« Atlee Pine, une femme d'action et de caractère. Un grand thriller ! » Lisa Gardner Am, stram, gram. Pic et pic et colégram.
Elle était gravée au fer rouge dans la mémoire d'Atlee Pine : la comptine enfantine que le kidnappeur avait récitée pour choisir entre Atlee et sa soeur jumelle, Mercy. Mercy a été enlevée. Atlee a été épargnée. Elles avaient six ans.
Elle n'a jamais revu Mercy.
Trois décennies après cette nuit de terreur, Atlee Pine travaille pour le FBI. Elle est la seule agente affectée à l'agence résidente de Shattered Rock, en Arizona, en charge de la protection du Grand Canyon.
Lorsque l'une des mules du Grand Canyon - dont le cavalier a disparu - est retrouvée morte, poignardée au fond du canyon, Pine est appelée pour mener l'enquête. Il devient très vite évident que l'homme n'est pas venu faire du tourisme. Pine commence tout juste à recueillir des indices montrant qu'un terrifiant complot se trame, lorsqu'elle est soudain dessaisie de l'enquête.
Si elle désobéit à un ordre direct et poursuit son enquête sur le disparu, cela risque de sonner le glas de sa carrière.
Mais si Pine arrête son enquête avant d'avoir découvert la vérité, cela pourrait sonner le glas de la démocratie aux États-Unis telle que nous la connaissons...
Le retour en France de David Baldacci, l'un des auteurs de thrillers les plus vendus et les plus appréciés au monde.
Ancien avocat, il possède des connaissances spécialisées dans le système politique américain et les services de renseignement. Son premier livre, Les pleins pouvoirs, est devenu instantanément un best-seller international, et le film mettant en vedette Clint Eastwood, un grand succès au boxoffice.
Il a depuis écrit plus de quarante best-sellers.
Faites-lui confiance pour vous emmener au coeur de l'action avec sa nouvelle héroïne, Atlee Pine.
Bientôt trente ans. Cela fera bientôt trente ans qu'Atlee Pine essaie de découvrir ce qui s'est passé à Andersonville, une petite bourgade au fin fond de la Georgie, lors de cette nuit fatidique. La nuit où elle fut laissée pour morte et où Mercy, sa soeur jumelle, fut enlevée alors que leurs parents faisaient, à en croire le rapport de police, la fête en bas. Atlee et Mercy avaient six ans.
Atlee pense que Daniel James Tor, le célèbre tueur en série, enfermé dans une prison fédérale de haute sécurité au Colorado, détient les réponses à ses questions. Mais sait-il vraiment ce qui est arrivé à Mercy ?
Sa famille a déménagé. Ses parents ont divorcé. Atlee a rejoint le FBI. Pour mettre hors d'état de nuire tous ceux qui s'en prennent à leurs congénères.
Lorsqu'elle fait preuve d'un peu trop de zèle en appréhendant un dangereux criminel, son supérieur lui ordonne de prendre des vacances. Elle en profite pour retourner là où tout a commencé et enfin obtenir des réponses et exorciser ses démons.
À peine arrivée, Atlee est plongée au coeur d'une enquête frénétique pour arrêter un potentiel serial killer. Avec l'aide de son assistante Carol Blum, elle va déterrer des secrets enfouis depuis longtemps, démêler les mensonges...
Et affronter une révélation qui fera voler en éclats toutes ses certitudes.
Le retour en France de David Baldacci, l'un des auteurs de thrillers les plus vendus et les plus appréciés au monde. Ancien avocat, il possède des connaissances spécialisées dans le système politique américain et les services de renseignement. Son premier livre, Les pleins pouvoirs, est devenu instantanément un best-seller international, et le film mettant en vedette Clint Eastwood, un grand succès au box-office. Il a depuis écrit plus de quarante best-sellers.
Faites-lui confiance pour vous emmener au coeur de l'action avec sa nouvelle héroïne, Atlee Pine.
