Angel

Roman policier (noir) Fred Otash était un flic véreux de Los Angeles devenu détective privé, maître chanteur et proxénète. Il était surtout connu pour avoir colporté des ragots sur le tout Hollywood pour le compte du magazine Confidential. Avec son goût pour les seconds couteaux à la personnalité trouble, Ellroy s'est emparé d'Otash et en a fait un personnage de fiction qui apparaît dans American Death Trip et Underworld USA. Il lui donne le premier rôle dans Extorsion en l'imaginant au purgatoire, torturé par ses anciennes victimes, de Marilyn Monroe à Montgomery Clift en passant par Ava Gardner. Freddy O ne pourra obtenir une remise de peine et accéder au nuage supérieur que s'il confesse ses péchés. Pour cela il va solliciter l'aide d'un plumitif nommé Ellroy.

Recommended by psychic Sara Connolly for a missing person case, PI Cameron Cade searches for his new client’s sister who has been lost to her, but not forgotten for 22 years. Dark family secrets come to light during the investigation. The offender takes drastic steps to suppress the knowledge of his horrific acts against women. He will stop at nothing to keep his secrets hidden. With Cameron and Sara’s help, some very dire past situations result in some very positive outcomes when the victims join forces and become the heroes by turning a negative into a positive.

Park ranger and amateur sleuth Anna Pigeon investigates the deadly crash of the local drug-enforcement plane on an isolated Georgia island in the Cumberland Island National Seashore and uncovers shady dealings, possible sabotage, and murder.

Novelist, poet, dramatist and author of many of the best American short stories of our time, Joyce Carol Oates shows yet another aspect of her unbounded creativity in these tales of the grotesque. Haunted, a collection of sixteen tales that range from classic ghost stories to portrayals of chilling psychological terror, raises the genre to the level of fine literature - complex, multi-layered, and gripping fiction that is very scary indeed. In the title story, "Haunted, " the pubescent Melissa and her best friend, the sexually precocious Mary Lou, ignore "no trespassing" signs to explore forbidden houses. But the deserted Minton farm is one place where they should not have gone, and years later Melissa is tormented by her memories of its malevolence...and the murder of Mary Lou. In the novella, "The Model, " a sexual threat seems to underlie the interaction between young Sybil Blake and "Mr. Starr, " who asks her to be his model, but the truth about her own identity, and his, shows that the danger is lurking in a different part of the heart. The "Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly, " a macabre reworking of Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw, " resurrects the evil of Miss Jessel and Quint, who are up to their old tricks with the children, Miles and Flora, but with new, perverse, and brilliant revelations. The tales in this collection plunge the reader into nightmare worlds where violence slips in unexpectedly, where reality turns into a funhouse mirror, and where American culture goes awry in shocking, provocative ways. Joyce Carol Oates is a master storyteller of the dark side. She writes with skillfully controlled prose, tightly woven plots, and deep psychological insight that m her fictional horror worthy to set alongside the stories of Edgar Allan Poe - and far above all the rest. Haunted -- The doll -- The bingo master -- The white cat -- The model -- Extenuating circumstances -- Don't you trust me -- The guilty party -- The premonition -- Phase change -- Poor Bibi -- Thanksgiving -- Blind -- The radio astronomer -- Accursed inhabitants of the House of Bly -- Martyrdom

Scientist John Wilson cannot deny the accusations coming from the beautiful blonde girl with the burning eyes, nor can he refuse her offer. But in accepting her proposal, John must forgo his first love, science, and resign himself to the will of a higher power -- magic. Now the door to his past has slammed shut with terrifying finality, and his future holds a horror that no rational mind can fathom. Will The Burning separate John from the comfort of the reality he loves so dearly or will it open doors in his mind that had been locked…until she arrived?

A novel in the Angel series. Angel, Cordy, Gunn, Wesley, Fred, and Chaz set off for a tropical island to try to save Faith from the nefarious plans of Chaz's wife, Marianna, but the real danger may come from the lawyers of Wolfram & Hart.

Rugged Boston cop Kevin Manning had promised to look out for the family of his mortally wounded partner. He didn't think that comforting his partner's grieving sister Nikki would lead to a night of blazing passion. But convinced that a brooding loner has nothing to give a fresh-faced beauty like Nikki, he leaves her to wake up alone, only to return months later to find her struggling to make ends meet--and carrying his child. Nikki couldn't forgive Kevin for abandoning her when she needed him most, or for being so desirable that her heart couldn't stop longing for him. When she accepted his offer of shelter and support, she convinced herself it was just until the baby was born and she was back on her feet. Still, something tender--and oh so tempting--in Kevin's heated gaze told her he just might need her as much as she needed him.

Une mère de famille de 35 ans décide de prendre des vacances sous forme de fugue. Un jeune homme de 20 ans la kidnappe ... Situation que la romancière traite avec humour dans ce récit mouvementé de 1977.