Josie, Kat et Perri sont inséparables. Depuis ce serment qu´elles ont prêté et qui a marqué toutes leurs années à Glendale, la banlieue bourgeoise de Baltimore. Elles sont toujours restées fidèles à ce pacte indestructible qui a fait d´elles le trio le plus célèbre du lycée: l´actrice rebelle, la gymnaste et la beauté généreuse. Désormais, ce sont trois jeunes femmes, prêtes à se lancer dans la grande aventure de l´université et de la liberté.
Pourtant, en ce dernier jour de classe, des coups de feu éclatent au lycée. Et quand la police force la porte des toilettes, Perri et Josie baignent dans leur sang tandis que Kat est étendue plus loin, morte d´une balle en pleine poitrine.  Que s´est-il passé pour qu´une telle amitié bascule ainsi dans l´horreur ? Est-ce que Josie, la moins gravement touchée, dit vraiment la vérité aux policiers ? Et n´y avait-il vraiment que trois personnes dans ces toilettes ? Le doute et la suspicion s´immiscent lentement dans les esprits et remettent tout en cause, jusqu´aux plus belles promesses du passé.

Celle qui devait mourir

Héloïse Lewis est une jeune femme dynamique et courageuse, admirée de ses voisines dans sa charmante banlieue de Baltimore. Veuve avant la naissance de son enfant, elle demeure une mère attentive tout en exerçant avec talent son métier de lobbyiste. Et, pour certains hommes riches du quartier, elle est surtout celle qui leur fournit des accompagnatrices nocturnes. Mais, alors que l'une des filles qu'elle emploie veut la faire chanter, une autre est retrouvée assassinée. Sur les lieux du crime, tous les indices convergent vers un dangereux criminel qu'Héloïse a bien connu autrefois... Le père de son fils ? Sans diplôme, sans famille et sans réels amis, elle va devoir agir vite pour préserver les apparences.

Corps coupable - Occasion

Meet some of the most dangerous women master of psychological suspense Laura Lippman has ever created in works so dark that her husband observed that most of her short stories center on betrayals between men and women. These stories include a senior citizen porn star ("Femme Fatale"); two twenty-somethings deranged by calorie deprivation ("The Crack Cocaine Diet"); a petulant tourist deceived by love in Dublin ("Honor Bar"); and a mysterious Good Samaritan-hobbyist ("Dear Penthouse Forum" (A First Draft)). Available singly or as a collection.

Nasty Girls - Femme Fatale, The Crack Cocaine Diet, Honor Bar, Dear Penthouse Forum

Laura Lippman, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Most Dangerous Thing, I'd Know You Anywhere, and What the Dead Know, returns with an addictive story that explores how one man's disappearance echoes through the lives of the wife, mistress, and daughters he left behind. When Felix Brewer meets Bernadette "Bambi" Gottschalk at a Valentine's Dance in 1959, he charms her with wild promises, some of which he actually keeps. Thanks to his lucrative-if not all legal-businesses, she and their three little girls live in luxury. But on the Fourth of July, 1976, Bambi's comfortable world implodes when Felix, newly convicted and facing prison, mysteriously vanishes. Though Bambi has no idea where her husband-or his money-might be, she suspects one woman does: his mistress, Julie. When Julie disappears ten years to the day that Felix went on the lam, everyone assumes she's left to join her old lover-until her remains are eventually found. Now, twenty-six years after Julie went missing, Roberto "Sandy" Sanchez, a retired Baltimore detective working cold cases for some extra cash, is investigating her murder. What he discovers is a tangled web stretching over three decades that connects five intriguing women. And at the center is the missing man Felix Brewer. Somewhere between the secrets and lies connecting past and present, Sandy will find the truth. And when he does, no one will ever be the same.

After I'm Gone - A Novel

A powerful and utterly riveting tale that skillfully moves between past and present to explore the lasting effects of crime on a victim's life that will leave readers racing to the final page, I'd Know You Anywhere is a virtuoso performance from acclaimed, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Laura Lippman. Eliza Benedict cherishes her peaceful, ordinary suburban life with her successful husband and children, thirteen-year-old Iso and eight-year-old Albie. But her tranquillity is shattered when she receives a letter from the last person she ever expects-or wants-to hear from: Walter Bowman. There was your photo, in a magazine. Of course, you are older now. Still, I'd know you anywhere. In the summer of 1985, when she was fifteen, Eliza was kidnapped by Walter and held hostage for almost six weeks. He had killed at least one girl and Eliza always suspected he had other victims as well. Now on death row in Virginia for the rape and murder of his final victim, Walter seems to be making a heartfelt act of contrition as his execution nears. Though Eliza wants nothing to do with him, she's never forgotten that Walter was most unpredictable when ignored. Desperate to shelter her children from this undisclosed trauma in her past, she cautiously makes contact with Walter. She's always wondered why Walter let her live, and perhaps now he'll tell her-and share the truth about his other victims. Yet as Walter presses her for more and deeper contact, it becomes clear that he is after something greater than forgiveness. He wants Eliza to remember what really happened that long-ago summer. He wants her to save his life. And Eliza, who has worked hard for her comfortable, cocooned life, will do anything to protect it-even if it means finally facing the events of that horrifying summer and the terrible truth she's kept buried inside.

