Domestic Noir

The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest madcap form with this zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco, and featuring a diverse cast of characters, including a...

Un secret, longtemps caché, est à l’origine du talent de deux artistes ; un flash psychique sans précédent bouleverse de manière catastrophique des dizaines d’existences, dont celle de Danny ; un veuf éploré se rend en Floride pour se reposer, mais reçoit à la place un héritage inattendu, accompagné d’importantes obligations ; un vétéran du Vietnam répond à une offre d’emploi et découvre qu’il existe, dans l’univers, des coins qu’il vaut mieux ne pas explorer.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU CAN'T MISS! The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie? “A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive...A chilling thriller that will keep you reading long into the night.” —Mary Kubica, New York...

Early one morning on the shore of the Thames, DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene of a gruesome discovery. When Owusu sends the evidence for examination, he learns the bones are connected to a cold case that left three people dead on the kitchen floor in a Chelsea mansion thirty years ago. Rachel Rimmer has also received a shock—her husband, Michael, has been found dead in the cellar of his house in France. All signs point to an intruder, and the French police need her to come urgently to answer questions about Michael and his past that she very much doesn’t want to answer.

“Told in alternating perspectives divided into 'Me,' 'You,' 'Us,' and 'Them' sections, the narrations by Baxendale and Glover perfectly match the slow build of the story. Both capture the determination, guilt, and duplicity of the characters as the plot twists.” —AudioFile Award-winning...

Le soir où Anne et Marco sont invités à dîner chez leurs voisins, la baby-sitter leur fait faux bond. Après six mois de pouponnage et de dépression post-partum, ils avaient pourtant bien besoin de se divertir. Marco, surtout. Qu'à cela ne tienne, insiste ce dernier : les maisons sont mitoyennes, ils emportent avec eux le babyphone et se relaieront toutes les demi-heures pour aller jeter un œil sur le berceau.

Suzette knows her clever and manipulative seven-year-old daughter doesn’t love her. She can see the hatred and jealousy in her eyes. And as Hanna’s subtle acts of cruelty threaten to tear her and her husband apart, Suzette fears her very life may be in grave danger....

When you listen to this audiobook, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are listening to a story about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement - a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle. Assume nothing. Twisted and deliciously chilling, The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage - and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love.

It should be the perfect opportunity: a manor house available rent free in exchange for a bit of housesitting. But when Cass and James dig deeper, they find the place has been abandoned since a robbery left almost all the inhabitants dead almost thirty years ago. But they’ve got to save for a deposit somehow, so they move in, and things quickly take a strange turn. Objects disappear and turn up in odd places, the clock always stops at the same time, and the house is oppressive yet strangely familiar. Could it just be bad memories, or are the house’s secrets a little closer to home?

Twenty years ago, student Daisy Harrington went out for the evening and never came home. Her body was found a week later. The killer was caught. Case closed. Now, on what would have been her fortieth birthday, her five university housemates are invited to a weekend gathering. None of them want to go. But none of them can refuse—the invitation makes it clear that if they don’t attend, the past they’ve spent two decades hiding will finally come to light.

Sur le papier, Stephanie est comblée : un mari attentionné, une jolie maison dans un quartier huppé, d'adorables jumelles âgées de quelques mois. Certes, elle manque de sommeil et son moral s'en ressent. Mais bientôt les bébés feront leurs nuits, et tout ira mieux. C'était sans compter l'irruption de la blonde et vénéneuse Erica Voss. Alors que Patrick a toujours prétendu que sa première épouse était morte dans un accident de voiture, Erica présente une version des faits bien plus sordide.

His Scandal Her Secret From New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke, a stunning domestic thriller in the vein of Behind Closed Doors and The Woman in Cabin 10—in which a woman must make the impossible choice between defending her husband and saving herself. When Angela met Jason Powell...

William’s father is a beloved opera singer in Stockholm, charismatic and unpredictable. Raised in the shadow of his father’s addictions—women, drink, and cruelty—he knows the man’s dark side. William believes he’s found the light when he falls in love with a fellow university student, a young woman named Ebba. But his father’s hold on his life is not so easily broken. Even in death.

On choisit ses amis mais rarement ses enfants... La lecture précise et pince-sans-rire de Marine Lemonnier brosse le terrible portrait d'une famille. Les trois enfants de Fred Merton, patriarche aussi toxique que manipulateur, peuvent en témoigner. En particulier Dan, son seul fils, furieux depuis que son père a vendu l'entreprise qu'il espérait reprendre. Catherine, l'aînée, n'a quant à elle pas été ravie d'apprendre que ses parents comptent se séparer de la villa dont elle rêve d'hériter.

Rien de tel qu'un séjour au Mitchell's Inn pour se refaire une santé... Le Mitchell's Inn est un hôtel de charme perdu au cœur de la forêt. Ses pensionnaires croient avoir choisi la destination idéale pour se détendre au coin du feu, loin de la frénésie new-yorkaise. Là-bas, pas de portables ni d'Internet. Mais la tempête fait rage et, après une coupure d'électricité, on découvre Dana, venue pour une escapade romantique avec son fiancé, morte au pied de l'escalier. Chute accidentelle ? Drame conjugal ?

In a sleepy Devon village, a woman is taken from the streets. Local vet Jenny is horrified. This kind of thing doesn’t happen here. But it’s not the first time she’s been so close to a crime scene. The daughter of a prolific serial killer, she’s spent her whole life running from who she really is. And the crime is harrowingly similar to those her father committed all those years ago.

“Alafair Burke's latest propulsive thrill-ride is a suspenseful, twisty mystery about memory, friendship and secrets. A page-turner of the highest order.” -Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me The disappearance of a young woman leaves her best friend reeling and an NYPD homicide...

"Voici une lettre bien difficile à écrire. J'espère que vous ne nous maudirez pas trop. Mon fils s'est récemment introduit chez vous en votre absence." Aylesford, une banlieue new-yorkaise pleine de charme, offre à ses habitants une qualité de vie exceptionnelle. Pourtant un adolescent y a pris la mauvaise habitude d'entrer par effraction chez ses voisins et de fouiller dans leurs ordinateurs. Lorsque les victimes reçoivent une lettre anonyme à ce sujet, les rumeurs vont bon train et la suspicion monte.

Dr. Noah Alderman, a widower and single father, has remarried a wonderful woman, Maggie Ippolitti, and for the first time in a long time, he and his young son are happy. Despite her longing for the daughter she hasn’t seen since she was a baby, Maggie is happy too, and she’s even more overjoyed when she unexpectedly gets another chance to be a mother to the child she thought she'd lost forever, her only daughter Anna.

Sophie wasn’t expecting to find love in Sicily. But then she sees him: Emilio, a professor who works at the university where she is teaching for the summer. He’s kind, intelligent, funny, exciting and deliriously unpredictable… …maybe perfect. But paradise quickly turns to purgatory as she uncovers the haunting disappearance of Emilio’s first wife. And when she senses a shadowy character following her, watching her every move, Sophie starts to question her grip on reality. Is she being paranoid, or is nothing about her new life really what it seems?