BESTSELLER DU NEW YORK TIMES 1949. Archer, la trentaine, vétéran de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, est libéré sur parole après un séjour en prison pour un crime qu'il n'a pas commis. Pour lui, direction la petite ville poussiéreuse de Poca City, dans le sud-ouest des USA, où l'attend son agent de probation. Il y fera aussi la connaissance d'un magnat local et de sa maîtresse, une femme fatale nommée Jackie. Chargé par l'homme d'affaires de récupérer une dette, Archer se voit - encore - accusé à tort d'un crime. Assoiffé de liberté, Archer va devoir exhumer les secrets de cette ville inhospitalière pour éviter un retour derrière les barreaux. L'horloge tourne pour prouver son innocence...
« Un grand personnage, une grande histoire, un magnifique portrait d'une époque. » Bill Clinton « Le prodige est de retour, une nouvelle ère commence. » Jérôme Toledano, librairie Les Cyclades Le retour en France de David Baldacci, l'un des auteurs de thrillers les plus vendus et les plus appréciés au monde. Ancien avocat, il possède des connaissances spécialisées dans le système politique américain et les services de renseignement. Son premier livre, Les pleins pouvoirs, est devenu instantanément un best-seller international, et le film mettant en vedette Clint Eastwood, un grand succès au box-office. Il a depuis écrit plus de quarante best-sellers.
Faites-lui confiance pour vous emmener au coeur de l'action avec son nouveau héros, Aloysius Archer.
Long Shadows is the seventh Amos Decker thriller from internationally bestselling author David Baldacci.
Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the mysterious and brutal murder of a federal judge and her bodyguard at her home in an exclusive, gated community in Florida.
Things are changing for Decker. He is in crisis following the suicide of a close friend and receipt of a letter concerning a personal issue which could change his life forever. Together with the prospect of working with a new partner, Frederica White, Amos Decker knows that this case will take all of his special skills to solve.
Judge Julia Cummins seemingly had no enemies and there was no forced entry to her property. Close friends and neighbours in the community apparently heard nothing, and Cummins'' distraught ex-husband, Barry, and teenage son, Tyler, both have strong alibis. Decker must first find the answer to why the judge felt the need for a bodyguard, and the meaning behind the strange calling card left by the killer.
As the investigation deepens, the body count rises, and Decker and White discover a trail which leads back to a past presidential campaign and an unsolved crime surrounding those in power at the very highest level.
Greed, deceit, deception and corruption at the very heart of power.
Someone has decided that it''s payback time.
The 6:20 Man is a heart-racing thriller set in the world of high finance in New York, from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci. A journey that took him to hell . . . Having survived combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and been decorated with medals, Travis Devine mysteriously leaves the Army under a cloud of suspicion. And at thirty-two years old, he''s swapping fighting the Taliban and Al Qaeda for a different kind of danger in the cut-throat world of high finance. His daily commute on the 6.20 a.m. train into New York''s financial district, to his new job as an analyst at the minted powerhouse investment bank Cowl and Comely, takes him into a world where greed, power, jealousy and ambition result in the financial abuse of the masses and the enrichment of an elite few. But it is on this daily journey that he passes a house where he sees something that sounds alarm signals he cannot ignore. A close friend of Devine''s, Sarah Ewes, is the first victim and the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death at Cowl and Comely compel him to investigate further. As he digs deeper, he discovers strange coincidences and unnerving truths. As the deaths pile up, and the major players show their hands, he must question who he can trust and who he must fight.
Dan et Amy ont découvert que tous les objets qu'ils ont volés pour Vesper I permettent de reconstituer une machine de l'Apocalypse sur laquelle travaillait Archimède. Désormais, ils savent que Vesper I a pour dessein de détruire des millions de vies et de prendre le pouvoir. Les deux enfants décident de l'en empêcher... Mais l'ennemi est partout ! Ils apprennent que l'horrible Isabel Kabra est Vesper II, et qu'elle est en route pour Washington DC. Les voici sur une nouvelle piste, direction le musée d'Histoire naturelle...
