Cal Hooper, ancien flic de Chicago désabusé et avide de tranquillité, se réfugie dans un minuscule village irlandais, isolé au milieu des landes et des collines battues par le vent. Mais un gamin du coin, Trey, vient bouleverser son quotidien en le suppliant de retrouver son frère aîné. D'abord peu enthousiaste, Cal se rend compte que personne au village ne semble se soucier du disparu, issu d'une famille pauvre et mal vue par les habitants. Forcé de reprendre du service, il entame discrètement son enquête, et découvre les mensonges et les secrets qui pèsent sur sa retraite rêvée. Dans ce paysage de bout du monde où il est si facile de se perdre, Cal et Trey ne pourront compter que l'un sur l'autre.Un conte magistral et atmosphérique qui nous interroge sur notre capacité à distinguer le bien du mal, et sur ce que nous sommes prêts à mettre en jeu lorsqu'il nous faut nous décider.Tana French est une magicienne de la langue, qu'elle aime sophistiquée et précise, et met au service de thrillers psychologiques ficelés serrés. Clémentine Goldszal, Elle.GRAND PRIX DES LECTRICES ELLE.Traduit de l'anglais (Irlande) par Éric Moreau.
La vie a toujours souri à Toby Hennessy jusqu'au soir où tout bascule. Victime d'une violente agression dans les rues de Dublin, il en ressort traumatisé et souffrant d'amnésie. Il part alors se reconstruire à la Maison au Lierre, une superbe villa familiale blottie dans un écrin de verdure.
Cependant, à peine est-il arrivé qu'un mystérieux crâne est trouvé sur la propriété, dans le tronc de son orme favori. Des inspecteurs sont envoyés sur place, mais Toby ne résiste pas à l'envie de mener l'enquête. Alors que les suspects s'accumulent, un secret de famille se dessine, mais sa mémoire altérée l'empêche d'en saisir pleinement les contours.Avec ce livre aussi envoûtant qu'horrifique, Tana French nous interroge sur la notion de destin et sur ce qu'on est prêt à risquer quand on ne sait plus exactement qui on est.Un thriller psychologique intense. Tana French est une manipulatrice hors pair. Elle.Traduit de l'anglais (Irlande) par Estelle Roudet.
Avec son physique de rêve, Aislinn Murray faisait tourner les têtes dans les pubs de Dublin. Avant qu'on ne fracasse la sienne, dans son appartement. Pas de famille et peu d'amis, une personnalité lisse malgré un passé loin des contes de fées, et un prétendant insaisissable... Plus l'enquête avance, plus les secrets d'Aislinn semblent impénétrables. L'inspectrice Antoinette Conway en est persuadée : un piège s'est refermé sur la jeune femme, ne lui laissant aucun espoir de fin heureuse.
Ils s'étaient juré de fuir Dublin ensemble. En 1983, Franck et Rosie décident d'aller vivre d'amour et de musique à Londres, mais Rosie ne vient pas la nuit du rendez-vous. Vingt-deux ans plus tard, Franck est devenu policier et a coupé tout contact avec les siens. Un jour, sa soeur l'appelle pour lui apprendre que la valise de Rosie a été retrouvée dans un immeuble désaffecté. Il doit replonger dans son passé et remettre en cause ses certitudes.
Dans le lycée pour filles fortunées de Saint-Kilda à Dublin, le corps d'un jeune étudiant est retrouvé. Un an plus tard, on dépose sur le tableau d'affichage de l'établissement une photo de lui, assortie de la sentence : " Je sais qui l'a tué ". Stephen Moran, un policier ambitieux qui rêve d'intégrer la Brigade des homicides rouvre l'enquête aux côtés d'Antoinette Conway. En une seule journée, cette jeunesse est soumise aux interrogatoires de rigueur.
Issus du milieu ouvrier, les deux policiers sont mal à l'aise dans ce milieu huppé. Pourtant les drames se produisent aussi dans les cages dorées...
Elle retourne le visage de la morte. Stupeur. C'est elle-même. Troublante rencontre de l'inspectrice Cassie Maddox avec son sosie, poignardé. Soudain, une idée folle. Ne pas ébruiter le meurtre et reprendre l'identité de la jeune femme afin de démasquer les assassins. Au coeur d'une communauté étudiante aux habitudes fort étranges, Cassie découvre que vivre la vie de son double n'est pas sans dangers.
