Title : Investigation in the Fog - Elizabeth George - book Summary : Thirty-year-old Sergeant Barbara Havers doesn't bother with coquetry or diplomacy. And it's not Inspector Thomas Lynley, a pure product of the British aristocracy with a Don Juan reputation, who will make her change. Only one thing can make her forget her aversion to this Eton alum: a crime to solve. Just then, in a quiet Yorkshire village, the headless body of Williams Teys, a model parishioner, is found. Next to the corpse is his own daughter. "I did this, and I don't regret it," she moans before falling silent. EAN: 9782266117562 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Deadly Dreams - James Peter - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782277230205 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Absolute Emergency - Christian Jacq - book Summary : The Machine rules the world. Created by humans themselves, it controls them in every area. Who's running it? No one. It feeds on itself, reducing all spaces of freedom in the name of progress. A vicious spiral of artificial intelligence. Only a handful of alchemists, heirs to the wisdom of the Ancients of Egypt, dared to confront it. The Machine eliminated them one after the other, except for one: John Patmos, the guardian of a temple lost in an Egyptian oasis who, under threat, fled. Patmos is now the only one, with his shamanic powers, who can defeat the Machine. For Scottish journalist Bruce Reuchlin, there is an absolute urgency: finding the man who represents humanity's last hope. EAN: 9782266290586 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Red Muse - Véronique de Haas - book Summary : Quai des Orfèvres Prize 2022 Paris 1920. Upon his return from the trenches, Victor Dessange, formerly of La Mondaine, joins the Criminal Brigade. The atmosphere in the capital is electric—between repeated strikes and clashes between communists and anarchists on one side and the royalists of the Action Française on the other. Clandestine members of the Internationale are flocking from everywhere, while the colonial empires are cracking. In such a context, the successive murders of several prostitutes struggle to appear as priority cases. Until it is no longer a night-time beauty, but a client, an official representative of the Republic of China, who finds death in a brothel. In charge of the investigation, Victor tries to unravel a skein that will lead him from a penal colony for children in Brittany to the attack on a gold convoy in Morocco, of which neither the culprits nor the loot were ever found. A mother of four and a literature teacher for forty years, Véronique de Haas has always been passionate about 20th-century history, particularly the interwar period. She believes that the police investigation and The world of the police are effective filters for observing and understanding the multiple facets of society. The Red Muse was born from this approach. EAN: 9782213721323 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Angel of Darkness - Caleb Carr - book Summary : New York, June 1897. The grieving wife of a Spanish diplomat hires detective Miss Sara Howard to help her: her little girl has disappeared... Immediately, Lazio Kreizler's team regroups around Sara, and from deductions to analyses, the kidnapper's psychological profile gradually appears on their large blackboard. A portrait gradually emerges of a person whose motives are not political, of a personality prey to a strange perversion, of a child killer with all the appearances of normality. EAN: 9782266092753 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Dead Waters - Donna Leon - book Summary : Pellestrina, a small island in the Venetian Lagoon. Two clam fishermen are found drowned in the wreckage of their boat, their bodies riddled with stab wounds. Inspector Brunetti must investigate within a community united by a code of loyalty and an instinctive distrust of outsiders. Far from the refined world of the Serenissima, in an atmosphere worthy of a Sicilian village, the law of silence is in force. To deceive the islanders' suspicions, Brunetti has the idea of ​​sending his secretary, Signora Elettra, to the island. She agrees to play spy and stay on the island, where she has relatives. But Brunetti soon regrets his decision when he learns that a third murder has just been committed in Pellestrina... EAN: 9782020593458 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Prey - Michael Crichton - book Summary : A leading figure in Silicon Valley's high-tech circles , Julia runs Xymos, a startup that manufactures nanoparticles, the infinitely small robots used in military research. For some time now, Julia's behavior has been strange. She's been absent more and more often, hiding to make phone calls, losing interest in her sick baby, and speaking incoherently... Jack, her husband, wants to understand. A computer researcher, he manages to get hired by Xymos for a consulting assignment. It's there, in a curious technological complex in the heart of the Nevada desert, that he will discover the extent to which the genius and madness of scientists can go. Alone, he will have to face a predator that no one had previously imagined. An infinitely small predator, but one that threatens the planet. EAN: 9782266141178 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Symphony of Chance - Volume 1 - Douglas Kennedy - book Summary : All families are secret societies. Reading these words, Alice is struck by their accuracy. She knows secrets, the unspoken. The Burns family has made a specialty of them. The latest? This revelation that her trader brother, Adam, has just made to her from his prison visiting room... And which takes her back fifteen years. It was the America of the 1970s, the era of civil rights and bustling campuses. A wind of freedom stirred desires, and Alice dreamed of escape. It was time to make choices. The first notes of a symphony to come... "From the great Douglas