Title : The Vanishing Woman of Colliton Park - Minette Walters - book Summary : A brilliant anthropologist specializing in miscarriages of justice, Jonathan Hughes is confronted with a complex case: over thirty years ago, in the small town of Bournemouth, Dorset, a young outcast was accused of murdering his grandmother. Unable to prove his innocence, the poor boy ended up hanging himself in his cell. Supported by the municipal councillor who drew his attention to this affair, the scientist was quick to make the connection with another equally sordid incident: the rape, on the same date, in the gardens of Colliton Park, of a 13-year-old girl, by three drunken youths. Determined to solve this double enigma, Jonathan and his sidekick will unearth a secret with terrifying repercussions... EAN : 9782266161275 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Rebellious Reed - Nina Berberova - book Summary : The war, in September 1939, separates these lovers. He, Einar, leaves for Stockholm. She stays in Paris to take care of an old scientist whom the Germans will eventually arrest. When peace returns, she writes letters to Einar in Sweden, which come back: addressee unknown. Until the day when, going there, she discovers... Such is Berberova's irresistible talent: in a few strokes she portrays the characters in their truest form, then throws you after them with cinematic efficiency. Here, in a story undoubtedly more than the others nourished by her own history, she tells of loves that are of the order of tragedy and which, because it was so close, haunt you for a long time. EAN : 9782868692573 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Answers - Elizabeth Little - book Summary : She has it all: money, fame, glamour... and a murder conviction! After a trial that gripped America, young Janie Jenkins is found guilty of the murder of her mother, the wealthy and mysterious Marion Elsinger. Ten years later, following an investigation into the manipulation of evidence by the LA forensic science lab, Jenkis is released from prison, his release scandalizing the country, convinced of the wealthy heiress's guilt. Is Janie guilty or innocent? She herself has no idea. Too drunk the night of the murder, she no longer remembers her actions. All she remembers are the last two words spoken by her mother, two mysterious words that will lead her to seek answers to all her questions in a small Midwestern town. EAN : 9782264068576 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Rules of the Game - Amor Towles - book Summary : New York, 1938. The daughter of immigrants and a typist in a law firm, Katey has sworn to join the Manhattan elite. When Eve and she meet Tinker, a seductive banker, life is on fire. But love, always at odds, gets involved... From false ambitions to melancholic vertigo, now a press boss, the one who understood "the rules of the game" remembers. A vibrant echo of Fitzgerald, this breathtaking first novel, where we dream of heights as well as of throwing ourselves into the void, elegantly replays the cruel score of lost illusions. "A very elegant first novel." Les Inrockuptibles EAN : 9782264059017 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Little Prose Merchant - Daniel Pennac - book Summary : Love, Malaussène, I offer you love!" Love? I have Julie, I have Louna, I have Thérèse, I have Clara, Verdun, the Little One and Jérémy. I have Julius and I have Belleville... "Let's be clear, my little one, I'm not offering you the boot; it's love with a capital L that I'm offering you: all the love in the world!" As incredible as it may seem, I accepted. I was wrong." Transformed into an object of universal adoration by Queen Zabo, a genius publisher, Benjamin Malaussène will pay a high price for all the passions unleashed by the publication of a bestseller of which he is supposed to be the author. Manuscript theft, revenge, passion for writing, reader frenzy, editorial frenzy, advertising delirium, The Little Prose Merchant is a firework display set off in glory of the novel. Of all novels. EAN : 9782070384655 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Moment of a couple - Nelly Alard - book Summary : Juliette, a computer engineer, and Olivier, a journalist, have two children and a modern life as a couple. When Olivier confesses to his wife that he's having an affair, Juliette's world is turned upside down. How can you survive betrayal? This is the question this novel, written with a scalpel, uncompromising but not without humor, aims to answer. Nothing escapes it, neither the risks of life as a couple and the shifts in desire, nor the contradictions of a certain feminism and the difficulty of being a man today. EAN : 9782070462421 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Good Life - Jay McInerney - book Summary : Two children, famous friends, a good job, a loft in