidèle Eliana, le postier Passila a…
accepté un poste vacant à Ludovia, en province. Dès l'instant où il arrive dans ce qu'il croit être une bourgade paisible adossée au volcan Tipec, il pressent qu'un monde étrange vient de le happer. A l'accueil inhospitalier des habitants, Passila oppose une ironie tenace, mais sitôt croisée la belle Estrella, un piège diffus se referme sur lui. C'est que la présence de Passila, "l'étranger", agit comme un révélateur: elle attise antagonismes ou alliances entre l'hôtelière revêche, l'irascible boulanger, l'indiscret chauffeur de taxi, le mystérieux docteur Noriega et l'impitoyable policier Cortez... » -- 4e de couvLe sablier des solitudes: roman
Par Jean-Simon DesRochers. 2011
Début janvier. À la tombée du jour, sur une route provinciale, la poudrerie gêne la visibilité. Emportés par une rafale,…
une dizaine de véhicules entrent en collision. Le spectaculaire carambolage qui s'ensuit plonge ses victimes dans l'air glacial. Treize solitudes regardent s'écouler les minutes dans cet étrange sablier où ils sont tombés. Militaire, étudiant, masseuse, peintre, ministre, fillette, ingénieur, camionneur : ils ressemblent à un peu tout le monde et viennent d'un peu partout, sans lien apparent sinon cet accident, aussi brutal qu'imprévisible. Certains en mourront, quelques-uns en sortiront brisés, d'autres tenteront de reprendre en main leur existence. Aucun n'aura vécu ce carambolage sans y avoir laissé ou reconquis une part de lui-même.Les bonnes filles plantent des fleurs au printemps: nouvelles
Par Claudia Larochelle. 2011
"Jeunes, moins jeunes ou bien installées dans la vieillesse, les femmes dépeintes par Claudia Larochelle marchent en talons sur le…
fil de fer tendu au-dessus de l'abîme. Travaillées au ventre par le désir ou la solitude, par l'absence ou la promesse de maternité, par l'abandon et par le temps ravageur que des couches infinies de fard ne peuvent contrer, elles offrent au monde le visage de la passion et du désespoir combinés, la tension sous la beauté, et le carnage sous le visage peint. Ces femmes sont champs de bataille." -- 4e de couvBurqa de chair: nouvelles
Par Nelly Arcan. 2011
" Dès son premier roman, Putain (Seuil, 2001), Nelly Arcan na cessé de brasser dans un lyrisme flamboyant quelques thèmes…
obsessionnels, inséparables de sa vie : la dictature de limage, limpossibilité dun rapport innocent à soi-même, le culte vertigineux de la jeunesse, et son envers : la pulsion de mort, qui anime souterrainement les sociétés modernes. Passé le temps du scandale et celui de lémotion, voici donc les derniers échos dune œuvre aussi éblouissante que brève. Burqa de chair : titre terrible, qui agit avec la force dun boomerang en regard de certains débats actuels. On trouvera assemblés ici trois inédits : La robe , Lenfant dans le miroir et La honte . Les deux premiers sont écrits à la première personne, dans ce phrasé tourbillonnant, suffocant, qui était sa marque singulière, celle dun écrivain en danger . Dans le troisième texte, elle décortique avec une inépuisable férocité son expérience humiliante sur un plateau de télévision. " -- 4e de couvHotline (Fictions)
Par Dimitri Nasrallah. 2023
Miracle Creek: A Novel
Par Angie Kim. 2019
Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First NovelA Time Best Mystery and Thriller Book of All Time The “gripping……
page-turner” (Time) hitting all the best of summer reading lists, Miracle Creek is perfect for book clubs and fans of Liane Moriarty and Celeste NgHow far will you go to protect your family? Will you keep their secrets? Ignore their lies? In a small town in Virginia, a group of people know each other because they’re part of a special treatment center, a hyperbaric chamber that may cure a range of conditions from infertility to autism. But then the chamber explodes, two people die, and it’s clear the explosion wasn’t an accident. A powerful showdown unfolds as the story moves across characters who are all maybe keeping secrets, hiding betrayals. Chapter by chapter, we shift alliances and gather evidence: Was it the careless mother of a patient? Was it the owners, hoping to cash in on a big insurance payment and send their daughter to college? Could it have been a protester, trying to prove the treatment isn’t safe?“A stunning debut about parents, children and the unwavering hope of a better life, even when all hope seems lost" (Washington Post), Miracle Creek uncovers the worst prejudice and best intentions, tense rivalries and the challenges of parenting a child with special needs. It’s “a quick-paced murder mystery that plumbs the power and perils of community” (O Magazine) as it carefully pieces together the tense atmosphere of a courtroom drama and the complexities of life as an immigrant family. Drawing on the author’s own experiences as a Korean-American, former trial lawyer, and mother of a “miracle submarine” patient, this is a novel steeped in suspense and igniting discussion. Recommended by Erin Morgenstern, Jean Kwok, Jennifer Weiner, Scott Turow, Laura Lippman, and more--Miracle Creek is a brave, moving debut from an unforgettable new voice.Powers of Attorney
