Le jugement des etrangers

1786, Jerusalem College, Cambridge. 


The ghost of murdered Sylvia Whichcote has been sighted prowling the grounds by Frank Oldershaw, a disturbed fellow commoner. When his anxious mother employs John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts - a stinging account of why ghosts are mere delusion - to investigate the sighting, the uneasy status quo at Jerusalem is rapidly torn apart.


Holdsworth grows to realise that the sinister Holy Ghost Club governs the privileged life at Jerusalem with a rigour far more effective than anything the Master, Dr Carbury, could muster. And when Holdsworth finds himself haunted - not only by the ghost of his dead wife, Maria, but also Elinor, the very-much-alive Master's wife - his fate is sealed. He must unravel the circumstances surrounding Sylvia's death . or the hauntings will continue.

The anatomy of ghosts

From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a brilliant new historical thriller set during the French Revolution. Selected as Historical Novel of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times, and picked as one of Radio 4's Crime Books of the Year.

 Paris, 1792. The city is gripped by revolution and the gutters run with blood as thousands lose their heads to the guillotine.

 Edward Savill, a London merchant, receives word that his estranged wife has been killed in France. Her ten-year-old son, Charles, has been taken by émigré refugees to Charnwood Court, deep in the English countryside.

 Savill is sent to fetch Charles, only to discover the child is mute. The boy has witnessed unimaginable horrors, but a terrible secret keeps him from saying a word. Locked in a prison of his own mind, his silence is the only thing that will keep him safe.

 Or so he thinks .

The Silent Boy

From the No.1 bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a collection of three gothic novellas - Broken Voices, The Leper House and The Scratch - perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley.

 Three dark tales to read by the fireside in the cold winter months

 BROKEN VOICES

 It's Christmas before the Great War and two lonely schoolboys have been left in the care of an elderly teacher. There is little to do but listen to his eerie tales about the nearby Cathedral. The boys concoct a plan to discover if the stories are true. But curiosity can prove fatal.

 THE LEPER HOUSE

 One stormy night, a man's car breaks down. The only light comes from a remote cottage by the sea. The mysterious woman who lives there begs him to leave, yet the next day he feels compelled to return. But, the woman is nowhere to be seen. And neither is the cottage.

 THE SCRATCH

 Clare and Gerald live in the Forest of Dean with their cat, Cannop. Gerald's young nephew, back from service in Afghanistan, comes to stay, with a scratch that won't heal. Jack and Cannop don't like each other. Clare and Jack like each other too much. The scratch begins to fester.

Fireside Gothic

From the No.1 bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London comes a gothic novella - perfect for fans of The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley.

 One stormy night in Suffolk, a man's car breaks down following his sister's funeral. The only source of light comes from a remote cottage by the sea. The mysterious woman who lives there begs him to leave, yet he can't shake the sense that she somehow needs him. He attempts to return the next day but she is nowhere to be seen. And neither is the cottage.

The Leper House (A Novella)

Londres, 1819. Thomas Shield devient le professeur particulier d'un jeune Américain, Edgar Poe, et de son meilleur ami, Charles Frant, dont la mère, une femme séduisante et malheureuse, l'attire irrésistiblement. Lorsqu'un homme est retrouvé mort et que tous les indices convergent vers la famille Frant, Thomas est emporté dans une spirale dont les conséquences risquent d'être lourdes pour lui. Il décide alors de trouver le coupable mais le piège se referme au fur et à mesure qu'il cherche à s'en échapper. Quel est donc le lien entre ces macabres événements et le jeune Edgar Poe ? Thomas devra traverser bien des épreuves avant que la vérité soit enfin dévoilée.
  Mêlant avec brio fiction et réalité, ce roman à l'intrigue haletante nous plonge dans l'atmosphère de l'Angleterre du XIXe siècle, où Edgar Allan Poe passa quatre années de son adolescence : l'agitation des rues londoniennes, les taudis de St Giles et Seven Dials, l'hypocrisie d'une bourgeoisie avide de pouvoir. Un décor parfait pour un meurtre, des secrets de famille et une galerie de personnages loin d'être aussi respectables qu'ils voudraient le faire croire.

L'esprit des morts

*WINNER of the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award 2013*'Andrew Taylor wrote superb historical fiction long before Hilary Mantel was popular' Daily TelegraphFrom the No.1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a new historical thriller set during the American War of Independence.

 'This is the story of a woman and a city. I saw the city first, shimmering from afar like the new Jerusalem in the setting sun. It was Sunday, 2nd August 1778.'

 Edward Savill, a London clerk from the American Department, is assigned to New York to investigate the claims of dispossessed loyalists caught on the wrong side of the American War of Independence.

 Surrounded by its enemies, British Manhattan is a melting pot of soldiers, profiteers, double agents and a swelling tide of refugees seeking justice from the Crown.

 Savill lodges with the respected Wintour family: the old Judge, his ailing wife and their enigmatic daughter-in-law Arabella. The family lives in limbo, praying for the safe return of Jack Wintour, Arabella's husband, who is missing behind rebel lines.

 The discovery of a body in the notorious slums of Canvas Town thrusts Savill into a murder inquiry. But in the escalating violence of a desperate city, why does one death matter? Because the secret this killing hides could be the key to power for whoever uncovers it.

The Scent of Death

Étudiant aux goûts dispendieux et à la fibre morale incertaine, William Dougal découvre le corps garrotté de son professeur de paléographie, un spécialiste de l'écriture médiévale dite " minuscule caroline ". Pour ne pas rater un rendez-vous avec sa petite amie Amanda, Dougal s'éclipse sans prévenir la police. Un premier pas sur une pente glissante qui l'entraîne vers la découverte d'autres meurtres tandis que se poursuit une quête hasardeuse d'un trésor caché. Un polar drôle et intelligent, où personne - pas même les héros - n'obéit aux règles...

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