Title: On the Rope - Carol Higgins Clark - book Summary : And to think that Regan Reilly, the charming detective, wanted to take advantage of the National Day holiday to relax in her parents' villa!... A simple country music concert , which is due to take place in this luxury resort in the Hamptons, will upset all her plans. A young singer, threatened by anonymous letters, asks him for protection. Doesn't she own a violin that seems to arouse much desire, and which, according to legend, would cause the death of anyone who took it out of Ireland? There will definitely be a corpse. The question remains whether a musical instrument can be accused. A worthy daughter of her mother in her sense of intrigue, Carol Higgins Clark also possesses a tone and humor that are uniquely hers. After The Hitch and Overboard , she once again provides striking proof of this. EAN: 9782253171485 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Well Hit - Carol Higgins Clark - book Summary : Now known to a very wide audience, Regan Reilly, the heroine of Overboard and The Hitch , leads here, with the energy and intrepidity that characterize her, an investigation into the theft of paintings. With her, we enter the very exclusive circle of the jet set of Aspen, a Colorado ski resort. Several valuable masterpieces have disappeared from the luxurious residences that housed them. And the blame is on Eben, a reformed burglar in whom Regan has complete confidence... However, a lonely old woman, Geraldine, is about to donate an old painting she owns to the local museum. Will the gang strike again? Could this be Regan's chance to reveal the truth? Suspense, humor, strong emotions: Carol Higgins Clark offers us here a sparkling and vintage thriller! EAN: 9782253170266 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Regent's Park - Ruth Rendell - book Summary : To save a stranger suffering from leukemia, Mary agreed to donate bone marrow. Her friend, Alistair, refused, and left her. Left alone, Mary moved to the edge of Regent's Park, where she looks after a house belonging to friends. There, she meets Leo, the man she saved. Funny, tender, and sensitive, he could well be the soul mate she's been waiting for... However, a sadistic killer is prowling Regent's Park, impaling his homeless victims on the railings. Regent's Park is the true character of this novel, with its mysteries, its hiding places, its nocturnal fauna, its changing atmospheres. Ruth Rendell has populated it with wounded people, stripped of their illusions or rejected by a ruthless society. And in this mysterious, disturbing London of exclusion and poverty, she developed one of her most distressing intrigues. EAN: 9782253148265 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: A Taste of Ashes - Elizabeth George - book Summary : If the fire at the elegant cottage in Springburn, Kent, was almost perfect, the crime was no less so. A bunch of matches, a slow-burning cigarette, and there you have it, a time-delay ignition system within the reach of any amateur. But examination of the scene and the charred body proved that Kenneth Fleming had been murdered first. The murder of a cricket champion whose talent divides England concerns all of London, and therefore Scotland Yard. Linley and Havers investigate, he with his customary Eton alumnus' harshness, she with her feigned timidity. Both too human to judge the atrocious acts they uncover. EAN: 9782266074612 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: A Perfect Culprit - Patricia Mac Donald - book Summary : The sudden disappearance of Keely's husband was now nothing more than a bad memory. The investigation concluded that it was suicide. Since then, she has rebuilt her life and led a peaceful existence. But a new tragedy shatters this fragile happiness: Dylan, her 14-year-old son, is suspected of the murder of his stepfather. Despite a barrage of damning presumptions and the hasty conclusions of the justice system, Keely refuses to believe in Dylan's guilt. Too bad if, to prove her innocence, she must revisit a past she thought she knew and discover secrets she should never have uncovered. Since A Stranger in the House , Patricia MacDonald has cultivated doubt like a virtuoso and definitively established herself as the great star of psychological suspense. EAN: 9782253090472 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Poisoned Pen - Agatha Christie - book Summary : The notary, the doctor, the pastor's wife... everyone is involved. And doubt creeps into people's minds. Where there's smoke, there's fire... Yet the accusations made by the anonymous letters flooding into Lymstock are utterly grotesque. Wouldn't it be more judicious to tackle the minor scandals that pepper village life? But no... The author of the letters prefers to indulge in