Policier
Un truculent classique des années 1930 par une grande dame du roman policier. Des romans à énigmes remplis de rebondissements et d'humour.
Another winter peacefully descends on realtor Belle Palmer, but her tranquillity is disturbed when a friend is lost in a freak snowmobile accident. Belle suspects foul play, but a motive for the murder of such a fine young man is not obvious. Determined to find the truth, Belle is shocked when she discovers what twisted roots underlie this savage crime. Some descriptions of violence.
Belle Palmer's old high school boyfriend, Gary Myers, moves to her Sudbury street - he's studying the behaviour of elk in the wilderness. He's soon found mysteriously drowned, while someone has broken into his cottage, taking a camera and laptop. A clipping about poisoning on reserves leads Belle, a real estate agent and amateur detective, to visit the place of his demise and find out what really happened to Gary.
Terry Hart and her Aunt Judith are touring the Southwest in their RV. Arriving at Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument, they hike into a perilous adventure. While exploring a remote corner, Terry discovers the mummified body of Melanie Briggs, who’s gone missing from a local university dig. The sheriff labels the death an accident, but Terry has her doubts… Terry explores the wild land, growing more rash in a search for clues that marks her for murder.
Realtor Belle Palmer turns reluctant babysitter for a spoiled miniature poodle when her best friend is accused of murdering her rich lover, and investment counsellor with a thousand enemies. As Belle attempts to untangle a complicated web of sleazy scams, a stalker has her watching her back and wondering if there's a connection between the two.
While showing a home, Northern Ontario realtor Belle Palmer discovers a woman strangled in the bathtub, the third break-and-enter death to occur. The victim's only child, 12-year-old Micro, stays with Belle's neighbours but disappears one night after an argument. Belle hooks up with a bumbling PI to search the bush, chased by murderers who will stop at nothing to protect a multi-million-dollar criminal empire.
Terry Hart and her Aunt Judith are touring the Southwest in their RV. Arriving at Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument, they hike into a perilous adventure. While exploring a remote corner, Terry discovers the mummified body of Melanie Briggs, who’s gone missing from a local university dig. The sheriff labels the death an accident, but Terry has her doubts… Terry explores the wild land, growing more rash in a search for clues that marks her for murder.
It's high summer in the north, where everyone is bear bait, even the bears. Gunshots chase Belle Palmer from her quiet forest paths. Then, on her remote lakeside road, the savage and unexplained murder of an elderly neighbour puts her on guard against two-footed killers.
RCMP Corporal Holly Martin takes charge of her first post, a detachment in tiny Fossil Bay on the wild south coast of Vancouver Island. Drunk drivers, speeders and the occasional theft from tourist cars lead the crime roster, but her first day starts with a distress call. A scuba diver has found the body of a girl in the surf. A tragic drowning caused by a fall? c2008.
Another winter peacefully descends on realtor Belle Palmer, but her tranquillity is disturbed when a friend is lost in a freak snowmobile accident. Belle suspects foul play, but a motive for the murder of such a fine young man is not obvious. Determined to find the truth, Belle is shocked when she discovers what twisted roots underlie this savage crime. Some descriptions of violence.
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