Manhattan: Corrine and Russel have everything they need to be happy. This perfect example of the American dream is suddenly shattered by the shockwaves of the post-9/11 era. Beliefs and hopes, convictions and feelings, money, gimmicks and chic, everything is called into question – and now, anything can happen. Born in 1955, Jay McInerney lives in New York City. He is one of the essential authors of the new American generation. Also available in Points: Thirty Years and Dust, The Last of the Savages, Glamour Attitude, The End of Everything And Bright Lights, Big City. "McInerney achieved the first masterpiece of the aftermath, when everything that shone in Manhattan was covered with a black veil." The Point EAN : 9782757808108 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Condemned Man Dies at Five O'Clock - Stanislas-André Steeman - book Summary : A defender of difficult causes, certainly, but just ones. Always just. When Maître Lejanvier saves a head, it's the head of an innocent. Maître Lejanvier has principles. And an impeccable reputation. He would never plead for a client he deemed guilty. So it was in all good faith that he put his eloquence, his energy, his prestige at the service of Lazare. And it was in all good faith that he got a murderer acquitted. A murderer who suddenly threatens to give in to a fit of remorse and confess his crime. Unless Master Lejanvier agrees to some small financial sacrifice... How ingratiating! Spectacular twists and turns and a serious case of conscience in this novel written in 1959. EAN : 9782702419472 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Tears of the Angel - Carol O'Connell - book Summary : In Owltown, a small town in Mississippi, the peace and hypocritical serenity are over. Kathy, the daughter of Cass Shelly, who died seventeen years earlier, stoned to death by a hateful mob, is back. As soon as she arrives, tongues are loosened. They recognize her, little Kathy. She's just like her mother... But what they don't know, and what they'll learn the hard way, is that the formerly slender little girl is now Inspector Mallory, and she's ready to do anything to unmask the culprits and make them pay for this atrocious crime... Because she must free herself from this tragic past that haunts her. EAN : 9782266095877 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Perfect Friend - Martin Suter - book Summary : When Fabio Rossi, a young journalist of Italian origin, opens his eyes, he can barely feel his face. He no longer knows where he is and doesn't recognize the people around him. Fabio suffers from amnesia that has erased fifty days from his memory... Martin Suter takes us into the terrifying twists and turns of the brain and human memory. By tracking down his memories, Fabio Rossi sets out in search of his alter ego. And until the very last moment—in this book constructed like an extremely effective detective novel, which displays extraordinary refinement in the depth of the characters and the subtlety of the characters—neither Fabio nor the reader truly know which "other" Fabio Rossi they will ultimately discover. EAN : 9782020585095 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Bedside Man - Eric Holder - book Summary : "When he came to start his shift, the nurse showed him their room. There was a bed and a mattress on the floor. For tonight," she said, "I'll stay with you. Pay close attention to what I teach you. First, you'll have to manage on your own." She added, "I counted, you're the thirty-first person I've trained. Usually, they're students. It's a strange idea, to have taken a man." Muriel is quadriplegic. Every minute that passes is torture for her. A suffering that nothing can numb except perhaps love. Isn't that precisely the miracle? This man who touches her, transforms her. By connecting with him, she flees the tyranny of evil. By embracing her sorrows, he tears her from her fate. Laconic and powerful, this novel brings us back to the difficulty of existing. Solitude for one, wound for the other. Even in a disenchanted world, being makes its way. EAN : 9782290328446 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A French novel - Frédéric Beigbeder - book Summary : This is the story of an older brother who did everything he could to not be like his parents, and of a younger brother who did everything he could to not be like his older brother. It is the story of a boy who is melancholic because he grew up in a country that committed suicide, raised by parents depressed by the failure of their marriage. It is the story of a country that managed to lose two wars by pretending it had won them […]. It is the story of a new humanity, or how monarchist Catholics became globalized capitalists. This is the life I lived: a French novel. FB This book received the Renaudot Prize. It contains some splendid pages. What it