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In this international medical thriller, readers follow Dr. Hope Sze on an impromptu treasure hunt in Egypt mixing ancient legends with 21st century murder.

"The sudden death of Margot Morris and her two young daughters in a house fire sends shock-waves through a small rural community. The Morrises are a close-knit family, long associated with the mysterious arts of taxidermy and bee-keeping. Margot's three surviving siblings, Teddy, Agatha and Sylvia are left to wonder if Margot's death was an accident or murder, while the town is enveloped by speculation about this eccentric family whose close bonds are now being tested by tragedy."--

Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve a forensic crisis in this explosive new novel from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. When Jessie Beale comes to see Daniel Pitt, desperately seeking a lawyer for her boyfriend, Rob Adwell, Danielis convinced of the young man's innocence. Adwell has been accused of murder and of setting a fire to conceal the body, but Daniel is sure that science can absolve him and Miriam fford Croft is the best scientist he knows.

"Sins don't destroy people here. Dreams do." In a small city somewhere in an oil-rich Canadian province just east of the Rockies, a political scandal has erupted: an aging cabinet minister has struck and killed a member of his local constituency executive with his half-ton truck, in broad daylight. But the premier suspects that there is more to this "accident" than meets the eye-and he wants to know the real reasons behind it before the media or his political rivals do.

In less than a day, everything they've ever known vanished and the world fell into chaos. Uncertain where to turn and who to trust in this strange new world, they must band together in an attempt to survive. However, they slowly begin to realize it's not only the crumbling earth and treacherous people around them that are a threat, but also something unseen and even more lethal.

Former SAS soldier David Shelley was a special forces operative and has settled down to civilian life in London. But the mysterious death of a young girl sends her parents seeking his help.

Caitlin Hendrix, FBI behavioral analyst, is in Los Angeles to do what she does best, hunt a serial killer. While something about this unknown subject doesn't sit right, hesitancy is not an option.

La vie de Marc Leblanc bascule lorsqu'il perd son emploi et sa compagne. Pris de crises mystiques qui le poussent à appeler Dieu à son secours, il constate bientôt que ses prières sont inutiles. Déterminé à ne plus souffrir et à retrouver son équilibre, Leblanc décide alors d'agir selon les volontés du diable, convaincu que Satan, lui, saura le remercier en le comblant de bienfaits... Mais le diable est un maître exigeant qui ne saurait se contenter de peu.

Après trente-deux ans de flirt avec la médiocrité, Jean-Marc Morel remporte le gros lot à la loterie du malheur. Congé­dié de l'usine, largué par sa femme, privé de son fils, aban­donné par ses proches, dépossédé de ses biens, il doit affronter son pire ennemi qui le dévisage chaque matin dans un miroir. Sous le coup d'une idée qui lui paraît aussi géniale qu'une lumière au bout du tunnel, il met le doigt dans un engrenage: « Vous cherchez quelqu'un qui a tout vu et qui est prêt à témoigner en votre faveur? Je suis votre homme.

Empruntez les sombres dédales de ce labyrinthe où serpentent le mensonge, l'imposture, la manipulation, le chantage, la trahison, l'injustice, et vous verrez quels châtiments seuls des êtres humains sont capables d'infliger à leurs semblables. Piégée au sein d'une agence secrète qui la compromet dans des opérations meurtrières, une jeune femme lutte pour sa survie. Nom de code : Blanche-Neige. Or voilà que, sans liens apparents avec cette organisation fantôme, se multiplient d'horribles drames : enlèvements, suicides, assassinats.