French Mystery

On the day of Alec Salter’s fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children—especially fifteen-year-old Etty—grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn’t return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan’s father—and the Salters’ neighbor— Duncan Ackerley, floating in the river.

Dans Le pire de nous, les architectes et nouveaux mariés Timo et Nia fuient la scène d’un meurtre, déclenchant ainsi une réaction en chaîne de mensonges et de traîtrises qui menacent d’anéantir tout ce qu’ils ont construit ensemble.

Paris, 1393. Recent widow Christine de Pizan became a scribe to support her family, but when she is called to the palace to work, she dreads going. There, everyone fears the king's attacks of unreason and they believe the charlatans who claim they can cure him with vile potions. But when a mysterious book of magic leaves a trail of real murdered bodies in its wake, Christine has more than black magic to worry about. Then one of the king's favorites, Hugues de Precy, is found murdered and his wife Alix de Clairy is blamed.

They were six university students from Oxford - friends and sometimes more than friends - spending an idyllic week together in a French farmhouse. It was supposed to be the perfect summer getaway...until they met Severine, the girl next door. For Kate Channing, Severine was an unwelcome presence, her inscrutable beauty undermining the close-knit group's loyalties amid the already simmering tensions. And after a huge altercation on the last night of the holiday, Kate knew nothing would ever be the same.

New York City, 1972: A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat with a mysterious offer: He has an anonymous client who is trying to collect the pieces of an ancient chess service, purported to be in Algeria. If Cat can bring the pieces back, there will be a generous reward.

Nancy North is ready to put her life back together. After suffering a psychotic break that ruined friendships, stalled her fledgling restaurant, and forced her to move out of her comfortable flat, she’ll do anything to get back to normal. She and her partner Felix—who has been a saint through her recent troubles—move into a new flat for a fresh start. Nancy is taking her pills, seeing her therapist, and avoiding unnecessary stress. She’s doing absolutely everything right, but something is still very, very wrong. On the first day in the new flat, she hears them again.

Translated from the French bestselling novel Le curieux manoir de tante Aglaé (published by Éditions J’ai Lu - France). Also available in German from Penguin Verlag under the title Rätsel haben kurze Beine. At twenty-six, Jade inherits a mysterious manor in Foisic, Brittany, France—a village that doesn’t appear on any map. Strange. Even stranger, the property comes from her great-aunt Aglaia, a woman Jade never even knew existed. As a true Parisian, Jade has no intention of settling in such a remote place. Her plan is simple: renovate Les Ibis manor in a few weeks and sell it for a...

So you want to play with magic? There’s trouble in the French Quarter when a professional basketball player hires Wyatt and voodoo mambo Mama Mulate to help him exorcise a supernatural demon. Wyatt is thrilled to have a paying client, Mama, over the moon in lust for the handsome athlete. Things look rosy for the pair of paranormal investigators until the assignment dictates Wyatt travel back in time to antebellum New Orleans. Thrust headfirst into the middle of a dangerous situation, Wyatt must deal with a red-haired Irish witch named Aisling and avoid becoming a haunted torture room ...

Scarborough House is haunted, and it's not doing much for Donovan Scarborough's investment portfolio. No one wants to buy a place with levitating crockery, or (the wrong kind of) rhythmic pounding throughout the night. Luckily, Melody "I-See-Dead-People" Bittersweet has just launched her own ghostbusting agency with best friend Marina, geeky, keen Arthur, and a one-eared pug called Lestat. They're quick to take the case, even if it has already sort of (definitely) been given to Leo Dark, Melody's rakish, despicable ex.

Frieda Klein is uninterested in catching up on old times when her former classmate, Maddie Capel, shows up at her door - until she hears about Maddie’s troubled daughter, Becky. The teenager claims she was raped in her own bed one night while her mother was downstairs. Her assailant left her with a warning: “Don’t think of telling anyone, sweetheart. Nobody will believe you.” And no one does - except Frieda.

Lux and Ben receive a call from their old friend Rowan Merrick, the owner of the Witch’s Brew restaurant in New Orleans. Rowan's friend's son has disappeared, and it's suspected that he has been cursed by a Rougarou. The boy was last seen in the eerie Acadian swamps west of the city. Lux and Ben decide to bring along Chelsea, who has experience with wendigos, and Francois, thinking this small team will be sufficient for a straightforward rescue mission. However, what starts as a simple favor quickly takes a dark turn. The team soon discovers that the swamps conceal more than just murky ...

