11 livres semblables à Seuls les bons meurent jeunes
L'affaire Lerouge
Le jeudi 6 mars 1862, surlendemain du Mardi gras, cinq femmes du village de La Jonchere se presentaient au bureau de police de Bougival.
Thèmes communs : Mystery
Les morts ne parlent pas
The classic story ties together themes of adventure and romance. Hornung's traditional writing style is incredibly descriptive and can be often relaxing to read. The story of Dead Men Tell No Tales doesn't rush but rather takes it's time to develop characters and provide indulgent details for readers. The tale of Mr. Cole and Ms. Eva is an excellent addition to any library and showcases some of…
Thèmes communs : Mystery
La Maxime de Talleyrand
The “Talleyrand Maxim” holds that “With time and patience, the mulberry leaf is turned into satin.” The adage has the character of guidance for life for an ambitious legal clerk, Linford Pratt. Unlike most people, he decides to take extreme measures to get what he believes is his due.
Thèmes communs : Mystery
À la Villa Rose, en quatre actes
The place: Aix-les-Bains, a lakeside town in southeast France, popular for vacations of the well-to-do.
The players:
(1) The young Englishman, Harry Wethermill, who, after a brilliant career at Oxford and at Munich, had applied his scientific genius and made a fortune for himself at the age of twenty-eight.
(2) Mr. Ricardo, approaching the fifties in age; a widower — "a state greatly to his…
Thèmes communs : Mystery
Le Club des Ronces
Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss, whose facade of…
Thèmes communs : Mystery
Un gentleman de très peu de mots
Lord Julian Caldicott associates the seaside with war, partings, death, and dyspepsia. At the request of his dear Hyperia, he nevertheless journeys to the shore, where he and his lady plan to speak their wedding vows and begin their honey month at the oceanfront home of Lady Ophelia Oliphant.
Unbeknownst to Julian, Lady Ophelia has rented out cottages on her estate to a pack of professional…
Thèmes communs : Mystery
Meurtre au salon de la couturière
As fashion designer to London’s elite, she had an eye for detail and a flare for the dramatic. But there’s nothing stylish about her cold-blooded murder.
 
With the social season just around the corner, the women in Cleo’s family are having new outfits made by the most sought-after designer in the city. Madame Poitiers is bold, self-absorbed and not French, despite her claims.
 
When…
Thèmes communs : Mystery
Les femmes au foyer d'Atomic Lane
'I absolutely devoured this… One of my favourites… Incredible… I was immersed from the very first page… Completely captivating' NetGalley reviewer, ★★★★★Four housewives. One quiet street. A Cold War secret that could destroy everything.In a town built around America’s most secretive nuclear site, housewife Betty Mahoney knows the rules: don’t ask questions, and don’t listen too closely.But when…
Thèmes communs : Mystery
La Liste des invités
The Guest List is a 2020 mystery novel by British author Lucy Foley. The story takes place at the wedding of Jules Keegan and Will Slater, which is being held on an island off the coast of Ireland. The plot has been compared to the works of Agatha Christie, as a murder occurs with limited suspects and each guest has a secret which will be revealed.
Thèmes communs : Mystery
Meurtre au Grand Hôtel des Alpes
An instant New York Times bestseller!"Lucy Foley channels the one-and-only Agatha Christie with precision and flair. I couldn't put it down!" — Bonnie Garmus, #1 New York Times bestselling author The brand-new Miss Marple mystery from Lucy Foley, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast.High in the Swiss Alps, accessible only by a single, winding railway,…
Thèmes communs : Mystery
Un gentleman aux ambitions modestes
Lord Julian Caldicott is battling a severe case of winter doldrums as well as a serious bout of pre-wedding jitters. He longs to summon—invite, rather—his intended, Miss Hyperia West to Caldicott Hall, but she seems to be having a fine time shopping for her trousseau in London. Julian’s growing pile of miseries is only increased when a neighbor, Sir Clive Arbuthnot, reports that his titled cousin…
Thèmes communs : Mystery