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8261) The Lion
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Dante Black, aka, the Tin Man, one of our own Offspring Assassinations of the Inner Circle's Founders, and the best had come back from the dead. No longer a ghost, he had been taking us down one-by-one. Bent on revenge for what the Inner Circle did to him, his father, and that girl who he gave everything up for. Now, according to Inner Circle rules, we are given the Go to bring him down. I'm one of the Offsprings of the Inner Circle Founders, like...
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Un regard plein de naïveté et de poésie sur le monde.
Georges n'est pas comme vous et moi. Il porte sur le monde, notre monde, un regard d'enfant, plein de naïveté et de poésie. Empreint d'une certaine lucidité aussi. Au fil de sa plume apparaissent des personnages qui l'accompagnent dans son quotidien. Son fidèle copain Franz, qui a tendance à briser les envolées utopiques de Georges. Rose, la boulangère, dont Georges est amoureux. Véronique,...
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Mystérieusement abandonnée par son premier fiancé, Avril s'apprête-t-elle à revivre le même enfer ?
Avril porte un prénom de printemps, empreint de gaîté et de soleil, pourtant sa vie est marquée par une épreuve peu commune : elle a été abandonnée, des années plus tt, à quelques jours de son mariage. Cette déléguée médicale de Brest après ce choc, a cependant réussi à se reconstruire et le bonheur lui a à nouveau souri. Mais...
8264) Bound to Deceive
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When the beloved daughter of a powerful politician goes missing, FBI Inspector Richard Douglas and Special Agent Mac Jones vow to bring the kidnapper to justice. But when Mac uncovers a powerful secret that puts her in the crosshairs of the brutal serial killer she and Richard have been working with for years, she's viciously abducted by the kidnapper they've been tracking. While Mac's life hangs in the balance, Richard must come face-to-face with...
8265) Nowhere to Hide
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Seven friends. One killer. You can run, but you can't hide...The winter hike is meant to bring their nature group together.
Emily, the sister who never lets her hearing loss hold her back.
Lauren, the sister who always feels a step behind.
Morna, who doesn't get on with Lauren.
Ben, whose feelings for Emily border on obsession.
Dan, the quiet newcomer to the group.
Kai, who isn't just on the hike to enjoy the wildlife.
And Alec, the one who...
8266) The Revisionist
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The Revisionist is a novel of many voices, brilliantly arranged. Its themes are mysterious, its tone compassionate, its conclusions beguiling.
In Tobias Roberts's first novel, we are presented with a series of clinical, historical, and literary documents, outlining the lives and tragedies of the psychiatrist Isaac Himmelfarb and his wife, Sarah, whose marriage is strained by the grief of a miscarriage.
At the same time, Sarah's recently deceased father,...
8267) Killer Takes All
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Rediscover New York Times Bestselling author Erica Spindler's gripping thriller as the White Rabbit beckons you to follow him, down the rabbit hole, into his world. He's a deceiver, a trickster. You won't know what is truth and what is a lie. He aims to best you. Beat you. And when he does, you die.
A friend's brutal murder turns former homicide detective Stacy Killian's life upside down. Unwilling to trust Spencer Malone, the overconfident New...
8268) The Stranger
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J.A. Baker is the best-selling author of multiple thrillers, including Local Girl Missing, The Last Wife and The Woman in the Woods The Stranger is a gripping psychological thriller which will appeal to fans of authors like Shalini Boland, K.L. Slater and Rachel Abbott.
A village shrouded in mystery. Secrets buried deep....
When Ray moves to a new house in the village of Whitchurch, he wants nothing more than to leave the pain of his old life behind...
8269) Wilkie Collins-Krimis
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Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Verfasser der ersten Mystery Thriller. Er sollte zu einem der populärsten Autoren seiner Zeit werden. Seine bekanntesten Werke sind Die Frau in Weiß und Der Monddiamant. Beide Romane würde man heute als Mystery Thriller oder im Fall von The Moonstone als Detective Novel bezeichnen, und man kann Wilkie Collins mit einigem Recht als einen der Begründer dieser Genres sehen. Collins...