has lost in aggression, it has gained in sophistication. In lyricism, even. […] its humor is intact. The Express. A French Novel is undoubtedly Frédéric Beigbeder's best novel, the most sincere, the most touching. The Echoes. EAN : 9782253134411 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Don't Get Angry, Imogen! - Charles Exbrayat - book Summary : Imogen McCarthy is a veritable red-haired tornado, and her colleagues nickname her "The Red Bull." This hot-blooded Scotswoman even claims the thistle as her national emblem! As a secretary at the Intelligence Department of the Admiralty in London, she sows discord among the English community, but she nevertheless stands out among her superiors for her seriousness and dedication. Thus, summoned by the head of the secret service, she is entrusted with a mission of the utmost importance: to bring to Scotland the ultra-confidential plans for the Campbell 777, a revolutionary jet plane. It goes without saying that all the foreign powers are in turmoil and would gladly steal the famous plans! The journey from London to Callender, her native village, will be fraught with traps, and Imogen will need all her passion, courage, and even madness to face such dangers... EAN : 9782702419069 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Wood of Crows - André Fargues - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782848864945 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Friend - Tiffany Tavernier - book Summary : "Spiral and haunted, Tiffany Tavernier's dark novel is a compendium of decomposition combined with a restoration manual. A shock." The Obs One Saturday morning like any other, Thierry hears unusual engine noises as he prepares to head to the river. The scene he discovers when he leaves his house is simply unthinkable: helmeted individuals, guns drawn, police cars, an ambulance. Everything happens very quickly and he is in a state of shock when he learns of the arrest of his neighbors, the only ones around. When he grasps the monstrosity of the facts they are accused of, he realizes, stunned, how wrong he was about Guy. Tiffany Tavernier is a novelist and screenwriter. Roissy, a portrait of an "undetectable" woman, a woman without memory who takes refuge in an airport, has met with great critical success. EAN : 9782757890943 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : What Love Means - Mathieu Lindon - book Summary : "In truth, the closest I ever had was with Michel Foucault, and my father had nothing to do with it. I knew him intensely for six years, until his death, and I lived for a short year in his apartment. I now see this period as the one that changed my life. I am vaguely grateful to Michel, I don't know exactly for what, for a better life. Gratitude is too sweet a feeling to bear: you have to get rid of it, and a book is the only honorable way, the only compromising one. Whatever the particular value of several protagonists in my story, it is the same for everyone in every civilization: the love that a father places on his son, the son must wait until someone has the power to show it to him differently so that he can finally grasp what it consisted of. It takes time to understand what love means." EAN : 9782070450343 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Small world - Martin Suter - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782020374750 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Letter to a Friend - Carlos Ruiz-Garcia - book Summary : At 18, Carlos Ruiz-Garcia crossed the Pyrenees with his regiment to escape Franco's army. He thought he was free and safe. Quartered by the gendarmes in an improvised camp, sleeping in the mud, eating nothing, he would, for months, experience wandering and confinement from one camp to another (Barcares, Argelès) and finally arrive at Saint-Médard-en-Jalles. He participated in the construction of the Bacalan submarine base, living to the rhythm of alerts, harassment and humiliation. Carlos Ruiz-Garcia did not want to publish this story before his death. Like many victims of barbarism, fearing the gaze of others, he kept the memory of those dark years within himself. This authentic story helps to shed light on the opaque history of this era when life, even if hanging by a thread, brilliantly demonstrates its intact capacity to overcome the worst threats. EAN : 9782913406971 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Private Affairs - For One Evening - Molly O'Keefe - book Summary : The son and grandson of politicians, Harrison Montgomery was born to lead. The time has come to succeed his corrupt father by giving the state of Georgia a governor worthy of the name. Except that Harrison lost his dignity during a torrid night with Ryan Kaminski, a beautiful barmaid. A one-night stand? Not quite, because the young woman became pregnant. If the