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Robert Pépin

    Prawnik z Lincolna
    The Reversal
    The Narrows
    Echo Park
    Points - R283: La Nuit du solstice
    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
    • Dieses Werk ist Teil der Buchreihe Alter Orient. Der Verlag Goethe & Hafis aus Bonn veröffentlicht in der Buchreihe Alter Orient Werke, die nicht mehr zugänglich sind. Als ersten Schritt in diese Richtung haben wir uns die Neuauflage nicht mehr zugänlicher Werke großer Orientalisten oder Reisebrichte vorgenommen. Die in diesen Werken aufgeworfenen gesellschaftlich-sozialen Fragen sind nach wie vor aktuell und besitzen noch immer eine erstaunliche Frische. Die Reihe soll zum besseren Verständnis der orientalischen Kultur beitragen, die heute unter dem Bürgerkrieg und Fundamentalismus leidet. This book is part of the book series Alter Orient. As part of the book series Alter Orient the publishing company Goethe & Hafis, based in Bonn, publishes selected works which are no longer available. The main focus lies on the reprint of great oriental authors and travel reports. The purpose of the book series is to encourage the clearer understanding of the oriental civilization and culture, which is presently afflicted with civil war and fundamentalism.

      The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
      4,5
    • Points - R283: La Nuit du solstice

      Roman - Texte intégral

      • 462 strony
      • 17 godzin czytania

      Traduit de l'américain par Robert Pépin Chaque année, à l'époque du solstice d'été, un dangereux maniaque, juché sur les toits de New York, fait tomber un bloc de béton sur les foules qui se pressent à la sortie des théâtres et des cinémas. Crimes parfaits, bien sûr. Pas de piste, pas de mobile apparent... Mooney, parfait prototype de gros flic, dur et débonnaire, absolument rebelle à la hiérarchie, mène l'enquête, dans une ville à l'aspect de bocal putride, parmi les obsédés de la pire espèce, les déchets les plus associaux qui hantent les bas-fonds de la mégalopole... Rarement suspense aura été plus violent et plus maîtrisé, les personnages plus fascinants, la vision d'un auteur de romans noirs plus précise, à l'instar des maîtres de l'après-guerre, de Goodis à McBaln, mais sans doute dans une dimension plus foisonnante, qui permet une plongée mémorable dans un univers en proie aux démons, au sang et à l'Ignominie. De la fin du livre, nous ne dirons rien, sinon ceci t à New York, rien ne se passe vraiment comme ailleurs. Quand un tueur disparaît, un autre reprend aussitôt sa place. L'horreur ne peut pas s'interrompre, ni la nuit des esprits, ni la peur de chacun.

      Points - R283: La Nuit du solstice
      4,3
    • Echo Park

      • 404 strony
      • 15 godzin czytania

      Michael Connelly follows his superb first legal thriller with a new outing for his ever popular series character, Detective Harry Bosch.

      Echo Park
      4,1
    • The Narrows

      • 400 stron
      • 14 godzin czytania

      Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she's been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. And he has not forgotten Rachel. He has a special present for her. Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator and as a new father. He gets a call, too, from the widow of a friend who died recently. Previously in his FBI career, the friend worked on the famous case tracking the killer known as The Poet. This fact alone makes some of the elements of his death doubly suspicious. And Harry Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless and inventive murderer he has ever encountered...

      The Narrows
      4,1
    • The Reversal

      • 485 stron
      • 17 godzin czytania

      When Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey's a defence lawyer, one of the best in the business, and to switch sides like this would be akin to asking a fox to guard the hen-house. But the high-profile case of Jason Jessup, a convicted child-killer who spent almost 25 years on death row before DNA evidence freed him, is an intriguing one... Eager for the publicity and drawn to the challenge, Mickey takes the case, with Detective Harry Bosch on board as his lead investigator. But as a new trial date is set, it starts to look like he's been set up. Mickey and Harry are going to have to dig deep into the past and find the truth about what really happened to the victim all those years ago.

