Soon after Sherlock Holmes and his famous enemy Moriarty die at Reichenbach Falls, Scotland Yard detective Athelney Jones and Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase, newly arrived from New York, find a coded message on Moriarty's corpse.
They hope this will lead them to a new criminal mastermind operating in London...
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The House of Silk (La maison de soie), un roman policier qui fait revivre Sherlock Holmes, fut publié en 2011.Holmes et Watson ont la visite d'un marchand d'art, Edmond Carstairs, qui explique craindre pour sa vie. À la suite de la disparition d'oeuvres de John Constable qui devaient être livrées à un Américain, les membres du « gang des casquettes plates » ont été retrouvés et tués, sauf l'un d'entre eux qui a pris la fuite ; or Carstairs semble depuis peu sous la surveillance d'un américain avec une casquette plate...
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When his best friend Tom is abducted, Alex Rider is given an ultimatum by Nightshade - a sinister cult of assassins with a score to settle. But what twisted evil are they planning, and how is it connected to a revolutionary new gaming system?
With no idea who to trust, Alex finds himself dragged into a nightmare world - where nothing is real but the game could kill you.
The clock is ticking and Nightshade is closing in...
The world's bestselling teenage spy takes on a new and daring mission.
This much-awaited new book in the bestselling Alex Rider series continues Alex's fight against the deadly assassins encountered in the last book, Nightshade. Alex still has unfinished business with this sinister group made up of brainwashed children, not least trying to reunite MI6 chief Mrs Jones, along with her long lost son and daughter. The adventure takes us deep into the life-changing world of augmented reality, where even Alex will struggle to succeed against the technology. A thrilling new challenge for the world's best-loved teen superspy.
Praise for Nightshade:
"Pacy and ingenious." The Sunday Times
"Anthony Horowitz is on cracking form here: the plot is gripping, the characters - both familiar and new - are fully fleshed, and it sparkles with his characteristic wit. We could do with Alex Rider now..." Daily Mail
The first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series.
In the first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, fourteen-year-old Alex is forcibly recruited into MI6. Armed with secret gadgets, he is sent to investigate Herod Sayle, a man who is offering state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers to every school in the country. But the teenage spy soon finds himself in mortal danger.
Né en 1957, Anthony Horowitz a écrit près de nombreux de livres pour enfants et adolescents. En Angleterre, son pays d'origine, il est également connu pour ses scénarios de séries télévisées. Certains de ses livres, comme L'île du Crâne, Le Faucon malté ou Satanée grand-mère, collectionnent les prix et sa dernière création Les Aventures d'Alex Rider, remporte un succès sans précédent. Alex démasque les agissements d'une triade chinoise qui s'apprêtait à fausser les résultats d'une compétition de tennis.
Il échappe de justesse à deux tentatives d'assassinat perpétrées par les Chinois et est envoyé en "vacances" sur une île des Caraïbes, Skeleton key. Ce "paradis" tropical aux eaux infestées de requins est le repaire d'un inquiétant personnage, Alexei Sarov, ancien général de l'Armée rouge. Alex Rider est chargé par la CIA de découvrir ce qui se trame dans le bunker du général Sarov.
Né en 1957, Anthony Horowitz a écrit près de nombreux de livres pour enfants et adolescents. En Angleterre, son pays d'origine, il est également connu pour ses scénarios de séries télévisées. Certains de ses livres, comme L'île du Crâne, Le Faucon malté ou Satanée grand-mère, collectionnent les prix et sa dernière création Les Aventures d'Alex Rider, remporte un succès sans précédent. Alex savoure ses vacances avec son amie Sabina et ses parents.
Mais la violence meurtrière ne tarde pas à frapper à nouveau, et le père de Sabina est grièvement blessé dans l'explosion de leur maison. Persuadé qu'en réalité l'attentat le visait, le jeune espion mène l'enquête. La piste qu'il suit le conduit dans le sillage de Damian Cray, une star de la pop anglaise qui s'apprête à lancer une nouvelle console de jeu révolutionnaire nommée Jeu de tueur.
« Non, ce n'était pas moi. Je vais vous dire pourquoi, laissez-moi d'abord me présenter. Je m'appelle Frederick Chase, je suis détective à l'agence américaine Pinkerton. Ma mission ? Retrouver Clarence Devereux et geler les activités de ce cerveau criminel, qui s'est empressé de venir combler le vide laissé par la mort de Moriarty, cet ennemi juré de Sherlock Holmes. Dans le but de mettre la main sur ce génie du mal, je devais accompagner l'inspecteur Athelney Jones, un condisciple de Holmes et l'un de ses adeptes, dans les antres les plus ténébreux de Londres ».
