Title : The Bride Wore White - Mary Higgins Clark - Book Summary : After the success of The Cinderella Affair, Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke take us on a new investigation by Laurie Moran, producer of Suspicion, a reality TV show specializing in the reconstruction of cold cases. The strange disappearance of Amanda Pierce on her wedding day is a perfect subject for the team of Suspicion who decides to bring the guests together once again in the sumptuous Palm Beach hotel in Florida where this dream wedding was to take place. Family, friends, future husband, witnesses, bridesmaids, all agreed to come and very quickly, rumors begin to circulate: what if the beautiful Amanda was not who everyone thought she was? Someone, however, knows what happened to her, determined to reveal nothing. "Until death do them part..." EAN: 9782226320773 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The One Who Knew Everything - Ruth Rendell - Book Summary : In June 1944, during air raids, a group of children discovers a network of underground tunnels in the green meadows of a suburb near London. Throughout the summer, these tunnels become their secret refuge. Seventy years later, this same neighborhood is covered over by modern buildings. Construction workers make a gruesome discovery in the foundations of one of the houses: a biscuit tin containing two hands, those of a man and a woman. These remnants of a barbaric act bring together the now elderly children of yesteryear and will change their lives forever. Memories return, doubts devour their certainties, and with these hands, other secrets are unearthed, including the secrets of Daphne Jones, the one who knew everything...  “No one can compete with Ruth Rendell when it comes to obsession, paranoia, and unfortunate coincidences!” Stephen King EAN: 9782848932408 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : You will kill the angel - Sandrone Dazieri - Book Summary : Death lurks, as beautiful as it is fatal. Will you be its next victim? When the Milan-Rome TGV train arrives at the platform, the police make a gruesome discovery: all the business class passengers are dead. While the first clues point the investigation toward an attack, Assistant Commissioner Colomba Caselli, with muscles of steel and a fragile soul, has serious doubts. For her, only Dante Torre, the "Man in the Silo," is capable of seeing clearly through this fog of lies and false leads. They quickly discover that this massacre is just the umpteenth episode in a long series of carnage, over which hovers the shadow of a mysterious female figure. She leaves no trace, just a name: Giltiné, the Lithuanian angel of the dead. After the success of You will kill the father , a new investigation by Colomba Caselli and Dante Torre. "Dazieri created two of the most memorable characters in the world of crime fiction." Jonathan Kellerman. "With his atypical and grandiose thrillers, Sandrone Dazieri is Italy's new leading author." Antoine Mallet, Espace culturel Leclerc, Cleunay. EAN: 9782221197462 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Two-Faced Truth - Michael Connelly - Book Summary : Large-scale drug trafficking and a two-faced truth. Still volunteering to work on cold cases for the San Fernando police, Harry Bosch is called to a crime scene at a pharmacy. The two employees, father and son, have just been murdered by hitmen, and all leads point to a trafficking ring of painkillers, which, if taken carelessly, turn into real drugs. Bosch doesn't hesitate for a second and launches into the investigation. But suddenly, he's accused by the Los Angeles police of having, thirty years earlier, tampered with evidence to send a serial killer to death row. Bosch will have to prove his innocence, and the game is far from over. Because there are two kinds of truth: the one that leads to freedom and the other, which leads to darkness... "Connelly tells us two stories that, each taken separately, would be an exciting read on their own, but which, read together, make this novel a classic of the genre." Jeff Ayers, Associated Press EAN: 9782702156940 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Cinderella Affair - Mary Higgins Clark - Book Summary : A beautiful student, a suspicious boyfriend, a famous Hollywood director, millionaires, showbiz stars... and an unsolved murder. What better scenario for Suspicion, a famous reality TV series that recreates cold cases with the participation of the victim's relatives? Encouraged by the enormous success of her pilot show, producer Laurie Moran chose to tackle "The Cinderella Affair": the murder of Susan Dempsey, a student found near a sumptuous Hollywood villa... strangely wearing only one high heel. The show could well explode in ratings. By shining the spotlight on a culprit more dangerous than anyone thinks... Together for the first time, Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, the new star of the crime genre and a worthy daughter of her father James Lee Burke, give their best in an astonishing thriller. EAN: 9782226259981 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Woman on the Right in the Photo - Valentin Musso - Book Summary : After a runaway box office success, screenwriter David Badina faces a difficult journey. Wallace Harris, living legend of the 7 e A slightly paranoid artist, Harris offers to work on the script for what will likely be his last film. They have never met, but a mystery unites the two men: Harris is the director of the crime drama that was supposed to launch the career of David's mother, Elizabeth, forty years earlier. And one of the last people to have seen her alive. Valentin Musso was born in 1977. A graduate in literature, he is the author of several