The true story of a group of four boys brought up in New York's notorious Mafia-run Hell's Kitchen during the 1960s. After nearly causing a man's death, they were sent to a reformatory where guards routinely brutalized them, leaving them with nothing but an undying loyalty to one another.
It has been a house of secrets for over sixty years - Bridge House on the edge of Exmoor, beautiful and remote, a wild place where the sound of the rushing stream is ever present. Clio is staying there with her godmother Hester, reliving happy childhood memories. Jonah, visiting the area, chances upon the house where his mother stayed as a child during the fevered atmosphere of the second world war, a time when passions ran high. They don't yet know it, but their histories are inextricably linked. Hester knows the truth, but how much should she tell them? What would be gained by raking over the past? As the young couple become closer, Hester realises that they must know the truth, before it is too late.
Also featuring DI Jack Caffery, Mo Hayder's terrifying second novel now reissued in B-format.
Venue séjourner sur l'île de Rhodes pour se remettre d'un drame personnel, Heather Mallender disparaît brusquement au cours d'une balade en montagne, presque sous les yeux d'Harry Barnett, le gardien de la villa où elle résidait. Soupçonné de l'avoir assassinée, Harry est laissé en liberté, faute de preuves. Ce quinquagénaire alcoolique et désabusé décide alors de mener l'enquète à partir de sa seule piste: les vingt-quatre dernières photos prises par la jeune femme. Cliché après cliché, il va ainsi reconstituer les dernières semaines de sa vie, entre la Grèce et l'Angleterre. Mais plus il apprend de choses sur le passé d'Heather et plus le mystère s'épaissit. Robert Goddard signe avec Heather Mallender a disparu un pavé à suspense à devenir asocial et insomniaque. Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle. Rendez-vous à la fin, grandiose et inattendue. Vraiment. Marie Rogatien, Le Figaro Magazine.
1981. Tredower, en Cornouailles. A l’occasion du mariage de sa nièce, Chris est de retour dans le domaine que son grand-oncle Joshua a acquis entre les deux guerres. Au cours de la cérémonie, Nick, son ami d’enfance, surgit et affirme détenir la preuve que son père, exécuté pour avoir commandité le meurtre de Joshua en 1947, était innocent. Le lendemain, on retrouve Nick pendu. Chris décide alors de faire la lumière sur la mort de Joshua. Il est loin de se douter des dangers qu'il encourt en exposant la légende familiale à la lumière de la vérité.
With the forensic acumen of Patricia Cornwell and the atmosphere of Lynda La Plante's Prime Suspect series, Birdman - already an international sensation prior to publication - introduces a troubled homicide detective battling the demons of his past while facing the psychopath of the century. In the chilling opening to Birdman, the bodies of five women are found, ritualistically mutilated and dumped on wasteland in Greenwich, England. When post-mortem examinations reveal a single, horrific signature linking the victims - a tiny bird sewn into each chest - the police realize they are on the trail of a serial killer with a terrifying mind. Detective Inspector Jack Caffery, young,driven, unshockable, finds himself facing both hostilities within the force and his own memory of a lethal failure, as he struggles to unravel the most macabre murders he's ever seen. Now, as he employs every weapon science can offer, he knows he has little time before the sadistic killer strikes again. But he has so little evidence. All he has are five mutilated corpses and five dead little birds. Mo Hayder - with a keen psychological insight, brilliant forensic and procedural detail, and a psychically wounded but charismatic lead investigator - has written a first novel of raw intensity and deep understanding that will thrill the hearts of the most demanding readers of crime fiction. From the Paperback edition.
When an explosion destroys the Pasteur Institute in Paris, Marty Zellerbach is left in a coma, while a top computer scientist - Emile Chambord - goes missing. Although a terrorist group takes credit for the bombing, officials begin to wonder whether there might be a more sinister plot at work.
American ambassador Stephen Metcalfe has been summoned to find the one man who controls the levers of power in absolute secrecy--an official knowns only as the Dirizhor.
1931. Guy et Max, deux vétérans de la Première Guerre mondiale, quittent New York à bord du transatlantique Empress of Britain. Dans les luxueux salons de première classe, ils font la connaissance de la très anglaise Vita Charnwood et de sa nièce, Diana. Celle-ci est non seulement ravissante, mais également l'unique héritière du richissime financier international Fabian Charnwood. Les deux hommes entreprennent de la séduire afin de mettre la main sur une partie de sa fortune. Alors que leur opération semble sur le point de réussir, un meurtre vient soudain mettre un terme à tous leurs espoirs et les plonger dans une spirale infernale.
