Archives de catégorie : Crime & Thrillers

FORTY ACRES de Dwayne Alexander Smith bientôt adapté par Netflix dans un long-métrage produit par Jay-Z

Le long-métrage, à mi-chemin entre La Firme et le film d’horreur Get Out, sera produit par Jay-Z, James Lassiter et Aaron Kaplan de la société de production Kapital Entertainment. Le scénario sera écrit par Cheo Hodari Coker, créateur de la série Marvel Luke Cage sur Netflix. (Lire l’article de Deadline)

Dans le thriller politique FORTY ACRES de Dwayne Alexander Smith publié chez Atria aux États-Unis en juillet 2014, Martin Grey, un jeune avocat noir intelligent et talentueux, est pris sous l’aile d’une société secrète composée des hommes noirs les plus puissants et les plus riches des États-Unis. Il est ébloui par ce qu’ils ont accompli, et eux semblent penser qu’il a le potentiel pour devenir l’un des leurs. Ils l’invitent à passer un week-end loin de tout, sans épouses ni téléphones portables. Mais ce que Martin découvre est une réalité alternative troublante qui remet en cause ses convictions les plus profondes…

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THE ANATOMY OF DESIRE de L. R. Dorn

A modern tale of American striving, social media stardom, a fatal love triangle, and a young woman on trial for murder—a mesmerizing reimagining of Theodore Dreiser’s classic novel of crime and punishment, An American Tragedy.

THE ANATOMY OF DESIRE
by L. R. Dorn
William Morrow/HarperCollins, May 2021

Claire Griffith seems to have it all, a thriving career, a gorgeous, successful boyfriend, a glamorous circle of friends. She always knew she was destined for more than the life her deeply conservative parents preached to her. Arriving in Los Angeles as a flat broke teenager, she has risen to become a popular fitness coach and social media influencer. Having rebranded herself as Cleo Ray, she stands on the threshold of achieving her most cherished dreams. One summer day, Cleo and a young woman named Beck Alden set off in a canoe on a quiet, picture-perfect mountain lake. An hour later, Beck is found dead in the water, her face cut and bruised, and Cleo is missing. Authorities suspect foul play and news about Cleo’s involvement goes viral. Who was Beck and what was the nature of her and Cleo’s relationship? Was Beck an infatuated follower who took things too far? If Cleo is innocent, why did she run? Was it an accident? Or was it murder? As evidence of Cleo’s secret life surfaces, the world begins to see just how hard she strived to get to the top— and how fast and far the fall is from celebrity to infamy.
L. R. Dorn’s reimagining of Theodore Dreiser’s novel, told in the form of a true crime docuseries a la Serial and The Jinx—with characters speaking through the “transcripts” of recorded interviews—THE ANATOMY OF DESIRE exposes the ambition, sexual passion, and dark side of success that readers will find as achingly poignant as they did a century ago.

L. R. Dorn is the pseudonym for Matt Dorff and Suzanne Dunn. Matt Dorff is a Los Angeles native and graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, has written, produced, and/or directed over 60 hours of dramatic television (CBS, NBC, ABC, Showtime, HBO and elsewhere). He lives in Los Angeles. Suzanne Dunn is a two-time Emmy Award winner, has written two screenplays produced and aired on Lifetime Television and Ion Television. She grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and earned degrees from Penn State and the University of Chicago. She has worked at DIRECTV and is a member of the Producers Guild of America and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She is also a yoga teacher and lives in Los Angeles.

SEARCH FOR HER de Rick Mofina

A missing daughter, a family with secrets, a race for the truth…

SEARCH FOR HER
by Rick Mofina
Mira Books/HarperCollins, March 2021
(chez Lorella Belli – voir catalogue)

At a truck stop near Las Vegas, fourteen-year-old Riley Jarrett vanishes from her family’s RV, turning their cross-country dream of starting over into a nightmare. Investigators have their work cut out for them. The massive, bustling truck plaza in the desert is the perfect place for someone to disappear—or be taken. Detectives pursue every chilling lead as all eyes fall to the newly blended family with a tragic past. With the clock ticking down on the likelihood that Riley’s alive, suspicions run deep. Everyone—from Riley’s mom to her stepdad to her stepbrother and her ex-boyfriend—has something to hide. And their secrets could prove deadly.

Rick Mofina is a former crime reporter and the award-winning author of several acclaimed thrillers. He’s interviewed murderers face-to-face on death row; patrolled with the LAPD and the RCMP. His true crime articles have appeared in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Reader’s Digest and Penthouse. He’s reported from the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Qatar and Kuwait’s border with Iraq.

HAIRPIN BRIDGE de Taylor Adams

From the author of the “full-throttle thriller” (A. J. Finn) No Exit—a riveting new psychological page-turner featuring a fierce and unforgettable heroine.

HAIRPIN BRIDGE
by Taylor Adams
William Morrow/HarperCollins, June 2021
(via Lorella Belli)

Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge sixty miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the official police version. But Lena isn’t buying it. Now she’s come to that very bridge, driving her dead twin’s car and armed with a cassette recorder, determined to find out what really happened by interviewing the highway patrolman who allegedly discovered her sister’s body. Corporal Raymond Raycevic has agreed to meet Lena at the scene. He is sympathetic, forthright, and professional. But his story doesn’t seem to add up. For one thing, he stopped Cambry for speeding a full hour before she supposedly leapt to her death. Then there are the sixteen attempted 911 calls from her cell phone, made in what was unfortunately a dead zone. But perhaps most troubling of all, the state trooper is referred to by name in Cambry’s final enigmatic text to her sister: Please Forgive Me. I couldn’t live with it. Hopefully you can, Officer Raycevic. Lena will do anything to uncover the truth. But as her twin’s final hours come into focus, Lena’s search turns into a harrowing, tooth-and-nail fight for her own survival—one that will test everything she thought she knew about her sister and herself…

Taylor Adams graduated from Eastern Washington University with the prestigious Edmund G. Yarwood Award. His directorial work has screened at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival and he is an avid fan of suspenseful fiction and film. He lives in Washington state.

THE STRANGER IN THE MIRROR de Liv Constantine

From the bestselling team behind the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish and The Wife Stalker, a twisty and psychologically unsettling novel about a woman with no recollection of her past.

THE STRANGER IN THE MIRROR
by Liv Constantine

HarperCollins, July 2021

Addison should be preparing for one of the happiest moments of her life—she’s about to marry a wonderful man—but something is holding her back: she doesn’t know who she really is. A couple of years earlier, a kind driver found her bleeding on the side of a Pennsylvania highway and took her in, but she’s unable to remember how she got there in the first place. Or her own name. Or if she’s already married to someone else. Or why she senses that she may have committed a crime . . . Meanwhile, Julian paces his home in the Boston suburbs, caring for his seven-year-old daughter Valentina and trying to figure out what happened to his loving, caring wife, who disappeared without a trace. She never would have left him and her beloved daughter of her own free will—or would she? As the two storylines hurtle toward a dramatic conclusion, Liv Constantine delivers her trademark blend of tense psychological thrills, glitz and glamour, and jaw-dropping twists.

Liv Constantine is the pen name of sisters Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine. Together, they are the bestselling author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish, The Last Time I Saw You, and The Wife Stalker. Separated by three states, they spend hours plotting via FaceTime and burning up each other’s email inboxes. They attribute their ability to concoct dark story lines to the hours they spent listening to tales handed down by their Greek grandmother.