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Simisola: roman
Par Ruth Rendell. 1995
La petite ville de Kingsmarkham a bien changé depuis les premières enquêtes de Wexford: le chômage, les sans-abris, les préjugés…
raciaux. La jeune fille de son médecin privé vient de disparaître. L'inspecteur se lance dans une poursuite parsemée de fausses pistes et de rebondissements, où le mystère s'épaissit à mesure que le lecteur croit le voir s'éclaircir. À partir de l'investigation sur le cas apparemment simple d'une disparition d'une jeune fille noire, l'auteure construit une intrigue d'une complexité croissante où la dimension sociologique s'imbrique étroitement au puzzle romanesque. 1995.Surgie de nulle part
Par Giles Blunt, Pierre Bondil, Nicolas Bondil. 2005
Algonquin Bay, en été. Une jeune femme amnésique, avec une balle de petite calibre dans le cerveau, débarque dans un…
bar. On la surnomme Red. Au même moment un corps est retrouvé dans une grotte. Ses tatouages permettent d'identifier Wombat Guthrie, biker et dealer. Même si à première vue rien ne lie les deux affaires, Cardinal découvre que Red est menacée par des bikers. Suite de "Sous un ciel de tempête", suivi de "Quand tu liras ces mots". 2009, c2005. Titre uniforme: Black fly season.Sous un ciel de tempête
Par Giles Blunt. 2005
Où l'on retrouve le policier de "Quarante mots pour la neige" face à un crime perpétré sur un ancien agent…
de la CIA et ayant des rapports possibles avec le mouvement FLQ de 1970. 2006, c2005. Titre uniforme: The delicate storm.Sugar Pine trail (Haven Point. #7.)
Par RaeAnne Thayne. 2017
Librarian Julia Winston is ready to ditch the quiet existence she's been living. She's made a list of new things…
to experience, but falling for Jamie Caine, her sexy military pilot neighbor, isn't one of them. Sequel to "Serenity Harbor". 2017.Sunrise crossing (Ransom Canyon. #4.)
Par Jodi Thomas. 2016
Return to peaceful Crossroads, Texas, where community comes first and love thrives in the unlikeliest places. Yancy Grey is slowly…
putting his life back together after serving time for petty theft. As he rebuilds an old house, he finally has a sense of stability, but he can't stop thinking of himself as just an ex-con. Until one night, he finds a mysterious dark-haired beauty hiding in his loft. But who is she, and what secret is she protecting? The art gallery Parker Lacey manages is her life - she has no time for friends, and certainly not lovers. But when her star artist begs Parker for help, she finds herself in a pickup truck, headed for the sleepy town of Crossroads. 2016.Suspense (Stanley Hastings Mystery Ser. #Bk. 13)
Par Parnell Hall. 1998
Stanley Hastings, New York private detective, is hired by Maxine Winnington, wife of bestselling author Kenneth Winnington, to find out…
who's been calling her with death threats. During the investigation, Kenneth's ex-publisher and his current publicist are murdered. Hastings becomes a suspect - until his family is also threatened. Some violence and some strong language. 1998.Suffer the little children (Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery. #16.)
Par Donna Leon. 2007
When Commissario Brunetti is summoned in the middle of the night to the hospital bed of a pediatrician, he is…
confronted with more questions than answers. Three men burst into the doctor's apartment while the family was sleeping, attacked him, and took away his eighteen-month-old boy. What could have motivated an assault by the forces of the state that was so violent it has left the doctor mute? As Brunetti delves into the case, he begins to uncover a story of infertility, desperation, and illegal dealings. Sequel to "Through a glass, darkly", followed by "The girl of his dreams". 2007.Surrender to a stranger (Silhouette intimate moments)
Par Karyn Monk. 1994
Sentenced to death, Jacqueline never expected to be rescued by a man whose disguise hid a handsome British agent. They…
called him the Black Prince, and to save the unjustly condemned he took hair-raising risks, slipping in and out of courtrooms and prisons, brazenly defying the threat of capture and death. Now the two were on the run, but as long as he was there to protect her, she felt strangely safe. And the spy tried to tell himself that Jacqueline was just another prisoner to be spirited away to safety, yet there was something about her that made him never want to let her go. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1999, c1994.Stronger by far (Harlequin superromance ; #277)
Par Sandra James. 1987
When Kate McAllister's ex-husband is kidnapped, the only person she can trust is Jason Davalos. Although Jason hates her ex-husband,…
she knows he will help her for old times' sake. Some descriptions of sex. 1987. (Harlequin superomance ; 277)Sunswept summer (Harlequin presents ; #1011)
Par Kathleen O'Brien. 1987
Rumours of Rory Hammond's custody battle with his ex-wife is a reporter's dream. To Lucy Austin, though, it means remembering…
the summer she spent with Rory before he married his Palm Beach girlfriend. c1987. (Harlequin presents ; 1011)Strip Jack: An Inspector Rebus Novel
Par Ian Rankin. 1994
When Detective Inspector John Rebus participates in a raid on an Edinburgh brothel, he is surprised to find a member…
of Parliament, Gregor Jack, among the guests. Because the press seems to have known about the raid, Rebus suspects a setup. Then Jack's wife is found murdered near their cottage in the Highlands. Some strong language. 1994.Sun and candlelight: Alethea Thomas is more than grateful when Dr Sarre van Diederijk saves her pride from being crushed…
by another man. So when Sarre asks her to marry him and become a mother to his children, Alethea accepts. Only when she gets to Holland does she realise the enormity of the task. A star looks down: Professor Alexander van Zeust's four young nieces and nephews need someone to care for them temporarily. As soon as he meets Beth, the professor knows she's the one to help him. Beth is kind, loving and gets on well with the children, so everyone's happy. Except Beth - who's fallen in love with her employer! 2003.Substitute fiancée (Presents Ser.)
