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C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant: polar (Enquête de Maud Graham. #4)
Par Chrystine Brouillet. 2006
" Un enfant est retrouvé mort sur les plaines d'Abraham. Près du cadavre, un homme se réveille, amnésique. Est-il coupable…
du crime? Qu'apprendra Maud Graham si elle réussit à lui parler? Y parviendra-t-elle avant qu'un autre enfant soit violé ou assassiné? Dans la chaleur de l'été et de cette troublante enquête, on retrouve Maud Graham, son univers et les personnes qui l'entourent, Grégoire, le jeune prostitué qu'elle aime tendrement, et Gagnon, le médecin légiste. Et c'est avec elle que l'on partagera l'angoisse de ses découvertes. " -- 4e de couvL'appât: roman (Lettres hispaniques)
Par José Somoza. 2011
" Lever de rideau. Ici une bretelle noire glisse sur une peau diaphane, là des yeux mi-clos quémandent un improbable…
pardon : parure et posture. Elles charment et abusent les sens, elles disent qui est le maître. Si le grand ordonnateur de ce manichéisme visuel s'appelle Shakespeare, nous ne sommes pas sur les planches du théâtre du Globe mais dans le centre de formation ultramoderne de la police madrilène. Des instructeurs y décryptent les codes élisabéthains, qui placent la satisfaction du désir à l'épicentre de notre psyché. Les agents sont formés à la technique des "masques" : identifier en quelques secondes la nature du désir le plus profond du suspect pour provoquer en lui une overdose du seul plaisir auquel il ne peut résister. On les appelle les "appâts", Diana Blanco est leur meilleur élément. Quand elle découvre que sa jeune soeur est aux prises avec l'insaisissable Spectateur qui terrifie la ville, elle mène une course contre la montre qui la conduit jusqu'à l'antre du monstre. C'est du moins ce qu'elle croit. Subversif ? Troublant ? Inventif ? Ingénieux ? C'est Comme il vous plaira. Mais si "Le monde entier est un théâtre", José Carlos Somoza signe ici une magistrale mise en scène. " -- 4e de couvLe psychopompe: thriller
Par Dominique Maisons. 2011
"Paris, hiver 2011. La vie d'Alice Jourdan bascule dans l'horreur la nuit où elle se fait agresser par un vagabond…
fantomatique qui a le visage de son mari défunt. L'incident plonge la jeune femme dans un état de terreur paranoïaque. Elle va se confier à Victor Bellanger, flic marginal en pleine dérive, qui n'hésite pas à rompre avec tout cadre légal pour mener sa propre enquête. Tous deux se retrouvent au coeur d'une série d'incidents violents liés au passé familial de la jeune femme... Isolés et traqués, ils ne peuvent compter que sur eux-mêmes pour échapper à l'abîme..." -- 4e de couvSilence, on tue!: roman policier
Par Laurent Chabin. 2005
" Cette compilation reprend quatre romans policiers parus dans la collection Atout policier. Leur réunion ici n'est pas fortuite :…
bien que ces livres ne constituent pas à proprement parler une suite, ils ont en commun des lieux et, surtout, des personnages. Parmi ceux-ci, le narrateur principal, l'écrivain Louis Ferdine, qui hante ces quatre récits et contribue à leur unité. Louis Ferdine est né avec Sang d'encre, le premier de ces quatre romans. Série grise, qui est à la fois un clin d'œil à Agatha Christie et une variation inattendue sur une pièce classique, et immortelle, de Jean Racine. Le lecteur attentif reconnaîtra sans doute, dans Partie double, l'écrivain américain qui se trouve pris dans ce complexe imbroglio où nul ne sait qui est qui, à commencer par le narrateur lui-même. Qui saura, en revanche, que l'ami d'enfance de Ferdine, dans Vengeances qui emmènera le lecteur dans son véritable village natal , habite en réalité à Trois-Rivières où il poursuit actuellement des études de musique? " -- 4e de couvLa moitié d'étoile: roman (Romanichels)
Par Pierre Tourangeau. 2007
"L'écrivain Jérôme Letendre est prêt à tout pour recevoir les cinq étoiles dont il rêve, dût-il aller les chercher dans…
les galaxies les plus lointaines. Un roman qui oscille entre la science-fiction et le terre-à-terre le plus réaliste. Grinçant, amusant, déroutant". -- 4e de couvLe bal des imposteurs: roman
Par Richard Mason. 2001
[...] Je l'ai tuée. Son geste accompli, James Farell, seul dans son château de Cornouailles, se souvient, raconte, tente d'élucider…
les secrets de sa vie. Comment, étudiant à Oxford, il était promis à une brillante carrière musicale. Comment un matin, à Hyde Park, il rencontra Ella Harcourt, la cousine germaine de Sarah. Pourquoi, follement épris de Ella, il en vint à épouser Sarah. A remonter ainsi le temps, à réveiller sa jeunesse, à en raviver les passions, saisira-t-il que le vrai crime fut alors d'avoir tué l'amour ?... -- 4e de couvEl corazón de hielo (Triple amenaza #03)
Par Lis W Wiehl. 2011