fantasy... However, by bombarding the small community with remarks as improbable as they are filthy, he will end up hitting the nail on the head one day. And who knows if he won't trigger a tragedy? EAN : 9782702400500 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: A Handful of Rye - Agatha Christie - book Summary : Why slip a handful of rye into a man's pocket after poisoning him? Why hang a clothes hanger up a young girl's nose after strangling her? What do these ludicrous clues mean? Are they the murderer's signature? If so, he can only be a madman. A monster. A dangerous maniac is walking free at Yewtree Lodge. A maniac who may strike again. A maniac whom Miss Marple has come to unmask. For what may seem ludicrous to some takes on meaning in her eyes. Miss Marple is a very old lady and she has seen so much. EAN : 9782702400067 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Crime of Paragon Walk - Anne Perry - book Summary : A sordid crime disturbs the upscale tranquility of Paragon Walk. While Inspector Pitt, in charge of the case, encounters the hostility and silence of the neighborhood's residents, his wife Charlotte, assisted by her sister Emily, the charming Lady Ashworth, is not intimidated by this class omerta. From garden parties to soirées, they gradually remove the masks of the elite. The respectable facades of Paragon Walk will gradually crack, exposing their unspeakable secrets and lies to this infallible trio of detectives. EAN : 9782264035295 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Mordoc - Patricia Cornwell - book Summary : Kay Scarpetta has seen many corpses in her career as a forensic pathologist. Often dismembered, cut up, strangled... But she had yet to see one whose skin displayed, as a distinctive sign, the symptoms of the same disease. A disease that has been eradicated from the planet for thirty years! So who is Mordoc, serial killer, bold enough to introduce himself to Kay on the Internet, evil enough and crazy enough to spread a deadly virus? After Postmortem , A Death Without a Name and Death in Troubled Waters , the internationally successful thriller queen has managed to push the boundaries of terror a little further. EAN : 9782253170778 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Flesh and Blood - Michael Cunningham - book Summary : Constantin Stassos, a Greek immigrant, has little in common with Mary, a beautiful Italian-American married during the great utopia of the 1950s. A real estate developer based in Newark, New Jersey, he will build his success on the backs of those more unfortunate than him and turn out to be a violent man. Mary is a frustrated woman, who has trouble accepting the narrowness of everyday life. Three children are born: Susan, the eldest, has a relationship with her father that borders on incest. Billy, an emotional, vulnerable boy, is misunderstood by his father, particularly when he discovers his homosexuality. Zoe, the youngest, will go to live in Manhattan where she indulges in drugs and then, pregnant by a passing lover, a Black man, is adopted by a transvestite, Cassandra, who will help her raise her son. Beneath the respectable facade, the scandal is absolute. EAN : 9782253141563 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Op-Center Volume 2 - Virtual Image - Tom Clancy - book Summary : Commandos well-versed in secret warfare techniques, top specialists in strategy, IT, and psychology: Op-Center is the only agency in the world capable of intervening where the international balance risks tipping. But today, the supremacy of the American crisis unit is seriously threatened. The enemy? An elite team serving putschist officers in post-communist Russia. Their goal? To restore the former Soviet Union to its former glory. Coup d'état, sabotage, manipulation of mafia networks, drug trafficking—no means are repugnant to these highly trained specialists. Facing the most formidable enemy they have ever faced, the agents of Op-Center will have to perform unimaginable feats. World peace depends on it. EAN : 9782226088833 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Peril House - Agatha Christie - book Summary : A heavy painting falls off the headboard of a bed. A rock tumbles down a cliff and crashes onto the path. A car's brakes fail on a descent... And finally, a stray bullet lodges in a hat! For Hercule Poirot, vacationing on the south coast of England, there's little doubt: someone wants the life of the lovely Miss Buckley, heiress to a dilapidated villa nearby. Even if the woman in question opens her eyes wide, wondering who could possibly want to kill her. The murder of her cousin, who has obviously been mistaken for her, will force Miss Buckley to take the detective's fears seriously. He will relentlessly try to unmask the culprit. But