Jean Esch Book order (chronological)

Tous deux fraîchement diplômés de Princeton, John et Joe sont davantage affamés de littérature que de nourritures terrestres, et ils ont la ferme intention de tourner le dos à tout ce qu'on attend d'eux aux États-Unis : un mariage, un bon job, une visite hebdomadaire aux parents. Ainsi s'embarquent-ils pour un long voyage qui les mènera de Munich à Nairobi sur une moto BMW immaculée, baptisée en l'honneur du périple : le Nil Blanc. Objet littéraire singulier, ces carnets de voyage constituent un roman de formation itinérant. En même temps qu'ils arpentent champs de ruines gréco-romaines, villages de Bédouins ou capitales du tiers-monde, les deux amis font l'apprentissage de l'altérité, de la solitude, et, aussi, des inévitables désillusions au détour du chemin. L'opulente nature africaine est ici magnifiée sous une plume d'une fougue et d'une franchise irrésistibles qui ont le charme de ses vingt ans.

The Shepherd's Hut is an exquisite, brutal coming of age novel. It tells the story of Jaxie, a boy on the run from his past, and explores the way love and hate combine to form a young man's beliefs.

From the bestselling author of The Girls comes a “brilliant” (The New York Times) story collection exploring the dark corners of human experience. “Daddy’s ten masterful, provocative stories confirm that Cline is a staggering talent.”—Esquire NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY An absentee father collects his son from boarding school after a shocking act of violence. A nanny to a celebrity family hides out in Laurel Canyon in the aftermath of a tabloid scandal. A young woman sells her underwear to strangers. A notorious guest arrives at a placid, not-quite rehab in the Southwest. In ten remarkable stories, Emma Cline portrays moments when the ordinary is disturbed, when daily life buckles, revealing the perversity and violence pulsing under the surface. She explores characters navigating the edge, the limits of themselves and those around them: power dynamics in families, in relationships, the distance between their true and false selves. They want connection, but what they provoke is often closer to self-sabotage. What are the costs of one’s choices? Of the moments when we act, or fail to act? These complexities are at the heart of Daddy, Emma Cline’s sharp-eyed illumination of the contrary impulses that animate our inner lives.

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Tom Hanks due December 2020. Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence

When an eleven-year-old boy is found murdered in a town park, reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach, Terry Maitland, as the culprit. DNA evidence and fingerprints confirm the crime was committed by this well-loved family man. Horrified by the brutal killing, Detective Ralph Anderson, whose own son was once coached by Maitland, orders the suspect to be arrested in a public spectacle. But Maitland has an alibi. And further research confirms he was indeed out of town that day. As Anderson and the District Attorney trace the clues, the investigation expands from Ohio to Texas. And as horrifying answers begin to emerge, so King's propulsive story of almost unbearable suspense kicks into high gear. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy but there is one rock-hard fact, as unassailable as gravity: a man cannot be in two places at the same time. Can he?

Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North

Just as Hitler is preparing to invade Britain in 1940, the Henderson Boys are faced with a decision: head south to neutral Spain or sabotage the German invasion plans.

Henderson's boys, part of a secret army of intelligence agents, have to parachute into enemy territory, travel cross-country, and outsmart a bunch of adults in order to achieve their objective.

Le soir de Noël, un vieil homme égoïste et solitaire choisit de passer la soirée seul. Mais les esprits de Noël en ont décidé autrement. L'entraînant tour à tour dans son passé, son présent et son futur, les trois spectres lui montrent ce que sera son avenir s'il persiste à ignorer que le bonheur existe, même dans le quotidien le plus ordinaire.

A random predator is terrorizing Southern California. After children start disappearing, it's up to the FBI's best to stop a killer. — Criminal profiler Laurel Madden is at the top of her field. But being the best comes at a price. Brilliant, beautiful and aloof, Agent Madden has a dark side and even darker secrets. Maybe that's why she understands the criminal mind so well.Sent to cover the disappearance of the children, reporter Claire Fillespie arrives in California with another, more personal agenda: to rip away the veil of secrecy that surrounds and protects Madden. Claire has evidence that Madden committed murder...and got away with it. Until now. And Claire won't rest until there's justice for the victim - someone she cared about.Between these two determined woman stands veteran FBI agent Dan Sprague - torn by duty, loyalty to one woman and an intense attraction to the other that's as unwelcome as it is irresistible.As the balance shifts dangerously between thse three, one thing becomes clear: hunting killers is a dangerous game.

