Title : Of Blood and Ebony - Donna Leon - book Summary : No one saw anything. Yet, an African vendor has just been gunned down in the middle of Campo San Stefano, one of the most beautiful squares in Venice. Who could possibly be trying to eliminate this poor fellow? Why is the Ministry of the Interior pressuring Commissioner Brunetti to abandon the investigation? Perhaps because of the diamonds found among the victim's belongings... EAN : 9782757802793 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Question of Honor - Donna Leon - book Summary : Commissioner Brunetti receives a visit from Claudia, a young student. She seeks to rehabilitate her grandfather, convicted of a crime committed during World War II. Brunetti discovers that he was involved in a massive art trafficking ring. But Claudia is soon found stabbed in her apartment... What terrible secrets does her murderer want to keep buried? EAN : 9782020593441 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Big Fish - Martha Grimes - book Summary : Because they are reliable and make their living by killing, Candy and Carl are hired to eliminate L. Bass Hess, a detestable literary agent on Broadway. Because they always make it a point of honor to know their target before acting, the two men begin by finding out, in their own way. They then discover that the literary agent is true to his reputation: Hess is suing Cindy Sella, one of his former authors, in order to extract a commission from her for a book he never dealt with. This immediately convinces the two accomplices – already convinced that "it's better to cross Afghanistan on a skateboard than to work in publishing" – to save the honor (and career) of the young novelist by dealing with the annoying person in their own way. "Martha Grimes has written a fabulously offbeat novel where the crooks discuss philosophy and literature." Le Tarn Libre EAN : 9782266263887 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Marina - Carlos Ruiz Zafón - book Summary : A boarder at the boarding school, Óscar likes to sneak out, wandering the deserted streets, the pine forests, the villas of a neglected neighborhood. All it takes is a cat and a gold watch for him to fall into Wonderland. A kingdom haunted by dead loves, a mad scientist, and the ghosts of Gaudí. A Barcelona of dreams and nightmares, of theater and cemetery, underground and baroque, from which only the memory of his guide will escape: the unforgettable Marina... EAN : 9782266212540 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Uncle Clarinet - Nick Stone - book Summary : On the island of Haiti, the bloody legacy of the Duvaliers, father and son, is still alive, and mothers give their children mud pies to stave off hunger. Voodoo rules the roost. In the jungle or in the cities, children have been disappearing for decades. And while the population secretly invokes a charming and terrifying god who hypnotizes his victims by playing the flute, private investigator Max Mingus, searching for a missing person, strives to remain rational. Serial killer? Soul thief? Family murders, sacrificial rites, or "collections" for sorcerers' potions? In Haiti, it is the dead who rule. If we forget this too much, we quickly cross their path... EAN : 9782070427826 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Mustache - Emmanuel Carrère - book Summary : One day, thinking you'll make your wife and friends smile, you shave off the mustache you've had for ten years. No one notices, or worse, everyone pretends not to have noticed, and you're the one with the yellow smile. So yellow that soon you're not smiling at all. You insist, and they assure you that you've never had a mustache. Are you going crazy? Do they want you to believe it? Or has something in the order of the world gone wrong at your expense? The story, in any case, inevitably ends very badly and, from impossible interpretations to unreasonable flight, leaves you no way out. Or rather, one, which is opened by the last pages and which you are strongly advised not to use to enter the book. You have been warned. EAN : 9782070378838 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Lost Time - Marie-Laure de Cazotte - book Summary : An arrogant and cynical boss, Eric Meyer's life is turned upside down the day he learns of his mistress's suicide attempt and decides to consult a psychiatrist, Dr. Kaplan. His secret hope: to be told that he is not responsible for the young woman's desperate act. The two men share a common history linked to the tragedies experienced by their parents. But while the former erased this memory at the risk of imbalance, the latter has made it an instrument of wisdom and knowledge of oneself and others. A descent into the depths of childhood trauma, and a subtle exploration, tinged with humor, of the vacillations of the soul and the mysteries of memory. At the center of this "lost time" is the psychiatric hospital—a place of all experiences and all rebirths. The author constantly surprises us. We rejoice in reading this first novel, both devilish and compassionate. Violaine Binet, Vogue. EAN : 9782253002253 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse - book Summary : The day comes when the traditional teaching given to the Brahmins is no longer enough for the young Siddhartha. When Samana ascetics pass through the city, he follows them, familiarizes himself with all their practices but is unable to find the peace of mind he seeks. Then comes the encounter with Gotama, the Buddha. While recognizing his sublime doctrine, he cannot accept it and begins another life with the beautiful Kamala and the merchant Kamaswani. The riches he acquires transform him into a new, materialistic man, whose character eventually displeases him. He goes through the forest, to the edge of the river. It is there that the final phase of the cycle of his evolution is accomplished. Set against the backdrop of a marvelously recreated India, written in a style of rare mastery, Siddhartha , a novel of initiation, is one of the greatest by Hermann Hesse, Nobel Prize winner for literature. EAN : 9782253008484 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Malavita - Tonino Benacquista - book Summary : An American family settles