When Cambria Clyne - klutzy, 20-something single mom - takes the job of an apartment manager at an LA complex, she hopes her run of bad luck is finally coming to an end. She's got a nice home for her daughter, a steady source of income, and the cute maintenance guy is certainly a nice perk! But her luck takes a bad turn again when a dead body turns up and a crime spree takes over the community, and Cambria finds her complex squarely at the center of it all!

Alice, an American who loves to speak French, wants to study in Paris. She spends a week in a language school for adults. The students are friendly, and the school is located on the most beautiful avenue in Paris. At first, it's a dream! But her dream turns into a nightmare when Madame Douce, her French teacher, is found dead in the classroom.

Four hikers enter the mountains. Only two return. But is it tragedy? Or treachery?

Sur l'île paradisiaque de Santa Catalina, au large de Los Angeles, les journées sont calmes pour l'inspecteur Stilwell. Récemment débarqué de l'unité des Homicides du LAPD, il s'occupe essentiellement de cas de violences domestiques et d'ébriété sur la voie publique. La découverte du corps d'une jeune femme dans le port de la ville d'Avalon, enroulé dans une bâche et lesté, est donc un véritable choc, non seulement pour Stilwell, mais également pour les personnalités les plus notables de l'île, qui apprécient peu cette mauvaise publicité.

Officiellement, la villa des Prunelliers est un foyer d'accueil d'urgence pour mineurs ; en réalité, c'est là où on envoie les enfants placés dont le système ne veut plus, et où les éducateurs en sous-nombre finissent tous par craquer. Quand Till, l'un d'eux, finit par lever la main sur Audrey, quatorze ans, celle-ci fugue et se fait percuter par un chauffard. Rongé par la culpabilité, Till va la voir tous les jours à l'hôpital, délaissant le reste du monde.

Monday, the lowest point of the week. A day of dark impulses. A day to snatch a child from the streets.... The abduction of five-year-old Matthew Farraday provokes national outcry and a desperate police hunt. And when his face is splashed over the newspapers, psychotherapist Frieda Klein is left troubled: one of her patients has been relating dreams in which he has a hunger for a child. A child he can describe in perfect detail, a child the spitting image of Matthew. Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson doesn't take Frieda's concerns seriously until a link emerges with an unsolved abduction twenty years ago....

Que feriez-vous si vous connaissiez le jour et l'heure exacts de votre mort ? Pour Charlie Grant, ce sera le 21 janvier à 8 heures précises, dans quatre jours. Comme ses deux meilleures amies. Et elle souhaite que ce soit l'inspectrice D.D. Warren de la police de Boston qui se charge de l'enquête. Prise par la traque d'un tueur de pédophiles, D.D. accepte à contrecœur. Mais dès qu'elle plonge dans le passé de la jeune femme, son instinct lui souffle que celle-ci ne lui a pas tout dit...

Deux sœurs. Une fille disparue. Un terrible mensonge. Caitlin et Olivia sont ravies d'être enfin assez âgées pour rester seules à la maison. Mais, cette nuit-là, quelqu'un s'introduit dans la maison. À leur retour, leurs parents trouvent le lit d'Olivia vide. Leur fille aînée a disparu… Dix ans plus tard, Olivia réapparaît. Mais Caitlin ne fait pas confiance à la femme qui prétend être sa sœur. Leurs souvenirs de cette nuit ne correspondent pas, et elles cachent toutes deux des secrets qui pourraient détruire leur famille… Que se passerait-il s'ils faisaient confiance à la mauvaise fille ?

Stockholm. Des corps figés dans la glace. La police se tourne vers l'entourage d'Ellie. Ellie pensait enfin pouvoir laisser derrière elle l'horreur de l'été précédent et recoller les morceaux avec Johan, mais le fragile équilibre qu'elle a réussi à trouver menace à nouveau de s'effondrer lorsque des cadavres aux allures de sculptures de glace apparaissent à Stockholm, plongeant la ville dans la terreur. Pendant que la police piétine, les drames du passé ressurgissent, menaçant tout ce qu'Ellie a construit.