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The cradle will fall
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1980
While in Westlake Hospital, Katie DeMaio sees a woman's body being carried to a car in the middle of the…
night. The next day the woman is found dead and declared a suicide. 1980.Le meurtre de Roger Ackroyd
Par Agatha Christie. 1927
Le médecin d'un petit village anglais nous raconte le drame qui s'y déroule. La mort de Monsieur Ferrars et le…
suicide de sa femme font déjà jaser quand meurt, assassiné, Roger Ackroyd. 1988, c1927. Titre uniforme: The murder of Roger Ackroyd.Dust (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. #21.)
Par Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2013
After working on one of the worst mass killings in US history, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta returns home to…
recover, but an unsettling call drives her straight back to work. The body of a young woman has been discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT, draped in ivory linen and posed in a way that is too deliberate to be the killer's first strike. 2013.Scarpetta (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. #16.)
Par Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2009
Despite their troubled past, detective Pete Marino works again with pathologist Kay Scarpetta, her husband, and her niece, to expose…
the sadistic sexual psychopath who killed a graduate student who was a dwarf. Meanwhile someone trashes Scarpetta’s reputation online. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009.The vanished man (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #5)
Par Jeffery Deaver. 2003
When a killer flees the scene of a homicide at a prestigious Manhattan music school and locks himself in a…
classroom, the police have him surrounded within minutes. A scream rings out, followed by a gunshot. The police break down the door. The room is empty. The ambitious Sachs, and the quadriplegic Rhyme, must work together to ferret out a master illusionist they've dubbed "the conjurer" and prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Sequel to "Stone monkey", followed by “The twelfth card”. 2003. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 5)The treatment (Jack Caffery mystery)
Par Mo Hayder. 2006
In a pleasant London neighbourhood, a man and his wife are found tied up in their own home and their…
young son has disappeared. Jack Caffery is called in to investigate, but a similar tragedy from his own past makes it impossible for him to be scientifically detached. Descriptions of sex, violence and explicit strong language. 2001.Stillwatch
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1984
Weep no more, my lady
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1987
Before testifying at the trial of the man accused of murdering her beloved sister, a distraught Elizabeth goes to a…
California spa. She is surprised to find the accused murderer there, and suspects she is being manipulated. Bestseller 1987.L'été de l'espoir: [roman] (Cedar Springs. #2.)
Par Julia London, Patricia Lavigne. 2011
" Enfant adoptée, Jane Aaron s'interroge sur ses origines. À la veille de se marier, la jeune institutrice décide de…
passer l'été à Cedar Springs, la ville de ses parents biologiques. Qui sont-ils ? Et pourquoi l'ont-ils abandonnée ? En attendant de trouver des réponses, Jane accepte de s'occuper des enfants d'Asher Price, un publicitaire accaparé par son métier qui a perdu sa femme dix-huit mois plus tôt. À mesure qu'elle apprivoise deux gamins perturbés et se rapproche de leur père, Jane enquête et découvre plus de secrets qu'elle ne l'escomptait. En viendra-t-elle à craindre la vérité et l'amour qu'elle éprouve pour Asher ? " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: One season of sunshine.L'été des deux amours: [roman] (Cedar Springs. #1.)
Par Julia London, Beatrice Pierre. 2011
" Wyatt Clark est un époux comme toute femme en rêve : doux, attentionné, aimant. Macy le sait, elle a…
trouvé la perle rare, mais leur bonheur vacille lorsqu'on leur annonce une nouvelle incroyable : Finn Lockhart, le mari que Macy aimait éperdument, disparu depuis trois ans lors d'une mission en Afghanistan, est vivant et de retour à Cedar Springs ! La jeune femme, à la fois bouleversée et submergée de bonheur, est en proie à un terrible dilemme et réalise avec effroi qu'elle devra faire un choix décisif entre les deux hommes. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Summer of two wishes.Broken ((Grand format : thriller).)