Par Louis Auchincloss. 1900
Tales that take you behind the scenes of a powerful New York law firm, from the New York Times–bestselling author…
of The Partners. Ambition, jealousy, desire, hatred, deceit—they&’re all there inside the Wall Street law offices of Tower, Tilney & Webb, the setting for these interwoven stories set in the 1960s from Louis Auchincloss, who practiced law while also writing acclaimed and bestselling fiction. Senior partner Clitus Tilney is not about to let a detestable, hard-drinking partner make a mockery of all he&’s worked for. Harry Reilley is a clerk who pines for Tilney&’s daughter. Jake Platt is an associate willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, including setting a rival up for failure. Rutherford Tower struggles with the fact that he owes his position with the firm to nepotism and not hard work. And then there&’s Mrs. Abercrombie, who&’s waiting for her sixty-fifth birthday, when she plans to retire—and get her revenge. These twelve linked stories capture the struggles, rivalries, victories, disappointments, and compromises in the day-to-day lives of lawyers, and a portrait of professional men and women in mid-century New York.Accidents of Providence: A Novel
Par Stacia Brown. 2012
&“A seventeenth-century heroine for our times&” could face death for her dangerous affair with an English revolutionary (O, The Oprah…
Magazine). London, 1649. King Charles has been beheaded for treason; Cromwell is in power; paranoia and self-righteousness rule; and glove maker Rachel Lockyer has been engaged in a secret affair with William Walwyn, a Leveler who advocates for independence and tolerance. But when Rachel&’s &“bastard&” infant is found hidden in the woods, Rachel is arrested. No one disputes that the young mother buried her beloved daughter. The question that has brought Rachel to trial for murder is: why? Now drawn into Rachel&’s circle is the married lover she is loathe to reveal; a fiercely compassionate mother who lost her own children to smallpox; a prosecutor hell-bent on making an example of Rachel; and the criminal investigator, increasingly reluctant to build his case against the condemned young woman—all of them brought to reckon for this one life. At once a remarkable love story and a breathtaking thriller based on true events, Accidents of Providence is &“heart-poundingly vivid [and] intellectually provocative . . . historical fiction at its best&” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). &“[A] delightfully seditious heroine . . . Proof that a historical novel can be educational and entertaining.&” —O, The Oprah Magazine &“Wonderfully detailed and keenly researched, it is a moving portrait of a courageous woman caught between a disastrous affair with a charismatic revolutionary and the draconian laws of the land that would put her to death because of it.&” —Kathleen Kent, author of The Traitor&’s WifeA Stranger in the Kingdom: A Novel
Par Howard Mosher. 2014
This novel of murder and its aftermath in a small Vermont town in the 1950s is &“reminiscent of To Kill…
a Mockingbird . . . Absorbing&” (The New York Times). In Kingdom County, Vermont, the town&’s new Presbyterian minister is a black man, an unsettling fact for some of the locals. When a French-Canadian woman takes refuge in his parsonage—and is subsequently murdered—suspicion immediately falls on the clergyman. While his thirteen-year-old son struggles in the shadow of the town&’s accusations, and his older son, a lawyer, fights to defend him, a father finds himself on trial more for who he is than for what he might have done. &“Set in northern Vermont in 1952, Mosher&’s tale of racism and murder is powerful, viscerally affecting and totally contemporary in its exposure of deep-seated prejudice and intolerance . . . [A] big, old-fashioned novel.&” —Publishers Weekly &“A real mystery in the best and truest sense.&”—Lee Smith, The New York Times Book Review A Winner of the New England Book AwardI'm Not Stiller
Par Max Frisch. 1994
The unabridged version of a haunting story of a man in prison. His wife, brother, and mistress recognize him and…
call him by his name, Anatol Ludwig Stiller. But he rejects them, repeatedly insisting that he’s not Stiller. Could he possibly be right-or is he deliberately trying to shake off his old identity and assume a new one? Translated by Michael Bullock. A Helen and Kurt Wolff BookSpeaking in Tongues: A Novel
Par Jeffery Deaver. 2002
From the New York Times bestselling author of Coffin Dancer and The Final Twist comes a gripping story about Two…
