«We were liars»: Thrilling, beautiful and blisteringly smart. We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable.
Una illa privada. Una il·lustre i coneguda família de Nova Anglaterra. Un grup de quatre amics, els Mentiders, units per una amistat que es torna destructiva. Una rebel·lió, un accident i un secret. Mentides i més mentides. Amor de veritat. I per […]
«Conversations with Friends»: an addictive debut by a bright new talent. Brilliant, funny and startling!
La Frances té 21 anys, és intel·ligent i observadora, una estudiant que somnia amb ser escriptora i es dedica a cultivar la seva ment. Bobbi, la seva millor amiga també vol ser escriptora. Les dues amigues es troben a Dublin, on […]
«The Rosie Project»: a witty, entertaining fairytale for our time!
Meet Don Tillman. Don is getting married. He just doesn’t know who to yet. But he has designed a very detailed questionnaire to help him find the perfect woman. One thing he already knows, though, is that it’s not Rosie. Absolutely, completely, definitely not.
Love isn’t an […]
«Murder on the Orient Express»: A classic Hercule Poirot mystery, now a major motion picture!
A train. A murder. Multiple suspects. Nearly an alibi for everyone. But wait, there’s a motive for everyone. How did this seemingly impossible murder occur? Hercule Poirot knows.
This title finds the Orient Express stopped in its tracks. The luxurious train set […]
«The Perks of Being a Wallflower»: Chbosky captures adolescent angst, confusion and joy!
Charlie’s not the biggest geek in high school, but he’s by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent, yet socially awkward, Charlie is a wallflower. Standing on the threshold of his life whilst watching everyone live theirs. As Charlie tries to navigate his way […]
«The Girl in the Woods»: the new book by Camilla Lackberg, a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing.
A missing child
When a four-year-old girl disappears in the woods just outside Fjällbacka, the community is horror-struck. Thirty years ago, a young girl went missing from the exact same spot, and was later discovered, murdered.
A murder
Back then, two teenage […]
«La Disparition de Stephanie Mailer»: Quatrième livraison pour l’auteur de «Harry Québert» qui tient le souffle et la forme.
30 juillet 1994. Orphea, petite station balnéaire tranquille des Hamptons dans l’État de New York, est bouleversée par un effroyable fait divers. Le maire de la ville et sa famille sont assassinés chez eux, ainsi qu’une passante, témoin […]
«Greeks Bearing Gifts»: A Bernie Gunther thriller by his creator Philip Kerr, one of the gratest master story-tellers in English.
1957, Munich. Bernie Gunther’s latest move in a long string of varied careers sees him working for an insurance company. It makes a kind of sense. Both cops and insurance companies have a vested interest in […]
The Order of Time: an enlightening and consoling book by the bestselling author Carlo Rovelli.
The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting, consoling journey to discover the meaning of time.
‘We are time, we are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of memory inside the connections between our neurons. We […]
«L’ordre du jour»: vainqueur du Prix Goncourt 2017 par la plume de Éric Vuillard.
Ils étaient vingt-quatre, près des arbres morts de la rive. Vingt-quatre pardessus noirs, marron ou cognac, vingt-quatre paires d’épaules rembourrées de laine. Vingt-quatre costumes trois pièces, et le même nombre de pantalons à pinces avec un large ourlet.
Les ombres pénétrèrent le grand […]