H2>A DISAPPEARANCE. A SMALL TOWN. A QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERING.../h2>br>''One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartt''s The Secret History'' THE TIMESbr>-----------------------------------------------------------br>Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force, and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens.br>br>But then a local kid comes looking for his help. His brother has gone missing, and no one, least of all the police, seems to care. Cal wants nothing to do with any kind of investigation, but somehow he can''t make himself walk away.br>br>Soon Cal will discover that even in the most idyllic small town, secrets lie hidden, people aren''t always what they seem, and trouble can come calling at his door.br>br>Our greatest living mystery writer weaves a masterful tale of breath-taking beauty and suspense, asking how we decide what''s right and wrong in a world where neither is simple, and what we risk if we fail.br>-----------------------------------------------------------br>br>WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT TANA FRENCHbr>br>''To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather she''s simply this: a truly great writer'' GILLIAN FLYNNbr>br>''French offers a masterclass in unreliability'' SUNDAY TIMESbr>br>''An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully written mystery'' SOPHIE HANNAHbr>br>''This is a tour de force of suspense and storytelling. Comes closer to perfection than anything I''ve read in the last decade'' SARAH HILARYbr>br>''I''m a big fan of Tana French'' IAN RANKINbr>br>''The Wych Elm should cement French''s place in the first rank of great literary novelists'' OBSERVERbr>br>''This book confirms Tana French as [crime fiction''s] biggest contemporary star'' GUARDIANbr>br>''Terrific - terrifying, amazing, and the prose is incandescent'' STEPHEN KINGbr>br>''Completely, indescribably magnificent. Tana French is a pure genius'' MARIAN KEYESbr>br>''An audacious departure for this immensely talented author . . . not to be missed'' THE NEW YORK TIMESbr>br>''Immersive and atmospheric ... Cal and Trey could very well be the new sort of heroes we need in this strange world'' ARAMINTA HALLbr>br>''The Searcher is its own kind of masterpiece'' THE WASHINGTON POSTbr>br>''This mystery about family, memory and the cracks in both will haunt you for a long, long time'' ERIN KELLYbr>br>''Nuanced and compelling'' THE NEW YORKERbr>br>''With a tension that mounts inexorably throughout, French creates a world whose characters stay with you long after the book is finished. I didn''t want it to end'' HARRIET TYCEbr>br>''A tale of flawed characters, complex relationships and elusive loyalties. Subtle and powerful'' CHRIS HAMMER>
When he was twelve years old, Adam Ryan went playing in the woods with his two best friends. He never saw them again. Their bodies were never found, and Adam himself was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree and his shoes filled with blood. He had no memory of what had happened. Twenty years on, Rob Ryan - the child who came back - is a detective in the Dublin police force. He's changed his name. No one knows about his past. Then a little girl's body is found at the site of the old tragedy and Rob is drawn back into the mystery. Knowing that he would be thrown off the case if his past were revealed, Rob takes a fateful decision to keep quiet but hope that he might also solve the twenty-year-old mystery of the woods.
À la Criminelle, l'as des enquêtes de haute volée, c'est moi. Inspecteur Kennedy, pour vous servir. En ce moment, je suis sur un gros coup à Broken Harbour, ce village de damnés au bord de la mer d'Irlande. Rien que des chantiers à l'abandon, et une maison-forteresse. À l'intérieur, une famille décimée, des caméras partout et des murs percés de trous. Pourquoi ? Ce lotissement fantôme m'obsède...
Still traumatised by her brush with a psychopath, Detective Cassie Maddox transfers out of the Murder squad and starts a relationship with fellow detective Sam O'Neill. When he calls her to the scene of his new case, she is shocked to find that the murdered girl is her double. What's more, her ID shows she is Lexie Madison - the identity Cassie used, years ago, as an undercover detective. With no leads, no suspects and no clues to Lexie's real identity, Cassie's old boss spots the opportunity of a lifetime: send Cassie undercover in her place, to tempt the killer out of hiding to finish the job.
Rob, inspecteur de police, enquête sur l'assassinat d'une petite fille au sortir de l'école.
Pourquoi s'implique-t-il autant ? Il est assailli par des lambeaux de souvenirs. Vingt ans auparavant, il avait disparu avec deux amis et était revenu seul couvert de sang et sans aucun souvenir.
' One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartt's The Secret History . . . impossible to put down ' The Times ________________________________________ WHAT DO WE HIDE INSIDE OURSELVES? One night changes everything for Toby. He's always led a charmed life - until a brutal attack leaves him damaged and traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at his family's ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with memories of wild-strawberry summers and teenage parties with his cousins. But not long after Toby's arrival, a discovery is made: a skull, tucked neatly inside the old wych elm in the garden. As detectives begin to close in, Toby is forced to examine everything he thought he knew about his family, his past, and himself. A spellbinding novel from a novelist who takes crime writing and turns it inside out, The Wych Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, if we no longer know who we are. ________________________________________ 'An absolute masterpiece' John Boyne ' The Wych Elm should cement French's place in the first rank of great literary novelists ' Observer 'This book confirms Tana French as [crime fiction's] biggest contemporary star' Guardian 'French offers a masterclass in unreliability' Sunday Times 'Terrific - terrifying, amazing, and the prose is incandescent' Stephen King 'Another one of her rich psychological thrillers that will work its way under your skin' Lucy Mangan, Stylist 'To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather she's simply this: a truly great writer' Gillian Flynn 'Her best book. Really, it is not a crime novel: as ever, Tana's scope is so much broader than that' Gillian McAllister 'This mystery about family, memory and the cracks in both will haunt you for a long, long time' Erin Kelly
The novel begins as two children and their father are discovered dead in Broken Harbour, a ghost estate just outside of Dublin. The mother is barely alive and with no witnesses, it is up to the Murder Squad's star detective, Scorcher Kennedy to solve the case in this searing new psychological crime novel from the international bestselling author.