in Cholong-sur-Avre, Normandy. Fred, the father, claims to be a writer and is preparing a book on the D-Day landings. Maggie, the mother, volunteers for a charity and excels in preparing barbecues. Belle, the daughter, lives up to her name. Warren, finally, has managed to make himself indispensable to everyone and everything. A family seemingly like any other, in short. One thing is certain: if they move into your neighborhood, run away without looking back... EAN : 9782070319398 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Bachelor Apartment - Hélène Grémillon - book Summary : Buenos Aires, 1987. Lisandra Puig is found dead, thrown from a window at the foot of her building. The police immediately suspect her husband, Dr. Vittorio Puig. He is a psychoanalyst. In his office, executioners and victims of the Argentine dictatorship lie on the couch. Eva Maria is one of them. Convinced of Vittorio's innocence, she decides to investigate. For her, it's certain: the murderer is among the patients. But which one? And why? After The Confidant, translated into more than thirty languages, Hélène Grémillon offers us a new bewitching novel: jealousy, blindness, a dizzying dance of emotions in a suspenseful book, impossible to put down. EAN : 9782070462353 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The House of Sleep - Jonathan Coe - book Summary : Medici Prize - Foreign Novel 1998 Some very curious events are taking place at Ashdown, a disturbing residence perched on a cliff on the English coast. It was once a university residence, where Sarah the narcoleptic, Gregory the manipulator, Veronica the passionate, Robert the lovesick, and Terry the mad movie buff all crossed paths. Their destinies have diverged, but the ghosts of the past continue to haunt Ashdown, which has become a clinic where the sinister Doctor Dudden carries out monstrous experiments on sleep disorders. By what mysterious coincidences will all the characters end up there? And what transformations will they undergo? A teeming and rigorous fresco, where the illusion of love is pushed to the extreme limits of its realization, and where the truth always emerges from dreams. EAN : 9782070412570 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Michelangelo and the Banquet of the Damned - Didier Convard - book Summary : Milan, 1508. Vittore, the provost, who is about to celebrate his 57th birthday, has decided to get married. The day he makes this wise and belated decision, a head is found in the baptistery of Saint Ambrose. It rests on a silver platter, on which are crudely engraved these three words: Venit Sol Iustitiae – The sun of justice has shone. Nothing about this murder is ordinary. Neither the attitude of the Bishop of Milan, who seems to fear the worst of cataclysms, nor the sudden arrival of the famous Michelangelo, who has come from Rome where he was painting a fresco in the Sixtus Chapel. Charged with investigating this affair, Vittore, renowned for his brilliant intelligence, is hard pressed to unravel the threads. Especially since he is not insensitive to the charms of the victim's ravishing widow. Didier Convard once again succeeds in surprising and exciting with this striking evocation of the Italian Renaissance. Eric Adam, dBD. EAN : 9782253175988 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Antoine the Virtuous - Yvan Audouard - book Summary : Such is Antoine, majestic in his impunity. A director of the Judicial Police, summoned during a trial at the Assize Court, had once declared: "I have encountered more virtue in the 'milieu' tout court than in official circles." He was promptly retired. And yet the practice of illegality requires the rarest virtues: courage, respect for one's word, a sense of friendship, and love of family. EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Arsène Lupin - 813 - Maurice LEBLANC - book Summary : While Netflix is ​​releasing a series inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, with Omar Sy playing the character created by Maurice Leblanc, Archipoche is publishing the best adventures of the gentleman burglar in an elegant collector's edition. Monocle, top hat, flower in his lapel, and revolver in his pocket: since his appearance in 1905, the figure of Arsène Lupin has both frightened and entertained generations of readers. Dandy and fighter, villain and charmer, this gentleman has appeared in more than twenty works, born from the imagination of Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941). However, it is another Lupin that we discover in 813: darker, almost frightening. Confronted with the Machiavellian and invisible LM, he will have to clear himself of a villainous murder: that of the billionaire Kesselbach. And, to do this, he will have to find a batch of letters with explosive political content and decipher the meaning of this "813", the key to which could have profound repercussions for the whole of Europe, against a backdrop of Franco-German rivalries... EAN : 9782377359523 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Smile of the Gendarmes - Alfred Hitchcock - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782702424070 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Favorite Stories of the Master of Crimes - Alfred Hitchcock - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782266010481 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Funny and Disturbing Stories - Alfred Hitchcock - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782266012812 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Stories That Turn Black - Alfred Hitchcock - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782266018838 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Scary Stories - Alfred Hitchcock - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782266020190 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Dark Tales - Alfred Hitchcock - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782266020770 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Fascinating Stories - Alfred Hitchcock - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782266026239 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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