While facing his most ruthless enemy, the terrible Mysteras, the famous London detective Harry Dickson has to solve a particularly obscure three-part case: the disappearance of a prominent writer, the murder of a strange scientist, and the resurrection of an executed criminal.
Sleepy Boy
Nate is a normal boy… except that when he’s asleep, his nightmares become real! In order to not fall asleep, and to keep his parents and his sister safe, Nate lives on coffee. But his nightmares continue even when he’s awake, also bringing with them flying clocks and strange creatures that invade the earth. Gradually, human beings fall into some sort of a coma and Nate’s family is in mortal danger. In an attempt to save them, Nate decides to leave home, but will he manage to find out why these things are happening and finally be able to live a normal life?
L’Heure du Padodo
Linette doesn’t want to sleep… While Daddy is snoring, she tries to sneak away, but a funny little character appears. It is the Padodo ! He can be really tiring… but he’s so funny!
La Vengeance de Zaroff
After ten years, the United States has not lived up to Zaroff’s expectations. A few criminals, vagrants… small game, unworthy of the world’s greatest hunter. But Uncle Sam offers him a new hunting ground: his native Russia, invaded by the Nazis. Zaroff must find a physicist lost in the midst of these predators of the Third Reich, whose savagery is only matched by his own. The more dangerous the game, the more dangerous Zaroff becomes…
Livre I
Jehan, who hides the fact that she’s a woman in order to do what she loves: fight in tournaments. Josselin, her loyal traveling and sparring companion, with lofty ideals and empty pockets, who fights for money but won’t admit it. Both broke, they’re looked after by Paulin, Jehan’s wily squire. But Paulin’s wits might just be about to land them in the biggest, most perilous pickle they’ve ever been in. For Josselin has set his sights on a mysterious knight all in black, who’s never been defeated. And in a dangerous wagering scene run by the hulking mercenary Oddard, Jehan has bet more than his masters can ever repay…
Résidence Autonomie
Emerging en masse from the elevator, they look like a pack of zombies about to attack you. “They” are the residents of a retirement village—seniors fortunate enough to still lead more or less independent lives. And this is the impression of Marc, who has just landed a job there. On the first day, he is welcomed by Hamad, who shows him around and explains what he has to do. Rule #1: Wear comfortable trainers; you’ll be covering 15 miles per day. Rule #2: Don’t be afraid to speak loudly (that means VERY LOUDLY) when addressing residents. Rule #3: When using a wheelchair, remember to apply the brake; the village is on a hill…
An insight into the daily lives of members of an “assisted living community” that combines humor and humanity.
Le Passager du Polarlys
It is February 1930 and the SS Polarlys has just left the port of Hamburg, bound for the far north of Norway. During the whole winter, this steamer is the only link between the populations of the towns along the coast stretching up to the Arctic Circle. For Captain Petersen, it is a routine voyage… until he discovers that there is a murderer aboard and he must get into the role of a detective.
Which of the handful of passengers on the Polarlys could have been responsible for the death of the police advisor Sternberg in his cabin?
Le Massacre de Tanque Verde
We are on the western borderlands of the United States in 1850, where the frontier is constantly shifting and violence is a day-to-day reality. The Kid’s family has recently been massacred at Tanque Verde while he was blinded in the attack. Elsie, a young prostitute, looks after him until the Sheriff decides that he is to be adopted—by wealthy landowner Wesley Helleck.
Meanwhile, in a nearby army fort, Corporal Quintus Jones languishes in a cell, awaiting his fate. He has been found guilty of desertion, but manages to break out, with the help of a Native American who has no regard for authority. As they make their escape, they meet Roxanne, alias Sister Marie Carmel, who has also escaped—from an “Indian” attack—and proves to be as good with a gun as she is at singing hymns. The trio then free a runaway slave called Royal from his chains before running into Elsie and the Kid, with whom they team up to go in search of the blind boy’s inheritance: a fabulous mountain of gold.
La Voix des bêtes la faim des hommes
Brunehilde commands a pack of wolves. It is the Middle Ages—a time of transition, when Christianity is spreading slowly, and bloodily, from village to village. Believed to be a witch, Brunehilde has to move constantly, always on the look-out for bandits, kidnappers, and wild animals, and even wary of ordinary people. When she she reaches the wooded valley in southwest France, she discovers a horrible scene: people are being murdered and mutilated in the woods, and the villagers are convinced that a demon or a werewolf is on the loose. When she discovers that she herself is the prime suspect, Brunehilde must quickly investigate all these deaths.
In the vein of “The Daughters of Salem” (by the same author and sold in three languages), this is a true medieval thriller about the lives and beliefs of our ancestors.
Adios Carlotta
Taking advantage of her husband’s absence and supported by Colonel Alfred van der Smissen, whose charm does not leave her unaffected, Charlotte of Belgium took the leadership of the Mexican empire.
Unfortunately for her, when Maximilian returned, things went wrong. Revolts spread and worse, the French army was preparing to leave Mexico. Maximilian was also trying to conceive an heir to the crown. Refusing to share her bed with him, knowing that he has syphilis, Charlotte has to resort to adoption.