Le criminel le plus dangereux d'Angleterre n'est pas celui que l'on croit. Si le professeur Moriarty, le « Napoléon du crime », est bien mort en tombant d'une hauteur de 250 mètres dans les chutes de Reichenbach, en Suisse, qui donc lui a succédé à la tête du milieu criminel londonien ? Est-ce cet impitoyable gangster new-yorkais venu régner sur la pègre londonienne pour faire le pont avec son fief mafieux de New York ? Et si Moriarty n'était pas mort ?
Detective Daniel Hawthorne needs cash. Having gotten himself fired from the police, Hawthorne decides to approach Anthony Horowitz. Hes investigating a complex murder and he wants Anthony to write a book about it, a bestselling book of course, with a 50/50 split. The only catch is they need to solve the crime. A classic crime for the modern reader, this is a whodunnit to end all whodunnits.
A hilarious, spooky tale from the number one bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. A wickedly funny story by the number one bestelling author Anthony Horowitz, with brand new illustrations by Tony Ross. Sent to Groosham Grange as a last resort by his parents, David Eliot quickly discovers that his new school is a very weird place indeed. New pupils are made to sign their names in blood; the French teacher disappears every full moon; the assistant headmaster keeps something very chilling in his room... What's the meaning of the black rings everyone wears? Where do the other pupils vanish to at night? Most important of all, how on earth can David get away - alive?
L'histoire se déroule à Londres, en 1890. Inquiété par d'obscures menaces, Edmond Carstairs fait appel à Sherlock Holmes. Celui-ci suspend son enquête faute de preuves.Mais Carstairs est bientôt victime d'un vol. Dernière enquête du héros de Conan Doyle, gardée secrète selon la volonté du docteurWatson (l'ami du détective Sherlock Holmes, le narrateur de presque toutes les histoires et le fairevaloir de celui-ci).
Reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is relaxing in the south of France until a sudden, ruthless attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence and mystery - and this time, MI6 don't want to know. Alex is determined to track down his friends' attackers, even if he must do it alone. But it's a path that leads to a long-buried secret - and a discovery more terrible than anything he could have imagined. Visit the Alex Rider website at www.alexrider.com To learn more about this Alex Rider mission, click here. This edition of Eagle Strike is currently unavailable to customers in the USA. For more information, please email Customer Services
_________________________ Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant new murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne.
_________________________ 'You shouldn't be here. It's too late...' These, heard over the phone, were the last recorded words of successful celebrity-divorce lawyer Richard Pryce, found bludgeoned to death in his bachelor pad with a bottle of wine - a 1982 Chateau Lafite worth £3,000, to be precise.
Odd, considering he didn't drink. Why this bottle? And why those words? And why was a three-digit number painted on the wall by the killer? And, most importantly, which of the man's many, many enemies did the deed?
Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who's really getting rather good at this murder investigation business.
But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realises that these secrets must be exposed - even at the risk of death...
_____________________________ "Anthony Horowitz gets away with murder in all sorts of ways and emerges triumphant" - THE TIMES, Books of the Year "Pure pleasure for readers ... A must-read delight." - WALL STREET JOURNAL "This is crime fiction as dazzling entertainment, sustained by writing as skilfully light-footed as Fred Astaire" - SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB (STAR PICK) "A crime story that keeps you up into the small hours... a page-turning mystery" - METRO "Sheer genius ... The narrative is hilarious and full of Holmesian clues and deliberate errors which will leave the eagle-eyed reader feeling just a bit smug. A joy from start to finish" - INDEPENDENT "Fans of traditional puzzle mysteries will be enthralled" - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "One of the most creative writers in the country today" - JEREMY VINE "Huge fun... It's hard to know why anyone who loves a good mystery wouldn't thoroughly enjoy the ride" - IRISH INDEPENDENT "A new Anthony Horowitz novel is always something to look forward to. Anyone who likes a good Midsomer-style murder mystery will love The Sentence is Death" - CULTUREFLY 'Succeeds on all levels ... Horowitz has the Midas touch' - BOOKLIST 'This mystery is a worthy and witty follow-up to last year's best-seller The Word Is Murder ... brilliant and enigmatic' - AARP 'No one currently working the field has anywhere near this much ingenuity to burn' - KIRKUS
In the cold, dead eyes of the Banshee, and the hissing, spitting fangs of the Gorgon; in the fiery breath of the dragon and the razor sharp claws of the Sphinx - there is a thirst for blood and a murderous hunger. But it is a time of heroes, and the teeth and claws of these beasts are no match for the lethal blades of such men.
Myths and legends featuring big and bloody battles include such stories as "The Minotaur," "The Great Bell of Peking," and "Romulus and Remus," as well as Celtic and American Indian tales.
The battle between good and evil has raged throughout time, in every corner of this world and the next. The heroes and villains of this ancient conflict are many and varied. Some have fought using their superior strength, and some their wit and cunning.
When life is over, and the conflicted souls of the dead wend their weary way down to the underworld, what do they see? A three-headed dog with slavering jaws, a dark and foreboding river with a skeletal ferryman or simply darkness?