Named a New York Times Notable Book of 2018, and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Times Book Review , Amazon, The Boston Globe, LitHub, Vulture, Slate, Elle , Vox, and Electric Literature. "Tana Frenchs best and most intricately nuanced novel yet." -- The New York Times An "extraordinary" (Stephen King) and "mesmerizing" ( LA Times ) new standalone novel from the master of crime and suspense. From the writer who "inspires cultic devotion in readers" ( The New Yorker ) and has been called "incandescent" by Stephen King, "absolutely mesmerizing" by Gillian Flynn, and "unputdownable" ( People ), comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out. Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed. A spellbinding standalone from one of the best suspense writers working today, The Witch Elm asks what we become, and what we're capable of, when we no longer know who we are.
B>All six volumes of the New York Times bestselling Dublin Murder Squad mysteries by one of the foremost suspense writers working today, now available in a gorgeous boxed set.br>;/b>br>br>From the beloved writer who inspires a cultish devotion in readers (The New Yorker) a beautiful boxed set including In the Woods, The Likeness, Faithful Place, Broken Harbor, The Secret Place and The Trespasser--perfect for old fans, and new.
B>New York Times bestselling author Tana French, b>author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher/b>, is the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years (The Washington Post) and inspires cultic devotion in readers (The New Yorker).br>br> Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting. --The New York Timesbr>/b>br>b>b>Now airing as /b>a Starz series./b>br>br>In the compelling (The Boston Globe) and pitch perfect (Entertainment Weekly) follow-up to Tana Frenchs runaway bestseller In the Woods, Cassie Maddox has transferred out of the Dublin Murder Squad--until an urgent telephone call brings her back to an eerie crime scene.br> br> The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used as an undercover cop. Suddenly, Cassie is back undercover, to find out not only who killed this young woman, but, more importantly, who she was.br> br> The Likeness is a supremely suspenseful story exploring the nature of identity and belonging.
Un soir d'été, alors que tous leurs camarades ont déjà regagné leurs maisons pour le dîner, trois enfants ne ressortent pas des bois sombres et silencieux où ils ont passé l'après-midi. La police finit par retrouver un seul garçon, indemne mais terrorisé, agrippé à un tronc d'arbre, les chaussures emplies de sang. Il ne se rappelle rien. On ne retrouvera jamais ses deux amis. Vingt ans plus tard, Rob, l'unique rescapé devenu inspecteur de police, se garde bien de dévoiler son passé, même à son entourage le plus proche. Mais une fillette est assassinée, comme offerte en sacrifice sur un autel celtique, dans ces bois de la banlieue de Dublin qu'il traversait après l'école. Tandis qu'il se précipite sur les lieux pour essayer de résoudre ce crime atroce, il est assailli par des lambeaux de souvenirs qui le hantent encore. Un thriller psychologique remarquablement abouti, qui explore la noirceur tapie sous les vies ordinaires.
@2@@20@'A gripping read for those still pining for GONE GIRL' @18@Elle's top five beach reads@19@@21@@3@@2@@20@The photo shows a boy who was murdered a year ago.@21@@16@@20@The caption says, 'I KNOW WHO KILLED HIM'.@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@@20@@21@Detective Stephen Moran hasn't seen Holly Mackey since she was a nine-year-old witness to the events of @18@Faithful Place@19@. Now she's sixteen and she's shown up outside his squad room, with a photograph and a story.@3@@2@Even in her exclusive boarding school, in the graceful golden world that Stephen has always longed for, bad things happen and people have secrets. The previous year, Christopher Harper, from the neighbouring boys' school, was found murdered on the grounds. And today, in the Secret Place - the school noticeboard where girls can pin up their secrets anonymously - Holly found the card.@3@@2@Solving this case could take Stephen onto the Murder squad. But to get it solved, he will have to work with Detective Antoinette Conway - tough, prickly, an outsider, everything Stephen doesn't want in a partner. And he will have to find a way into the strange, charged, mysterious world that Holly and her three closest friends inhabit and disentangle the truth from their knot of secrets, even as he starts to suspect that the truth might be something he doesn't want to hear.@3@@2@@20@From the multi-award-winning author of @18@Sunday Times@19@ and @18@New York Times@19@ bestseller @18@In the Woods@19@, @18@The Secret Place@19@ is a searing novel of psychological suspense.@21@@3@