8270) Pièces d'identité
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Tout n'est pas ce qu'il semble être. Personne n'était plus conscient de cela que Simon Fielden - un marchand d'art peu scrupuleux - dans sa vie personnelle et professionnelle. Mais rien ne l'a préparé aux découvertes qu'il allait faire en menant des recherches historiques sur la vieille ferme française abandonnée qu'il a achetée afin d'échapper à la pression de la vie à Londres ainsi qu'à ses propres démons.
En retraçant son histoire...
8271) Zimera
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Zimera is an ancestral spirit who has been dispatched to rescue a loved one in desperate need. Cyril Parks is a very successful stand-up comedian who has made millions laugh but he is chronically depressed and nurses a very dark secret. Cyril was raised by his Jamaican aunt, (Aunt Felecie) who has taught him that a man is not supposed to cry. Unfortunately, this teaches Cyril a type of toxic masculinity and only serves to further complicate his understanding...
8272) Trading Innocence
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This third book in the Matt Jamison series gives a terrifying glimpse into the underbelly of international sex trafficking that will draw the reader into an investigation of murder, greed and a fight to save two young victims from men who will stop at nothing to feed the perversion of those who prey on children and will pay for the opportunity.
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Pensées et observations d'un fainéant, qui a pour objectif d'écrire un livre, un vrai livre, jusqu'au bout !
Un livre sur la paresse peut paraître bien inutile de nos jours, tant les valeurs véhiculées par la société sont axées sur le travail, l'effort récompensé, et la signification d'un labeur consciencieux qui mène tous les couples modèles à créer leur environnement parfait et « cocoonesque » o ils peuvent enfin se dire...
8274) Fou ?
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Extrait : "Suis-je fou ? ou seulement jaloux ? je n'en sais rien, mais j'ai souffert horriblement. J'ai accompli un acte de folie, de folie furieuse, c'est vrai ; mais la jalousie haletante, mais l'amour exalté, trahi, condamné, mais la douleur abominable que j'endure, tout cela ne suffit-il pas pour nous faire commettre des crimes et des folies sans être vraiment criminel par le cœur ou par le cerveau ?"
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8276) Mortel exil
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Un voyage au Japon qui prend une tournure effrayante...
La nouvelle aventure du capitaine de gendarmerie Alexis Arkhipov et de sa collègue et épouse Rachel, en poste à Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. Cette fois, à l'occasion de congés, il vont rejoindre au Japon Chloé, la fille de Rachel. Quand ils arrivent sur place, ils tombent en plein drame et en pleine enquête policière locale. Un des trois jeunes dont s'occupait Hiroshi, le conjoint de Rachel,...
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The lives of brothers Charlie and Owen Bender are changed forever on the night their father walks into the Vermont woods with a death wish and a shotgun. The second shock comes when his suicide note bequeaths the family's restaurant to Charlie alone, while leaving Owen with instructions to follow his own path, wherever it may take him.
Years later, the restaurant is a success. The void in Charlie's life, created by his beloved brother's absence,...
8278) Now You See Him: A Novel
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His name was Rob Castor. Quite possibly, you've heard of him. He became a minor cult celebrity in his early twenties for writing a book of darkly pitch-perfect stories set in a stupid upstate New York town. About a dozen years later, he murdered his writer-girlfriend and committed suicide. . . .
The deaths of Rob Castor and his girlfriend begin a wrenching and enthrallingly suspenseful story that mines the explosive terrains of love and paternity,...
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En 2017, un député doit choisir s'il se présente ou non dans le village qui l'a vu naître et grandir.
François Jacpierre, député depuis 2007, a dit qu'il ne solliciterait jamais un troisième mandat. Pourtant, ce dimanche 7 mai 2017, à l'issue des élections présidentielles, son parti lui demande de se représenter, non dans sa circonscription d'élection mais à Elbeuf, ville qui l'a vu naître et grandir.
Avant de donner sa réponse,...
8280) His Deadly Obsession
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He has a deadly obsession - her.
Chelsea Hopkins thought she had killed the man who abused her. When her desperate mark misses its aim, fear keeps her running. She has spent years one step ahead of him, a man hell bent on destroying her. Running has taught her that trust was a fragile illusion that she couldn't afford, or it could kill her.
When she hits Sweet Valley, Georgia, Chelsea had no intention on staying long. Armed with scars...
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