Els Braspenning Livres

HE HIDES, HE KILLS, HE KEEPS . . . Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles is asked to attend an intriguing examination. An ancient mummy has been found in a museum basement, prompting great media excitement. But with horror she realises that itâe(tm)s not as ancient as they thought...A very modern bullet is showing up on the scan. Detective Jane Rizzoli is called to investigate and soon discovers a second âe" and then a third âe" mummified body. Who is this killer and why does he preserve his victims so meticulously? And who will be the next to join his monstrous collection?

Returning from Paris to discover a murder victim in her driveway, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the victim looks exactly like her and is a twin sister she never knew.

Institut médico-légal de Boston, 20h. Le docteur Maura Isles finit sa journée de travail en tapant le rapport de sa dernière autopsie. Elle doit retourner à la chambre froide vérifier un détail. Dans le silence de la morgue, il lui semble entendre un bruit. Puis son champ de vision détecte un mouvement. Ouvrant une à une les housses mortuaires, elle se retrouve face au cadavre d'une jeune noyée. Qui ouvre brusquement les yeux... "De quoi frissonner avec une intrigue bien orchestrée" - L'Est-Eclair / Libération Champagne.

'The most bone-chilling story featuring on-going characters Rizzoli and Isles.' Daily Mail HE WATCHES Something terrible has happened in the snowbound village of Kingdom Come, Wyoming. Twelve eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. The people who lived in them appear to have vanished, seemingly into thin air. HE WAITS Maura Isles is driving through the area with a group of friends when they find themselves trapped in a snowstorm. They stumble into the abandoned village to take shelter. But their nightmare has only just begun. THEY DISAPPEAR Days later, Jane Rizzoli flies to Wyoming to search for her missing friend. A crashed vehicle has been found with four badly burned bodies still inside. Can one of the corpses be Maura's? Jane's hunt for the truth leads her to Kingdom Come. Where the person who was watching Maura now lies waiting for her ...

A Boston, de nos jours. Des jeunes femmes sont retrouvées à leur domicile, après avoir été torturées et tuées. Même modus operandi que ceux d'un serial killer qui avait sévi en Géorgie trois ans auparavant. Mais pour la brillante Jane Rizzoli et son équipier Thomas Moore, inspecteurs de la brigade criminelle, cette nouvelle enquête s'annonce plus déroutante que Jamais: le tueur en question a trouvé la mort, de la main même de sa dernière victime, des années auparavant. Ayant miraculeusement survécue, cette dernière, aujourd'hui médecin reconnue, a refait sa vie à Boston, justement. Coïncidence? Rizzoli et le très intègre " Saint Thomas " vont tout faire pour éviter que le " Chirurgien " n'opère de nouveau...

Within the walls of a cloistered convent, a scene of unspeakable carnage is discovered. On the snow lie two nuns, one dead, one critically injured - victims of a seemingly motiveless, brutally savage attack. Medical examiner Maura Isles' autopsy of the murder victim yields a shocking surprise, but the case takes a disturbing twist.

A murderous outbreak of violence among teenagers occurs in a resort in Maine. Dr. Claire Elliot blames a brain-damaging parasite which attacks people when they swim in the lake, but the town ignores her call for a quarantine, fearing for the tourist trade.

Minneapolis is home to intriguing law enforcement characters, including Tami Hoag's homicide detectives, Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska. In this thought-provoking and emotionally resonant novel, they delve into the case of Internal Affairs investigator Andy Fallon, whose death raises questions of suicide. Rumors swirl around the department, suggesting Andy, the son of esteemed officer Iron Mike Fallon, took his life due to personal struggles, including his sexuality and a failed relationship. However, Sam feels compelled to investigate out of respect for Mike. Sam embodies the archetypal tragic hero, grappling with his identity as a twice-divorced, smoking, drinking workaholic. Amanda Savard, the determined Internal Affairs lieutenant, warns him of his stereotypical role, hinting at her own complex history. Sam’s sharp wit is matched by his keen sense of discernment, especially when Iron Mike's apparent suicide occurs. As Sam and Nikki reopen a nearly two-decade-old case, they uncover connections that could unravel past crimes and threaten future stability. Hoag demonstrates mastery of her craft with excellent pacing, complex characters, and intricate details, leaving readers eager for more adventures with Kovac and Liska.

En 2001, Zarah Ghahramani, étudiante en langues impliquée dans le mouvement contestataire étudiant, est enlevée en plein jour par la milice des mollahs. Condamnée pour incitation à la violence, elle est enfermée dans la prison d'Evin, tristement célèbre pour ses méthodes de torture. Idéaliste, élevée dans une famille progressiste et tolérante, Zarah découvre l'univers carcéral, les humiliations et les sévices. Pour mettre un terme à la barbarie de ses geôliers, elle reconnaît toutes les accusations et finit par trahir. Récit bouleversant de sincérité, Prisonnière des mollahs raconte au jour le jour cet emprisonnement, et fait la chronique douce-amère d'une jeunesse à Téhéran après l'instauration de la république islamique.

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