Titres dans Noir

In a land scarred by war and haunted by its own dark secrets, betrayal and bloodshed rule the night.

Sloane Caraway est une menteuse. Rien de bien méchant : ses petits mensonges sont inoffensifs, destinés à embellir sa vie tristement banale, comme elle dit. Alors, quand Sloane aperçoit une fillette en larmes dans un parc, elle ne peut pas s'en empêcher : elle dit au (très séduisant) père de l'enfant qu'elle est infirmière et l'aide à retirer un dard d'abeille du pied de sa fille. Grâce à cette rencontre fortuite, Sloane devient la nounou des riches et privilégiés Jay et Violet Lockhart.

A young hospital security guard with a disturbingly unique taste in women. A maternity doctor with a horrifically unusual appetite. When the two of them meet, they embark on a journey of self-discovery while shattering societal norms and engaging in destructively aberrant behavior. As they unwittingly help each other understand a world in which neither seems to belong, they begin to realize what it truly means to be alive...and that it might not always a good thing.

En Gambuesa todos sus protagonistas han perdido o perderán algo mientras basculan entre la casualidad y la causalidad. Jorge es un inspector de trabajo que se esconde de sí mismo en una isla. Una inspección lo lleva hasta la finca ganadera de Perico, donde descubrirá un mundo primitivo de animales míticos y costumbres empujadas a desaparecer. Conchi trabaja en la finca y lucha por recuperarse de los daños infligidos por un sistema que aplasta a las personas para convertirlas en piezas mutiladas del gran engranaje que funciona solamente para unos pocos.

Emilio es un profesor español que viaja a Asunción en un intento desesperado por huir cuanto antes de su pasado y comenzar una nueva vida. Allí conocerá a Mauri, una hermosa mujer que se enfrenta a los peligros de la noche y tiene los oídos manchados de escuchar mentiras en el sucio mercado del sexo. También se cruzará con Carlitos, un niño de la calle inmerso en una alocada carrera hacia la muerte.

Luna es la historia de tres mujeres. Es la historia de Luna, también la de Sara y la de Adoración, nieta, madre, abuela, abocadas a convivir en la misma casa llena de silencios, colmada de olvidos y habitada por una presencia del pasado, la del padre de Sara, el marido de Dora, el abuelo de Luna, que guarda un secreto.

Nella medievale Villabosco, nell'entroterra siciliano, le confraternite tramandano la pietas popolare con riti secolari che caratterizzano il Venerdì di passione. Nei giorni della Settimana Santa, i confratelli sfilano con la stessa aria di sacralità e solennità mutuata dal Medioevo, portando a spalla le statue dei santi, pesanti e preziosissime, indossando tuniche ricamate con fili d'oro e calando sul viso i cappucci della penitenza.

Faccio un respiro profondo mentre mi avvicino al lodge con le pareti di vetro che la mia ex suocera, Angela, ha prenotato per il suo compleanno. Non avevo alcuna voglia di andare in vacanza con il mio ex marito e la sua nuova moglie, ma lei ha insistito perché io e i miei figli facessimo finta di essere una famiglia felice. Poi arriva una telefonata dalla polizia. Qualcuno è stato ucciso. E pensano che noi sappiamo qualcosa. Il cuore mi batte all'impazzata mentre osservo la neve alta accumulata alla finestra. Siamo intrappolati in questa casa. C'è un assassino tra noi.

La découverte d'une vieille photo bouleverse à jamais l'existence tranquille d'une mère de famille. Et si votre vie n'était qu'une vaste imposture ? Si l'homme que vous avez épousé dix ans auparavant n'était pas celui que vous croyiez ? Si tout votre univers s'effondrait brutalement ? Pour Grace Lawson, il aura suffi d'un seul regard sur une vieille photo prise vingt ans plus tôt pour que tout s'écroule. Ses souvenirs, son mariage, ses amis : tout n'était qu'un tissu de mensonges.

Tough, cynical PI Sam Spade is hired by the story's irresistible femme fatale, Brigid O'Shaughnessy, to locate the client's sister by tailing her companion. Spade's partner, Miles Archer, takes on the assignment, and quickly both he and the man he was shadowing are murdered. As Spade pursues the mystery of his partner's death, he is drawn into a circle of colorful characters - all of them after a legendary statuette of a falcon fashioned long ago for King Charles of Spain.

The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson. In The Lady in the Lake, hardboiled crime fiction master Raymond...

When two men meet in the gym - the ex-boxer Billy Tully and the novice Ernie Munger - their brief sparring session sets into motion their hidden fates, initiating young Munger into the "company of men" and luring Tully back into training. Fat City tells of their anxieties and hopes, their loves and losses, and the stubborn determination of their manager, Ruben Luna, who knows that even the most promising kid is likely to fall prey to some weakness.

A dark, riveting, beautifully written book—by “a brilliant novelist,” according to Richard Bausch—that combines noir and the gothic in a story about two families entwined in their own unhappiness, with, at its heart, a gruesome and unsolved murder Late one winter afternoon in upstate...

When Aisling Conroy's boyfriend Jack is found in the freezing black waters of the river Corrib in Ireland, the police tell her it was suicide. Jack's sister Maude reappears in Ireland after years abroad, determined to prove Jack was murdered. Detective Cormac Reilly, who was recently transferred to Galway from his squad in Dublin, is assigned to dig into a cold case from 20 years ago – the seeming overdose of Jack and Maude's drug and alcohol addled mother.

Sin City. An artificial oasis of pleasure, spectacle, and entertainment, the gambling capital of America has reinvented itself so many times that it's doubtful that anyone knows for sure what's real and what isn't in the miles of neon and scorching heat. Las Vegas is considered the ultimate player's destination, no matter what your game. Las Vegas is the true city that never sleeps, where fortunes are made and lost every day, and where snake-eyes aren't found just on a pair of dice.

When a farmer and his son go missing whilst chasing rustlers, DCI Evan Warlow and his team are called in to investigate. Everything points to a botched raid by heartless thieves, but with no bodies, and little or no clues, the team quickly start chasing their tails. The close-knit community reels from the shock, but not everyone the team comes across is being entirely honest, and it quickly transpires that, under their prim and proper facades, some have secrets they are desperate to keep.

In this thrilling mystery from "master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley (National Book Foundation), Detective Easy Rawlins has settled into the happy rhythm of his new life when a dark siren from his past returns and threatens to destroy the peace he's fought for. The name Easy Rawlins...

Intrepid Mountie Jack Taggart is hurled into a world where morality, justice, and the legal system are pitted against one another. Taggart investigates the murder of someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Wiretap information identifies a shadowy gang member known only as Cocktail as being responsible. Taggart and his partner go undercover to join one of a coalition of gangs who are at war in British Columbia. Their mission is to identify Cocktail and gain evidence to convict him of murder.

Bonus feature includes an original afterword by James Ellroy, titled "Hillikers," read by Stephen Hoye. On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia–and so begins the greatest manhunt in...

Aider une jeune autostoppeuse : où est le mal ? Surtout dans une petite ville, où tout le monde se connaît, se fait confiance. Et pourtant... Cal Weaver, ex-flic au grand cœur, pourrait vite découvrir qu'entre bon Samaritain et ennemi public numéro un, la ligne est souvent très mince. Avec ce puzzle meurtrier, brillant et angoissant à souhait, le créateur de frissons signe un millésime 2016 d'exception ! État de New York, près de la frontière canadienne, de nos jours.