Alan Conway est un auteur à succès. Les lecteurs vénèrent son détective, Fidèle Staupert, et raffolent de ses enquêtes dans la campagne anglaise, véritables hommages à l'âge d'or des romans d'énigme et à la reine du crime, Agatha Christie. Plus les fans achètent, plus son éditrice, Susan Ryeland, a le sourire.
Mais le dernier roman de Conway n'est pas comme les autres. En s'y plongeant, Susan découvre que le manuscrit dissimule une bien sombre énigme et qu'il ne s'agit cette fois pas d'une fiction. Son auteur est en danger et Susan, éditrice devenue détective à son tour, doit déchiffrer le puzzle de cette comptine mortelle avant qu'il ne soit trop tard...Un roman dans un roman. Ingénieux ! The Sunday Times.Traduit de l'anglais par Annick Le Goyat.
'Want to read a great whodunnit? Anthony Horowitz has one for you: MAGPIE MURDERS. It's as good as an Agatha Christie. Better, in some ways. Cleverer.' Stephen King 'The finest crime novel of the year' Daily Mail ***** Seven for a mystery that needs to be solved . . . Editor Susan Ryland has worked with bestselling crime writer Alan Conway for years. Readers love his detective, Atticus Pünd , a celebrated solver of crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Yes, there are dead bodies and a host of intriguing suspects, but hidden in the pages of the manuscript lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder. From the creator of Midsomer Murders comes a fiendish mystery perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. ***** Praise for Magpie Murders - the gripping Sunday Times bestselling crime thriller: 'Ingenious' Sunday Times 'Thrilling and compelling with a stunning twist' Daily Mail 'A stylish thriller' Sunday Mirror 'A cunning reinvention of the thriller' Mail on Sunday
Passion, deception, an unexplained death and a detective with quite a lot to hide lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant new murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne. As our reluctant narrator becomes ever more embroiled in the case, he realises that these secrets must be exposed - even at the risk ofÿdeath.
« 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 ?
SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER?
A woman is strangled six hours after organising her own funeral.
Did she know she was going to die? Did she recognise her killer?
Daniel Hawthorne, a recalcitrant detective with secrets of his own, is on the case, together with his reluctant side-kick - a man completely unaccustomed to the world of crime.
But even Hawthorne isn't prepared for the twists and turns in store - as unexpected as they are bloody...
_________________ Buried secrets, murder and a trail of bloody clues lie at the heart of Anthony Horowitz's page-turning new detective series. If you enjoyed BBC's Sherlock, you'll LOVE The Word is Murder.
Chosen as one of Crime Time's books of the year 'Raises the game-playing to Olympic level' - Guardian Books of the Year 'A real page-turner. I loved it!' - ALED JONES (ITV, Weekend) 'The beguiling whodunit plot is dispatched with characteristic elan as Horowitz blurs the line between fact and fiction' - Financial Times 'Splendidly entertaining, absorbing and difficult to put down. Hawthorne is an intriguing character' - Daily Express 'Sharp-witted readers who think they've solved the puzzle early on can rest assured that they've opened only one of many dazzling Christmas packages Horowitz has left beautifully wrapped under the tree' - Kirkus Reviews 'Deduction and wit are well-balanced, and fans of Peter Lovesey and other modern channelers of the spirit of the golden age of detection will clamor for more' - Publishers Weekly
THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Exciting... 007 is back' Daily Express 'Evil villains, fast cars...and the story rips along' Guardian The explosive prequel to Casino Royale, from bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ***** A SPY IS DEAD One body. Three bullets. A British agent floats in the waters of the French Riviera, murdered by an unknown hand.
A LEGEND IS BORN Determined to uncover the truth, James Bond enters a world of fast cars, grand casinos and luxury yachts. But beneath the glamour, he soon encounters a dangerous network of organised crime.
THIS IS HOW IT ALL BEGAN It's time for Bond to earn his licence to kill. He must find those responsible and unravel their devastating plan - before he becomes their next victim...
***** 'Tremendous fun... Horowitz has the discipline and skill of a first-class action writer' Sunday Express 'Horowitz excels at action sequences' Sunday Times
@2@@20@Literary legend James Bond returns to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating thriller by @18@Sunday Times@19@bestselling author Anthony Horowitz.@21@ @3@@2@It's 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end.@3@@2@Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. And SMERSH is back.@3@@2@The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. But it's Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting between SMERSH's driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin. @3@@2@Soon Bond is pitched into an entirely different race with implications that could change the world. Thrown together with American agent, Jeopardy Lane, Bond uncovers a plan that will bring the West to its knees in a heart-stopping climax.@3@@2@Welcoming back familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny, international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ticks all the boxes: speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, to reinvent the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly gripping adventure. TRIGGER MORTIS is also the first James Bond novel to feature previously unseen Ian Fleming material.@3@@2@This is James Bond as Fleming imagined him.@3@