truth came to light during the election campaign, the Montgomery clan would face a real scandal. A solution then becomes necessary: ​​marriage... EAN : 9782290117200 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Moonlight - Alice Sebold - book Summary : "All things considered, I had no trouble killing my mother." How to survive matricide? For the next twenty-four hours, Helen Knightly takes refuge in her memories... Then emerge images of a childhood spent with a splendid and demented woman, ruthless and fragile, who willingly sinks into illness. Even after the murder, Helen's love-hate for her mother is still strong. And the anguish rises, inevitably... EAN : 9782290018484 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Barthelemy and his anger - Charles Exbrayat - book Summary : In a fishing district, the most deprived of them, Barthélemy, has managed, through deprivation and savings, to acquire the tiny fortune that allows him to fix up his house, buy his boat, and ask for Marie's hand in marriage. Barthélemy is happy, and everyone is happy with him. But on his wedding night, a drunken thug from the neighboring town kills Marie on purpose. It is not an accident, but murder. Barthélemy now lives only for revenge. He and his companions have faith in justice and they do not understand how, using false witnesses, Maître Craponne manages to have the murderer acquitted to please the old mob boss, Charles Berry. This scandalous acquittal brings the fishermen's entire moral universe to a crash. But soon, they pull themselves together, and since the men of the town flout justice, they will take it upon themselves. EAN : 9782702408544 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque - book Summary : “When we leave, we are just ordinary soldiers, sullen or cheerful, and when we arrive in the area where the front begins, we have become beastmen…” The testimony of a simple German soldier from the 1914-1918 war, All Quiet on the Western Front , a pacifist, realistic and moving novel, enjoyed resounding worldwide success upon its publication in 1928. It remains one of the most powerful works in denouncing the monstrosity of war. EAN : 9782253006701 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Swann's Way - Marcel Proust - book Summary : The Narrator remembers the child he once was. The wait for his mother's goodnight kiss, Sunday lunches at Aunt Léonie's, his grandmother's gifts. He is fascinated by Mr. Swann, a friend of his parents, madly in love with a woman who loves everyone except him. He falls in love with her daughter, Gilberte, who will not make him any happier. Through these scenes of life—intimate or mundane, tragic or comic—pass impressions, scents, visions. Water lilies on the surface of a river, a madeleine forgotten in a cup of tea, catleyas in the hair of a beloved woman, an agate marble offered as a token of friendship... But, once an adult, how can one remain that child filled with wonder in a world one no longer recognizes, where love is suffering, where desire is jealousy, where "the memory of a certain image is only the regret of a certain moment"? Reminiscences of lost childhood, a novel of impossible love, a satire of high society imprisoned in the ephemeral nature of fashion, but also a philosophical study on involuntary memory: Swann's Way is all of these things at once. What is a masterpiece? A palace of memory, with a thousand entrances, where each reader experiences a singular emotion, always renewed. EAN : 9782070379248 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Body and Soul - Frank Conroy - book Summary : In New York in the 1940s, a child watches, through the bars of the basement window where he is locked, the shoes of passersby walking on the sidewalk. Poor, with no protection other than that of an eccentric mother, Claude Rawlings seems destined to remain a spectator of an inaccessible world. But in the back room, buried under a mountain of old papers, lies a small, out-of-tune piano. By deciphering the secrets of its keyboard, Claude, as if by magic, will discover himself: he is a musician. This book is the story of a man whose life is transfigured by a gift. His journey, at the end of a road marked by a thousand encounters, friendships, and romantic loves, will take him to the salons of the rich and powerful, and all the way to Carnegie Hall... Music, of course, is at the center of the book - classical music, serious and moral, but also jazz whose very contemporary rhythm makes its irresistible pulse heard from one end of the novel to the other. Around it, in a vast Dickensian fresco, teeming with characters, Frank Conroy paints a fascinating, funny, picturesque and sometimes cruel picture of a New York in full mutation. EAN : 9782070314393 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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