I'd Know You Anywhere - A Novel

New York Times BestsellerAward-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan-first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues-must protect an up-and-coming Hollywood actress, but when murder strikes on a TV set, the unflappable PI discovers everyone's got a secret."[A] welcome addition to Tess Monaghan's adventures and an insightful look at the desperation that drives those grasping for a shot at fame and those who will do anything to keep it."-San Francisco ChronicleWhen private investigator Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series Mann of Steel while sculling, she expects sharp words and evil looks, not an assignment. But the company has been plagued by a series of disturbing incidents since its arrival on location in Baltimore: bad press, union threats, and small, costly on-set "accidents" that have wreaked havoc with its shooting schedule. As a result, Mann's creator, Flip Tumulty, the son of a Hollywood legend, is worried for the safety of his young female lead, Selene Waites, and asks Tess to serve as her bodyguard. Tumulty's concern may be well founded. Recently, a Baltimore man was discovered dead in his home, surrounded by photos of the beautiful-if difficult-aspiring star. In the past, Tess has had enough trouble guarding her own body. Keeping a spoiled movie princess under wraps may be more than she can handle since Selene is not as naive as everyone seems to think, and instead is quite devious. Once Tess gets a taste of this world of make-believe-with their vanities, their self-serving agendas, and their remarkably skewed visions of reality-she's just about ready to throw in the towel. But she's pulled back in when a grisly on-set murder occurs, threatening to topple the wall of secrets surrounding Mann of Steel as lives, dreams, and careers are scattered among the ruins.

Another Thing to Fall - A Tess Monaghan Novel

When New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan investigates five cold case murders, she doesn't expect the investigation to become personal.Tess Monaghan agrees to look into a series of unsolved homicides that date back over the past six years despite the fact that the assignment originates from a troubling source: wealthy Baltimore benefactor Luisa O'Neal, who was both instrumental in launching Tess's present career and intimately connected with the murder of Tess's former boyfriend. Apart from the suspicion that each death was the result of domestic violence, nothing else seems to connect them. Five lives-four women, one man-ended in various ways. The only thing the five cases seem to have is that they are now ice cold. Tess' search for the connecting threads takes her beyond the Charm City limits and into dangerously unfamiliar territory. With the help of a police officer obsessed with bringing a murderer down, she follows scant leads into the remotest corners of Maryland, where a psychopath can hide as easily in the fabric of a tiny, rough-hewn fishing community as in the alleys and shadows of bustling Baltimore. As she strays far from everything that's familiar and safe in her life, Tess is suddenly cast into a terrifying cat-and-mouse game with an ingenious slayer who changes identities as often and effortlessly as clothing. But at last, a single link to the murders emerges. Unfortunately, it's Tess.

The Last Place - A Tess Monaghan Novel

Un beau brun mystérieux fait escale dans le bar d'un minuscule bled du Delaware. Il est aussitôt séduit par une rousse dont le corps incendiaire contraste avec l'attitude glaciale. Comme dans le classique du genre «Le facteur sonne toujours deux fois», ils s'attirent et se repoussent tels des aimants, sous l'oeil placide de deux habitués et le regard jaloux de la serveuse. Mais sur ce canevas éprouvé, Laura Lippman joue bientôt sa propre partition.
De dialogues nerveux en retournements stupéfiants, elle alterne les histoires que chacun se raconte pour explorer un jeu de masques, toujours sur le point de virer au jeu de massacre, s'il n'y avait le coeur brûlant du récit, qui ne cesse de muter : le désir. Celui de deux êtres en rupture de ban le temps d'un été qui pourrait être le dernier, celui d'une héroïne qui change de vie, d'identité et de mari comme de couleur de cheveux, et qui décide de prendre en main son destin, en se heurtant à tous ces impossibles qui jalonnent les love stories réussies. Et font les plus grands romans noirs.

Corps inflammables

Deux fillettes rentrent chez elles par une chaude après-midi de juillet à Baltimore. Dans une rue qu'elles n'auraient pas dû emprunter, elles trouvent un bébé abandonné dans un landau. La gentille Alice Manning et Ronnie Fuller, la tête brûlée, sont pleines de bonnes intentions. Elles veulent juste aider ce bébé et faire une bonne action... Mais la situation prend un tour dramatique et la vie de trois familles s'en trouve bouleversée à jamais. Sept ans plus tard, Alice et Ronnie rentrent chez elles, séparément cette fois. Leur amitié n'est plus qu'un lointain souvenir, mais leur secret les lie à jamais. Alors qu'elles tentent de tourner le dos à leur sombre passé, un enfant disparaît, dans des circonstances si troublantes qu'elles désignent Alice et Ronnie comme coupables. Déterminée à retrouver l'enfant disparu et à faire éclater la vérité au grand jour, le détective Nancy Porter prend l'affaire à cœur. C'est elle qui avait résolu la première disparition. Mais il ne faut jamais se fier aux apparences, car dans ce monde, l'innocence n'existe plus, pas même chez les enfants.