"At first glance, the crimes appear random. Arson. Theft. Fraud. Murder. But these are more than random crimes. They're moves…
in an increasingly deadly game. And the one element they have in common: a woman who is gorgeous, clever... and lethal. Elizabeth Avery has a winsome smile and flawless figure, but underneath is a heart of ice. She's a master manipulator, convincing strangers to do the unthinkable. And she orchestrates it all without getting too close. Until now. When Elizabeth ruthlessly disposes of an inquisitive young reporter, her crime catches the attention of Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce, FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges, and crime reporter Cassidy Shaw. They know they're dealing with a cold-blooded murderer who could strike at any time. What they don't know is that they're already on a first-name basis with the killer. And one of them may be next on her list." -- GoodreadsUn diamante al rojo vivo (Dortmunder mystery #01)
Par Donald E Westlake. 2017
"An African diplomat, intent on possessing an emerald sacred to his country, hires parolee John Dortmunder to steal it from…
the New York Coliseum. Dortmunder and his motley crew pursue the errant jewel to the Utopia Park prison, an insane asylum, and a Fifth Avenue bank vault." -- Provided by NLSLa mano del destino (Triple amenaza #02)
Par Lis W Wiehl. 2010
"Outspoken radio talk show host Jim Fate dies tragically when poisonous gas fills the studio while his polarizing show, The…
Hand of Fate, is on air. They call themselves the triple threat. Three best friends who are uniquely qualified to crack the case: FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges, crime reporter Cassidy Shaw, and Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce. But Cassidy has a secret, one that will either solve the case, or make her a suspect. As they race against time to stop another murder, the triple threat must piece together the crime to find a motive... and a killer." -- GoodreadsImitación de Guatemala: cuatro novelas breves
Par Rodrigo Rey Rosa. 2014
"Rodrigo Rey Rosa takes us into a universe that today transcends the borders of Guatemala, because, in the author's words,…
"the whole world is a violent place." In these four detective novels written between 1995 and 2006, |Kill Me If...|, |The Good Cripple|, |Enchanted Stones|, and |Stable|, he also demonstrates his masterful handling of suspense. The massacres of indigenous people in the mountains and the trafficking of children, the memory of a kidnapping, the running over of a child by a hit-and-run driver, and the burning of a stable during an equestrian festival are just the starting point of these four stories, a "narrative tetralogy" that marks a milestone in contemporary Latin American literature." -- Translation provided by NLSLa primera estrella de la noche (Chicago stars series #08)
Par Susan Elizabeth Phillips. 2017
"Piper Dove is a woman with a dream-to become the best detective in the city of Chicago. First job? Trail…
former Chicago Stars quarterback, Cooper Graham. Problem? Graham's spotted her, and he's not happy. Which is why a good detective needs to think on her feet. "The fact is...I'm your stalker. Not full-out barmy. Just...mildly unhinged." Piper soon finds herself working for Graham himself, although not as the bodyguard he refuses to admit he so desperately needs. Instead, he's hired her to keep an eye on the employees at his exclusive new nightclub. But Coop's life might be in danger, and Piper's determined to protect him, whether he wants it or not. (Hint: Not!) If only she weren't also dealing with a bevy of Middle Eastern princesses, a Pakistani servant girl yearning for freedom, a teenager who just wants to fit in, and an elderly neighbor demanding Piper find her very dead husband. And then there's Cooper Graham himself, a legendary sports hero who always gets what he wants-even if what he wants is a feisty detective hell bent on proving she's as tough as he is." -- GoodreadsCasas vacías (Narrativa Sexto Piso)
Par Brenda Navarro. 2020
"|Empty Houses| unfolds in the aftermath of a child's disappearance. His mother is distraught. As her life begins to unravel,…
she is haunted by his absence but also by her own ambivalence: did she even want him in the first place? In a working-class neighbourhood on the other side of Mexico City another woman protects her stolen child. After longing desperately to be a mother, her life is violently altered by its reality. Alternating between these two contrasting voices, |Empty Houses| confronts the desires, regrets and social pressures of motherhood faced by both the mother who lost her child and the new one who risked everything to take him." -- GoodreadsLa mujer de la escalera (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain). Policiaca #398)
