France Crime

V13: So lautet der Codename für den Prozess um die Terroranschläge in Paris, bei denen am Freitag, den 13. November 2015 in der Konzerthalle Bataclan, auf Caféterrassen im Osten der Stadt und vor dem Stade de France, wo das Länderspiel Frankreich – Deutschland ausgetragen wurde, 130 Menschen in den Tod gerissen wurden. Emmanuel Carrère besuchte die Verhandlungen vom ersten bis zum letzten Tag und berichtet über die daran Beteiligten, das Grauen, unverhoffte Menschlichkeit und die Maschine der Rechtsprechung.

La nouvelle reine du polar suédois "auteure de l'année 2016" au festival de Gotland. Jana Berzelius, le nouveau phénomène suédois. Norrköpping, Suède. La procureure Jana Berzelius arrive sur la scène du meurtre d'un haut responsable de l'Immigration en Suède, assassiné dans sa maison, au bord de la mer Baltique. Le tueur n'a laissé aucune trace. Etrangement, les seules empreintes que l'on retrouve sont celles d'un enfant... Quelques jours plus tard, sur un rivage désolé, on découvre le corps du meurtrier. Un très jeune garçon.

The marquise was tried, convicted, and executed for poisoning her father and two of her brothers. It appears that she learned the art of the poisoner from her lover, Godin de Sainte-Croix. She also targeted but did not kill her sister, a Carmelite nun. Her case launched what is known in French history as the Affair of the Poisons, a long-running judicial scandal that led to the execution or imprisonment of dozens of people, many of the highest rank in French society, including prominent members of the court of Louis XIV.

The story of Nisida is worthy of an Italian opera in the great romantic tradition, and indeed Donizetti attempted it, but without success. It is the story of an attempt by a womanizing nobleman to seduce and ruin the daughter of a poor but admirable fisherman, an attempt that ends in his death at the hands of her brother, who is then sentenced to die and is executed, but not by the hands of the law. The story is told in lush and melodramatic style, tending in places to comedy.

Fans of the New York Times bestselling Addison Holmes Mystery Series will love the final installment of The Scarlet Chronicles, featuring Scarlet Holmes and her days as a spy during World War II. Scarlet Holmes and the love of her life are secretly married at the height of the war. But wedded bliss is short-lived when her husband is captured as a French spy and imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen. It's up to Scarlet and an unlikely group of war heroes—women—who devise a plan to liberate the camp and save hundreds of lives.

SO LONG, STAN is the humorous account of a hair-raising tour around Spain and Portugal. When young Andy Lambert meets a friendly compatriot at a beach near Benidorm, little does he suspect what lies ahead. Tempted away from his dull hotel job, he and his new pal Stan head north on a road trip which gradually turns into an odyssey so strange and perilous that Andy can’t believe what he’s let himself in for. Initially unprepared for this unexpected walk on the wild side, he becomes so embroiled in Stan’s shenanigans that he fears there’ll be no way back to his previous life. His only ...

"Les faits. Le peu qu'on en a su pendant des mois. Ce qu'on a cru savoir. Les rumeurs, les récits. Sur ce meurtre, longtemps, l'unique certitude fut la météo. Ce samedi-là, il a fait beau. Dans les commerces et sur les parkings des hypermarchés, on pointait le ciel, on parlait d'été indien. Certains avaient ressorti leur bermuda et leurs tongs. Ils projetaient d'organiser des barbecues dans leur jardin. L'agresseur, a-t-on assuré, s'est introduit dans la maison de l'impasse en plein jour."