Nienke van der Meulen Ordre des livres (chronologique)

The home was top-notch New Jersey suburban. The living room was Martha Stewart. The basement was Legos—and blood. For sports agent Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he'd once competed against was bringing back memories—of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wanna-bes, the gamblers and groupies, Myron is unraveling the strange, violent life of a sports hero gone wrong, and coming face-to-face with a past he can't relive, and a present he may not survive. In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction—Myron Bolitar—a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance.

Your daughter doesn’t come home one night from her summer job, and when you go looking for her, no one has seen her—ever. In this gripping thriller, an ordinary man’s desperate search for his daughter plunges him into a dark world of corruption, exploitation, and murder. Tim Blake, a typical car salesman with an ex-wife and a flaky girlfriend, faces a nightmare when Sydney vanishes. At her supposed workplace, no one has heard of her, and even her closest friends are baffled. As days pass without news, Tim realizes that the daughter he thought he knew is a stranger. Retracing her steps, he uncovers the unsettling truth about their seemingly idyllic suburban Connecticut town. Unbeknownst to him, his every move is being monitored by others who also seek Sydney—but their intentions are far from benevolent. As Tim edges closer to the truth, he confronts every parent's worst nightmare and the kind of evil that only a parent’s love might stand a chance against.

One look at Lt. Charles Acland's disfigured face and anyone can see that the Iraqi bomb that blew up two of his men has left him profoundly changed—but have his traumatic brain injuries altered the young British army officer's personality enough to make him a murderer? That's the narrative fuse Edgar-winner Walters (The Devil's Feather) lights to ignite this sizzling psychological thriller. She skillfully interweaves strands of Acland's story, including notes from the military psychiatrist treating him, with the hunt for a serial killer who's claimed at least three victims in South London. Then another man is beaten within an inch of his life not long after Acland's move into the neighborhood. When the lieutenant gets into a near-fatal bar fight with a Pakistani stockbroker, Acland's unlikely savior is a 250-pound lesbian weight lifter and doctor named Jackson. Surprisingly, Jackson is also one of the few convincing characters in this plot-propelled tale, a flaw readers may be willing to ignore—until they slam into a contrived denouement well below Walters's usual standard.

Een jonge vrouw ontmoet haar droomprins die ervoor zorgt dat ze een geweldige baan bij een uitgeverij krijgt, maar haar nieuwe werkgeefster blijkt haar werknemers te tiranniseren.

La première fois que j'ai vu Harwood j'étais à Kinshasa. La deuxième fois, j'étais en Sierra Leone en tant que correspondante de guerre. Puis, des années plus tard j'ai croisé son chemin en Irak et, à chaque fois, dans son sillage, des corps de femmes violées, lacérées. Des meurtres mis sur le compte de " dommages collatéraux ". Alors j'ai su. Il s'est senti traqué. J'ai été séquestrée pendant trois jours. Puis relâchée. Sans explication... Pour moi, il n'existait qu'un seul refuge possible pour tout oublier : un manoir isolé au cœur de la campagne anglaise. Je me demande encore comment j'ai pu être aussi bête.

Een lid van de Britse geheime dienst moet een gruwelijke moord oplossen en een poging om een totalitaire eenheidspolitie te vormen, verijdelen.

Een vrouw probeert de waarheid over de dood van een alleenstaande zwarte vrouw, twintig jaar eerder, te achterhalen.

Acid Row. Une cité-dépotoir en Angleterre. Une banlieue où le meilleur côtoie le pire. Où il suffit d'un rien pour déclencher les événements les plus fous, y compris l'horreur. Et un matin la rumeur naît, court, s'enflamme: Amy, une fillette de onze ans, a disparu. L'émeute se déclenche, nourrie par la chaleur, les rancœurs et les frustrations. Tandis que la police, débordée sur le terrain, s'efforce en vain de contenir la foule déchaînée, les enquêteurs, dans une infernale course contre la montre, tentent de retrouver la jeune Amy. Mais parmi les désaxés et derrière les coupables tout trouvés, quel est le véritable criminel ?

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Paula Grey 'witnesses' the murder of Norbert Engel, key German Statesman. A veiled woman entered and left the building. One by one, the elite strongmen in a leaderless Europe are assassinated. Tension rises as Tweed, Paula and Bob Newman fly to Zurich, where a fresh assassination takes place. Again a veiled woman was seen. Tweed's pursuit leads to a strange village in Vienna where attempts are made to kill him.