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Felix Morsom has made a decent living as an author. Though his novels no longer hit the bestseller lists, he has been described as the Chekhov of Coldsands-on-Sea, and once was even shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Were it not for the delicious Brenda Bodkin, his publicist, and their endlessly unconsummated passion, his life would be very dull indeed. One day, Felix receives a tape in the mail which reveals the sad tale of Gavin, a man whose life was destroyed by PROD, the Parental Rights and Obligations Department. Shortly thereafter, Felix again hears Gavin, now on a radio phone-in, and a few days later meets him at a book-signing. Gavin introduces the author to Miriam, who assures Felix that he is the father of her child, Ian. Before Felix knows it, he is in receipt of a huge bill for Ian's maintenance and, as if that weren't shocking enough, he soon finds himself the chief suspect in a murder case. To discover the identity of the murderer, our hero has no choice but to enter the underworld and live among the down-and-outs of London. There among the rubbish and the smell of poverty he finds friendship and unexpected grace.

1978: Meet Morris Bellamy, a reader obsessed by novelist John Rothstein, the reclusive genius who created the celebrated fictional character Jimmy Gold. Morris is livid – not just because Rothstein has stopped writing but because he has made the nonconformist Jimmy sell out for a career in advertising. Morris breaks into Rothstein’s house and empties his safe of cash. But the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel – and Morris is prepared to kill for them. Later, he goes to jail for another crime but not before he has hidden the spoils. 2009: Meet young Pete Saubers, whose father was brutally injured by a stolen Mercedes while he was queuing at a job fair. When Pete discovers a buried trunk containing the money and notebooks, he realises he has the means to rescue his family from poverty. If he can keep it secret… 2014: Morris is up for parole. And he’s hell-bent on recovering his treasure. That’s when retired detective Bill Hodges – who has set up a company called ‘Finders Keepers’ – is asked to investigate. Together with colleagues Holly Gibney and Jerome Robinson, Hodges must rescue Pete from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris… Not since Misery has King written with such visceral power about a reader with such a dangerous obsession. Finders Keepers is spectacular suspense, and it is also King writing about how literature shapes a life – for good, for bad, for ever.

It's a glorious summer and Erin and Martha are both stuck at Oak Hill Home for the Elderly. Misunderstood and feeling ignored, they are equally frustrated by the situation. But as Erin learns to listen to Martha, she discovers some very important lessons about making her own voice heard.

Patty, Walter et Richard, ou Les chemins de la liberté. Patty a décidé une fois pour toutes d’être la femme idéale. Mère parfaite, épouse aimante et dévouée, cette ex-basketteuse ayant un faible pour les bad boys a fait, en l’épousant, le bonheur de Walter Berglund, de St Paul (Minnesota). A eux deux, ils forment le couple « bobo » par excellence. En devenant madame Berglund, Patty a renoncé à bien des choses, et d’abord à son amour de jeunesse, Richard Katz, un rocker dylanien qui se trouve être aussi le meilleur ami de Walter. Freedom raconte l’histoire de ce trio, et capture le climat émotionnel, politique et moral des Etats-Unis de ces 30 dernières années, dans une tragi-comédie d’une incroyable virtuosité. Comment vivre ? Comment s’orienter dans une époque qui semble devenue folle ? Jonathan Franzen relève le défi et tente de répondre à cette question, avec cette histoire d’un mariage d’une implacable cruauté. Freedom a bénéficié dès sa sortie d’une rumeur très favorable, et même avant, lorsque le magazine TIME daté du 23 août a consacré sa couverture à Jonathan Franzen (cela faisait tout juste 10 ans qu’un écrivain avait connu une telle visibilité). La presse a tout de suite embrayé, avec des comptes rendus enthousiastes, notamment Michiko Kakutani, la redoutée critique du New York Times. Et Oprah Winfrey a (finalement!) invité l’auteur à son show, qui est l’émission la plus regardée aux U.S.A.

A tiny island off Brittany is the scene of a murder left unsolved and shrouded in mystery and grief. The victim's study has been left intact since his death-the perfect state for a forensic investigation.The widow is still hoping,the first suspect still hiding;and the island itself still has a revelation for investigator Enzo Macleod.

Als Funmis Tochter in Lagos heiratet, kommen die drei unzertrennlichen Freundinnen Funmi, Enitan und Zainab wieder zusammen. Nach der Universität führten ihre Wege in unterschiedliche Richtungen: Enitan, die sich immer Sicherheit wünschte, ist nun Mutter einer erwachsenen Tochter und frisch getrennt, die künstlerisch begabte Zainab pflegt ihren Mann, der nach einem Schlaganfall gelähmt ist. Funmi lebt als Frau eines zwielichtigen Geschäftsmannes ein Luxusleben im goldenen Käfig. Gemeinsam denken Zainab, Funmi und Enitan darüber nach, was sie geliebt und verloren haben. Aber auch die Gegenwart birgt Überraschungen, denn ihre Töchter sind genauso rebellisch und offenherzig, wie sie es einst waren.

Milieu des années 1950. Jean Louise Finch, dite "Scout", est de retour à Maycomb, sa petite ville natale de l'Alabama, pour rendre visite à son père, Atticus. La nation se déchire autour des questions raciales. Confrontée à la société qui l'a façonnée mais dont elle croit s'être affranchie en partant vivre à New York, Jean Louise va découvrir ses proches sous un jour inédit... En 2015, Harper Lee a créé la surprise en publiant un second roman, suite de l'incontournable best-seller Ne tirez pas sur l'oiseau moqueur, où l'on retrouve l'inoubliable héroïne Jean Louise, vingt ans après. Chronique douce-amère de l'adieu à l'enfance, entre tendresse et férocité, espoir et désenchantement, Va et poste une sentinelle a été écrit avant le livre culte, prix Pulitzer en 1961.

