An evocative novel set during the Texas revolution from award-winning author James Lee Burke.Son Holland arrived in the Louisiana penal camp determined not to spend the rest of his days suffering in a chain gang - but he didn't imagine for one minute that in order to...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2010-06-10

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The sixth Dave Robicheaux novel from SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author James Lee Burke.Hunting a sadistic killer who targets young prostitutes, Detective Dave Robicheaux has no mind to be sidetracked into persuading ex-schoolmate mobster Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni to leave...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2010-06-10
Collection : Dave Robicheaux
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The 7th Dave Robicheaux novel from Sunday Times bestselling author James Lee BurkeWhen a Nazi submarine is discovered lying in sixty feet of water off the Louisiana coast some troubled ghosts are ready to be released. A local businessman is offering Detective Dave...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2010-06-10
Collection : Dave Robicheaux
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The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series.Introducing the New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux.Johnny Massina, a convicted murderer bound for the electric chair, has warned Dave Robicheaux that he's on somebody's hit list, and now the...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2010-06-10
Collection : Dave Robicheaux
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Stephanie's out of the frying pan and into the firing line...Finger Lickin' Fifteen is the spiciest, sauciest, most rib-sticking Stephanie Plum adventure yet. Janet Evanovich's hilarious fifteenth novel in the series is not to be missed by fans of Harlan Coben and Sue...

Editeur : Review
Parution : 2010-06-10

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When Riley Spartz sees a want ad reading 'Wedding Dress for Sale: Never Worn', her news instincts tell her that the backstory might make an intriguing television sweeps piece. The groom, Mark, last seen at the rehearsal dinner, never showed up for the wedding. His own...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2010-06-03
Collection : Riley Spartz
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The voice on the radio.The writing, red as blood.I kill . . .A detective and an FBI agent embark upon the most harrowing case of their careers as they attempt to track down an enigmatic killer in this relentlessly suspenseful thriller.The killer announces his heinous...

Editeur : C & r Crime
Parution : 2010-06-03

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It was said that she had the good manners of a respectable upper servant but was far too young to have been pensioned; that she spoke as if she had received and education, but knew the costers' slang as if she were born-and-bred to it; and that she not only had no...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-06-01

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The second mystery for lady detective Sarah Tanner in L. M. Jackson's gripping series set in 1850s London.A desperate plea from her former lover, the aristocrat Arthur DeSalle, turns Sarah Tanner's quiet life upside down.Arthur needs Sarah's help. Suspicious of the hold...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-06-01

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Vintage Elmore Leonard - a searing tale of gambling, gangsters, hidden agendas and a whole heap of trouble from the virtuoso of American crime fiction.Daredevil Dennis Lenahan has brought his act to the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi - diving off an...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2010-05-27

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An ex con, an ex nun and an ex cop form an unlikely dreamteam of bandits in this enthralling tale from the grandmaster of American crime fiction.Reformed jewel thief Jack Delaney was going straight - until he met sexy ex nun Lucy Nichols. Jack's in the funeral business...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2010-05-27

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'A masterpiece' Martin Amis 'The coolest, hottest writer in America' Chicago TribuneA major Hollywood film starring John Travolta, GET SHORTY has also been adapted for TV with Chris O'Dowd and Ray Romano.Miami loan shark Chili Palmer is ice-cool, whether he's...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2010-05-27

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An explosive thriller from the 'greatest living writer of crime fiction' [NEW YORK TIMES].Way back when revolution was the thing, bombs were Robin Abbott and Skip Gibbs's bag - until they were sent to prison. Now they're out and looking to put their skills to profitable...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2010-05-27

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The sequel to Chili Palmer's hit movie tanked and now Chili's itching for a comeback. So when a power lunch with record-label executive and former associate Tommy Athens ends in a mob hit, he soon finds himself in an unlikely alliance with organized-crime detective...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2010-05-27

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A love story, a modern nightmare and an honest and incisive portrayal of a woman who honours her husband's wish to die and finds herself in the dock for murder.When Deborah reluctantly helps her beloved husband Neil end his life and conceals the truth, she is charged...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2010-05-27

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'Leon...has once again, apparently effortlessly, produced a wholly absorbing read.' Sunday TelegraphIt is a luminous spring day in Venice, as Commissario Brunetti and Inspettore Vianello take a break from the Questura to come to the rescue of Vianello's friend Marco...

Editeur : Cornerstone Digital
Parution : 2010-05-25
Collection : A Commissario Brunetti Mystery
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'With its trademark mix of brutality and poetry, Swan Peak is a brilliant piece of work from an American master.' ObserverAfter the devastating events recounted in THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN, Dave Robicheaux and his ex-partner in Homicide, Clete Purcel, head for the...

Editeur : Orion
Parution : 2010-05-20
Collection : Dave Robicheaux
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Two years ago, SAS hard man Simon Tabor got away with murder. Tabor prefers to call it retribution - retribution for the brutal rape and killing of his younger sister in a brothel on the Costa Del Sol. Now he's been unofficially drafted in by the Met police to help in a...

Editeur : Piatkus
Parution : 2010-05-06

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Early one morning among the magnificent honey-coloured buildings of the Sorbonne, the tranquillity of the university is shattered by a death. But why would Albert Cadas, a quiet, crumpled professor of medieval literature, have any reason to kill himself? Meanwhile in...

Editeur : Abacus
Parution : 2010-05-06
Collection : William Lorimer
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***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray's bestselling Scottish detective series*** Whether you've read them all or whether this is your first Lorimer novel, FIVE WAYS TO KILL A MAN is perfect if you love Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Ann Cleeves Don't...

Editeur : Sphere
Parution : 2010-05-06
Collection : DSI William Lorimer
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