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    Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
    A Home at the End of the World
    Le Roman de George et Martha
    Every Breath You Take
    All Dressed in White
    Shibumi
    • The brand new spine-tingling thriller from the international 'Queen of Suspense'.

      All By Myself, Alone2019
      3.8
    • Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The newest thriller from “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark! When talented journalist Penelope “Casey" Harrison starts to research a piece about the #MeToo movement that includes an incident in her own life which she has been trying to put out of her mind for years, she does not realize that the young man who drugged and assaulted her at a fraternity house party in college is now a wealthy, powerful industrialist on the eve of a merger which will make him a billionaire—and who will do anything, even murder, to cover his tracks.

      Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry2019
      3.9
    • Every Breath You Take

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Laurie Moran's professional life is a success. Her television show Under Suspicion is a hit, both in the ratings and its record of solving cold cases. But her romantic break from former host Alex Buckley has left her with on-air talent she can't stand -- Ryan Nichols -- and a sense of loneliness, despite her loving family. Now Ryan has suggested a new case. Three years ago, Virginia Wakeling, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was found dead in the snow after being thrown from the museum's roof on the night of its most celebrated fundraiser, the Met Gala. The leading suspect then and now is her much younger boyfriend and personal trainer, Ivan Gray. Ivan runs a trendy, successful boutique gym called Punch -- a business funded in no small part by the late Virginia -- which happens to be the gym Ryan frequents. Laurie's skepticism about the case is upended by a tip from her father's NYPD connection, and soon Laurie realizes there are a bevy of suspects, including members of Virginia's trusted inner circle. As the Under Suspicion crew pries into the lives of a super wealthy real estate family with secrets to hide, danger mounts for several witnesses -- and for Laurie

      Every Breath You Take2017
      4.0
    • Shibumi

      • 440 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      A westerner raised in Japan, he survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished assassin. His greatest desire is to attain a state of effortless perfection . . . shibumi. But he is about to face his most sinister and corrupt enemy -- a supermonolith of espionage and monopoly bent on destroying him. . . . From the Paperback edition.

      Shibumi2016
      4.2
    • All Dressed in White

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      The third thrilling installment in the bestselling Under Suspicion series follows television producer Laurie Moran as she investigates the case of a missing bride. Five years ago, Amanda Pierce vanished on the eve of her wedding at The Grand Victoria Hotel in Palm Beach, leaving her guests in shock. Now, Laurie sees Amanda's cold case as the perfect subject for her investigative series. She and her team plan to recreate the night of Amanda's disappearance at the Florida resort, inviting friends and family to participate, hoping to uncover new insights. The investigation reveals a cast of intriguing characters, including a jealous sister, a playboy groomsman, and Amanda's ex-fiancé, now married to a bridesmaid. Each person has their own theory about Amanda's sudden disappearance, and as Laurie delves deeper, it becomes clear that someone is determined to keep the truth buried. With a blend of chilling suspense and elegant settings, this installment promises plenty of intrigue and excitement, making it a must-read for fans of the series.

      All Dressed in White2015
      4.1
    • I've Got You Under My Skin

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Five years after her husband's murder, Laurie Moran, an award-winning TV producer and single mother, starts filming a new "cold case" series in which four women involved in the unsolved murder of a wealthy Westchester matron reunite to recreate the scene of the crime -- along with the real killer.

      I've Got You Under My Skin2014
      3.5
    • The brand new spine-tingling thriller from the global multi-million bestseller.

      Daddy's Gone A-Hunting2013
      4.0
    • Olivia Morrow, a Manhattan psychologist, begins to suspect that her husband Jonathan, a brilliant obstetrician and medical researcher, may have been murdered instead of his twin brother, Charles. Her search for the truth plunges her into life-threatening danger which is only increased when she crosses the path of Henry Patton, a criminologist, who is on a search of his own, the truth behind a long-ago scandal involving his grandmother that must now be solved at all costs

      The shadow of your smile2010
      3.8
    • Le Roman de George et Martha

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      S’il n’avait pas rencontré la belle et courageuse Martha, George Washington serait-il devenu un héros de la guerre d’Indépendance et le premier président des États-Unis ? Derrière chaque homme célèbre se cache une femme qui l’aime et le soutient, et la jeune veuve ira jusqu’à traverser les lignes ennemies pour le rejoindre. Avant de devenir la reine du suspense, Mary Higgins Clark s’est passionnée pour l’histoire de son pays. Dans cette biographie romancée, qui est aussi son premier livre, elle brosse le magnifique portrait d’une femme méconnue, et révèle la profonde humanité d’un des pères fondateurs de l’Amérique.

