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The CRAZY HOUSE Series de James Patterson

Two twins face a world of Death Row and dystopia in James Patterson’s gripping thriller-perfect for fans of The Hunger Games

The CRAZY HOUSE Series
by James Patterson

THE FALL OF CRAZY HOUSE #2
Little, Brown and Company, April 2019

Escape is just the beginning. Twin sisters Becca and Cassie barely got out of the Crazy House alive. Now they’re trained, skilled fighters who fear nothing–not even the all-powerful United regime. Together, the sisters hold the key to defeating the despotic government and freeing the people of the former United States. But to win this war, will the girls have to become the very thing they hate?

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CRAZY HOUSE #1
Jimmy Patterson, May 2017

Seventeen-year-old Becca Greenfield was snatched from her small hometown. She was thrown into a maximum-security prison and put on Death Row with other kids her age. Until her execution, Becca’s told to fit in and shut her mouth . . . but Becca’s never been very good at either. Her sister Cassie was always the good twin. There were no charges. There was no trial. There will be no escape. Becca’s only hope is that her twin sister will find her. That perfect little priss Cassie will stop following the rules and start breaking them, before it’s too late. Because her jailers made a mistake that could get them both killed: They took the wrong twin.

James Patterson is the world’s bestselling author, best known for his many enduring fictional characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Middle School, I Funny, and Jacky Ha-Ha. Patterson’s writing career is characterized by a single mission: to prove to everyone, from children to adults, that there is no such thing as a person who “doesn’t like to read,” only people who haven’t found the right book. He’s given over a million books to schoolkids and over forty million dollars to support education, and endowed over five thousand college scholarships for teachers.

Kadokawa publiera le dernier thriller de Gregg Hurwitz au Japon

La maison d’édition japonaise a donc remporté les enchères et acquis les droits pour ORPHAN X, le dernier ouvrage de l’auteur de THE CRIME WRITER (« Je Te Vois », éd. Presses de la Cité).

Les droits pour ORPHAN X, premier volet d’une nouvelle série, ont été déjà cédés au Royaume-Uni (Penguin), République Tchèque (Talpress), Italie (De Agostini), Brésil (Planeta) et Israël (Dani).

Last but not least, Warner Bros a acquis les droits cinématographiques et a contacté Bradley Cooper, la star de AMERICAN SNIPER, pour le produire et y jouer le rôle principal !

The first book in a big new thriller series by Gregg Hurwitz

ORPHAN X
by Gregg Hurwitz
Minotaur Books, early 2016

“ORPHAN X is the most exciting new series character since Jack Reacher. And Reacher would love this guy. A page-turning masterpiece of suspense enriched by compassion and insight.” – Jonathan Kellerman

Evan Smoak is Orphan X: a hero unlike any seen before. Trained in secrecy from childhood to be a superior assassin, he now uses those skills to aid desperate people in dire situations, removing the abusers from their lives and asking nothing in return, other than the forwarding of his phone number to someone else in need. Though officially he doesn’t exist, he has powerful enemies from his past who want to eliminate him, and he hides from them in plain sight through a seemingly ordinary life in Los Angeles. In this inaugural book in the Orphan X series, one of Evan’s rescue missions goes horribly wrong, and Evan realizes the person he is trying to save just may be the person who destroys him.

Warner Bros has pre-empted the movie rights in a seven-figure deal! Hot off his success in American Sniper, Bradley Cooper is attached to star and produce with his producing partner, Todd Phillips (the Hangover movies).

Le Prix du polar européen 2015 pour Sascha Arango

DIE WAHRHEIT UND ANDERE LUGEN de Sascha Arango, que le journal allemand Die Welt avait défini « meilleur thriller psychologique de l’année », ne pouvait pas passer inaperçu au festival Quais du polar à Lyon.

Le roman de l’auteur allemand, publié en France sous le titre LA VÉRITÉ ET AUTRES MENSONGES par les éditions Albin Michel, a fait l’unanimité auprès du jury du prix organisé par l’hebdomadaire Le Point, remis à la soirée d’ouverture du festival.

LA VÉRITÉ ET AUTRES MENSONGES avait déjà attiré l’attention d’Olivia de Lamberterie qui en avait longuement parlé le 24 février dernier, lors de sa chronique à Télé Matin, sur France 2.

MURDER 101 de Faye Kellerman, déjà un New York Times bestseller

Une semaine à peine après sa sortie, le nouveau roman de Faye Kellerman est déjà dans les listes des meilleures ventes du New York Times. Publié par William Morrow, MURDER 101 est la dernière aventure du duo Decker et Lazarus.

La série Decker and Lazarus de Faye Kellerman est l’une des plus populaires aux États-Unis et compte à ce jour 26 titres. Pour avoir plus d’informations, merci de cliquer sur les couvertures ci-dessous :

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MURDER 101 de Faye Kellerman

Decker and Lazarus embark on a new life in upstate New York—and find themselves entangled in deception, intrigue, and murder in picturesque elite college town

MURDER 101
by Faye Kellerman
William Morrow, September 2014

As a detective lieutenant with the LAPD, Peter Decker witnessed enough ugliness and chaos for a lifetime. Now, he and his devoted wife Rena Lazarus are ready to enjoy the quiet beauty of upstate New York, where they can be closer to their four adult children and their foster son.

But working for the Greenbury Police department isn’t as fulfilling as Decker hoped. While Rina has adapted beautifully to their new surroundings, Decker is underwhelmed and frustrated by his new partner, Tyler McAdams, a former Harvard student and young buck with a bad ‘tude. Just when he thinks he’s made a mistake, Decker is called to his first real crime here—a possible break-in at the local cemetery.

At first, it seems like a false alarm until it’s discovered that a mausoleum’s stunning Tiffany panels have been replaced by forgeries. Then, a coed at one of the exclusive local colleges is brutally murdered. Poking into the hallowed halls of academia to find a killer, Decker and McAdams are drawn deep into a web of dark secrets, cold case crimes, international intrigue, and ruthless people who kill for sport. Suddenly, the job is anything but boring. This case just might be too much to handle and Decker will have to draw on every ounce of experience that he has garnered in the past thirty years as a Homicide cop. And then again, even that might not be enough!