only a very clever staging will allow him to succeed. And the surprise will be a big one. EAN : 9782253026822 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Female of the Species - Andrea H. Japp - book Summary : Toni and Sarah Magnani, along with their 12-year-old daughter, Sophia, form a close-knit, uneventful family. Toni owns his own garage, is well-off, if not rich, and they live in one of Boston's quietest neighborhoods, surrounded by Italians who are eager to solve their problems without the help of the police. But one evening, Sophia doesn't come home from school. The Magnanis' world explodes. The police say they have to wait, that they're looking... Sarah, for her part, has no intention of waiting. Her little one has been harmed: she's the one who's going to look. And she has no doubt she'll find him. The new thriller from one of our most talented crime queens, discovered with the COGNAC FESTIVAL CRIME NOVEL PRIZE in 1991 for THE BOSTONIAN. EAN : 9782702425138 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Domino Theory - Alex Scarrow - book Summary : Monday: A series of attacks on oil reserves. Tuesday: Markets collapse. Transport quarantined. Wednesday: Food and energy supplies restricted. Thursday: Power cuts, stores stormed. Friday: Panic and chaos take over the streets. The apocalyptic scenario is underway. Only one man can stop it. A thriller of frightening realism and extreme tension: the sensational debut of a young writer considered worldwide as the successor to Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy. EAN : 9782253128618 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Moon Was Black - Michael Connelly - book Summary : Forced to take action to protect the secret that's tearing her apart, paroled Cassie Black decides to rob a high roller's suite at the Cleopatra Casino in Las Vegas. With surveillance cameras, armed guards, and armored safes, security is flawless—and led by one Karch, a sadistic and devious individual. Taking him on means courting death, but that's the risk Cassie must take if she wants to succeed. And it's nothing compared to what awaits her when she realizes the stakes are a thousand times higher than she thought at the start of the case. Because, of course, in the enormous game being played, all the cards are stacked. Michael Connelly delivers a dark thriller of the highest order. EAN : 9782020499941 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Flight of Angels - Michael Connelly - book Summary : Called in the middle of the night by his boss, Detective Harry Bosch is asked to go to the Angels Flight cable car, where two bodies have been found, including that of Howard Elias, a civil rights lawyer who specialized in bringing the Los Angeles police to justice. These trials have earned him considerable popularity among Black people. This shows that the investigation Harry is immediately entrusted with is explosive: his colleagues are ideal suspects, and if he makes the slightest mistake, the entire South Central neighborhood could ignite again, just as it did after the Rodney King case. And to make matters worse, his wife, the beautiful Eleanor Wish, a former FBI agent who went bad, is leaving him. But orders are orders. So Harry Bosch obeys, and immediately encounters the first signs of sabotage to his work. EAN : 9782020542968 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Pilgrims of Darkness - Serge Brussolo - book Summary : Locked in an iron cage in the dungeons of an abbey, a demented monk recounts that the pilgrimage he was leading ended in hell. The devil, he claims, took all those who accompanied him. What is really happening in the mountains where the endless road winds to the relics of Saint Gaudaemon, a martyr once tortured by Caligula, the mad emperor? One thing is certain: many people disappear, and the peaks seem inhabited by legendary creatures who have made pilgrims their daily prey. What secret, what heretical plot are they trying to hide under the mask of superstition? Will Marion, the young ex-voto carver, be luckier than those who preceded her on the paths of mystery... or will she, in turn, succumb to the spells of the cursed pilgrimage? EAN : 9782253172796 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Turbulence - Michael Crichton - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782266085151 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Predation - Jérôme Camut, Nathalie Hug - book Summary : A naked corpse is discovered in an industrial wasteland, its right hand shredded. A man shoots himself in the head in a crowded shopping mall. A young father, trained like a dog, is relentlessly tormented in a doorless, windowless dungeon. No leads, no connections, no motive... Who are these men? Why were they chosen? For what absurd