Title : Double Murder on Borodi Lane - Jonathan Kellerman - Book Summary : A couple is caught in an unmistakable position in a posh villa on Borodi Lane. Yes, but... the woman was strangled, the man was shot in the head. Then the house is set on fire. The investigation stalls until Milo Sturgis discovers that the elusive owner is an Indonesian sultan, king of oil. Who is this man willing to sacrifice his property to erase all clues? World-renowned author Jonathan Kellerman lives in Los Angeles. Like his hero Alex Delaware, he holds a doctorate in psychology. His mystery novels are available in Points. EAN: 9782757833599 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Demon Seed - Dean Koontz - Book Summary : When Susan Abramson moves into her new, fully computerized home, the ultimate in home automation, she believes she is safe from the outside world. How could she suspect that she is about to be the victim of the strangest and most monstrous form of sexual harassment: Proteus, an Artificial Intelligence, has infiltrated the security systems and taken control of the apartment. Prisoner in her own home, reduced to a slave, Susan is forced to submit to the computer's will and fantasies. And Proteus's curiosity for things of the flesh seems boundless. EAN: 9782266043373 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Voice in the Shadows - Andrea Camilleri - Book Summary : A tough day for Inspector Montalbano: first attacked in his kitchen by a hateful octopus, he is then attacked in his car, with a wrench, by a young driver. Strangely enough, his attacker's partner is found murdered shortly after. Meanwhile, a supermarket manager is the victim of a burglary, but he seems especially terrified by the possible reaction of his owners – in this case the mafia. Behind these two unrelated cases, powerful politicians seem to be after the Sicilian Maigret. Will Montalbano manage to avoid the traps set for him? EAN: 9782266286657 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Stranger's Child - Alan Hollinghurst - Book Summary : It all begins in 1913, in the garden of the Sawle family's Middlesex country house. A Cambridge student, the shy George Sawle has invited one of his classmates, the aristocratic and enigmatic Cecil Valance, to the Two Acres. These days in the family home and the poem they inspire in Cecil will change their destiny. And even more so that of Daphne, George's sister. In this spring, when nothing heralds the imminent upheavals of history, a pact is secretly formed between the three young people, the starting point for a striking fresco spanning the 20th century, by one of the greatest contemporary English novelists. A vast novel that you have to let yourself sink into. You come away dazzled like never before. Alexandre Fillon, Livres-hebdo. Welcome to the vertigo of time and the whims of memory. Emily Barnett, Les Inrockuptibles. This book received the Best Foreign Book Award in 2013. EAN: 9782253020424 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Lines of Force - Elizabeth-Ann Scarborough - Book Summary : An intergalactic corporation has decided to extract ore from the planet Effem. The natives oppose it: according to them, the planet is "sentient" and must not be harmed. A first envoy from the corporation, Whittaker, has just had an experience in a cavern that seems to prove the natives right. But this time, the corporation dispatches two envoys: Matthew Luzon, charged with restoring order and restarting mining; and Marmion Allgemeine, who is convinced that the planet must be left alone. Each of them sends investigators to the four corners of the planet; they discover the devastation of all kinds committed by the first Earthlings to arrive. It is discovered that the effects of colonization are infinitely more perverse than expected. Effem is too quiet for a sentient planet; little by little, anxiety sets in. EAN: 9782266113113 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Little Reconstructor - Elizabeth George - Book Summary : Greed, envy. For Noreen Tucker, it was one "little restorative" too many. Her notorious diabetes was a call to murder; the opportunity was too good to miss. No one at this architecture internship will miss this insufferable shrew. Among the members of the study group she was part of, motives are not lacking, nor are suspects... Pride, greed. Filled with ambition, a pathetic little academic knows he'll do anything to rehabilitate King Richard III in the eyes of the world. But to what extent? Lust, anger. Douglas Armstrong, happily married, finds himself one fine morning doubting his wife's fidelity. The story is as old as time. The outcome? Fatal. Three stories, six deadly sins, proof that crime doesn't pay... And that the devil doesn't give back! EAN: 9782266113878 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Towards the Whites - Philippe Djian - Book Summary : Why not a porno?" Edith asked me. It was late. I was