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Céline Romand-Monnier

    The Katharina Code
    The Orange Girl
    Nous n'allons pas nous réveiller
    Knife
    The Caveman
    The Thirst
    • Nous n'allons pas nous réveiller

      • 528 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      L'ancien enquêteur Thorkild Aske doit retourner à ses racines en Islande lorsque son père Ulfur, un environnementaliste au passé tumultueux, tombe malade du cancer. Cependant, Ulfur est également en prison, accusé du meurtre de sa jeune amante. Il maintient son innocence. Thorkild et sa sœur commencent à chercher la vérité et le véritable meurtrier. Leur quête les mène à travers l'Islande et dans les profondeurs sombres de leur passé, ainsi que celui du groupe environnemental radical d'Ulfur, menaçant de révéler des secrets troublants qu'il vaudrait mieux oublier. Le prix de la vérité se comptera en vies humaines.

      Nous n'allons pas nous réveiller2023
      3.3
    • The Katharina Code

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      "Twenty-four years ago Katharina Haugen went missing. All she left behind was her husband Martin and a mysterious string of numbers scribbled on a piece of paper. Every year on October 9th Chief Inspector William Wisting takes out the files to the case he was never able to solve. Stares at the code he was never able to crack and visits the husband he was never able to help. But now Martin Haugen is missing too. As Wisting prepares to investigate another missing person's case he's visited by a detective from Oslo. Adrian Stiller is convinced Martin's involved in another disappearance of a young woman and asks Wisting to close the net around Martin. But is Wisting playing cat and mouse with a dangerous killer or a grief-stricken husband who cannot lay the past to rest?"--Provided by publisher

      The Katharina Code2023
      3.9
    • In the far north of Norway a man lives a peaceful existence. However one day his younger brother, always the more successful and charming of the two, turns up to visit. He's accompanied by his new wife. A bond develops between the woman and her host, with violent consequences. It turns out that the little brother is not quite as angelic as he seems.

      The Kingdom2021
      3.8
    • The Caveman

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Only three houses away from Wisting's, a man has been sitting dead in front of his TV for four months. There is no indication anything criminal has taken place. His death doesn't hit the headlines, but something about the case that catches the attention of William Wisting's journalist daughter, Line.

      The Caveman2020
      4.2
    • The brand new Harry Hole thriller from Sunday Times number one bestseller Jo Nesbo. JO NESBO. 40 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE. 'Nesbo is one of the best thriller writers on the planet' Daily Express A man like Harry had better watch his back... Following the dramatic conclusion of number one bestseller THE THIRST, KNIFE sees Harry Hole waking up with a ferocious hangover, his hands and clothes covered in blood. Not only is Harry about to come face to face with an old, deadly foe, but with his darkest personal challenge yet. The twelfth instalment in Jo Nesbo's internationally bestselling crime fiction series.

      Knife2019
      4.2
    • The Thirst

      • 632 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      A woman is found murdered after an internet date. The marks left on her body show the police that they are dealing with a particularly vicious killer. Under pressure from the media to find the murderer, the force know there's only one man for the job. But Harry Hole is reluctant to return to the place that almost took everything from him.

      The Thirst2017
      4.5
    • The Orange Girl

      • 151 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never thought I'd hear from him again, but now we're writing a book together' To Georg Røed, his father is no more than a shadow, a distant memory. But then one day his grandmother discovers some pages stuffed into the lining of an old red pushchair. The pages are a letter to Georg, written just before his father died, and a story, 'The Orange Girl'. But 'The Orange Girl' is no ordinary story - it is a riddle from the past and centres around an incident in his father's youth. One day he boarded a tram and was captivated by a beautiful girl standing in the aisle, clutching a huge paper bag of luscious-looking oranges. Suddenly the tram gave a jolt and he stumbled forward, sending the oranges flying in all directions. The girl simply hopped off the tram leaving Georg's father with arms full of oranges. Now, from beyond the grave, he is asking his son to help him finally solve the puzzle of her identity.

      The Orange Girl2010
      4.0