After a hundred years of change and US history, filled with words unsaid and moments lost, this dazzling final instalment in 'The Last Hundred Years Trilogy' sees the final repercussions of time on the Langdon family. Moving through the 1980s to 2020, we discover who thrived and made their mark on the world, and who faded into the backdrop of time

These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?

Ancien médecin légiste, Sara Linton travaille depuis trois ans dans un grand hôpital, à Atlanta, où elle tente de se reconstruire. Quand arrive aux urgences une femme très grièvement blessée, elle se retrouve plongée dans le monde de la violence et de la terreur. L'inspecteur Will Trent du Georgia Bureau of Investigation et sa coéquipière Faith Mitchell comprennent rapidement que la patiente de Sara est la première victime d'un tueur sadique. Pour mettre fin à cette abominable série de meurtres, seuls Sara, Will et Faith - avec leurs blessures et leurs secrets - seront en mesure d'analyser le cerveau d'un tel détraqué et de retrouver sa trace. Après Triptyque et Irréparable, Karin Slaughter nous offre une fois de plus une intrigue impeccablement tissée, à la fois roman à suspense, polar psychologique et portrait cru de la vie de flic...

'In what may be Dickens's best novel, humble, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman ù and one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." In this gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, the compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride

Spagna, 1937. In uno scenario di guerra feroce come ogni guerra, vivido e vero come fosse oggi, una strana coppia di italiani di parte franchista - il capitano Degli Innocenti e il suo attendente, l'indimenticabile doppiogiochista Filippo Stella - sprofonda nella ricerca di un cadavere che forse non è un cadavere, visto che taglia teste di uomini vivi. Che cosa troveranno veramente questi due moderni Chisciotte e Sancho, mentre intorno a loro da ogni parte si annuncia l'orrore, non è dato sapere, ma solo intuire. Ripubblichiamo, in nuova versione, dopo l'edizione del Minotauro nel 1996, un romanzo breve che da molti è stato considerato il capolavoro di Carlo Lucarelli, ora del tutto riscritto. Gli estimatori di Carlo Lucarelli sanno che, spesso, la sua narrativa ama unire atmosfere e strutture del romanzo noir alla ricostruzione storica del fascismo, precisa fin nel dettaglio delle armi e delle uniformi, dove lo svelamento della verità profonda di quell'epoca è àffidata, per contrasto, a personaggi che si muovono ostinati, in buona fede, in cerca di una loro parziale verità, inseguendo un desiderio di giustizia che è pura velleità, nel mondo dominato dal Male. Tale è la figura del capitano Degli Innocenti, sbarcato in piena guerra di Spagna per riportare in Italia il corpo di un compagno caduto. Quando si accorge che il corpo indicato dalle autorità franchiste non corrisponde, Degli Innocenti apre un'inchiesta, come una specie di Don Chisciotte con tanto di scudiero, l'indimenticabile Filippo Stella: doppiogiochista e killer. La strana coppia si incammina in una ricerca visionaria e senza speranza, che ha dei punti in comune con l'inabissamento nell'orrore di Cuore di tenebra e Apocalypse Now, verso la tana di Kurtz. Ma che cosa vedono veramente Degli Innocenti e Stella non è dato sapere, ma solo intuire. Quello che, a libro chiuso, è invece evidente è il corto circuito di allegoria e narrazione; la piccola inchiesta di un capitano ha portato a scoprire una sorprendente verità sulla grande tragedia di Guernica.

Eigentlich müsste Celia Nolan eine glückliche Frau sein. Sie hat einen wundervollen Sohn und einen Mann, der sie nicht nur vergöttert, sondern auch noch reich ist. Wenige Frauen dürften wie sie zum 34. Geburtstag ein großes Haus in einem beschaulichen Städtchen, nicht weit von New York, geschenkt bekommen. Stattdessen wird dieser Tag für sie zum Albtraum. Alles bricht über ihr zusammen, als das dunkelste Kapitel ihrer Vergangenheit ans Licht gezerrt wird. Wie es der Zufall will, ist ihr neues Haus ihr altes Elternhaus, in dem sich Schreckliches ereignete. Als kleines Kind hatte Liza, wie sie eigentlich heißt, bei einem Unfall ihre Mutter erschossen und den gewalttätigen Stiefvater verletzt. Für die Sensationspresse war sie damals das kleine Monster, das aus Eifersucht tötete. Der Stiefvater wurde von jeder Schuld freigesprochen und erbte das gesamte Vermögen. Liza änderte ihren Namen und nannte sich fortan Celia. 24 Jahre später treffen sie die Erinnerungen wie eine Keule: Da ist der Teppich, auf dem die Mutter lag, da das Schlafzimmer, aus dem sie die Waffe holte. Währenddessen scheint sich in der Vorortidylle wenig verändert zu haben, und so begegnet sie -- ohne selbst erkannt zu werden -- den bekannten Gesichtern aus ihrer Kindheit: Sergeant Earley, den damals ermittelnden Polizeibeamten, oder die tratschsüchtige Nachbarin Marcella Williams, die sie im Gerichtsprozess seinerzeit bezichtigte. Für Celia steht fest: Sie muss herausfinden, was damals wirklich geschehen ist, und ihre eigene Unschuld beweisen.