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The New York Times bestselling author of Elevator Pitch and master of psychological suspense returns with a riveting thriller in which the possible heirs of a dying tech millionaire are mysteriously being eliminated, one by one. “Find You First starts with a bang and ends with an even bigger...

Jonathan Craine has left his old life in Hollywood behind him, content to live out his days with his son on a rural farm in California. But when infamous mobster Bugsy Siegel is murdered, Craine is forced to face his past once again. Summoned to Las Vegas to meet mob head Meyer Lansky, Craine is given the impossible task of finding Siegel’s murderers. All he has to help him is an ageing hit man and a female crime reporter with her own agenda. And he knows that if he doesn’t succeed in five days, both he and his son will pay for it with their lives....

Six nights a week the cast of the smash-hit play Daughter of the Revolution performs to a sold-out audience. A thrilling story of forbidden marriage and a secret love child, the critics say it'll run for years. That is until one night the third act ends not in applause but in death, when leading lady Alexandra Dyce is beheaded live on stage.

The 12 crimes of Christmas: Bart Sagan is a thief, yes, but more or less a good guy - at least, he wouldn’t rob an orphanage if he didn’t have to. Not at Christmastime, anyway. But then the local crime boss, Harry King, loses a shipment of drugs and orders Bart to burglarize the 12 addresses to which it’s been accidentally sent. Can Bart and his ragtag band of independent criminals keep their Christmas spirit while breaking and entering at the behest of a drug lord? Can they keep their lives if they don’t?

In der Zukunft hat man das Problem der explosionsartig angestiegenen Bevölkerung gelöst: Die Lebenszeit wird begrenzt, und die Menschen müssen sich frühzeitig für eine von vier Existenzformen entscheiden–zum Beispiel für einen Gemeinschaftskörper. Einen solchen teilen sich Alex, Kate, Sierra, Ben und Mike schon seit 25 Jahren. In einem virtuellen Death Park spielen sie gegen andere Teilnehmer um Lebenszeit, die wichtigste Währung dieser neuen Welt. Doch dann stellt sich heraus, dass ein Mitglied ihrer Gemeinschaft nach dem Leben der anderen trachtet. Eine nervenaufreibende Jagd beginnt.

Enjoy this perfect pair of quirky crime dramas featuring art theft, forgery, murder and double-dealing. Craft, tells the story of failed artist, Adam Bax. He is amazed when one of his paintings sells for a large sum, unexpectedly giving him overnight fame. Though still deeply disillusioned with the world of art, he embarks on a little nefarious money-making scheme, aided and abetted by his estranged wife, Tessa. Cashing-in in a way you wouldn’t quite imagine this comedy drama follows the twists and turns of the over-inflated underworld of the British art scene.

Dans une petite ville où tout se sait, les couloirs d’une école bruissent de rumeurs et de confidences nocturnes. Quand deux univers se percutent, le temps s’étire, la réalité vacille et les limites entre l’amitié, le désir et la loyauté se brouillent. Entre promesses murmurées, regards qui brûlent et silences qui blessent, se joue le pari dangereux d’un premier grand amour, celui qui fait grandir trop vite et bouscule tout ce qu’on croyait immuable.

DC Alex McKenna is meant to be resting following her last case, so she lets her boyfriend to take her to the Isle of Skye for the weekend. But what's meant to be a getaway to see the aurora borealis soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that their hotel has double booked. In desperation, they check into the only hotel with rooms available nearby - The Loch House. But from the moment they step foot in the guest house Alex knows something is very wrong. And as snow starts to fall, and night closes in, she begins to wonder if they will ever leave here alive.

Tom Novak is a troubled soul with a dark and bloody past. A former refugee, Royal Marine and member of the elite Special Reconnaissance Regiment, he now finds himself struggling with the deadening routine of day-to-day policing. When he is deployed undercover to infiltrate a gang of people traffickers, things go badly wrong. Faced with an impossible choice, his cover is blown, and he finds himself on the run from the Serbian mafia and even his fellow police colleagues.

A village shrouded in mystery. Secrets buried deep.... When Ray moves to a new house in the village of Whitchurch, he leaves behind a relationship and a luxury apartment in search of a better life in the countryside. However, he soon realises that sleepy Whitchurch also has its own fair share of problems. Last year, a woman’s body was discovered in the woods nearby. The killer was never caught. Soon, suspicious things start to happen. Threatening letters are sent, cars are vandalised and headstones are desecrated. But who is responsible for these acts and why?

Eighteen months on from the case that nearly cost him his life, only DCI Jamie Carver knows the incredible extent of the Worshipper Killer’s network of depravity - and the storm that will hit when others learn of it. They include those who walk Whitehall's corridors of power as well as others in high office and even, maybe, the upper echelons of the Police Service itself. When former members of that network start dying, Carver suspects that someone is out to make sure that their involvement, at least, remains hidden - and will stop at nothing to do so.

The last time DCI Jamie Carver involved a would-be victim in his hunt for a serial killer, it ended badly. Now they want him to do it again, only this time the 'victim' is a Dominatrix. As if he hasn't enough on his plate - a brutal killer poised to strike again; shadows of the past that still haunt his dreams; an investigation under mounting pressure to succeed; a beautiful woman whose bizzare lifestyle may be the key to finding the killer. And that's not counting the young girl whose life he's trying to save from ruin or the ambitious colleague scheming to bring him down.

A final, climactic confrontation. But who will survive? One city; Paris. Two killers; one in hiding, the other stalking the streets. An innocent young couple, bewitched into the deadliest danger.

Juillet 1981. Pendant que Daniel Duval et son collègue Louis Harel participent aux Jeux mondiaux des policiers à Mexico, Gilles Hébert part en vacances avec ses petits-fils Sébastien, six ans, et Vincent, treize ans. Le vieil homme étrenne sa roulotte et il a la ferme intention de trouver un site enchanteur, en pleine nature sauvage. Si les Jeux se terminent bien pour les deux policiers, il n'en va pas de même pour le voyage des campeurs...

Juin 1976. Alors qu’une terrible canicule s’abat sur tout le Québec, les Jeux olympiques de Montréal se profilent à l’horizon. Mais à Sainte-Foy, en banlieue de la Vieille Capitale, H se soucie peu de la chaleur et des Jeux. À peine sorti de prison, il perd le nouvel emploi qui était censé consacrer sa réinsertion sociale. Des gens devront payer pour ce nouvel échec! Daniel Duval, lui, est enquêteur à la Sûreté du Québec.

London is gripped by the bloodiest outbreak of gang warfare ever seen. Shootings in the street, kidnappings, bombs and car chases have become commonplace. The gutters are running red with blood and the Police are powerless to stop it. Frank Harrison had ruled gangland unopposed for more than two years and yet someone is out to wipe him and his men from the face of the earth. Who and why? The answer, when it comes, will test not just Harrison's courage but his sanity too.

«Car je ne puis trouver parmi ces pâles roses / Une fleur qui ressemble à mon rouge idéal.» Ces vers tirés des Fleurs du mal de Baudelaire acquièrent soudain un charme vénéneux quand on les retrouve en exergue du Rouge idéal, cinquième roman de Jacques Côté. Pourquoi? On le comprendra dès les premières pages de cette seconde enquête menée par le lieutenant Daniel Duval, de la Sûreté du Québec, qui a fait ses premières armes dans Nébulosité croissante en fin de journée.