Mercy is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy , A Minute to Midnight and Daylight featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world''s most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci. THE HUNT IS FINALLY OVER. FBI agent Atlee Pine is at the end of her long journey to discover what happened to her twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted when the girls were just six years old - an incident which destroyed her family and left Atlee physically and mentally scarred. She knew her sister and parents were out there somewhere. And she had to find them. Dead or alive. Atlee and her assistant, Carol Blum, discover the truth. But the truth hurts. And hurt makes you tough. So how tough do you have to be to forgive? As they uncover a shocking trail of lies, greed, fear and revenge, they must face one final challenge. A challenge more deadly and dangerous than they could ever have imagined.
Private Investigator and WWII veteran, Aloysius Archer, returns to solve a new case in Hollywood in this riveting thriller from international number 1 bestselling author, David Baldacci. All that glitters . . . 1952, Los Angeles. It is New Year''s Eve and PI Aloysius Archer is dining with his friend and rising Hollywood actress Liberty Callahan when they''re approached by Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter who would like to hire him, as she suspects someone is trying to kill her. Murder and mystery A visit to Lamb''s Malibu residence leaves Archer knocked unconscious after he stumbles over a dead body in the hallway; and Lamb seems to have vanished. With the police now involved in the case, a close friend and colleague of Lamb''s employs Archer to find out what''s happened to the screenwriter. The City of Angels - or somewhere much, much darker? Archer''s investigation takes him from the rich, glamorous and glitzy LA to the seedy, dark side of the city, and onward to the gambling mecca of Las Vegas, just now hitting its stride as a hot spot for celebrities and a money-making machine for the mob. In a place where cops and crooks work hand in hand, Archer will cross paths with Hollywood stars, politicians and notorious criminals. He''ll almost die several times, and he''ll discover bodies and secrets from the canyons and beaches of Malibu and the luxurious mansions of Bel Air and Beverly Hills to the narcotics clubs of Chinatown. With the help of Liberty and his PI partner Willie Dash, Archer will risk everything and leave no stone unturned in finding the missing Eleanor Lamb, and in bringing to justice killers who would love nothing better than to plant Archer six feet under.
Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci.
Simply Lies is an intense thriller featuring Mickey Gibson, a former New Jersey detective, from the number one bestselling author David Baldacci.
NO TRUTH Former Jersey City detective and single mother of two, Mickey Gibson, now works for global investigation company, ProEye, to track down assets of the wealthy who have tried to avoid their creditors. One day she gets a call from a colleague, Arlene Robinson, asking her to visit the home of a notorious arms dealer who has cheated some of ProEye''s clients in the past. Mickey arrives at the mansion to discover the body of a man hidden in a secret room.
NO LIMITS It turns out that nothing is at it seems. The arms dealer did not exist, and nobody at ProEye knew of Arlene Robinson. Mickey had been tricked and now the cops were involved. The body was that of Thomas Lancaster who''d been in Witness Protection having had links with the mob.
NO FEAR Now begins a cat-and-mouse showdown between hardened ex-cop, Mickey, and a woman with sociopathic tendencies who has no name and a mysterious past. She intends to get what she wants and people who get in her way will die. For Mickey to stop her, she must first discover her true identity and what damaged her all those years ago. And the truth behind why she selected Micky to become her nemesis . . .
Un projet unique dans le monde du noir et un concept simple : 2 auteurs, parmi les plus grandes voix actuelles du genre, font se rencontrer leurs héros respectifs en dehors de leurs romans et de leur cadre habituel.
Au menu par exemple : un crime dans le monde de la musique pris en charge par Roy Grace et John Rebus qui les amène d'Edimbourg à Brighton, ou encore l'enquête qui conduit Harry Bosch de L.A à Boston où il rencontrera Patrick Kenzie, enquêtant sur la même affaire, mais pour des raisons différentes.
11 aventures inédites pour les fans du genre et pour tous les autres?!