      The Reversal
      4,1
    • Prawnik z Lincolna

      • 448 stron
      • 16 godzin czytania

      Prawnik z lincolna (ang. The Lincoln Lawyer) – powieść sensacyjna Michaela Connelly’ego z 2005 roku, pierwsza z serii książek o adwokacie Mickeym Hallerze. Mickey Haller nie należy do adwokackiej elity Los Angeles. Jego biuro mieści się na tylnym siedzeniu lincolna (jednego z czterech), którym jeździ od sądu do sądu, by bronić kolejnych szemranych klientów: dilerów narkotykowych, pijanych kierowców i recydywistów. W systemie sprawiedliwości Mickeya kwestie winy i niewinności schodzą na dalszy plan; liczą się jedynie skuteczne negocjacje i manipulacje. Nieoczekiwanie trafia mu się zlecenie, o jakim marzy każdy prawnik: obrona zamożnego playboya z Beverly Hills, oskarżonego o pobicie i gwałt. Początkowo sprawa wygląda na banalnie prostą. Gdy jednak Haller zagłębia się w zagmatwaną przeszłość oskarżonego, na jaw wychodzą niepokojące fakty. Mickey zaczyna zdawać sobie sprawę, iż staje oko w oko ze złem w najczystszej postaci. On i jego bliscy znajdą się w śmiertelnym niebezpieczeństwie...

      Prawnik z Lincolna
      4,1
    • After what seems like a routine murder investigation, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch finds himself in Hong Kong facing the highest-stakes case of his life: bringing his kidnapped daughter home. Harry Bosch is assigned a homicide call in South L.A. that takes him to Fortune Liquors, where the Chinese owner has been shot to death behind the counter in an apparent robbery. Joined by members of the department's Asian Crime Unit, Bosch relentlessly investigates the killing and soon identifies a suspect, a Los Angeles member of a Hong Kong triad. But before Harry can close in, he gets the word that his young daughter Maddie, who lives in Hong Kong with her mother, is missing. Bosch drops everything to journey across the Pacific to find his daughter. Could her disappearance and the case be connected? With the stakes of the investigation so high and so personal, Bosch is up against the clock in a new city, where nothing is at it seems.

      Nine dragons
      4,0
    • The Closers

      • 432 strony
      • 16 godzin czytania

      Harry is back, assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a white supremacist is connected to the 1988 murder of a mixed race girl. The police department has changed, but one thing hasn't - Harry's nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power and given a virtually meaningless new role. Full of vengeance, Irving calls Harry a 'retread'. He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear, hoping Harry will make a mistake ...

      The Closers
      4,0
    • Blood Work

      • 496 stron
      • 18 godzin czytania

      From the #1 bestselling author of the Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer series and who "is the master of the universe in which he lives" (Huffington Post), comes the gripping novel that inspired the film starring Clint Eastwood. When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. But when Graciella tells him the way her sister, Gloria, was murdered, Terry realizes he has no choice. Now the man with the new heart vows to take down a predator without a soul. For Gloria's killer shatters every rule that McCaleb ever learned in his years with the Bureau-as McCaleb gets no more second chances at life...and just one shot at the truth. *Winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière- International Category *Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel *Winner of the Anthony Award for Best Novel

      Blood Work
      4,0
    • Select Editions of:The Quiet Game, Greg IlesAngel Falls, Kristin HannahVoid Moon, Michael ConnellyThe Innocents Within, Robert Daley

      Void Moon
      4,0
    • Chasing the dime

      • 356 stron
      • 13 godzin czytania

      From #1 bestselling author Michael Connelly, a searing stand-alone thriller about a simple wrong number that opens a line into terror.

      Chasing the dime
      4,0
    • The Late Show

      • 480 stron
      • 17 godzin czytania

      First there was Harry Bosch. Then Mickey Haller changed the legal thriller. Now, meet Michael Connelly's brand new detective: Renee Ballard.

      The Late Show
      4,0
    • Crime Beat

      • 303 strony
      • 11 godzin czytania

      Before he became a novelist, Michael Connelly was a crime reporter, covering homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles. Here are reproduced narratives of these articles, from initial accusation along path of prosecution. Divided in three sections: Cops, Killers, and Cases.

      Crime Beat
      2,8