Leakin Park - Occasion

"One of the best novelists around, period."-Washington Post"Lippman has enriched literature as a whole.-Chicago Sun-TimesOne of the most acclaimed novelists in America today, Laura Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of mystery fiction and psychological suspense with her Tess Monaghan p.i. series and her New York Times bestselling standalone novels (What the Dead Know, Life Sentences, I'd Know You Anywhere, etc.). With The Most Dangerous Thing, the multiple award winning author-recipient of the Anthony, Edgar®, Shamus, and Agatha Awards, to name but a few-once again demonstrates how storytelling is done to perfection. Set once again in the well-wrought environs of Lippman's beloved Baltimore, it is the shadowy tale of a group of onetime friends forced to confront a dark past they've each tried to bury following the death of one of their number. Rich in the compassion and insight into flawed human nature that has become a Lippman trademark while telling an absolutely gripping story, The Most Dangerous Thing will not be confined by genre restrictions, reaching out instead to captive a wide, diverse audience, from Harlan Coben and Kate Atkinson fans to readers of Jodi Picoult and Kathryn Stockett.

The Most Dangerous Thing

L'inspecteur Kevin Infante n'officiait pas à Baltimore trente ans plus tôt. Il ne connaît donc pas l'histoire des soeurs Bethany, deux petites filles enlevées dans un centre commercial en 1975. Pourquoi croirait-il une femme qui affirme être l'une des soeurs disparues ? Et qui plus est une femme en état de choc, arrêtée alors qu'elle tentait de fuir la police...

Ce que savent les morts

"La jolie Gwen, sa voisine Mickey et les trois frères Halloran, Tim, Gordon et Sean. Cinq enfants, les meilleurs amis du monde à la fin des années soixante-dix à Dickeyville, une petite banlieue pavillonnaire de Baltimore. Après l'école, ils allaient jouer dans les bois, derrière Leakin Park, là où les parents ne vous embêtent pas et où l'on se sent vraiment libre. Mais là aussi où parfois, on fait des rencontres. Des rencontres qu'on aurait préféré ne jamais faire. Trente ans plus tard, Gordon vient de se tuer au volant de sa voiture. Les quatre autres se retrouvent pour la première fois après toutes ces années. Ce qui s'est passé cette nuit-là, ils n'ont jamais pu en parler. Ils n'ont pu que se séparer, s'enfuir au plus loin les uns des autres. Mais maintenant, la mort est là. Et le secret qu'ils ont enfermé dans un coin sombre de leurs mémoires pourrait bien revenir. Pour tout détruire. La jolie Gwen, sa voisine Mickey et les trois frères Halloran, Tim, Gordon et Sean. Cinq enfants, les meilleurs amis du monde à la fin des années soixante-dix à Dickeyville, une petite banlieue pavillonnaire de Baltimore. Après l'école, ils allaient jouer dans les bois, derrière Leakin Park, là où les parents ne vous embêtent pas et où l'on se sent vraiment libre. Mais là aussi où parfois, on fait des rencontres. Des rencontres qu'on aurait préféré ne jamais faire. Trente ans plus tard, Gordon vient de se tuer au volant de sa voiture. Les quatre autres se retrouvent pour la première fois après toutes ces années. Ce qui s'est passé cette nuit-là, ils n'ont jamais pu en parler. Ils n'ont pu que se séparer, s'enfuir au plus loin les uns des autres. Mais maintenant, la mort est là. Et le secret qu'ils ont enfermé dans un coin sombre de leurs mémoires pourrait bien revenir. Pour tout détruire. ".

J'ai voulu oublier ce jour

"Lippman is a writing powerhouse. " -USA Today "I love her books." -Harlan Coben New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman-winner of the Edgar® Award and every other major literary prize given for mystery and crime fiction-embroils Baltimore p.i. Tess Monaghan in the strange case of The Girl in the Green Raincoat. Originally serialized in the New York Times, The Girl in the Green Raincoat is now in book form for the very first time-a masterful thriller in the Alfred Hitchcock mode that places a very pregnant, homebound Tess in the center of a murderous puzzle that could cost her her life and the life of her unborn child.

The Girl in the Green Raincoat - A Tess Monaghan Novel

Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who—or what—could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness? Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone Bethany sisters. But her involuntary admission and subsequent attempt to stonewall investigators only deepens the mystery. Where has she been? Why has she waited so long to come forward? Could her abductor truly be a beloved Baltimore cop? There isn't a shred of evidence to support her story, and every lead she gives the police seems to be another dead end—a dying, incoherent man, a razed house, a missing grave, and a family that disintegrated long ago, torn apart not only by the crime but by the fissures the tragedy revealed in what appeared to be the perfect household. In a story that moves back and forth across the decades, there is only one person who dares to be skeptical of a woman who wants to claim the identity of one Bethany sister without revealing the fate of the other. Will he be able to discover the truth?

Laura Lippman, née le 31 janvier 1959 à Atlanta en Géorgie, est une auteure américaine spécialisée dans le roman policier et le thriller.

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