2015, ISBN: 9782848932446

« Une subtile analyse de la psychologie d’un homme confronté à une violence à laquelle il n’est nullement préparé. »MarianneLe livre :&… Altro …

« Une subtile analyse de la psychologie d’un homme confronté à une violence à laquelle il n’est nullement préparé. »MarianneLe livre : Eugene Wren, galeriste londonien réputé, ramasse par hasard une enveloppe pleine de billets de banque. Au lieu de la remettre à la police, il colle une affichette près de sa maison. Cette annonce anodine va déclencher une succession d’événements : vol, incendie criminel, meurtre… Des individus de milieux très variés vont être entraînés malgré eux dans le tourbillon trépidant de Portobello Road.L'auteur :Ruth Rendell (1930-2015) a été récompensée par quatre Golden Dagger de l’Association britannique des auteurs de romans policiers et un Diamond Dagger pour sa contribution exceptionnelle à ce genre littéraire. L’association des Mystery Writers of America lui a attribué à trois reprises l’Edgar Award ainsi que l’Ultimate Master Award pour l’ensemble de son œuvre.Pionnière dans le genre du roman psychologique à suspense, elle est célèbre pour sa subtile analyse de la société anglaise contemporaine. Elle est l’auteur de plus de soixante-dix ouvrages, traduits dans trente-deux langues. Plusieurs de ses œuvres ont été portées à l’écran. En France, François Ozon a adapté au cinéma Une nouvelle amie et Pascal Thomas La Maison du Lys tigré.Ruth Rendell était Commandeur de l’Empire britannique (CBE) depuis 1996 et pair à vie depuis 1997. Particulièrement engagée dans la lutte contre l’illettrisme et dans le combat pour les droits des femmes et des enfants, elle assistait tous les après-midi aux séances de la Chambre des Lords.Elle est décédée le 2 mai 2015 à Londres, à l’âge de 85 ans.   Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Thrillers>Thrillers, Editions des Deux Terres Digital >16<

ISBN: 9782848932446

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL’S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction’s reigning queen, with a remarkable career spanning more than … Altro …

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL’S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction’s reigning queen, with a remarkable career spanning more than forty years. Now, in Portobello, she delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of London’s Notting Hill.Walking to the shops one day, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction—and his own good intentions—Wren hatches a plan to find the money’s rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners—people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs. As these volatile characters come into Wren’s life—and the life of his trusting fiancée—the consequences will change them all. Portobello is a wonderfully complex tour de force featuring a dazzling depiction of one of London’s most intriguing neighborhoods—and the dangers beneath its newly posh veneer. Digital Content>E-books>Myst & Thrill>Thrillers>Thrillers, Editions des Deux Terres Digital >16<

ISBN: 9782848932446

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL’S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction’s reigning queen, with a remarkable career spanning more than … Altro …

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL’S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS Ruth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction’s reigning queen, with a remarkable career spanning more than forty years. Now, in Portobello, she delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of London’s Notting Hill.Walking to the shops one day, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction—and his own good intentions—Wren hatches a plan to find the money’s rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners—people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs. As these volatile characters come into Wren’s life—and the life of his trusting fiancée—the consequences will change them all. Portobello is a wonderfully complex tour de force featuring a dazzling depiction of one of London’s most intriguing neighborhoods—and the dangers beneath its newly posh veneer. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Thrillers>Thrillers, Editions des Deux Terres Digital >16<

ISBN: 9782848932446

The Portobello area of West London has a rich personality - vibrant, brilliant in colour, noisy, with graffiti that approach art, bizarre and splendid. An indefinable edge to it adds a sp… Altro …

The Portobello area of West London has a rich personality - vibrant, brilliant in colour, noisy, with graffiti that approach art, bizarre and splendid. An indefinable edge to it adds a spice of danger. There is nothing safe about Portobello...Eugene Wren inherited an art gallery from his father near an arcade that now sells cashmere, handmade soaps and children's clothes. But he decided to move to a more upmarket site in Kensington Church Street. Eugene is fifty, with prematurely white hair. He is, perhaps, too secretive for his own good. He also has an addictive personality. But he has cut back radically on his alcohol consumption and has given up cigarettes. Which is just as well, considering he is going out with a doctor. For all his good intentions, though, there is something he doesn't want her to know about...Eugene's secret links the lives of a number of very different people - each with their own obsessions, problems, dreams and despairs. And through it all the hectic life of Portobello bustles on... Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Thrillers>Thrillers, Editions des Deux Terres Digital >16<

ISBN: 9782848932446

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