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It should have all been so easy for Vincent Madigan. Take four hundred grand from the thieves who stole it in the first place and who could they turn to for help? Madigan is charming, resourceful, and knows how to look after himself. The only problem is that he's up to his neck in debt to the drug king of East Harlem. This one heist will give Madigan the chance he needs to get his life back on track. But things go wrong when Madigan is forced to kill his co-conspirators and a child is shot in the crossfire. Now both sides of the law are hunting him down, and the one cop assigned to lead the case is the very last person he could have expected. Employing every deception and ruse he can think of, Madigan must stay one step ahead in a battle of wits that will test him to his limits. Can he evade justice for his crimes, or will his own conscience be his final undoing?

Jasperville, Quebec. A small town a thousand miles from anywhere.For Jack Devereaux, it's a thousand miles too close.Running from a troubled childhood, Jack left home as soon as he could and never looked back - until the day a stranger calls, begging him to return to Jasperville.Jack's brother Calvis - the little boy he left behind all those years ago - has viciously attacked a man and left him for dead. Nobody knows why he did it, though Jack suspects it has something to do with the Jasperville girls who were lost all those years ago.As he begins the long journey home through the frozen, unforgiving landscape, Jack isn't wondering why his little brother lost his mind.He's wondering why it took so long...

A sheriff investigates his own brother's murder in award-winning bestseller R.J. Ellory's new mystery. Perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane, James Lee Burke, Fargo and True Detective.

Set on Death Row in 1970s Florida, THE BELL TOWER is the brand new literary suspense thriller from an award-winning, international bestselling author of A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS.

When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans, the local cops react rapidly - she is the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana after all. But the case gets very strange, very quickly. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated in the trunk of a beautiful vintage car and when her kidnapper calls he doesn't want money: he wants time alone with Ray Hartmann, who works for a Washington-based organised crime task force. All Ray wants to do is get this over with quickly, and go home to try and repair his broken marriage. Instead he must listen to the mysterious kidnapper, an elderly Cuban named Ernesto Perez, who wants to tell him his life story. It's only when he realises that Ernesto has been a brutal hitman for the Mob since the 1950s that things start to come together. But by the time the pieces fall into place, it's already too late...

Daniel Ford has 30 days to live. Accused of the horrific murder of his best friend Nathan 12 years before, he has exhausted all appeals and now faces the long walk to the electric chair. All he can do is make peace with his God. Father John Rousseau is the man to whom the last month of Daniel's life has been entrusted. All the two men have left to do is rake over the last ashes of Ford's existence. So he begins to tell his story. Beginning with his first meeting with Nathan, aged 6, on the shores of a lake in 1952, through first loves, Vietnam, the death of Kennedy, and finally their flight from the draft which ended in Nathan's brutal murder.

The mission was simple: prove his friend was dead.

The powerful new thriller from the bestselling author of CARNIVAL OF SHADOWS and A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS. Prison changes a man. Sometimes in ways you can see. Usually in ways you can't. The only reason Henry Quinn survived three years inside was because of Evan Riggs, a one-time country singer, one-time killer, now serving a life sentence. No parole. On the day he gets out, Henry promises Evan he will find his daughter, the daughter he never met, and deliver a letter. A free man, Henry heads to the small Texan town where Evan grew up and where his brother Carson now resides as sheriff. There's no sign of the girl and her uncle claims to know nothing of her whereabouts. But Henry isn't about to give up. He made a promise and, no matter what, he's going to find Evan's daughter. As Carson's behaviour towards him becomes ever more threatening, Henry realises that there are dark secrets buried at the heart of this quiet town. What terrible thing drove the brothers apart and what happened to the missing girl?

RJ Ellory returns with a high-concept thriller set in an alternate period- America, delving into the heart of the U.S.A's murky political landscape

Washington has a new menace... a serial killer whose victims don't exist...

1939. In the small, rural community of Augusta Falls, Georgia, twelve-year-old Joseph Vaughan learns of the brutal assault and murder of a young girl, a classmate he knew better than anyone in his class, a girl he quietly loved. The murder is the first in a series of killings that will plague the community over the next decade. Compelled by fear and duty, Joseph gathers a group of friends to form "The Guardians," who vow to watch over the young girls of Augusta Falls. But the murderer evades them and they watch helplessly as one child after another is taken. Even when the killings cease, a shadow of fear follows Joseph for the rest of his life, and the past won't stay buried, even fifty years later.--From publisher's description.