trying to finish an article on an algae, Super Blue Green™. My desk was cluttered with documentation. I pretended I hadn't heard anything." Only apparently. Because Francis, a writer on the wane, will drag Nicole, the wife of his writer friend Patrick, into a destructive erotic whirlwind. This dive into the murky waters of sexuality doesn't make us forget that with Djian the stakes are always elsewhere: on the side of people and their identity. EAN: 9782070419449 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Dance With the Angel - Åke Edwardson - Book Summary : An Asylum Station revolves around a black sun, where a non-human entity boasts universal healing powers. This is where Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and the robot Z-6PO arrive, having gone to verify "information" about a new Jedi. Meanwhile, Leia is on an official trip to the planet Muntu Codru with her three children: Anakin and the twins Jacen and Jaina. A dramatic turn of events: the children are abducted aboard a mysterious ship, and the princess, accompanied by Chewbacca and D2R2, sets out in pursuit of the kidnapper, a former officer nostalgic for the Empire. The two groups will find themselves at a terrible rendezvous with the dark side of the Force and the space-time continuum. What's at stake? Their own fate and that of the New Republic. And, beyond that, the very survival of the universe. EAN: 9782264037176 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Frankenstein Unchained - Brian W. Aldiss - Book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782266028622 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Almost Dead - Åke Edwardson - Book Summary : A gangster, a writer, a politician, and an ordinary citizen—not to mention Commissioner Winter, consumed by doubt and a persistent headache. Autumn is exceptionally beautiful in Gothenburg, but all are caught up in a dark event. Their destinies converge around the disappearance of a young girl thirty years earlier. What connection exists between these five men? What dark past do they share? A dizzying dive into a case of secrecy and revenge, where once again, Ake Edwardson demonstrates his exceptional talent as a storyteller. EAN: 9782264052193 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Messiah of Dune - Herbert Frank - Book Summary : Paul Atreides has triumphed over his enemies. In twelve years of holy war, his Fremen have conquered the universe. He has become Emperor Muad' Dib. Almost a god, since he sees the future. He knows his enemies. He knows when and how they will strike. They will try to take back the spice that gives prescience and perhaps unlock the secret of his power. He can thwart their plans, but he sees even further. He knows that all possible futures lead to disaster and is haunted by the vision of his own death. Perhaps there is no other freedom for the prescient than that of sacrifice... EAN: 9782266320498 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Mechanical rapeseed - Karin Brunk Holmqvist - Book Summary : Henning and Albert, two single brothers aged 68 and 73, live on the edge of a village in the Swedish countryside. Their peaceful routine is shattered when the house next door is transformed into a women's drug rehabilitation center, and then when the imaginative media launches an incredible rumor: the nearby rapeseed field is an alien landing site! Vulnerable young women on one side, delirious journalists on the other... Thrust into the heart of the village revolution, the two old bachelors will have to keep their heads. EAN: 9782290155028 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Cross of Carage - Didier Cornaille - Book Summary : He's tearing up the fir trees! In the Morvan. He tears them up and throws them away. Who is he? What does this tall, lanky fellow want, having come to roost in a ruined farmhouse where he shamelessly settles? In the village, around the forge and the café, nothing can ever be the same again. The community can only reject this foreign body. Unless it is forced to question itself. EAN: 9782812906480 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The City of a Thousand Suns - Delany Samuel - Book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782266035156 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The African - Jean-Marie-Gustave Le Clézio - Book Summary : I dreamed for a long time that my mother was black. I had invented a story, a past, to escape reality upon my return from Africa, to this country, to this city where I knew no one, where I had become a foreigner. Then I discovered, when my father, at retirement age, came back to live with us in France, that he was the African. It was difficult to admit. I had to go back, start again, try to understand. In memory of this, I wrote this little book." JMG Le Clézio. EAN: 9782070318476 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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