Kennedy. Once you're in Alice's shoes, you can't put her down." Sandrine Bajos – The Parisian "No doubt, this man knows how to tell stories." Pascale Frey – SHE "Alcohol, secrets, lies, betrayals: the American family Kennedy describes has it all." Amélie Cordonnier – Modern woman EAN: 9782266286725 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Woman in the Flesh Mask - An Investigation by Inspector Brunetti - Donna Leon - book Summary : One evening, as snow falls on the Serenissima, a blonde woman perched on high heels and wrapped in a fur coat crosses paths with our dear Commissioner Guido Brunetti. Her name is Franca Marinello, she has a disfigured face, quotes Cicero and Virgil by heart, and she is the wife of a dubious Venetian businessman. Fascinated, Brunetti arranges to investigate the husband while pursuing another case he thinks is over. But the murder of a truck driver draws him into the heart of a Mafia-organized waste trafficking ring. Behind this trafficking and the dishonest money it generates, the health of thousands of people is put at risk. Soon, feuds between rival Italian police forces arose, assassinations multiplied, and familiar faces resurfaced. All of Venice seemed to be involved in these criminal enterprises. And so did Brunetti's family. “Beyond the detective story… the reunion with beloved characters… what makes Donna Leon's books special and what makes Venice so lively is Brunetti's unique perspective.” EAN: 9782702141410 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : I Miss You - Harlan Coben - book Summary : Coben, quite simply one of the greatest writers of all time." Gillian Flynn, author of Appearances . It's been eighteen years since Kat lost her father, a cop gunned down on a New York street. And since her boyfriend, Jeff, left her without explanation. Today, Kat is a cop herself. Still single. Her best friend signs her up to a dating site. There, a face. Hers. Jeff, her first love. A touch. Cold. Strange. Doubt sets in. Who is he? And then, this teenager with the disturbing revelations. For Kat, it's the beginning of the most gruesome, sordid, and risky investigation of her career. Women trapped online; a sadistic killer on the loose; bloody events unearthed from the past. Can the lies that bind us also kill us? Machiavellian, haunting, terrifying, the new earthquake from the master of your sleepless nights. EAN: 9782714454843 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Six Years Already - Harlan Coben - book Summary : In love, there are truths that kill. After six years without news from the one he loved, a man decides to do everything he can to get back in touch. But she seems to have never existed... Did he dream up this passionate and fleeting love story? What is hidden behind this disappearance? In the tradition of Tell No One, an obsessive and murderous quest for truth masterfully orchestrated by the master of your sleepless nights. Will you be able to keep your cool? Deadly tension, red herrings, and twists galore; a masterpiece of suspense and emotion, a dive to the depths of anguish by the master of your sleepless nights. Six years have passed since Jake saw Natalie, the woman of his life, marry another man. Six years of fighting against himself to keep his promise not to try to see her again. And then one day, an obituary: Natalie is a widow. And suddenly, hope is reborn. But at the funeral, a complete stranger appears. Where is Natalie? Why did she disappear six years ago? How much did she lie to him? Determined to find the woman who broke his heart, Jake falls prey to a murderous plot. He discovers that in love, there are truths that kill... EAN: 9782714450746 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Into the Woods - Harlan Coben - book Summary : What happened that night? Secrets, blackmail, score settling, pretenses... A true nightmare, driven at a frenetic pace. Harlan Coben at the height of his powers. Summer 1985? New Jersey Paul Copeland is a counselor at a summer camp on the edge of the woods. One night, lured by his girlfriend, he abandons the camp. Four young people take the opportunity to slip away, including his sister, Camille. They were never seen again. Only two bodies were found. The teenagers' deaths were attributed to a serial killer who was operating in the region. Twenty years later Paul has become a prosecutor. While arguing a rape case, he is called upon to identify a body. Stunned, he formally recognizes Gil Perez, one of the missing. Why do Gil's parents persist in denying his identity? And if Gil has been alive all this time, could Camille be alive today? Determined to shed light on the tragedy that has never ceased to eat away at him, Paul will delve back into the memories of that terrible night... EAN: 9782714442970 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Uncovered - Harlan Coben - book Summary : The year couldn't have gotten off to a worse start for Mickey Bolitar. Tragic events force him to temporarily live with his uncle Myron, whom he believes is at least partly responsible for his situation. On top of that, Ashley, his new girlfriend, hasn't shown up for class in days and hasn't shown any sign of life. Worse, no one at the address where she used to live seems to know her. Mickey, who has already experienced too many painful breakups, refuses to let this happen again. He soon discovers that Ashley wasn't really the shy girl he fell in love with and that she was hanging out in a dangerous circle. Like his uncle, Mickey is tenacious and careless about his own safety, but he didn't expect his research to shake up everything he thought he knew about his family and uncover a plot far beyond anything he could have imagined. Mickey's going to need help... but isn't it already too late? "A frenetic pace and a plot with a thousand twists and turns." Kirkus Reviews EAN: 9782265092501 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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