Kidnapping Thriller

En pleine nuit, au beau milieu des ombres inquiétantes d'une forêt du Hampshire, Katie, jeune autrice de polars, est brutalement kidnappée. Elle se réveille dans un grenier, sans souvenir de ce qui lui est arrivé et découvre un mot de son ravisseur, Le Loup. Celui-ci lui impose un choix effroyable : écrire des crimes inspirés de contes de fées, des récits qui prendront vie et entraîneront la mort de véritables personnes, ou mourir elle-même. A. K. Benedict réinvente les contes de notre enfance dans un thriller horrifique, glaçant et surprenant.

DS Lucas Walker is off duty. He's supposed to be showing his little sister Grace the Australian outback, on her visit from Boston, but instead they're headed out bush- where Walker's cousin has been mining for boulder opal. Something seemed off when Walker heard that Blair wanted to get out of Kanpara, so he and Grace are en route to bring him home to Caloodie. But Kanpara is in Channel Country, and a major flood is on the way.

When gunshots ring out from an exclusive family home on the edge of Northern Pine Lake, Agent Tori Hunter races through the gathering snowstorm to discover that ten-year-old Teddy Marist has disappeared. His mother and her new boyfriend are dead in the family kitchen, breakfast still cooking on the stove. And racing to track down Teddy’s father, Tori finds he is missing too. Local police are certain this is a simple case of a jealous ex-husband turned violent over his recent divorce.

Gwendolyn Black is one of New York’s most renowned attorneys. But after her baby is kidnapped during her morning jog, the detectives working the case suspect she is hiding something. Further uptown, a retired criminal gives the ultimate gift to his girlfriend, who has just lost a full-term pregnancy: a perfect baby girl. With the media transfixed, the detectives tighten their noose, hoping Gwen will lead them to the kidnappers. But she has everything to lose and cannot trust the cops. Instead, she decides to face the kidnappers alone.

Un labyrinthe secret plongé dans l'obscurité. Un bourreau qui y enferme ses proies. Une victime qui parvient à s'en échapper, mais sans le moindre souvenir. Un effroyable combat pour retrouver la mémoire, et une enquête à hauts risques pour traquer celui qui continue à agir dans l'ombre... Le nouveau volet tant attendu du "Chuchoteur".

One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two girls - sisters, eight and 11 - go missing. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women. Taking us through a year in Kamchatka, Disappearing Earth enters with astonishing emotional acuity the worlds of a cast of richly drawn characters, all connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother.

Every so often a character so captures the hearts and imaginations of listeners that he seems to take on a life of his own long after the final chapter. For such a character, one book is not enough—listeners must know what happens next. Now Dean Koontz returns with the novel his fans have been demanding. With the emotional power and sheer storytelling artistry that are his trademarks, Koontz takes up once more the story of a unique young hero and an eccentric little town in a tale that is equal parts suspense and terror, adventure and mystery—and altogether irresistibly odd.

A beautiful Italian girl driving home in an open top sports car, a little boy playing on a South Coast beach and the senior steward of the Jockey Club on his way to a press reception in Baltimore. One after the other they suffer the same nightmare ordeal - kidnapping. But there is one thing connecting these particular cases. For the Italian girl is a jockey, and the little boy an only son of a racehorse owner.

Sept ans après s'être mesurée au Chuchoteur, Mila Vasquez travaille aux Limbes, le département des personnes disparues. L'enquêtrice excelle dans son domaine. Peut-être parce qu'elle est incapable d'éprouver la moindre émotion. Ou peut-être parce qu'elle-même porte dans sa chair la marque des ténèbres. On a tous ressenti l'envie de s'évanouir dans la nature. De fuir le plus loin possible. De tout laisser derrière soi.