Par Pedro A González Moreno. 2018
"A suicide and a mysterious murder serve as the starting point for this story in which two recent university graduates…
face a mission that will change their lives forever: to locate some ancient medieval theater books. Thus begins a thrilling search in which the characters will end up finding themselves and their own destiny, outlining at the same time the portrait of a bridge generation that struggled to find its own space in the Spain of the late seventies and early eighties. A gripping story of intrigue, of ambitions and grudges, of love and heartbreak, of frustrations and desires, where the murkiest and the noblest feelings intermingle and clash dramatically, always against the backdrop of the theatrical world, that metaliterary space in which, as in a game of mirrors, not everything is what it seems...." Translation provided by NLSLa librería del Señor Livingstone
Par Mónica Gutiérrez. 2020
"Agnes Martí is a young archaeologist from Barcelona who decides to move to London in search of a job opportunity.…
After several weeks without success, a sudden rainfall surprises her while she is taking a walk and she enters Moonlight Book. By chance, its owner, Edward Livingstone, is looking for an assistant and offers her the job. The young woman accepts and little by little she discovers the charm of this small bookstore. Until one day, when one of her most precious and oldest books disappears and police inspector John Lockewood enters the scene to take charge of the investigation and turn Agnes's life upside down." -- Translation provided by NLSAdán
Par Ted Dekker. 2008
"FBI agent Daniel Clark is shot by an elusive serial killer called Eve, the very criminal he has been tracking.…
Daniel survives but can't remember his attacker's face. Believing the image to be locked away in his mind, Daniel tries to revisit his near-death experience." -- Provided by NLSYo fumo para olvidar que tú bebes (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain). Serie policiaca)
Par Martín Casariego. 2020
"It's the late 1980s. Max Lomas, handsome and sentimental, cultured and unbelieving, splits his time between Madrid and San Sebastian,…
where he works as a private escort for a professor threatened by the ETA terrorist group. While in the capital, Max falls in love with Elsa Arroyo at first sight. In the Basque Country his ambitious and temperamental colleague García begins to wonder which side of the line between crime and the law he should be on. And what's worse, he starts to take an interest in Elsa as well..." -- Translation provided by NLSMi precio es ninguno (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain). Serie policiaca #478)
Par Martín Casariego. 2021
"It is 1996. For years Max Lomas has seemed to only live for decadence. He usually kills time in El…
Gato Azul, a seedy bar in Madrid. He does not lose, however, the hope of settling accounts with the past. And indeed, like a burst of life, it suddenly returns one night when the woman he would like to have forgotten, yet of whom he remembers every detail, reappears in his life: Elsa, his great love and the cause of his ruin six years earlier; Elsa, who now needs help to save her sister from the clutches of her ex-partner in the Basque Country, Garcia. As he decides whether or not he can trust her again, and with the disappearance of three kilos of cocaine as an excuse, Max knows the time has come to take his revenge...." -- Translation provided by NLSSan Juan noir (Akashic noir series)
Par Mayra Santos-Febres. 2016
"Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set…
in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand-new stories by: Wilfredo J. Burgos Matos, Ernesto Quiñonez, Mayra Santos-Febres, José Rabelo, Luis Negrón, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Ana María Fuster Lavín, Janette Becerra, Manolo Núñez Negrón, Tere Dávila, Edmaris Carazo, Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Charlie Vázquez, and Manuel A. Meléndez." -- GoodreadsEn tierra de nadie (John Puller novel. Spanish #04)
Par David Baldacci. 2019
"Special Agent John Puller's mother, Jackie, vanished thirty years ago from Fort Monroe, Virginia. Now, military investigators, armed with a…
letter from Jackie's friend, arrive in the hospital room of Puller's father--a legendary three-star general now sinking into dementia. They reveal that he has been accused of murdering Jackie." -- Provided by NLSLe cri du livre (Pocket junior #345. C'est ça la vie!)
Par Carole Martinez. 1997
Noé, qui s'est emprisonné dans sa chambre, assiste en direct, par la lunette de son télescope, à l'étranglement de Marguerite,…
la bibliothécaire. Avec sa petite voisine, témoin elle aussi, ils décident de mener l'enquête. Un suspense bien enlevé. [SDM