La liste des auteurs:
Dennis Lehane vs Michael Connelly.
Ian Rankin vs Peter James.
R.L. Stine vs Douglas Preston et Lincoln Child.
M.J. Rose vs Lisa Gardner.
Steve Martini vs Linda Fairstein.
Jeffery Deaver vs John Standford.
Heather Graham vs F. Paul Wilson.
Raymond Khoury vs Linwood Barclay.
John Lescroart vs T. Jefferson Parker.
Steve Berry vs James Rollins.
Lee Child vs Joseph Finder.
B>A Minute to Midnight is the next gripping instalment in Special Agent Atlee Pine's search for the truth from one of the world's most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci./b>'My sister was abducted from here nearly thirty years ago. The person who took her was never found. And neither was she. Her abductor nearly killed me. So I'm back here now trying to find the truth.'Atlee Pine has spent most of her life trying to find out what happened that fateful night in Andersonville, Georgia. Her six-year-old twin sister, Mercy, was taken and Atlee was left for dead while their parents were apparently partying downstairs. One person who continues to haunt her is notorious serial killer Daniel James Tor, locked away in a Colorado maximum security prison. Does he really know what happened to Mercy? The family moved away. The parents divorced. And Atlee chose a career with the FBI dedicating her life to catching those who hurt others. When she oversteps the mark on the arrest of a dangerous criminal, she's given a leave of absence offering the perfect opportunity to return to where it all began, and find some answers. But the trip to Andersonville turns into a roller-coaster ride of murder, long-buried secrets and lies.And a revelation so personal that everything she once believed is fast turning to dust.
B>Murder and family secrets, a touch of romance and deeply-felt revenge /b>b>-/b>b> with the twist of all twists /b>b>-/b>b> make up the perfect page-turning thriller, One Good Deed. /b>b>For all those who love mystery, crime, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci./b>In 1949, Aloysius Archer arrives in the dusty Southern town of Poca City. He has nothing but a handful of dollars, the clothes he's wearing and an appointment with his new parole officer. After his wartime experiences in Italy and a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Archer is looking for a fresh start and a peaceful life.On his first night of freedom, Archer meets local business tycoon Hank Pittleman, who promises Archer handsome compensation to work as his debt collector. Yet Archer takes on more than he bargains for, as he becomes embroiled in a long-running feud between the drought-struck town's most dangerous residents. When one of them dies, the authorities label Archer as their number one suspect.A bloody game is being played above and below the law. Everybody playing has a deeply buried secret, and Archer must uncover them all - if he's to avoid going back behind bars.
Daylight is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy and A Minute to Midnight featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world''s most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci. FBI Agent Atlee Pine''s search for her twin sister, Mercy, coincides with military investigator John Puller''s high-stakes case, leading them both into a global conspiracy from which neither of them will escape unscathed. Ever since Mercy was abducted after a brutal incident when the girls were just six years old, Atlee has been relentless in her search for the truth. Now, just as time is running out on her investigation, she finally gets her most promising breakthrough yet - the identity of her sister''s kidnapper: Ito Vincenzo. Last known location: New Jersey. As Atlee and her assistant, Carol Blum, race to track down Vincenzo, they run into Pine''s old friend John Puller, who is investigating Vincenzo''s family for another crime involving a military installation. Working together, Pine and Puller pull back the layers of deceit, lies and cover-ups that strike at the very heart of global democracy. And the truth about what happened to Mercy is finally revealed. And that truth will shock Atlee Pine to her very core.
End Game is the fifth book in the thrilling Will Robie series by international number one bestselling author David Baldacci.Will Robie, highly trained assassin and the US government's most indispensable asset, is called to London.An imminent terrorist attack threatens the Underground and with the US next in line, Robie is the perfect choice to stop it before it begins.He knows he has one chance to succeed. One chance to save London. One chance to make it safely home to find out what has happened to fellow agent Jessica Reel following their last deadly mission together.But Robie is about to learn that even if he succeeds, the worst is yet to come.The game has started. Now only he can end it . . .
