Women are turning up dead in the rural outskirts of Virginia, killed in grotesque ways, and when the FBI is called in, they are stumped. A serial killer is out there, his frequency increasing, and they know there is only one agent good enough to crack this case: Special Agent Riley Paige.Riley is on paid leave herself, recovering from her encounter with her last serial killer, and, fragile as she is, the FBI is reluctant to tap her brilliant mind. Yet Riley, needing to battle her own demons, comes on board, and her hunt leads her through the disturbing subculture of doll collectors, into the homes of broken families, and into the darkest canals of the killer’s mind. As Riley peels back the layers, she realizes she is up against a killer more twisted than she could have imagined. In a frantic race against time, she finds herself pushed to her limit, her job on the line, her own family in danger, and her fragile psyche collapsing.Yet once Riley Paige takes on a case, she will not quit. It obsesses her, leading her to the darkest corners of her own mind, blurring the lines between hunter and hunted. After a series of unexpected twists, her instincts lead her to a shocking climax that even Riley could not have imagined.A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, "Once Gone" marks the debut of a riveting new series – and a beloved new character – that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

As he did in Laguna Heat, T. Jefferson Parker once again combines his atmospheric style and unforgettable images of California to create a spellbinding mystery that continually anticipates your very thoughts, a novel in which each new revelation comes to you with the force and intimacy of a returning memory.

Pacific Beat begins on a May night in Newport Beach’s Back Bay, when the discovery of a brutally murdered woman with roses bound to her body sets off the kind of manhunt the police and their families dread. The victim, Ann Weir Cruz, is one of their own — and so, it appears, is her killer.

Ann was eight weeks pregnant with a child she and her police lieutenant husband, Ray Cruz, wanted desperately. The only clue to the outrage seems worse than no lead at all: A patrol car was spotted near the scene, disappearing into the fog.

Against a backdrop of corrupt city politics, the delicate and dangerous undercover investigation of the police department falls to the victim’s brother, former detective Jim Weir, who left the force respecting its many secrets and now must expose them one by one. Jim’s understandably fierce pursuit of his sister’s tormentor is a perfect cover, something credible to the cops he is secretly probing. But it is also his genuine debt to Ann. And soon it becomes an agonizing race against Ray, his ex-partner and brother-in-law — because Ray is trying to find the killer first, and execute him.

Je vais te dire une bonne chose : les gens qui ont un don, faut s'en gaffer pire que du fisc.C'est bien joli, un don, mais ça peut avoir des conséquences.Moi, le don de Bruno, merci bien !J'ai failli y laisser mes os.En tout cas, j'en sais des moins vergeots qui en sont clamsés sans avoir vu Venise.Heureusement que les corbillards ne sont pas en grève, parce que alors, on allait se ruiner en déodorants.

Patriks ZīskindsParfīms. Stāsts par kādu slepkavuPatriks Zīskinds  dzīvo un strādā pārmaiņus Minhenē un Parīzē.Rakstnieka debija romāna žanrā Parfīms. Stāsts par kādu slepkavu (Das Parfum. Die Gcschichte eines ļļ tsrders, 1985) atnesa autoram pasaules slavu.… Noslēpumainais romā­na varonis Žans Batists Grenuijs apveltīts ar pārda­biskām ožas spējām. Sekojot autora spilgtajai iztēlei un veiklajai spalvai, lasītājs  nokļūst Parīzes tumšajās ielās un vēro kā ožas ģēnijam Grenuijam klājas pie parfimēra Baldini. Grenuija neparastā oža ir visa viņa piedzīvojumu un romāna kriminālintrigas pamatā.ZVAIGZNE ABCRomāna oriģinālizdcvuma vāks ar fragmentu no Antuāna Vato gleznas Nimfa un Satirs jeb Jupiters un Antiope.Kopš Ēriha Marijas Remarka "Rietumu frontē bez pārmaiņām" neviens vācu autora darbs nav guvis tik sensacionālus panākumus.Weltwoche, Cirihe.Līdz 1994. gadam romāns tulkots:ASV Itālijā RumānijāBrazīlijā Izraēlā SomijāBulgārijā Japānā SlovākijāČehijā Katalonijā SlovēnijāDānijā Krievijā SpānijāFrancijā Ķīnā TaizemēGrieķijā Lielbritānijā TurcijāHolandē Norvēģijā UngārijāHorvātijā Polijā VjetnamāIslandē Portugālē ZviedrijāPatrick Sьskind Das Parfum Die Geschichte eines MцrdersMākslinieks Juris Pansovs No vācu valodas tulkojusi Ingrīda LeurenceO 1985Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich © 1995Tulkojums latviešu valodā, ISBN 5-405-01553-9 Zvaigzne ABCNoskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants LočmelisZVAIGZNE ABC

D’étranges signes tracés à la peinture noire sur des portes dans tout Paris. À première vue, on pourrait croire à l’œuvre d’un tagueur. Le commissaire Adamsberg, lui, y décèle une menace sourde, un relent maléfique.De son côté, Joss Le Guern, le Crieur de la place Edgar-Quinet, se demande qui glisse dans sa boîte à messages d'incompréhensibles annonces. Certains billets sont en latin, d’autres semblent copiés sur des ouvrages vieux de plusieurs siècles. Et tous prédisent le retour d'un fléau venu du fond des âges…Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle 2002Une fois encore, Fred Vargas a réussi à marier des éléments et des situations totalement hétéroclites : personnages d'aujourd'hui et peurs médiévales, situations actuelles et plongées dans les racines du mal, écriture d'une élégance aux raffinements classiques et clins d'œil pleins d'humour.FRED VARGAS, archéologue de métier, a créé le rompol, genre littéraire à part entière, où la narration est empreinte d'humour, de liberté, et de poésie. Ses romans ont fait l'objet d'adaptations cinématographiques et télévisuelles et son œuvre est désormais traduite dans plus de trente pays.