Le jour de ses 16 ans, Dylan est mis à la porte par sa mère. Livré à lui-même, sans toit ni ressources, il doit apprendre à vivre dans la rue. Il y a des règles, des codes à comprendre : comment faire la manche, où sont les foyers, quels gangs sont à éviter. Une solidarité le lie à ses compagnons d’infortunes Ambre, Twitch ou la blonde et innocente Jenna, qui a fui son foyer en même temps que son père incestueux. C’est grâce à elle qu’il va trouver le courage de rendre une première visite à ses deux frères. Mais sa mère qui fait croire à Dan, son futur mari, que Dylan est son neveu, ne voit pas ces visites d’un si bon oeil. Elle éloigne alors son fils en lui fournissant l’adresse de son grand-père, perdu de vue. Dylan décide de le rejoindre pour Noël, mais c’est un vieil homme gravement malade qu’il retrouve. L’espoir de l’adolescent se brise une nouvelle fois, quand, à peine retourné en ville, il est pratiquement battu à mort par la bande du mac du quartier. Après une convalescence difficile, il touche le fond en s’aliénant au petit escroc et à la drogue qu’il lui fournit pour faire passer la douleur. C’est lorsqu’on est au plus bas qu’on trouve parfois l’impulsion pour remonter à la surface…

As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.

In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . thanks to some help from their cranky teacher, a little bit of logic, and a lot of amusing misadventure.It seems the boys can get nothing Their teacher's fiftieth birthday is long past (they should have done their math homework); the servant they bought as a present for his birthday isn't just your run-of-the-mill Gaul slave but a courier running for his life; and, to top it all off, the message he's carrying requests the assassination of a Roman senator—the father of one of the boys.

Two years ago William Bantling was put on death row by Florida's Assistant State Attorney, CJ Townsend. Now three cops crucial to Bantling's conviction have been brutally slain. CJ knew the shocking secret they took to their graves. But it's clear that somebody else also knows the truth...

C.J. Townsend is a brilliant prosecutor known for keeping her cool even when trying the most horrific cases. The latest: an accused serial killer who savors cruelty and considers murder an art. But this case is different. C.J. recognizes the suspect. She knows what he's capable of. After all these years she still has the nightmares to prove it. Now she's walking a fine line between justice and revenge. Even C.J. isn't prepared for where it will take her.

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little—in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of the highest order. You will never forget resourceful little James and his new family of magically overgrown insects—a ladybug, a spider, a grasshopper, a glowworm, a silkworm, and the chronic complainer, a centipede with a hundred gorgeous shoes. Their adventures aboard a luscious peach as large as a house take them across the Atlantic Ocean, through waters infested with peach-eating sharks and skies inhabited by malevolent Cloudmen, to a ticker-tape parade in New York City. This happily ever after contemporary fairy tale is a twentieth-century classic that every child deserves to know. And Lane Smith's endearingly funny illustrations are a perfect match for the text. "All the gruesome imagery of old-fashioned fairy tales and a good measure of their breathtaking delight." —Kirkus Reviews "A stunning book, to be cherished for its story, a superb fantasy." —The Chicago Tribune "The most original fantasy that has been published in a long time...[it] may well become a classic." —San Francisco Chronicle

There are worlds beyond our own - the Compass will show the way... The third novel in Philip Pullman's epic HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy. The first, NORTHERN LIGHTS, is now the stunning motion picture THE GOLDEN COMPASS, made by New Line Cinema and Scholastic Media. The terrible war foretold by the witches is coming. Will is the bearer of the subtle knife, the most powerful weapon in all the worlds, and must deliver it to Lord Asriel. But he faces his dangerous journey alone, for Lyra has disappeared... "An extraordinary masterpiece" DAILY MAIL

LAPD detective Harry Bosch is down on his luck - his house is condemned in the aftermath of the earthquake, his girlfriend has left him and he has been suspended for attacking his superior officer. To occupy time, he examines the old case files covering a murder which took place on October 28, 1961. The victim was Marjorie Phillips Lowe - his mother ...The case forces Bosch to confront the demons of the past, and as he digs deeper into the case, he discovers a trail of cover-ups that lead to the high-ups in the Hollywood Hills ...