At first glance, Jellicoe Close seems to be a perfect suburban street – well-kept houses with pristine lawns, neighbours chatting over garden fences, children playing together. But there are dark secrets behind the neat front doors, hidden dangers that include a ruthless criminal who will stop at nothing. It’s up to DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent to uncover the truth. Posing as a couple, they move into the Close, blurring the lines between professional and personal as never before.

August 1975: Als Barbara eines Morgens nicht wie sonst in ihrer Koje im Sommercamp liegt, beginnt eine panische und groß angelegte Suche nach der 13-Jährigen. Das Verschwinden einer Jugendlichen im Naturreservat ist unter allen Umständen eine Katastrophe, aber Barbara ist keine gewöhnliche Camperin: Sie ist die Tochter der reichen Familie van Laar, der das Camp und das umliegende Land in den Wäldern gehört. Und sie ist die Schwester von Bear, dem Jungen, der seit 14 Jahren vermisst wird.

Ten years ago, forensic artist Jacy Urban escaped her abductor with no memory of that night. Now two teenage girls are missing, and all signs indicate that the same kidnapper is back on the hunt. When Jacy is attacked, it’s clear the assailant is after her. Only Detective Cash Rawson is there to rescue her—just as he did a decade ago. Can Cash help Jacy recover her memories and bring a criminal to justice before she’s silenced for good?

Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It's an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry - until Ben vanishes. Police are called, search parties go out, and Rachel, already insecure after her recent divorce, feels herself coming undone. As hours and then days pass without a sign of Ben, everyone who knew him is called into question, from Rachel's newly married ex-husband to her mother-of-the-year sister.

The boy was born and raised on the Main Line, but he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets, last seen in a downtown cheater's hotel. The boy's mother, Linda Coldren, is a golf superstar and Myron Bolitar's client. When he goes after the missing boy, presumed kidnapped, he crashes through a crowd of lowlifes, blue bloods, and liars on both sides of the social divide. Meanwhile, Linda's husband is trying to stage a comeback at the U.S. Open, only to be found dead in a sand trap.

For ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, it's the beginning of his worst nightmare: a car abandoned on a desolate stretch of Oregon highway, engine running, purse on the driver's seat. And his estranged wife, Rainie Conner, gone, leaving no clue to her fate.

One year after a terrible tragedy, the coastal town of West Seven is still recovering from its collective trauma. Deputy Lux Bern is a young rookie police officer with a mysterious past. When an opportunity arises to work with a seasoned detective, Lux jumps at the chance. A girl has gone missing, and Lux is personally invested in the teenager’s recovery.

One by one, children of New York's wealthiest are taken hostage. But the criminal doesn't crave money or power--he only wants to ask the elite if they know the price others pay for their luxurious lifestyles. And, if they don't, he corrects their ignorance - by killing them.

Le polar original gagnant du concours « Faits divers » Fyctia - Pocket présidé par Olivier Bal. Le soir du 21 novembre 2005, Kay Dancourt, Substitut du procureur de la République de Paris disparaît. Son mari, Axel Dancourt, gendarme au sein du PSIG de Palaiseau, rongé par l'inquiétude, donne l'alerte. La patrouille de gendarmerie retrouve la voiture de la magistrate sur la bande d'arrêt d'urgence, portière ouverte, sans sa conductrice à son bord. La thèse de l'enlèvement est aussitôt envisagée et le Parquet de Paris est alerté. Axel participe à la battue.

When he wakes in a pitch-black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten – accountant and champion steeplechase jockey – knows he’s entered a nightmare of someone else’s making. Wracking his brain to figure out who’s out to get him and why, he comes up empty, but somehow manages a death-defying escape. It isn’t long, though, before he’s recaptured.

Cleary, North Carolina, is a sleepy mountain town, the kind of place where criminal activity is usually limited to parking violations. Not so, lately. Four women have disappeared from Cleary over the past two years. And there's always a blue ribbon left near the spot where each of the women was last seen. There are no bodies, no other clues, and no suspicion as to who their abductor might be. And now, another woman has disappeared without a trace.