Donatella Cerutti Pini Livres

A neuf ans, dans le Japon d'avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Sayuri est vendue par son père, un modeste pêcheur, à une maison de plaisir de Kyoto. Dotée d'extraordinaires yeux bleus, la petite fille comprend vite qu'il faut mettre à profit la chance qui est la sienne. Elle se plie avec docilité à l'initiation difficile qui en fera une vraie geisha. Art de la toilette et de la coiffure, rituel du thé, science du chant, de la danse et de l'amour : Sayuri va peu à peu se hisser au rang des geishas les plus convoitées de la ville. Les riches, les puissants se disputeront ses faveurs. Elle triomphera des pièges que lui tend la haine d'une rivale. Elle rencontrera finalement l'amour... Ecrit sous la forme de mémoires, ce récit à al véracité d'un exceptionnel document et le souffle d'un grand roman. Il nous entraîne au cœur d'un univers exotique où se mêlent érotisme et perversité, cruauté et raffinement, séduction et mystère.

Comment en est-elle arrivée là ? En dix ans, Eve Dallas a toujours réussi à séparer sa carrière de sa vie privée. Ce qui n'était pas très compliqué auparavant, étant donné le néant de sa vie amoureuse, est devenu en l'espace de quelques mois une véritable gageure. D'abord, Connors. Il a tout chamboulé avec ses sourires, ses baisers, ses caresses. Il est même parvenu à fixer la date de leur mariage. Son mariage ! Comme si cela ne suffisait pas, voilà sa meilleure amie accusée d'un meurtre odieux. Et, pour couronner le tout, le passé qu'elle s'est longtemps efforcée d'oublier lui explose au visage comme une véritable bombe à retardement. Amour, culpabilité, suspicion... Et si c'était elle la coupable ? Mais Eve a promis. Elle a promis d'être fidèle à son insigne. Epouser l'un, sauver l'autre... Aujourd'hui, elle doit faire face. Au prix de son intégrité ? Peut-être...

Lieutenant Eve Dallas never wavers in her search for justice. But in this gripping novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series, she’ll learn that matters of the heart are never black and white. The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second was murdered in her own apartment building. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas had no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with men of great power and wealth provided Eve with a long list of suspects—including her own lover, Roarke. As a woman, Eve was compelled to trust the man who shared her bed. But as a cop, it was her job to follow every lead...to investigate every scandalous rumor...to explore every secret passion, no matter how dark. Or how dangerous.

In the 14th century, dark days fell on the Church as two popes, one in Rome and the other in Avignon, each supported by different political empires, struggled for supremacy. Hearing of a secret which may bring them victory, one side hired a mercenary to retrieve this priceless information. Thomas of Hookton is an English archer. When his village is sacked by raiders, he escapes and becomes an archer in the army of King Edward III. The King and his son are going to France with a great force of knights and men-at-arms, led by great lords. But it is the archers, the common men, who will decide the success or failure of the invasion.

Captain Richard Sharpe, along with his company of redcoats and riflemen, must save Portugal from the invading French in this action-packed, rip-roaring entry in Cornwell's "New York Times" bestselling adventure series.

"For Dr. Abby DiMatteo, the long road to Boston's Bayside Hospital has been anything but easy. Now, immersed in the grinding fatigue of her second year as a surgical resident, she's elated when the hospital's elite cardiac transplant team taps her as a potential recruit. But Abby soon makes an anguished, crucial decision that jeopardizes her entire career. A car crash victim's healthy heart is ready to be harvested; it is immediately cross-matched to a wealthy private patient, Nina Voss. Abby hatches a bold plan to make sure that the transplant goes instead to a dying seventeen-year-old boy who is also a perfect match. The repercussions are powerful and swift and Abby is shaken but unrepentant-- until she meets the frail, tormented Nina. Then a new heart for Nina Voss suddenly appears, her transplant is completed, and Abby makes a terrible discovery: Nina's heart has not come through the proper channels. Defying Bayside Hospital?s demands for silence, Abby plunges into an investigation that reveals an intricate, and murderous, chain of deceptions. Every move Abby makes spawns a vicious backlash and, in a ship anchored in the stagnant waters of Boston Harbor, a final, grisly discovery lies waiting" -- From Amazon.com

In the high-stakes, high-pressure world of presidential politics, where predators carry microphones and one misstep can savage a lifetime of achievement, Kerry Kilcannon is the rarest player of all. Kilcannon believes he can make the system work. And he just may die trying. Driven by the violent nightmare of his childhood, fueled by forces that few could understand, and burdened by secrets no one must know, Kilcannon is running for President--and entering the crucial battleground of California with seven days to go. But for Kilcannon, there are hurdles that his courage, charisma, and compassion may not overcome: the network correspondent he still loves; the reporter bent on their exposure; the rival who'll do anything to win; and the fanatic who believes that he must murder Kilcannon to protect the right to life.

Le policier italien Taddeo Bottando et son adjointe Flavia sont confrontés à une incroyable révélation. Un étudiant britannique, Jonathan Argyll, affirme que, sous la toile obscure d'une petite église romaine, se cache en réalité un chef-d'oeuvre de Raphaël. Les policiers arrivent, hélas, trop tard ; le curé de la paroisse a déjà cédé ce tableau à un collectionneur. Le gouvernement italien devra le racheter à un prix exorbitant lors d'une vente aux enchères. Pourtant, malgré les expertises, un doute demeure sur l'authenticité de cette œuvre et les soupçons d'escroquerie risquent fort d'être confirmés au-delà de toute espérance. Voici une enquête menée de main de maître. Iain Pears réussit à allier érudition, humour et suspense. Il entraîne le néophyte dans les coulisses de l'histoire de l'art, où le spécialiste côtoie le faussaire.

È il 1807 e un tenente torna in Inghilterra dopo aver combattuto a Trafalgar,dove l'eroismo dimostrato gli è valso una promozione: la sua carriera sembra comunque essere giunta a punto morto, tanto che il giovane tenente sta meditando di lasciare l'esercito. Poi, improvvisamente, un vecchio amico gli propone un'insolita missione: la consegna di una cospicua somma di denaro al principe di Danimarca. Ufficialmente neutrale, il Paese è minacciato da Napoleone che, dopo la disfatta di Trafalgar, mira a impadronirsi della flotta danese. Pur di impedire che quella flotta finisca ai francesi, gli inglesi sono pronti a tutto, e l'incarico del tenente è il primo passo di una manovra ben più complessa.

È il 1805 e Richard Sharpe, forte della fama di valoroso soldato conquistata in India, sta per tornare in Inghilterra per entrare nel 95° reggimento fucilieri. Il viaggio da Bombay a Londra dovrebbe essere un periodo di riposo, ma il vascello su cui viaggia, vittima di un ammutinamento, viene dirottato da una nave corsara francese, la "Revenant". Dopo un rocambolesco sbarco a Mauritius, Sharpe riesce a riprendere il viaggio a bordo di una nave inglese, la cui missione è quella di lanciarsi all'inseguimento della Revenant. La caccia si conclude quando la nave francese ha ormai raggiunto il resto della flotta franco-spagnola, che sarà affrontata da quella inglese al largo di capo Trafalgar.