execution? Predation opens the door to an unpredictable and distressing universe, strangely connected to the most shocking news stories of our time. EAN : 9782253120667 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Upside-Down Man - Fred Vargas - book Summary : Letting wolves roam free in the Mercantour was a great idea, in keeping with the times. But it wasn't the idea of ​​the shepherds, and a few months later, revolt rages. But is it really a wolf that's killing the sheep around the village of Saint-Victor? Superstitions resurface, a rumor spreads: it's not a beast, it's a werewolf... When a breeder is found with her throat cut in her sheepfold, the rumor turns to psychosis. In Paris, Commissioner Adamsberg is on the lookout for news of the Beast of Mercantour: Like embers, my boy, like embers, the wolf's eyes make at night. EAN : 9782290349236 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: Contagion - Robin Cook - book Summary : After the tragic deaths of his wife and daughters, John Stapleton, a coroner in New York, no longer expects anything from life. However, he is about to be torn from indifference and cynicism by a series of inexplicable deaths: patients are victims of viruses long since eradicated, such as the plague. All were being treated in hospitals run by the powerful insurance company Americare, to whom he owes the bankruptcy of his own ophthalmology practice. An encounter with Terese, an advertising executive working on a campaign for Americare's main competitor, will prompt him to seek out the source of the evil. They will both discover a plan of inhuman horror. The author of Risque mortel, himself a former surgeon and ophthalmologist, takes us through a merciless war where the hospital environment, obsessed with profitability, does not hesitate in the face of organized crime... An irresistible thriller, at the same time as a cry of alarm in the face of the excesses of a medicine subject to the law of profit. EAN : 9782253170822 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Muzzle - Minette Walters - book Summary : Mathilda Gillespie talked too much, drank too much, and terrorized those around her. She was extremely rich, greedy, and a liar. Her daughter took drugs, her granddaughter stole from her. Her will, ignored by all, disinherited them. She was found drowned in her bathtub, garlanded with asters and white nettles, like Ophelia, and wearing a rusty iron muzzle, like a medieval witch. This suicide, or more likely this murder, was a kind of masterpiece, an enigma resulting from a lifetime of lies, strange loves, hatreds, and violence. Perhaps only Mathilda's diary could reveal all its secrets. But this diary has disappeared. EAN : 9782266148887 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: The Lone Warrior - Henning Mankell - book Summary : Summer 1994, the small town of Ystad is slumbering in the heat. Glued to their television sets, all the Swedes are watching the football World Cup. But as Inspector Wallander prepares to go on vacation, a young girl sets herself on fire in a rapeseed field. The next day, a former minister is hacked to death. A series of terrifyingly brutal murders begins. The Ystad police, led by Kurt Wallander, begin a breathless race against time to stop the killer before he strikes again. But what is the connection between a retired former minister, a wealthy art dealer, and a low-life crook? Why are the victims being scalped? And who is the young girl who committed suicide? Does she have anything to do with the murders? EAN : 9782020419529 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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Title: I Gave You My Heart - Mary Higgins Clark - book Summary : Chance does things badly. Actress Natalie Raines, one of the queens of Broadway, is murdered just as she was preparing to divorce Gregg Aldrich, who was also her agent. An ideal suspect for the police and the prospect of a sensational trial for the press. Emily Wallace, the assistant district attorney, has never experienced a case of this magnitude: this is the first time in her life that she has been exposed to the media spotlight. Warned that they will not hesitate to delve into her private life, perhaps to reveal that she has undergone a heart transplant, the young woman nevertheless plunges passionately into the case. Emily is overwhelmed by inexplicable feelings of déjà vu throughout the trial, without her being aware that her own life is now in danger... When she explores the secret twists and turns of the human soul and heart, the queen of suspense always reaches the heights of anguish: her new novel is simply captivating! EAN : 9782226192219 Used book at low prices The book matches the photo See the different states

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