Par Lee Wilkinson. 2000
Blaze Rawdon is convinced Francesca has a guilty secret - and, when his new fiancee disappears on the eve of…
their engagement party, Blaze ruthlessly coerces Francesca into becoming a temporary stand-in! Francesca is forced to play along with the pretence, only she mustn't let Blaze touch her heart: their brief affair years ago ended in tears. This time she is determined that while she may be his substitute fiancee, she'll never be his bride. 2000.Sun and shadow: an Erik Winter novel (A Chief Inspector Erik Winter novel. #1)
Par Laurie Thompson, Åke Edwardson. 2005
Erik Winter is the youngest Chief Inspector in Sweden; he wears sharp suits, cooks gourmet meals, has a penchant for…
jazz, and is about to become a father. In addition, he is dealing with aging parents while trying to solve a gruesome murder. The city of Gothenburg is preparing to celebrate the millennium and the particularly lurid double murder leads Winter into the world of Goths and the possibility that someone on the force is involved. Followed by “Never end”. 2005. Uniform title: Sol och skugga.Swing, brother, swing
Par Ngaio Marsh. 1994
The music rose to a climax; Lord Pastern aimed his revolver and fired. The figure in the spotlight fell and…
the coup-de-theatre had become murder. Could Inspector Alleyn believe the eccentric peer had let hatred of his son in law go too far, or would the tangle of jealousies and blackmail among the party guests reveal another murderer? 2004.Surfeit of Lampreys
Par Ngaio Marsh. 1985
The Lampreys had plenty of charm, but no cash. They all knew they were peculiar and rather glorified in it.…
The double and triple charades, for instance, with which they would entertain their guests, like rich but awful Uncle Gabriel, who was such a bore. They thought that if they jollied him up he could bail them out yet again but Uncle Gabriel died instead and Roderick Alleyn had to sort it all out. 1985.Shipwreck (Detective Murdoch mystery.)
Par Maureen Jennings. 2010
1873, Nova Scotia. A storm has wrecked a ship on the shores of a fishing village, and people work bravely…
to rescue the crew - but many die. When young Will Murdoch and the local priest examine the bodies, they discover gold and diamonds. They suspect that the shipwreck was not responsible for all the deaths. Some descriptions of violence. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. 2010.Skin (Jack Caffery mystery. #4.)
Par Mo Hayder. 2013
When the decomposing body of a young woman is found, the wounds on her wrists suggest an open-and-shut case of…
suicide. But Jack Caffery is not so sure. Other apparent suicides are cropping up, and they all have a connection to Elf's Grotto, a nearly bottomless network of flooded quarries just outside the city. Caffery begins to suspect a shadowy and sinister predator, someone - or something - that can disappear into darkness and slip into houses unseen. Working alongside Caffery is rough-and-tough police diver Flea Marley, but while pursuing her investigation, she stumbles upon something far too close to home that no one - not even Caffery - can help her face. 2013.Second chance girl (Happily Inc series. #2.)
Par Susan Mallery. 2017
Just as he begins to understand what a treasure his elusive neighbor is, Mathias wounds her deeply with careless actions.…
If he can't convince Carol to be his girl, he's facing a long, empty future alone. Sequel to "You say it first", followed by "A very merry princess". 2017.Stray bullets
Par Robert Rotenberg. 2012
Outside a busy downtown Toronto doughnut shop on a snowy November evening, gunshots ring out and a young boy is…
critically hurt. Detective Ari Greene is soon on scene, investigating: how many shots were fired, by how many guns, seen by how many witnesses? With grieving parents and a city hungry for justice, the pressure is on to convict the man accused of this horrible crime. Against this tidal wave of indignation, defense counsel Nancy Parish finds herself defending her oldest and most difficult client, but does anyone know the whole story? Includes sex, strong language and violence. 2012.