Sylvia, la pauvre orpheline, et sa cousine Bonnie, fille de riches châtelains, vont-elles s’entendre? Qui est donc cette gouvernante sinistre qui doit veiller sur elles ? Les deux petites filles parviendront-elles à mettre en échec ses plans perfides ? Qui sont les véritables loups du domaine ? Un récit au rythme endiablé à vivre avec deux héroïnes inoubliables.

Le manoir aux loups

...Mais il plut tous les dimanches cet été-la. D'ailleurs, il plut presque tous les jours. Pour Jane, ce fut l'été de la peur. Un couple étrange envahit sa vie, son mari devint distant et inquiet, ses enfants tombèrent malades, le chat mourut dans un piège à lapins... La terreur s'installa peu à peu, jusqu'à l'explosion finale.

Mort un dimanche de pluie

Last Movement

CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES BY20 VENDORS OF VILLAINYMystery Writers of America is pleased to present this sinister volume of larceny, deception, and murder, brought to you by the very finest purveyors of perfidy. Donald E. Westlake tells a tale of a cheating wife who tries to turn the tables on her blackmailer, only to find herself caught in a bigger web of lies than she could have imagined. From Robert Bloch comes a story of a man whose very best friend has the very worst plans for his wife. Miriam Allen deFord tells the mystery of a family that is disappearing off the face of the Earth, one by one. And master of suspense Cornell Woolrich takes us south of the border for a sultry tale of jealousy, death, and revenge from beyond the grave. And now that the transaction is complete, there is nothing left but to open the book and lose yourself in any one of these twenty suspenseful stories, each written by a true merchant of menace.

Merchants of Menace - Mystery Writers of America Presents: Classics, #5

When Meg Frazer's actress mother is killed in a Hollywood accident, nineteen-year-old Meg finds it hard to adapt to life in Britain with her cold, distant father . . . and at night she is haunted by a strange dream of a face which she is sure has something to do with her past.
Meg follows a clue from the past to a remote Cornish Village. There she becomes involved in a nightmare web of terror and suspense . . . She meets a young man called Toby, who is different from her staid fiancé, but how is he wrapped up in the secrets she is unravelling?
First written as a short suspense story in the 1960's, this YA romantic thriller went on to win an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Joan Aiken in 1972
"A cunning thriller romance, with the ever popular suspense and terror... good holiday reading for the not so bookish" Elaine Moss, Times
"Young, beautiful, talented, engaged to a handsome and successful stockbroker, she should have been content to stay in London. But irresistibly Meg was drawn back to Penlaggen...back into a forgotten past... And waiting for her was a man who exercised a strange and fearful power over her...and a secret that led her ever closer to danger" Fiction Database
"The suspense is wonderfully sustained and leads to a terrifying climax, and there is even a satisfying love story" Publisher's Weekly
"A dream has haunted nineteen-year-old Meg for ten years, ever since her mother's death. Now engaged and determined to exorcise the dream before her marriage, Meg drives to the remote Cornwall village of Penleggen where the author's gift for direful scene and gripping incident takes control...the physical danger mounts as Meg's psychological mystery is solved and a literate thriller gathers momentum" Kirkus review

Night Fall

The Paget family's adventures begin in this Gothic regency romance from legendary author Joan Aiken, perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Netflix's romantic drama series inspired by the novels of Julia Quinn. When danger forces expatriate English gentlewoman Juliana Paget to flee her home in Italy, she embarks on a journey full of thrilling adventure. Nothing could have prepared her for outwitting a French mob, crossing the Channel in a hot air balloon, or fending off the advances of the fascinating Count Welcker. Arriving in London just in time for her very first Season, Juliana is going to find all her ideals challenged and the truth of her heart finally revealed.'Joan Aiken's invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon. She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for many years to come.' Philip Pullman

The Smile of the Stranger

'Joan Aiken's invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon. She was a literary treasure, and her books will continue to delight for many years to come.' - Philip PullmanDelphie Carteret is forced into a dangerous marriage of convenience in Joan Aiken's stunning regency romance, The Five Minute Marriage. Perfect for fans of Bridgerton, the major romantic drama series from Netlix. Delphie has been disinherited from her family's life of luxury and wealth, but, as her mother's health and wits deteriorate, she has no choice but to seek help from distant relatives. However, when she arrives at the family's grand house, she discovers part of their fortune is rightfully hers, and the only way to obtain her inheritance is through a sham marriage to her cousin. Unknowingly, Delphie has tangled herself in a web of family rivalry and deceit that goes back generations. Other members of the family are not just in debt but in the Marshalsea - the debtors' prison described by Dickens. Forced to maintain the charade of her marriage, Delphie is finally drawn into a dramatic fight for her life, and a surprisingly romantic finale on the roof of the family mansion. Joan Aiken has woven together an enchanting plot of romance and rivalry that will grip readers until the very end. Fans of Georgette Heyer should definitely make this novel their next read.

Le manoir aux loups

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