men of words, one who seeks only peace—the other, violence. Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy—and danger—seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. Even as he struggles to rebuild his life, his alter ego is plotting his demise. Aaron Matthews, a brilliant psychologist, has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted Tate, Tate's ex-wife, Bett, and their estranged daughter, Megan, for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hell-bent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and Bett reunite in a desperate, heart-pounding attempt to find her and to stop Matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a glib tongue and talent for coercion are as dangerous as knives and guns. Featuring an urgent race against the clock, gripping details of psychological manipulation, and the brilliant twists and turns that are trademark Deaver, Speaking in Tongues delivers the suspense punch that has made this author a bestseller. It will leave you speechless.Street Legal: The Betrayal
Par William Deverell. 2004
A Toronto lawyer defends a hit man as the Midnight Strangler stalks the city in a legal thriller based on…
the author&’s popular CBC drama Street Legal. Toronto, 1980. Three ambitious young lawyers are out to make a name for themselves with their own practice. Chuck Tchobanian and Leon Robinovitch are testing the boundaries of free speech with a pair of controversial cases. Carrie Barr, fresh from her success defending a drifter charged as the notorious Midnight Strangler, takes the most dangerous case of all: a suave hit man who proves to be far more dangerous—and alluring—than she imagined. Soon Carrie finds herself drawn into a web of terror as a rogue police operation, a ruthless drug lord, and a series of brutal murders threaten to tear the fledgling firm apart. Meanwhile, the Midnight Strangler is still at large . . . and may have chosen Carrie as his next victim. Novelist and criminal lawyer William Deverell won the Dashiell Hammett Prize and two Arthur Ellis Awards for his gritty legal thrillers. Street Legal: The Betrayal is based on Deverell&’s long-running Canadian crime drama Street Legal, which was revived with a new cast in 2019.The Gods of Guilt (A Lincoln Lawyer Novel #5)
Par Michael Connelly. 2013
INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES THE LINCOLN LAWYER – THE #1 TV SHOW ON NETFLIXDefense attorney Mickey Haller is forced…
to bend the law until it breaks when he is hired to defend a man accused of killing a prostitute in this novel of courtroom suspense, the "best one yet" (The Washington Post). Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game. When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow path, he knows he is on the hook for this one. He soon finds out that she was back in LA and back in the life. Far from saving her, Mickey may have been the one who put her in danger. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly and bring all his skill to bear on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt. The Gods of Guilt shows once again why "Michael Connelly excels, easily surpassing John Grisham in the building of courtroom suspense" (Los Angeles Times).Betrayal: A Robin Lockwood Novel (Robin Lockwood #7)
Par Phillip Margolin. 2023
In Phillip Margolin's Betrayal, attorney Robin Lockwood finds herself defending her old nemesis in a multiple murder case with too…
many suspects, where success might cost her own life.Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon but a decade ago, she was a ranked and rising MMA fighter. Her career came to a quick end when she was knocked out and concussed in the first round by Mandy Kerrigan, a much more talented fighter.Now the situation couldn't be more different, with Kerrigan on her last legs, her career nearly over, arrested for the quadruple murder of the entire Finch family...and Kerrigan's only possible friend is the attorney she beat so many years ago. For Robin, it's no simple case: Margaret Finch was a lawyer working for vicious Russian mobsters, and was in the cross-hairs of both the mobsters and the widower of a woman a client killed; her husband Nathan Finch was deeply in debt to a bookie who threatened his life; her son Ryan was the one who sold Kerrigan illegal performance enhancing drugs and was beaten severely by her when Kerrigan failed her drug test. To complicate matters further, the DA that Robin is facing is the man she's just started dating, the first person she's begun seeing seriously after her husband was killed.In a case where the stakes are high and the truth is elusive, where each new fact twists the case in a new direction, there is seemingly no way to win or direction to turn that will leave Robin Lockwood unscathed.