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Laura disparait mystérieusement après avoir incarné Jeanne d'Arc le temps d'une nuit. Sa disparition est-elle liée aux menaces d'extrémistes reçues avant la cérémonie?
En plein milieu des fêtes johanniques, célébrées à Orléans tous les ans depuis le xve siècle, la jeune fille qui a endossé le rle de Jeanne d'Arc vient de disparaître. Crime, enlèvement ? Le capitaine Yann Bonelli est chargé de l'enquête. De Bourges jusqu'aux rives...
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Un roman policier qui ne manque pas de souffle !
John se trouve à la tête d'une société de construction immobilière florissante. Il a tout pour être heureux, une jeune et jolie femme, une fille de dix ans affectueuse et docile, une superbe villa entourée d'espaces verdoyants qui scellent un bonheur tranquille. Pourtant, toute cette plénitude va basculer par une nuit d'été...
Découvrez sans plus attendre ce thriller psychologique intense...
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Après L'Assassin aime l'Art Déco, 180° éditions livre ici son 2ème polar mettant en scène la Ville de Bruxelles et son patrimoine urbanistique.
Bruxelles, au cœur de l'énigme, devient un véritable personnage de roman policier!
Anne-Marie, seize ans, a disparu depuis cinq jours. Elle a été aperçue pour la dernière fois dans l'enceinte de l'abbaye de la Cambre. Fugue, enlèvement ou assassinat? La police piétine. La mère de la jeune...
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Why does everything always go wrong at the same time? Danielle's and Patricia's idyllic walk in the countryside comes to an abrupt end, when they find a corpse hanging from a chestnut tree. Danielle's investigation uncovers related suspicious deaths and disappearances. There's little respite at home, as their best friend Marjorie is distraught. The town's immersed in gossip at her husband, the mayor's overt relationship with a young assistant. What...
25085) The Highest Stakes
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DETECTIVE JACK MURPHY IS BACK-on the trail of a criminal mastermind who kills for profit and tortures for pleasure.
In Jack Murphy's experience, the killers who blend in are the hardest to catch. But none are as elusive-or efficient-as Mr. Smith. A man of average height, weight and build, Mr. Smith is as ordinary as his name. Which makes it easy for him to get close to his targets. To kill without conscience. To use every weapon at his disposal...
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Que se passe-t-il dans ce paisible pays de Tréguier ? Un nouveau venu s'en prend à une statue de mère Teresa offerte à la commune par un enfant du pays touché par la grâce de la sainte. On pourrait croire à un canular si cet individu ne prétendait vouloir faire détruire la statue au prétexte que le socle sur lequel elle a été installée déborde de quelques centimètres sur un terrain communal. Mary, requise pour aller calmer le jeu, prend...
25087) Jamie
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Jamie, first published in 1963, is a moving novel set in South Africa and centered on 12-year-old Jamie Carson. The region is experiencing a severe drought, forcing wild animals to approach farmsteads in their search for water. Sadly, Jamie's father is killed by a wild buffalo, and Jamie is determined to seek revenge. The boy receives sympathy from the adults, but they offer no help in his securing a rifle and ammunition, as he is determined to find...
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In 1935 a book called PERFUME FROM PROVENCE was published which instantly became a bestseller, rocketing its gentle, charming author almost overnight to fame and success. The book, telling of Sir John and Lady Fortescue's life in Provence, also gave tantalising glimpses of what had gone before and, finally, after Sir John's death, Lady Fortescue wrote the full story of her life and most particularly of her meeting and marriage with John Fortescue....
25089) Serial
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The Killer Becomes The Hunted
She was gagged. Violated. Tortured. Nailing the killer is priority number one and only the best will do--that means Frank Quinn. And Quinn wouldn't want it any other way. Because he recognizes the victim. Years ago, as a homicide detective, he saved her young life. Now the hunt is on, and deep in his gut, Quinn welcomes it. He knows he's seeing the work of a truly twisted serial killer. Except it's not the ritual weapon...
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Entre Atlantique et Méditerranée, la vérité se voile...
À peine arrivés à Lorient, le capitaine Le Duigou et le lieutenant Phil Bozzi sont confrontés à un premier meurtre dont le corps est découvert dans un centre commercial de Lanester, puis, rapidement, à un second, face à la Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly...