      Le Roman de George et Martha2009
      3.7
    • Where Are You Now?

      • 289 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      It has been ten years since twenty-one-year-old Charles MacKenzie Jr. (Mac) went missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already enrolled in Duke University Law School, he walked out of his room and has never been seen again. However, he does ritually call his mother every year: on her birthday, on his birthday, and on Mother's Day. Each time, he assures her he is fine, refuses to answer her frantic questions, then hangs up. Even the death of his father, a corporate lawyer, on 9/11 does not bring him home, or break the pattern of his calls. Mac's sister Carolyn, now twenty-six, has endured two family tragedies - her brother's inexplicable disappearance, an the loss of her father. Realizing that neither she nor her mother will ever be able to have closure and get on with their lives until they find her brother, she sets out to discover what happened to Mac, and why he has found it necessary to hide from them. Her journey into the world of people who willingly disappear from their own lives leads her to learn about others who may or may not still be alive, and ultimately to a deadly confrontation with someone close to her who suddenly becomes an enemy - and cannot allow her to disclose his secret...

      Where Are You Now?2008
      3.8
    • Dashing Through the Snow

      • 226 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      From beloved mother-daughter duo Mary Higgins Clark, America's Queen of Suspense, and Carol Higgins Clark, author of the hugely popular Regan Reilly mystery series, comes Dashing Through the Snow , a holiday treat you won't want to miss.In the picturesque village of Branscombe, New Hampshire, the townsfolk are all pitching in to prepare for the first (and many hope annual) Festival of Joy. The night before the festival begins, a group of employees at the local market learn that they have won $160 million in the lottery. One of their co-workers, Duncan, decided at the last minute, on the advice of a pair of crooks masquerading as financial advisers, not to play. Then he goes missing. A second winning lottery ticket was purchased in the next town, but the winner hasn't come forward. Could Duncan have secretly bought it?The Clarks' endearing heroes -- Alvirah Meehan, the amateur sleuth, and private investigator Regan Reilly -- have arrived in Branscombe for the festival. They are just the people to find out what is amiss. As they dig beneath the surface, they find that life in Branscombe is not as tranquil as it appears. So much for an old-fashioned weekend in the country. This fast-paced holiday caper will keep you dashing through the pages!

      Dashing Through the Snow2008
      3.5
    • This #1 "New York Times" bestseller by America's Queen of Suspense is a riveting thriller about a young woman whose wealthy, sleepwalking husband may have murdered his first wife--and could be planning to murder her.

      I Heard That Song Before2007
      3.7
    • Mother's milk

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      An up-to-the-minute dissection of the mores of child-rearing, marriage, adultery, and assisted suicide, 'Mother's Milk' is a complex family portrait that examines the shifting allegiances between mothers, sons and husbands.

      Mother's milk2007
      3.8
    • Jinxed

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The New York Times bestseller that Nelson DeMille said "will keep...readers entranced and entertained from cover to cover." Savvy young Los Angeles P.I. Regan Reilly faces an unusual challenge when she gets an urgent call from Lilac Weldon, owner -- with her two hippie brothers -- of the run-down California winery Altered States. Lilac asks Regan to find her actress daughter, Whitney, AKA "Freshness," in time to attend the wedding of Lilac's wealthy aunt Lucretia Standish, a 93-year-old silent-film star. The Weldons have learned from a secret source that each family member will receive a gift of $2 million from Lucretia -- but only if they all attend. Lucretia's bridegroom, a 46-year-old con man and former actor, knows he must keep Whitney away; they have met before and she is wise to his game. How Regan foils his plot makes for an exciting climax to this comic suspense novel, filled with Carol Higgins Clark's inimitable characters.