B>Redemption is the fifth heart-pounding Memory Man thriller from number one international bestseller David Baldacci./b>b>FBI consultant Amos Decker returns to the scene of a family tragedy, and is confronted by more than just painful memories./b>b>A felon on a mission./b>When Decker returns to Burlington, Ohio, he is tracked down by his first homicide arrest, Meryl Hawkins, a man who still maintains his innocence.b>A rookie's mistake./b>With Hawkins recently released from his life sentence, Decker finds himself questioning what had once seemed watertight evidence. Is the real killer still out there?b>A murderer at large./b>As the body count rises in a new crime spree, Decker and his former partner Mary Lancaster dig deeper and reopen the old case - and old wounds.Back in his home town and plagued by the ghosts of his past, Amos Decker is compelled to discover the confronting truth in the fifth Memory Man thriller of David Baldacci's number one bestselling series.
Evoking the golden age of crime, and for fans of Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, comes A Gambling Man , from one of the world''s bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci. A lucky roll of the dice California, 1949. Aloysius Archer is on his way to start a new job with a renowned Private Investigator in Bay Town. Feeling lucky, he stops off at a casino in Reno, where he meets an aspiring actress, Liberty Callahan. Together, they head west on a journey filled with danger and surprises - because Archer isn''t the only one with a secretive past. A risk worth taking Arriving in a town rife with corruption, Archer is tasked with finding out who is doing everything they can to disrupt the appointment of a top official. Then two seemingly unconnected people are murdered at a burlesque club. In a tight-lipped community, Archer must dig deep to reveal the connection between the victims. All bets are off As the final perilous showdown unfurls, Archer will need all of his skills to decipher the truth from the lies and finally, to prove she''s a star in the making, will Liberty have her moment in the spotlight?
B>David Baldacci's heart-stopping Hour Game is the second fast-paced thriller in the King and Maxwell series./b>br>b>/b>br>Following their collaboration in Split Second, ex-Secret Service agents Sean King and Michelle Maxwell have gone into partnership and are investigating the robbery of some secret documents at the residence of the incredibly wealthy Battle family. It seems like a straightforward case of domestic burglary, but soon they begin to suspect links to larger, more terrifying events now shaking the prosperous town of Wrightsburg . . . The unidentified corpse of an attractive young woman turns up in the woods; two high school kids, one shot in the back, the other in the face, are found dead in their car; a successful lawyer is discovered stabbed to death in her own home. A serial killer is on the loose. The murderer kills in the manner of famous killers of the past but takes care to leave a stopped watch at the scene of each crime - corresponding to the victim's position on his hit list. As the killing spree escalates it seems that the fractured Battle family are somehow involved and Maxwell and King suddenly find themselves racing to solve an intricate puzzle, one that is full of tantalizing clues but barren of solid evidence, and one that is leaving even the FBI confounded. And all the while, the body count is rising . . .Hour Game is followed by Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.
Split Second is the first in the gripping King and Maxwell series by bestselling author David Baldacci.
When something distracts Secret Agent Sean King for a split second, it costs him his career and presidential candidate, Clyde Ritter, his life. But what stole his attention? And why was Ritter shot? Eight years later Michelle Maxwell is on the fast track through the ranks of the Secret Service when her career is stopped short: presidential candidate John Bruno is abducted from a funeral home while under her protection. The similarity between the two cases drives Michelle to re-open investigations into the Ritter fiasco and join forces with attractive ex-agent King. The pair are determined to get to the bottom of what happened in those critical moments. Meanwhile, high-ranking members of the legal system and key witnesses from both cases are going missing. King is losing friends, colleagues and clients fast and his ex-lover, Joan Dillinger, is playing curious games - she wants Sean back, but she also owes him for something . . .Split Second is followed by Hour Game, Simple Genius, First Family, The Sixth Man and King and Maxwell.