Par Karin Slaughter, Bernard Ferry. 2013
" Suite à un appel anonyme à Lena Adams, le corps d'une jeune femme est découvert au fond du lac…
glacé de Grant. Un mot griffonné sur une feuille de papier semble indiquer qu'il s'agit d'un suicide. Pourtant, il apparaît bien vite qu'il n'en est rien : Allison Spooner, 21 ans, a été poignardée dans le cou et enchaînée à des parpaings avant d'être abandonnée aux eaux du lac. C'est dans ces circonstances que Sara Linton, après une longue absence, revient en ville pour voir sa famille. Entraînée par une spirale d'événements, elle se retrouve mêlée à cette sordide affaire de meurtre. Le principal suspect, arrêté alors que Lena et ses hommes fouillaient la chambre de la victime, demande à la voir, mais lorsqu'elle arrive au commissariat, il est déjà trop tard : le garçon gît sans vie dans sa cellule, son cri d'innocence barbouillé sur les murs. Quelque chose cloche dans la déposition du suspect et Sara, qui n'a aucune confiance en Lena, appelle le Georgia Bureau of Investigation qui dépêche sur les lieux l'agent spécial Will Trent. Mais celui-ci se heurte aors à un mur de silence, car Grant County est une petite communauté qui protège ses secrets. Et la seule personne qui pourrait révéler la vérité est morte. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Broken.Speaking in bones (A temperance Brennan Novel Ser.)
Par Kathy Reichs. 2015
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates what looks to be a typical missing person case, only to find herself digging up…
bones possibly left by a serial killer, a cult, or perhaps something not entirely of this world. Bestseller. 2015.The kill room: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #10)
Par Jeffery Deaver. 2013
When a U.S. government sniper kills a suspected American terrorist, private investigator Lincoln Rhyme is tasked with building a case…
against those involved. Violence and strong language. Sequel to “The burning wire”, followed by “The skin collector“. 2013.The skin collector (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #11.)
Par Jeffery Deaver. 2015
A new type of serial killer is stalking the streets of New York - one more devious and disturbing than…
ever before. They call this butcher The Skin Collector: a tattooist with a chamber of torture hidden deep underground. But instead of using ink to create each masterpiece, the artist uses a lethal poison which will render targets dead before they can even entertain the prospect of escape. Drafted in to investigate, NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his associate Amelia Sachs have little to go on but a series of cryptic messages left etched into the skin of the deceased. 2015.The Scarpetta factor (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. #17.)
Par Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2009
It is the week before Christmas. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her…
services pro bono to New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic and unsettling events. Sequel to "Scarpetta", followed by "Port Mortuary". 2009.I'll walk alone: A Novel
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 2011
Zan Moreland's three-year-old son Matthew was kidnapped two years ago. Now pictures have emerged showing a Zan look-alike taking Matthew…
from his stroller as Matthew's babysitter sleeps in the park. Zan soon realizes that someone has stolen her identity as well as her son - but will anyone believe her? Bestseller. 2011.The shadow of your smile: a novel
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 2010
On her deathbed, eighty-two-year-old Olivia Morrow considers disclosing a family secret involving her late cousin Catherine, a nun being considered…
for beatification. At seventeen Catherine gave up her illegitimate son for adoption. Now Catherine's granddaughter, the last of the family line, is targeted by an assassin. 2010 bestseller. c2010.Bones are forever: A Novel (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery. #15.)
Par Kathy Reichs. 2012
A hospital report sends forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan to a patient’s apartment, where she finds the corpses of three newborns.…
Tempe and her two ex-lovers search for the infants’ mother. In remote Northern Canada the investigators stumble upon a related mystery involving diamond rights. Strong language and some violence. 2012. (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery ; 15)Flash and bones: A Novel (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery.)
Par Kathy Reichs. 2011
Charlotte, North Carolina. As NASCAR enthusiasts arrive for Race Week, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is asked to identify the body…
found by the speedway. Brennan’s unofficial investigation leads to a long-missing female race-car driver and her boyfriend. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and explicit descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2011. (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)Spider bones: a novel (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)
Par Kathy Reichs. 2010
Medical examiner Temperance Brennan and her daughter, along with Brennan's ex-lover and his daughter, become entangled in a case where…
past and present collide. Three bodies are identified as John Lowery - an American soldier declared dead in 1968 in Vietnam. Violence. Bestseller. 2010. (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)