      Jinxed2006
      3.2
    • Two little girls in blue

      • 322 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      A pair of twin girls are kidnapped, the ransom paid, but only Kelly is returned, with a note saying Kathy has been killed. When Kelly begins getting telepathic information from Kathy, only their mother believes she is still alive.

      Two little girls in blue2006
      3.9
    • Specimen Days

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Lucas, Catherine, Simon: three characters meet time and again in the three linked narratives that form ‘Specimen Days’. The first, a science fiction of the past, tells of a boy whose brother was ‘devoured’ by the machine he operated. The second is a noirish thriller set in our century, as a police psychologist attempts to track down a group of terrorists. And the third and final strand accompanies two strange beings into the future. A novel of connecting and reconnecting, inspired by the writings of the great visionary poet Walt Whitman, Specimen Days is a genre-bending, haunting ode to life itself – a work of surpassing power and beauty by one of the most original and daring writers at work today

      Specimen Days2006
      3.6
    • Fleeced

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      A frantic phone call from an old friend leads private detective Regan Reilly to investigate two bizarre deaths and the disappearance of a diamond cache

      Fleeced2004
      3.0
    • Daddy's Little Girl

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      It's been 22 years since Ellie Cavanaugh's testimony against 19-year-old Rob Westerfield convicted him of the murder of her sister. Now, Rob is up for parole. Ellie returns home to write a book, But she soon uncovers horrifying facts about her sister's murder.

      Daddy's Little Girl2002
      3.9
    • Dernier refuge avant la nuit

      • 167 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Entre Paris et Amsterdam, dans le train qui l'emmène à l'enterrement de Joseph, Kitty se souvient de la passion qui l'a unie à cet homme dix ans auparavant... A la fin des années quatre-vingt, dans une librairie new-yorkaise, Kitty Jacobs rencontre Joseph Kruger. Elle a trente-deux ans, lui soixante. Délicate et sensible, elle aspire à écrire ; lui est un célèbre dramaturge juif viennois que l'on a accueilli comme le nouveau Kafka. Il brave toutes les convenances, se montre arrogant, impatient, cynique, mais dégage un tel magnétisme que Kitty, subjuguée, se donnera à lui. Durant des semaines où ils se gorgeront de nourriture, d'alcool et de sexe, Joseph offrira à Kitty l'histoire de sa vie. Amsterdam, la Palestine, Paris, sa famille déportée, la clandestinité. Et les femmes, innombrables, son dernier refuge dans un monde où il n'a plus rien à perdre, sauf, peut-être, Kitty... Huis clos servi par une écriture obsédante, Dernier refuge avant la nuit explore la nature du désir, les limites de la civilité, de la morale et pose une douloureuse question : Quel est le prix à payer pour les survivants de la barbarie ?

      Dernier refuge avant la nuit2001
    • Before I Say Good-Bye

      • 371 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      A young woman probing into the mysterious circumstances of her husband's death receives a message from a medium claiming to be his channel in Mary Higgins Clark's #1 bestselling thriller, Before I Say Goodbye. When Nell MacDermott learns that her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, and three of his business associates have died in an explosion of his new cabin cruiser, she is not only devastated but wracked with guilt. The last time she saw Adam, they had a bitter quarrel over her plan to run for the congressional seat long held by her grandfather; she had told him not to come home. As the investigation into the boat's explosion proceeds, Nell learns that it was not an accident but a bomb. Despite her skepticism, Nell is swayed by her great-aunt Gert, a believer in psychic powers, to see a medium claiming to be Adam's channel. While trying to unravel the threads of Adam's past and his violent end, Nell consults the medium, who transmits messages to her with instructions from Adam. The story reaches a powerful climax in Nell's final encounter with the medium, in which she learns the truth about the explosion—truth she can't be allowed to live and tell.