Amos Decker, David Baldacci's unique special agent with the gift of a remarkable memory, returns in The Fallen.Small towns which have seen better times are not unusual. But the mysterious events in Baronville, Pennsylvania, are raising the highly-tuned antennae of agent Amos Decker and his FBI partner, Alex Jamison. What was supposed to be a relaxing vacation turns into a murder investigation when two bodies are found in a nearby deserted house. With the body count rising, Decker and Jamison dig deep to uncover a sinister truth in Baronville, which could be the canary in the coalmine for the rest of the country. But even the duo's skills and Amos Decker's infallible memory may not be enough to save this town, or them, from becoming the next victims.
Private Investigator and WWII veteran, Aloysius Archer, returns to solve a new case in Hollywood in this riveting thriller from international number 1 bestselling author, David Baldacci. All that glitters . . . 1952, Los Angeles. It is New Year''s Eve and PI Aloysius Archer is dining with his friend and rising Hollywood actress Liberty Callahan when they''re approached by Eleanor Lamb, a screenwriter who would like to hire him, as she suspects someone is trying to kill her. Murder and mystery A visit to Lamb''s Malibu residence leaves Archer knocked unconscious after he stumbles over a dead body in the hallway; and Lamb seems to have vanished. With the police now involved in the case, a close friend and colleague of Lamb''s employs Archer to find out what''s happened to the screenwriter. The City of Angels - or somewhere much, much darker? Archer''s investigation takes him from the rich, glamorous and glitzy LA to the seedy, dark side of the city, and onward to the gambling mecca of Las Vegas, just now hitting its stride as a hot spot for celebrities and a money-making machine for the mob. In a place where cops and crooks work hand in hand, Archer will cross paths with Hollywood stars, politicians and notorious criminals. He''ll almost die several times, and he''ll discover bodies and secrets from the canyons and beaches of Malibu and the luxurious mansions of Bel Air and Beverly Hills to the narcotics clubs of Chinatown. With the help of Liberty and his PI partner Willie Dash, Archer will risk everything and leave no stone unturned in finding the missing Eleanor Lamb, and in bringing to justice killers who would love nothing better than to plant Archer six feet under.
HRT : trois lettres qui symbolisent les troupes spéciales de secours aux otages du FBI. L'agent Web London en est devenu la légende : laissé pour mort après avoir sauvé l'un de ses hommes, sorti défiguré de l'hôpital, il a refusé une pension à vie et repris du service. Alors pourquoi ? Pourquoi, au moment de donner l'assaut contre une cache de trafiquants, Web est-il resté immobile ? Tout Washington et surtout le FBI se posent la question. Pour Web, qui ne parvient pas à expliquer sa paralysie soudaine, les lettres HRT signifient désormais : Honte, Remords et Torture. Ses hommes sont tombés dans un piège, et de vieilles affaires resurgissent. Web London se lance dans cette périlleuse enquête en sachant que pour affronter les démons du passé il ne lui suffira pas d'être un soldat d'élite.
Number one bestseller Long Road to Mercy is the heart-pounding first novel in the FBI Special Agent Atlee Pine series by bestselling author David Baldacci. FBI Special Agent Atlee Pine has learnt three lessons in life: Some wounds never heal. Atlee''s twin sister, Mercy, was abducted from their bedroom over thirty years ago, and Atlee has spent every day since wondering what happened to her. Time doesn''t lessen your pain. The prime suspect, notorious serial killer Daniel James Tor, is in a high-security prison, but with no confession, Atlee continues to search for her sister, even as Tor taunts her from jail. But she can always make a difference. Wracked by survivor''s guilt, Atlee joined the FBI to hunt down killers like Tor. Assigned to the remote wilds of the Western United States, she has spent years honing her skills and building her endurance, always with one eye on the ultimate goal. Now, Atlee Pine is tasked with an investigation which begins with a missing person in the Grand Canyon. And ends with a discovery much more sinister and far-reaching. Continue the gripping series with A Minute to Midnight .