Un coronel iraquí que viven el terror de su vida, una belleza en bikini bajo chantaje y un periodista neurótico y suicida de pronto se ven sumergidos en el oscuro mundo de Eric Ambler, en un laberinto de conspiración e intriga, reuniones clandestinas, identidades dobles y muertes súbitas.

Un antiguo miembro de las Fuerzas Especiales del Ejército irrumpe en un acto de locura en un colegio privado del norte de Edimburgo, mata a dos alumnos de diecisiete años y acto seguido se suicida. Tal como dice el inspector Rebus «No hay misterio» salvo en el móvil. Interrogante que le conduce al corazón de una pequeña localidad conmocionada por la tragedia. Rebus, que también ha servido en el Ejército, fascinado por la figura del asesino, comprueba que una investigación militar del caso entorpece la suya. Al ex comando no le faltaban amigos ni enemigos: desde personajes públicos hasta jóvenes góticos de atuendo negro y oscuros habitantes de la pequeña localidad cuyas vidas transcurren en un trasfondo de secretos y mentiras. Pero Rebus tiene que hacer también frente a sus propios apuros. Un malhechor, que acosa a su amiga y colega Siobhan Clarke, aparece muerto en su casa tras un incendio cuando el mismo Rebus acaba de salir del hospital con las manos totalmente quemadas.

Tres hombres aparecen muertos con una sonrisa en los labios. Los presuntos suicidas no tienen nada en común, ni aparentes motivos para querer quitarse la vida, La teniente Eve Dallas pone en tela de juicio la tesis del suicidio y las autopsias le dan la razón. En los cerebros de las tres víctimas se detectan pequeñas quemaduras. En su investigación, Eve se adentra en el inquietante mundo de la realidad virtual donde los mismos mecanismos concebidos para despertar el deseo pueden inducir a la mente a su propia destrucción.

Una top model muere brutalmente asesinada Para investigar el caso la teniente Eve Dallas debe sumergirse en el clamoroso mundo de la pasarela y no tarda en descubrir que no es oro todo lo que reluce. Tras la rutilante fachada de la alta costura los desfiles y las fiestas encuentra una devoradora obsesión por la eterna juventud y el éxito, rivalidades encarnizadas, profundos rencores y frustraciones. Un excelente caldo de cultivo para el asesinato en especial si se añade a la mezcla un desenfrenado consumo de las mas sofisticadas drogas.

A Michael Harrison pretenden gastarle una broma inolvidable en su despedida de soltero; algo que jamás pueda olvidar: enterrarlo vivo durante unas horas. Todo se complicará cuando sus amigos, que son los únicos que conocen el verdadero paradero de Michael, mueran esa misma noche en un accidente de tráfico. Abandonado a su suerte, el único enlace con el exterior será Davey, un chico retrasado mental que recogerá del lugar del accidente el watkie-tatkie con el que los amigos de Michael pretendían seguir en contacto con él. A la cabeza de las investigaciones sobre la desaparición se pondrá Roy Grace, un policía experto en desaparecidos. Paulatinamente, las pistas se irán entrelazando de forma confusa unas con otras: historias de amor y de celos, identidades falsas… Así pues, poco a poco, se va descubriendo que lo que, en principio, era una broma estúpida, puede que, en el fondo, tal vez, sea un plan tejido por oscuros motivos.Peter James nos presenta en Una muerte sencilla a Roy Grace, un personaje brillante y atormentado, experto en resolver crímenes pero incapaz de enfrentarse a su propio pasado.

The story of Bertie and his dysfunctional family continues in this fifth instalment alongside the familiar cast of favourites – Big Lou, Domenica, Angus Lordie, Cyril and others – in their daily pursuit of a little happiness. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith has again given us a clever, witty and utterly delightful new novel.