A brilliant novel of love and consequences from 'one of crime fiction's new stars' [Sunday Telegraph]

Most cops are trying to right grievous wrongs. Few, however, have to deal with the horrific crimes of their own father...

John Harper has just made a discovery: the father he believed to be dead for more than thirty years is alive, though lying in a coma in a Manhattan hospital. Returning home to New York brings with it memories of childhood, many of them painful, and yet Harper could never have prepared himself for the truth. Confronted with the reality of his father's existence, Harper finds himself seduced by a lifestyle that he seems to have inherited--an underworld life of power, treachery, and menace. As he desperately tries to uncover the facts of his own past, he is faced with one lie after another, and with each new discovery he becomes more and more entangled in a dark and shocking conspiracy. From the acclaimed author of A Quiet Belief in Angels and A Simple Act of Violence, City of Lies is a tense and gripping thriller, each twist and turn more shocking than the last.

On a perfect summer evening in 1954, sixteen-year-old Nancy Denton walked into the woods of her hometown of Whytesburg, Mississippi. She was never seen again. Two decades on, Sheriff John Gaines witnesses a harrowing discovery. A young woman has been unearthed from the riverbank, her body perfectly preserved, yet she bears evidence of a brutal ritualistic killing. Nancy has come home at last, but her return does not bring closure to her family, nor to the townsfolk of Whytesburg. Already haunted by his experiences in Vietnam, Gaines must now stretch his abilities to the limit, pushing himself ever closer to breaking point. What really happened to the beautiful and vivacious Nancy? And why do her friends refuse to talk? As Gaines closes in on the truth, he is forced to not only confront his own demons, but to unearth secrets that have long remained hidden. And that truth, so much darker than he could ever have imagined, may be the one thing that finally destroys him.

Een Amerikaanse inspecteur van politie leidt het onderzoek naar een seriemoordenaar en wordt daarbij geholpen door een journalist en een briljante onderzoeker, die twintig jaar geleden zelf slachtoffer werd van een aanval van een seriemoordenaar.

Roman policier (suspense) Texas, 1960. Elliott et Clarence sont deux demi-frères nés sous une mauvaise étoile. Après l'assassinat de leur mère, ils ont passé le plus clair de leur adolescence dans des maisons de correction et autres établissements pénitentiaires pour mineurs. Le jour où Earl Sheridan, un psychopathe de la pire espèce, les prend en otages pour échapper à la prison et à la condamnation à mort, ils se retrouvent embarqués dans un périple douloureux et meurtrier. Alors que Sheridan, accompagné des deux adolescents, sème la terreur dans les petites villes américaines bien tranquilles qui jalonnent leur route, une sanglante et terrible partie se met en place entre les trois protagonistes. Loin de se douter de la complexité de celle-ci, la police, lancée à leurs trousses, et en particulier l'inspecteur Cassidy ne sont pas au bout de leurs surprises.

Une sélection de 6 nouvelles. 7 auteurs prestigieux de noir sont ici réunis et, si chacun a son mode opératoire, le mot d'ordre est le même pour tous : nous faire tendre l'oreille en nous proposant des récits qui jouent avec les différentes définitions de l'audition.Dans ces nouvelles, ils ont donné libre cours à leur noire imagination pour créer une atmosphère, des personnages inoubliables et une tension qui vous happeront dès les premiers mots... et jusqu'à la chute. Éclectique et surprenant, ce recueil renferme six expériences exceptionnelles de lecture. Laissez-vous chuchoter à l'oreille, venez Ecouter le noir.

1958. Un cirque ambulant, avec son lot d'attractions et de bizarreries, vient de planter son chapiteau dans la petite ville de Seneca Falls, dans le Kansas. Sous les regards émerveillés des enfants et des adultes, la troupe déploie un spectacle fait d'enchantements et d'illusions. Mais l'atmosphère magique est troublée par une découverte macabre : sous le carrousel gît le corps d'un inconnu, présentant d'étranges tatouages. Arrivé sur les lieux, l'agent spécial du FBI Michael Travis se heurte à une énigme qui tient en échec ses talents d'enquêteur. Les membres du cirque, dirigés par le mystérieux Edgar Doyle, ne sont guère enclins à livrer leurs secrets. On parle de magie, de conspiration. Mais l'affaire va bientôt prendre un tour tout à fait inattendu.