novels, including A real family , Flawless And The Ogre's Whisper , Sang d’encre prize for high schools and historical thriller prize. EAN: 9782757871195 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : In the Name of Truth - Viveca Sten - Book Summary : Midsummer's Day is approaching. On Lökholmen, a small island off Sandhamn, around sixty children are gathered for a sailing camp. Due to a lack of supervision, some games degenerate into bullying. And when a child goes missing, panic sweeps through the camp. Accident? Kidnapping? Or... a game gone wrong? Dispatched to the scene, Inspector Thomas Andreasson and his colleagues explore every avenue. Meanwhile, Nora Linde faces the biggest challenge of her legal career: a lawsuit against a CEO who defrauded his company of millions. And whose son, Benjamin, is none other than the missing child.... A star of publishing, with 6 million copies sold worldwide and 800,000 in France, but also of the screen with the successful series broadcast on Arte, Viveca Sten is definitely establishing herself as the new queen of crime fiction. EAN: 9782702156506 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Summer Before - Lisa Gardner - Book Summary : The new series from the queen of psychological thrillers. " My name is Frankie Elkin and I'm on a mission to find missing people. - especially when they belong to minorities. When the police have given up, the media have not been interested, everyone has forgotten, that's when I intervene." Frankie, a forty-something recovering alcoholic, is a lone wolf . When she learns that a Haitian teenager has disappeared from Mattapan, a rough neighborhood in Boston, she vows to do everything in her power to find her, even if it means risking her life. With 2 million books sold in France and more than 25 million worldwide, Lisa Gardner dominates the suspense scene. The Summer Before marks the beginning of a new cult series. “One of the most original characters in contemporary detective literature.” Washington Post " The summer before might well be one of Lisa Gardner's best novels..." Fresh Fiction "Lisa Gardner once again delivers a formidably effective thriller." Gala EAN: 9782226465368 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Cult - Camilla Läckberg - Book Summary : Södermalm district, Stockholm. A little boy disappears from a kindergarten without a trace, and the abduction hypothesis is quickly confirmed. Inspector Mina Dabiri is well aware that in such a case, her greatest enemy is time. And when the investigators make the connection with the kidnapping of a little girl a year earlier, which had a tragic outcome, the race against time is on. Everything suggests that this is only the beginning of a series of disappearances, and for the first time since their collaboration and the dramatic events they experienced, Mina reconnects with mentalist Vincent Walder. His unique perspective sheds unexpected light, but it may already be too late... Not to mention that Mina's personal life is anything but easy! Her mother, whom she hadn't heard from for years, resurfaces. She now lives within a community that claims a rather curious epicureanism where: "Everything is suffering, pain purifies." After "The Magic Box," Camilla Läckberg and Henrik Fexeus are back with a second formidable installment of the hit series featuring the unlikely investigative duo with multiple neuroses but a strangely close bond. EAN: 9782330178987 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Hunt - Bernard Minier - Book Summary :  There is darkness that no sun can dispel." Under the halo of the full moon, a deer emerges from the forest. The animal has human eyes. This is not a wild beast hunted in the forests of Ariège... In this relentless thriller with a stunning finale, Bernard Minier takes on the excesses of our time. Manipulation, violence, settling of scores, a burningly topical novel on the paths of fear. An investigation where Martin Servaz risks his honor as much as his skin. A master of the thriller, Bernard Minier was the most widely read crime writer in France in 2020, with his previous novel, La Vallée. He has been translated and acclaimed worldwide. La Chasse is his ninth novel. EAN: 9782374483214 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Angel Maker - Camilla Lâckberg - Book Summary : Easter 1974. On the island of Valö, off the coast of Fjällbacka, a family disappears without a trace. The table is carefully set for the festive meal, but everyone has vanished. Only one-year-old Ebba wanders, crying, through the abandoned house. The mystery of this disappearance will never be solved. Thirty years later, Ebba returns to the island and moves into the family home with her husband. Overwhelmed by grief and guilt after the death of their son, they hope to rebuild their lives there, far from the scene of the tragedy. But no sooner have they moved in than they fall victim to an attempted arson attack. And when they begin removing the dining room floorboards, they discover clotted blood. It's the beginning of a series of disturbing events that seem to remind them that the past cannot be buried. For her part, Erica had long been interested in the case of the mysterious disappearance on the island. Learning of the return of the sole survivor, she immediately immersed herself in the case. She had no idea the case was so complex. She had no idea it all began over a century ago with an angel maker. She had no idea that family secrets would jeopardize one of the most important people in her life. EAN: 9782330032104 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Land of the Dead - Jean-Christophe Grangé - Book Summary : When Commander Corso is assigned to investigate a series of stripper