by Olivier Philippe (1999)
A travers une analyse méthodique et rigoureuse du contenu des films policiers français, cet ouvrage s'attache à dégager la signification socio-politique de la mise en représentation de la police et de l'action policière qu'ils comportent. Le film policier se révèle en effet comme un " film du politique ", qui contribue à justifier , à légitimer et à fonder " l'ordre " des sociétés, tout en reflétant aussi les interrogations que suscite la crise du lien social qui affecte les sociétés contemporaines. Le film policier a peut-être un rôle social plus important qu'on ne le pense habituellement.
Ken Wlaschin
"This encyclopedic guide to silent films with mystery and detective content lists over 1,500 titles in one of entertainment's most popular and enduring genres. While most of the examined films are from North America, mystery films from around the world are included"--Provided by publisher.
Joy Fielding
People are inexplicably disappearing from Chicago prosecutor Jess Koster's life. First her mother vanished without a trace eight years ago. And now a client, the victim of a brutal, sadistic rapist, is also missing. Someone is disrupting Jess's neat, ordered existence with chaos and terror. And from the shadow of her past, a maniac is watching her when she goes to work and waiting for her when she goes home, stalking her until there is no one Jess can trust. And she feels with blood-chilling certainty that her mysterious tormentor is perilously close and that the next person to vanish from the face of the Earth will be Jess Koster
Liz Brady
"Real estate baron Charles Durand is found murdered in his corporate tower, his skull shattered by one of his own collectibles. Durand's gay son William quickly becomes the prime suspect in what looks to the police like an open-and-shut case. Then William's skeptical aunt hires irreverent business writer Jane Yeats to discover who really killed the much-hated tycoon."--Back cover.
Sam Hill
When his friend, Dee Lane, vanishes with a fortune belonging to Atlanta drug king Raoul Menes, Top Kiernan finds himself the target of the angry drug lord, as well as of ambitious DEA agents, a retired IRA assassin and his lethal daughter, and other assorted characters.