      Before I Say Good-Bye2000
      3.6
    • Le Livre de Poche: Meurtres et passions

      16 nouvelles inédites par les maîtres du suspens américain

      • 346 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      16 nouvelles inédites par les maîtres du suspense américain.

      Le Livre de Poche: Meurtres et passions1999
      3.3
    • A Home at the End of the World

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      From Michael Cunningham, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours, comes this widely praised novel of two boyhood friends: Jonathan, lonely, introspective, and unsure of himself; and Bobby, hip, dark, and inarticulate. In New York after college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the city's erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, who is gay, to father Clare's child. Then, when Clare and Bobby have a baby, the three move to a small house upstate to raise "their" child together and, with an odd friend, Alice, create a new kind of family. A Home at the End of the World masterfully depicts the charged, fragile relationships of urban life today.

      A Home at the End of the World1999
      4.0
    • L'appartement de Susan et Dennis est le port d'attache d'un groupe d'amis, tous originaires du Middle West, venus s'installer à New York dans les années 80 avec des rêves de gosses. Quatre d'entre eux forment un orchestre de rock, auteur d'un unique album. En arrivant, tous pensaient que la ville et la vie ne détruiraient pas leur solidarité et ils distribuaient des doubles des clés de l'appartement à quiconque avait besoin d'un toit. Un jour, Alice Ellis décida d'aller arroser les plantes en l'absence de Susan, partie seule en vacances. Tout est si calme qu'elle a du mal à réaliser que Dennis et Craig ne sont pas simplement endormis dans les fauteuils du salon, mais morts, une balle dans la tête. Jane Smiley a écrit un suspense passionnant mais aussi, comme dans ses autres livres, elle témoigne avec talent des haines, des secrets et des blessures qui renforcent la solitude de chacun.

      Un appartement à New York (1ère édition)1998
      3.2
    • Mary Higgins Clark, the Queen of Suspense, celebrates the season with this Christmas classic featuring two of her most beloved characters. All of Alvirah's deductive powers and Willy's world-class common sense are called upon as the two stumble into a Christmas mystery. A woman abandons her newborn at a Manhattan church. Simultaneously, a thief is absconding with a treasured artifact, a chalice adorned with a star-shaped diamond. To elude police, he grabs the stroller and disappears. Seven years later, the mother returns to the scene and finds Alvirah and Willy helping neighborhood kids prepare for a Christmas pageant at an after-school shelter. Soon the savvy sleuths set out to solve the puzzle of the missing child and chalice -- and to unmask scam artists threatening to shut down the shelter.

      All through the night1998
      3.8
    • Pretend You Don't See Her

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      What happens when a young woman is accidentally caught up in a dangerous murder investigation, having merely been in the wrong place at the wrong time? Lacey Farrell, a rising star on the Manhattan real estate scene, is witness to a murder - and to the final words of the victim. The dying woman is convinced her attacker was after her dead daughter's journal, which Lacey gives to the police, but not before making a copy for herself. It's an impulse that later proves nearly fatal. Placed in the witness protection programme and sent to live in Minneapolis, Lacey must assume a fake identity, at least until the killer can be brought to trial. There she meets Tom Lynch, a radio talk-show host whom she tentatively begins to date - until the strain of her deception makes her break it off. Then she discovers the killer has traced her whereabouts. Armed with nothing more than her own courage and clues from the journal, Lacey heads back to New York determined to uncover who is behind the deaths of the two women...before she is the next casualty.

      Pretend You Don't See Her1997
      3.7
    • I'll be seeing you

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Young reporter Meghan Collins is horrified to realise that the face of a street mugging victim is identical to her own - She is then plunged into a nightmare as she struggled to uncover the reasons behind the mystery.

      I'll be seeing you1993
      3.9
    • Stillwatch

      • 356 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      While working on a television series that will focus on a woman senator who is running for vice-president, journalist Pat Traymore discovers terrible secrets that threaten to destroy the candidate's reputation

      Stillwatch1986
      3.7
    • A Cry in the Night

      • 322 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Jenny's only hope for happiness lies in unraveling the truth about the past, a truth that is hidden in the great house which has become her prison.

      A Cry in the Night1983
      3.9