Quels peuvent en être les mobiles? Pourquoi dans ces lieux aussi fréquentés? Serait-ce pour faire diversion?
De rebondissements...
25091) The Tumbling Girl
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'A wry, warm and proper rib-tickling slice of dirty Victorian gothic' Julia Crouch 1876, Victorian London. Minnie Ward, a feisty scriptwriter for the Variety Palace Music Hall, is devastated when her best friend is found brutally murdered. She enlists the help of private detective Albert Easterbrook to help her find justice.
Together they navigate London, from its high-class clubs to its murky underbelly. But as the bodies pile up, they must rely...
25092) Little Girls Lost
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The fourth in the bestselling series of psychological thrillers featuring Carson Ryder, the detective with a unique perspective on serial killers.
Children are disappearing in Mobile, Alabama, the latest snatched from her own bedroom. There are no clues - and, as yet, no bodies.
Homicide Detective Carson Ryder is called in to investigate the abduction of little LaShelle Shearing only to find the case getting tangled up in murky departmental...
25093) Just One Bite: A Novel
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The shocking, fast-paced and queasily funny follow-up to Jack Heath's international bestselling thriller, Hangman.
Timothy Blake, ex-consultant for the FBI, now works in body disposal for a local crime lord. One night he stumbles across a body he wasn't supposed to find and is forced to hide it. When the FBI calls Blake in to investigate a missing university professor, Blake recognizes him as the dead man in his freezer.
Then another man goes...
25094) Trumps @ Mayor
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Amelia Hartliss, Special Agent - Melia to her friends and 'Heartless' to her enemies - is always landing the worst of jobs. Right now, she's been given the task of baby-sitting a candidate in the local government elections. The problem is, that of all the people who have put their names forward, he really is the person most likely to get themselves in trouble. He's never stood before. He's loud, he's raucous. He proudly boasts, 'I know nothing about...
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Im englischen Städtchen Lafferton scheint die Welt noch in Ordnung zu sein. Bis zu dem Morgen, als eine Frau spurlos im Nebel verschwindet. Die Polizei möchte den Fall schnell zu den Akten legen, nur die junge Ermittlerin Freya Graffham hat ein ungutes Gefühl bei der Sache. Zusammen mit ihrer heimlichen Liebe, dem gleichermaßen schöngeistigen wie rätselhaften Polizeichef Simon Serrailler, macht sie sich an die Ermittlungen. Dann verschwinden...
25097) A Gingerbread House
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An invitation you can't refuse. You should...
When shy, lonely Ivy meets a woman who claims to be her long-lost sister, she knows it's too good to be true. She decides to trust Kate anyway. She wants a family. She wants someone to love. She's making a mistake.
Ivy enters Kate's fairytale cottage, deep in the heart of Scotland...and she doesn't come out. She's the first to go missing. She won't be the last.
Meanwhile, in another part of the forest,...
25098) Every Missing Girl
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Sparks takes her gift for nail-biting drama to a new level with a cold case of a missing girl suddenly gone red-hot. This "enthralling page-turner" (Lisa Regan) is perfect for fans of Melinda Leigh and Lisa Gardner. The stunning landscape of Colorado's Rocky Mountains are among our greatest natural treasures. But there are deadly secrets lurking in the craggy heights, and FBI Special Agent Kendall Beck and Denver Homicide Detective Adam Taylor team...
25099) Jealous Woman
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A salesman, a would-be divorcée, and an insurance policy turn toxic in Reno. Vegas is a city of lovers, but in Reno, the business is divorce. Six weeks in Reno can erase the darkest marriages, and the only question is how to pass the time - craps or roulette? Jane Delavan is a roulette woman, a stately beauty from back East who's too classy for the motel where she's shacked up. She's come for a divorce, but her husband has other ideas. He wants an...
25100) The Eden Trap
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In "The Eden Trap: Chronicles of the Forsaken," a group of survivors finds themselves stranded on a mysterious island shrouded in ancient secrets and dark rituals. With no way to call for help, they must navigate the treacherous terrain, unravel the mysteries of the forsaken island, and confront their deepest fears. As they encounter the island's enigmatic inhabitants and uncover its haunting past, they realize that survival means more than escaping;...
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