murders, he thinks he's dealing with a classic criminal hunt. He's wrong: it's a duel. A fight to the death with his prime suspect, Philippe Sobieski, painter, debauched, murderer. But this duel is much more: a dive into the twists and turns of porn, bondage, and perversity in all its forms. A dark vertigo in which Corso will lose himself, learning the hard way that one assassin can hide another, and that a cop's reality can be completely turned upside down, especially when it comes to pleasure through Evil. EAN: 9782226392091 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Macbeth - Jo Nesbo - Book Summary : In an industrial city ravaged by poverty and crime, the new police commissioner Duncan embodies the hope for change. Aided by Macbeth, the commander of the Watch, the elite intervention unit, he intends to rid the city of its scourges, foremost among them Hecate, a powerful drug lord. But this ignores old grudges or personal jealousies, and individual ambitions... which are fueled by Lady, owner of the Inverness casino and Macbeth's ambitious mistress. Why should he settle for crumbs when he could take Duncan's place? She then invites the prefect and prominent politicians to a party at her casino. An evening where everything will be bet on red or black. Loyalty or power. Night or blood. EAN: 9782072786051 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The ghosts of Reykjavik - Arnaldur Indriðason - Book Summary : Worried about their granddaughter, whom they know is involved in drug trafficking, a couple calls Konrad, a retired police officer, because the young girl has disappeared. At the same time, a friend of Konrad's tells him about a little girl found drowned in the pond in front of Parliament in 1947. She asks him to help her because the child haunts her dreams. He discovers that the investigation into the little girl's death was conducted in defiance of common sense. When the young drug dealer's body is found, he again questions the police's methods. Konrad leads both investigations simultaneously. He appears to us as a solid, stubborn, angry character, accustomed to all the tricks of thugs through his childhood with his father. Still grappling with his investigation into his own father's murder, he moves toward the truth. In a particularly brilliant construction, Indridason creates suspense and anticipation on different and surprising levels. He captivates the reader and keeps them on the edge of their seats with brilliance. In this volume, we can welcome the birth of a new investigator who is endearing, sensitive but violent, and doesn't hesitate to throw a punch. Furthermore, the author introduces us to the very unusual and down-to-earth Icelandic marvel. EAN: 9791022609999 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Alphabet Unit - Jussi Adler Olsen - Book Summary : The Alphabet Unit is the psychiatric ward of a military hospital where, during World War II, German doctors inflicted atrocious treatments on their guinea pigs , mostly SS officers wounded on the Eastern Front. Bryan, an RAF pilot, survived under a German identity. by feigning madness. Thirty years have passed, but every day he relives this nightmare and thinks about James, his friend and co-pilot, whom he abandoned at the Alphabet Unit and never found again. In 1972, during the Munich Olympic Games, Bryan decides to retrace his steps. Without imagining that his quest will awaken the demons of a past more present than ever. The first novel by Jussi Adler Olsen , author of the famous Department V series, where the talent of this master of the Scandinavian thriller was already evident. EAN: 9782226402073 Used book The book matches the photo

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Title : Night - Bernard Minier - Book Summary : A stormy night in the North Sea. Buffeted by strong winds, the helicopter drops Kirsten Nigaard off the oil rig. The Norwegian inspector is investigating the murder of a technician at the offshore base. A man is missing. While searching his cabin, Kirsten discovers a series of photos. A few days later, she is in Martin Servaz 's office . The missing man is Julian Hirtmann , the devious and elusive killer the police officer has been chasing for years. Strangely, Martin Servaz appears in several shots. Followed, spied on. Kirsten then hands him another photo. One of a child. On the back, just a first name: GUSTAV For Kirsten and Martin, it's the beginning of a terrifying journey. At the end of the night, they face the most formidable of enemies. A DISTURBING FACE-TO-FACE EAN: 9782844929297 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Butterfly Effect - Jussi Adler Olsen - Book Summary : Adapted into a series on Netflix under the title The forgotten files (Dept. Q) If William Stark had not been intrigued by a text message sent from Cameroon, René Ericksen, his boss at the Development Aid Office, wouldn't have been forced to get rid of him. If Marco, a young gypsy thief, hadn't found refuge where Stark's rotting corpse has been vegetating for three years, his uncle, the head of a mafia network, wouldn't have sent his men after him across Copenhagen to prevent him from revealing to the police the existence of this body, which he buried with his own hands... To stop this cycle of violence, Inspector Carl Mørck and the Department V team must find Marco. And uncover a case whose political and financial ramifications could well shake Denmark's political integrity. Elle Readers' Grand Prix for Police, Winner of the Livre de Poche Readers' Crime Prize, the Danish Jussi Adler-Olsen is now a key figure in Scandinavian thrillers. EAN: 9782226312457 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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