R. J. ELLORY

Kansas, 1959. A travelling carnival appears overnight in the small town of Seneca Falls, intriguing the townsfolk with acts of inexplicable magic and illusion. But when a man''s body is discovered beneath the carousel, with no clue as to his identity, FBI Special Agent Michal Travis is sent to investigate.Led by the elusive Edgar Doyle, the carnival folk range from the enigmatic to the bizarre, but none of them will give Travis a straight answer to his questions. With each new turn of the investigation, Doyle and his companions challenge Travis''s once unshakeable faith in solid facts and hard evidence.As the consequences of what has happened become ever more disturbing, Travis struggles to open his mind to a truth that defies comprehension. Will he be able to convince himself that things are not what they seem? Or will he finally reconcile himself to a new reality - one that threatens to undermine everything in which he has ever placed his trust?

Malgré l''avis de sa hiérarchie, Frank Parish, inspecteur au NYPD, s''entête à enquêter sur le meurtre d''une adolescente, victime, pense-t-il, d''un tueur en série. Contraint de consulter une psycho

On a perfect summer evening in 1954, sixteen-year-old Nancy Denton walked into the woods of her hometown of Whytesburg, Mississippi. She was never seen again. Two decades on, Sheriff John Gaines witnesses a harrowing discovery. A young woman has been unearthed from the riverbank, her body perfectly preserved, yet she bears evidence of a brutal ritualistic killing. Nancy has come home at last, but her return does not bring closure to her family, nor to the townsfolk of Whytesburg. Already haunted by his experiences in Vietnam, Gaines must now stretch his abilities to the limit, pushing himself ever closer to breaking point. What really happened to the beautiful and vivacious Nancy? And why do her friends refuse to talk? As Gaines closes in on the truth, he is forced to not only confront his own demons, but to unearth secrets that have long remained hidden. And that truth, so much darker than he could ever have imagined, may be the one thing that finally destroys him.

In America, kings are not born, they are made.Danny McCabe isn't his real name. America certainly isn't his real home.But now Danny finds himself fleeing Ireland for the bright lights of 1930s Hollywood with two virtual strangers, Nicky Mariani and his beautiful sister, Lucia. As Lucia pursues her dream of stardom, Nicky finds his calling in the violent underbelly of the city of dreams. Torn between his love for Lucia and his desperate fear for their safety, Danny is drawn into a chain of events that will pit brother against sister, friend against friend, and lover against lover.

Vincent Madigan, mauvais mari et mauvais père, est un homme que ses démons ont entraîné dans une spirale infernale. La grosse somme d'argent qu'il doit a Sandia, le roi de la pègre d'East Harlem, risquant de lui coûter la vie, il n'a pas d'autre choix que de franchir la ligne jaune et monter un gros coup, afin de prendre un nouveau départ.

New York, 2006. Quatre homicides sont commis en quinze jours, selon des modes opératoires très différents. Seul John Costello, documentaliste inépuisable sur les tueurs en série, voit un lien entre e

1974. Vétéran du Vietnam, John Gaines a accepté le poste de shérif de Whytesburg dans le Mississippi. Un jour, on découvre, enterré sur la berge de la rivière, le cadavre d''une adolescente, Nancy De

En Washington, ciudad inmersa en elecciones a medio plazo, nadie quiere oír hablar de asesinatos en serie. Pero cuando la prensa informa de un cuarto crimen, cuando el asesino da un nombre y detalles acerca de los horrendos crimenes, muy pocas personas pueden ya hacer caso omiso del asunto. El detective Robert Miller es asignado para resolver el caso. El y su socio comienzan las pesquisas en cada escena del crimen, pero las cosas se complican cuando las victimas no existen oficialmente. Sus datos oficiales no se encuentran en ninguno de los sistemas conocidos. Y a cada paso que da, Miller descubre hechos aun mas perturbadores, por lo que empieza a temer por su vida. Novela de gran alcance, A Simple Act of Violence expone la brutalidad de operaciones encubiertas, el poder de la codicia y la naturaleza insidiosa de la corrupcion.

R.J. ElloryTwenty years ago John Costello''s life, as he knew it, ended. He and his beautiful girlfriend, Nadia, became victims of the deranged ''Hammer of God'' killer who terrorised New Jersey City throughout the summer of 1984. This murderer went after young courting couples in an attempt to ''save their souls''. Nadia was killed by the first blow of the hammer. John survived, but was physically and psychologically scarred to an extent that few people could comprehend. He withdrew from society, hid in his apartment and now only emerges to work as a crime researcher for a major newspaper. Damaged he may be, but no one in New Jersey knows more about serial killers than John Costello. So, when a new spate of murders starts - all seemingly random and unrelated - John is the only one who can discern the complex pattern that lies behind them. But could this dark knowledge be about to threaten his life?

Death Row duty comes with three simple rules Do not make it personal Do not question the system Do not take justice into your own hands Garrett Nelson will break every one of them Injured during a drug bust sheriff s deputy Garrett Nelson finds himself working at a Florida Penitentiary under the shadow of an old bell tower turned execution chamber There his belief in the justice system will be tested to its limit as a manhunt through the Everglades sparks a conflict of duty versus conscience Can he turn a blind eye to an innocent man s execution or risk his own life in the pursuit of truth For life on death row takes its toll until you can t take it anymore PRAISE FOR R J ELLORY Beautiful and haunting A tour de force MICHAEL CONNELLY Beautifully written novels that are also great mysteries JAMES PATTERSON A uniquely gifted passionate and powerful writer ALAN FURST In the top flight of crime writing SUNDAY TELEGRAPH The master of the genre CLIVE CUSSLER

Orphaned by an act of senseless violence that took their mother from them, half-brothers Clarence Luckman and Elliott Danziger havebeen raised in state institutions, unaware of any world outside But their lives take a sudden turn when they are seized as hostages by a convicted killer en route to death row...

Kansas, 1959. A travelling carnival appears overnight in the small town of Seneca Falls, intriguing the townsfolk with acts of inexplicable magic and illusion. But when a man's body is discovered beneath the carousel, with no clue as to his identity, FBI Special Agent Michal Travis is sent to investigate. Led by the elusive Edgar Doyle, the carnival folk range from the enigmatic to the bizarre, but none of them will give Travis a straight answer to his questions. With each new turn of the investigation, Doyle and his companions challenge Travis's once unshakeable faith in solid facts and hard evidence. As the consequences of what has happened become ever more disturbing, Travis struggles to open his mind to a truth that defies comprehension. Will he be able to convince himself that things are not what they seem? Or will he finally reconcile himself to a new reality - one that threatens to undermine everything in which he has ever placed his trust? In his powerful, atmospheric new thriller, bestselling author R.J. Ellory introduces the weird and wonderful world of the Carnival Diablo and reveals the dark secrets that lurk at its heart.