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away. Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens—town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing—even murder—to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.From WikipediaUnder the Dome is a science fiction novel by Stephen King, published in November 2009. It is a rewrite of a novel King attempted writing twice in the late 1970s and early 1980s, under the titles The Cannibals and Under the Dome. As King stated on his official site, these two unfinished works “were two very different attempts to utilize the same idea, which concerns itself with how people behave when they are cut off from the society they’ve always belonged to. Also, my memory of The Cannibals is that it, like Needful Things, was a kind of social comedy. The new Under the Dome is played dead straight.” From the material originally written, only the first chapter is included in the new novel. There are also talks of the novel becoming a cable series.

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away. Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens—town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing—even murder—to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.From WikipediaUnder the Dome is a science fiction novel by Stephen King, published in November 2009. It is a rewrite of a novel King attempted writing twice in the late 1970s and early 1980s, under the titles The Cannibals and Under the Dome. As King stated on his official site, these two unfinished works “were two very different attempts to utilize the same idea, which concerns itself with how people behave when they are cut off from the society they’ve always belonged to. Also, my memory of The Cannibals is that it, like Needful Things, was a kind of social comedy. The new Under the Dome is played dead straight.” From the material originally written, only the first chapter is included in the new novel. There are also talks of the novel becoming a cable series.

When a Soviet submarine goes aground in Swedish waters, the Swedes announce the presence of atomic material on board.The plutonium was stolen from a plant in Russia, an almost unheard of feat. The dead captain of the submarine is the only one with any links to where the plutonium deal was made. When American agent, Tarp, is appointed to become one of the enemy, he is faced with the task of eliminating the potential suspects, one by one if needed.Nobody knows who had the audacity to steal the plutonium from Russia, but Repin has a list of certain players who would have reason and potential to perform such a theft. But it is only a few who have the power to execute such a scheme, and only one with courage to do it. Tarp is sent to Cuba to begin his task of stalking the man who not only betrayed his country, but the world.Under several guises and aliases, Tarp performs the role of several nationalities, while trying to disarm his target. To add to the mix, Tarp finds himself faced with the love of a KGB agent who has just as well signed her own death warrant by proclaiming her love for him.From Buenos Aires and London, to Paris and Moscow, to a rendezvous beneath the Arctic’s frigid waters, Tarp stalks a man who has betrayed not only his own country, but the world.Kenneth Cameron, is the co-author of over 30 books, also writes as George Bartram. His books include historical novels, novels of espionage, critical history of the African safari, among his award-winning analysis of films about Africa. He also writes military thrillers with his son, Christian Cameron.

When Nora takes the train from London to visit her sister in the countryside, she expects to find her waiting at the station, or at home cooking dinner. But when she walks into Rachel’s familiar house, what she finds is entirely different: her sister has been the victim of a brutal murder.Stunned and adrift, Nora finds she can’t return to her former life. An unsolved assault in the past has shaken her faith in the police, and she can’t trust them to find her sister’s killer. Haunted by the murder and the secrets that surround it, Nora is under the harrow: distressed and in danger. As Nora’s fear turns to obsession, she becomes as unrecognizable as the sister her investigation uncovers.A riveting psychological thriller and a haunting exploration of the fierce love between two sisters, the distortions of grief, and the terrifying power of the past, Under the Harrow marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.

From Publishers WeeklyThe Edgar Award-winning author of Chiefs (basis of a TV miniseries) and the bestselling Deep Lie now offers a highly readable if somewhat overheated thriller-cum-gothic that includes murder, drug smuggling, faith healing, hallucinations, revenants and incest. A one-time ace reporter rents a cabin in a backwoods Georgia town, then stumbles upon and determines to solve the town mystery, which involves a seemingly affable sheriff, an autocratic town father and an incest-ridden family whose once-prosperous farm now lies under a lake. He joins forces with a plucky female reporter bent on proving that the sheriff is "dirty," and there's never a dull moment as the story surges toward its exciting climax. The conclusion is a little too far-fetchedbut by that time readers have had more than their money's worth. Major ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternates.

