Passenger to Frankfurt

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P.D. Martin

"Just as Aussie FBI profiler Sophie Anderson is settling into her job in the L.A. bureau, she's pulled into a case that's different from anything she's ever seen--the victim has had his throat ripped out. But what weapon could have caused such devastating injuries? And who is the John Doe? Sophie and her team are dealing with a skilled killer, someone who leaves virtually no forensic evidence. When the team links the body to an Asian criminal organization, things get even more mysterious. The victim has been missing for fifteen years, so where has he been and why has he returned? More important, who wanted him dead? As L.A.'s underworld rears its ugly head, Sophie will have to draw on her experience and her developing psychic skills to find a brilliant killer who's carved a trail of death in organized crime across the U.S. He leaves only one thing behind him--horrifying murder scenes."--Page 4 of cover.

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Albert A. Bell, Jr

"While staying at his villa on Lake Comum, with Tacitus and his wife as guests, Pliny decides to add on to the house. When workmen begin demolishing a wall, they find a human skeleton. Pliny knows when the wall was built and he knows his wife's father disappeared at that time. But his father-in-law supposedly drowned. Shortly after finding the skeleton, Pliny begins to receive warnings and threats to halt his investigation. Then his wife, Livia, is kidnapped. The kidnapers want a document in exchange for Livia, but Pliny has no idea where it is. With the help of Tacitus and Aurora, he rescues Livia, but Aurora is injured and suffers a miscarriage. (She had not told Pliny she was pregnant.) Pliny learns that an innkeeper in the town of Comum was his father's mistress. She knows where the missing document is. Ultimately Pliny discovers that his biological father was complicit in the death of Livia's father by hiding the body in the wall. Livia's father and two other men were involved in a pedophile ring. Her father was killed in an argument among the men."--

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Francine Mathews

CUTOUT: A third person used to conceal the contact between two people. A pawn.They were partners -- lovers in a business WHERE betrayal is a heartbeat away. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael lost her husband Eric when his plane was blown out of the sky by an elite group of terrorists known as 30 April.Now her dead husband has surfaced among those responsible for an explosion that rocks Berlin -- and the brutal kidnapping of the U.S. Vice President. Uncertain of Eric's motives and loyalties, the Agency plays its last, best card: Eric's wife -- the Cutout.Is Eric a rogue agent gone bad? Or has he thrown himself under deep cover to terminate a ruthless psychopath? Caroline is drawn into a dizzying maze where one wrong turn will mean certain death ... and in which the Cutout will be the first to fall.From the Paperback edition.

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Norah McClintock

Mike McGill, quinze ans, habite désormais avec John Riel, professeur d'histoire et ancien policier de la brigade des homicides, qui a accepté de l'adopter à la suite de la mort de son cousin Billy (cf. ##Délit de fuite##, du même auteur). L'adolescent se fait peu à peu à sa nouvelle vie en dépit des règles très strictes établies par son père adoptif. Or, la situation s'envenime lorsque Robbie Ducharme, un compagnon de classe de Mike, est battu à mort dans un parc. Riel semble en effet soupçonner son fils d'être impliqué dans le meurtre, même si Mike affirme que ses poings meurtris ne sont que le résultat d'une bagarre entre copains. Cependant, lorsqu'un mystérieux témoin affirme avoir vu Mike dans le parc le soir du meurtre et que la police commence également à le soupçonner, tout se complique. Le jeune homme se retrouve bientôt pris au coeur d'une infernale spirale de mensonges et en vient à ne plus savoir à qui il peut réellement se fier. Qui sont ses véritables amis? -- Une intrigue policière menée de main de maître, dans laquelle on retrouve avec plaisir les personnages crédibles et nuancés de ##Délit de fuite##. L'auteure réussit avec brio à maintenir le suspense et à créer chez son lecteur une suspicion qui va crescendo jusqu'au dénouement final. [SDM].