Hailed as “original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century” (Wall Street Journal), this debut novel lingers long after the last page has been turned.Described as a “fascinating psychological thriller” (The Baltimore Sun), this entrancing novel introduces Isserley, a female driver who picks up hitchhikers with big muscles. She, herself, is tiny-like a kid peering up over the steering wheel. Scarred and awkward, yet strangely erotic and threatening, she listens to her hitchhikers as they open up to her, revealing clues about who might miss them if they should disappear. At once humane and horrifying, Under the Skin takes us on a heart-thumping ride through dangerous territory, our own moral instincts and the boundaries of compassion. A grotesque and comical allegory, a surreal representation of contemporary society run amok, Under the Skin has been internationally received as the arrival of an exciting talent, rich and assured.

Pendant la semaine où s’écroule le bloc de l’Est, Carlo, jeune dandy américain, espion et diplomate, parcourt l’Europe.Ce qui le conduit à Lugano, à Budapest, à Prague et enfin à Sienne, le matin du Palio, doit rester secret. Il n’en parlera ni à Marge avec qui il vit, ni à Irène, lancée à sa poursuite. Il ose à peine se l’avouer : c’est l’amour de l’art, un coup de foudre, la découverte d’un artiste siennois oublié dont il a vu une œuvre par hasard à la National Gallery de Washington.Le « Maître de l’Observance », peintre énigmatique de la Renaissance, commence à le hanter et transforme sa futile existence en une petite légende dorée.Adrien Goetz fait de la peinture sa trame romanesque. Il entraîne le lecteur dans une troublante enquête à travers musées et collections privées. Un nouvel hymne à l’Italie par l’auteur de La Dormeuse de Naples (Prix des Deux Magots, Prix Roger Nimier).

ENTRE MAD MAX 2 ET LA ROUTE : LE NOUVEAU CHEF-D'ŒUVRE POST-APOCALYPTIQUE.L'ouragan Katrina n'était qu'un signe avant-coureur ; après des années de catastrophes écologiques, le sud des États-Unis, de l'Alabama au Texas, s'apparente désormais à un véritable no man's land. Plutôt que de reconstruire sans cesse, le gouvernement a tracé une frontière et ordonné l'évacuation de la zone. Le sud de la Limite est devenu une terre de non-droit ravagée en permanence par les tempêtes et les orages diluviens — un royaume sans électricité, sans ressources et sans lois.Cohen fait partie de ceux qui, envers et contre tout, ont choisi de rester. Terrassé par la mort de sa femme et de l’enfant quelle portait, il s’efforce de panser ses blessures, seul avec son chien et son cheval.Mais nul ne peut vivre éternellement dans les brumes du passé. Bientôt forcé de sortir de chez lui, il découvre une colonie de survivants menée par Aggie, un prêcheur fanatique hanté de visions mystiques. L'homme retenant contre leur gré des femmes et des enfants, Cohen les libère, et se met en tête de leur faire franchir la Limite. Commence alors, à travers un paysage dévasté, un étrange et terrible périple avec, pour horizon principal, l'espoir d’une humanité peut-être retrouvée.Comparé par une critique américaine dithyrambique à La Route de McCarthy et aux âpres chefs-d'œuvre de Faulkner, Une pluie sans fin orchestre avec une étourdissante maestria les noces du conte métaphysique et de l'épopée funèbre, porté par une langue incantatoire.Michael Farris Smith vit à Columbus, Mississippi. Une pluie sans fin est son premier roman.Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Michelle Charrier« De temps à autre apparaît un auteur amoureux de soir art du langage écrit […] et des grands mystères gui résident de l'autre côté du monde physique. Il y avait William Faulkner Cormac McCarthy ou Annie Proulx. Vous pouvez maintenant ajouter Michael Farris Smith à la liste. »James Lee Burke

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