Tout a commencé par l'offre parfaite. Sandra et Bill Elincourt, un couple d'architectes habitant avec leurs quatre enfants dans une splendide maison des Highlands, recherchent une nurse expérimentée. Si les conditions sont strictes, le salaire est étourdissant. Rowan Cain, jeune anglaise qualifiée pour le poste, y voit sa chance. Les Elincourt ont beau la prévenir que les gens de la région ont déclaré la maison hantée et que les rumeurs vont bon train, Rowan quitte sa modeste vie londonienne et s'installe avec enthousiasme à Heatherbrae House. Jusqu'à ce que petit à petit, de mystères en anomalies, le rêve glisse vers le cauchemar.
Quand les associés d'une célèbre application de musique se décident à organiser un séminaire dans un chalet perdu en pleine montagne pour évoquer l'avenir de leur entreprise, ils n'imaginent pas qu'ils vont être soudain coincés par une tempête de neige. Et bientôt, un premier membre de l'équipe va manquer à l'appel.
Un huis-clos angoissant dans lequel chacun à quelque chose à perdre, à gagner, à cacher...
Isa reçoit un texto en pleine nuit d'un numéro inconnu. Un message qui tient en trois mots : « Besoin de vous. » Elle en devine l'expéditrice et en comprend immédiatement la signification. Kate Atagon appelle ses amies à l'aide. Kate, Fatima, Thea et Isa, les inséparables du pensionnat de Salten House. Alors, comme les autres, Isa lâche tout pour rejoindre son amie, tout en s'interrogeant sur les raisons de cet appel au secours. Pour elle, une seule explication : le jeu du mensonge qui les lie à tout jamais. Mais attention, quand quelqu'un meurt, ce n'est plus un jeu...
Une semaine à bord d'un yacht luxueux, à sillonner les eaux du Grand Nord avec seulement une poignée de passagers. Pour Laura Blacklock, journaliste, c'est l'occasion rêvée de s'éloigner de la capitale anglaise. D'ailleurs, le départ tient toutes ses promesses : le ciel est clair, la mer est calme et les invités de l'Aurora rivalisent de jovialité. Le champagne coule à flots, les conversations ne manquent pas de piquant et la cabine est un véritable paradis sur l'eau. Mais dès le premier soir, le vent tourne. Laura, réveillée en pleine nuit, voit une passagère être passée par-dessus bord. Le problème ? Aucun voyageur, aucun membre de l'équipage ne manque à l'appel. L'Aurora poursuit sa route comme si de rien n'était. Le drame ? Laura sait qu'elle ne s'est pas trompée. Ce qui fait d'elle l'unique témoin d'un meurtre, dont l'auteur se trouve toujours à bord...
Lorsque Harriet Westaway reçoit un courrier lui annonçant un héritage conséquent provenant de sa grand-mère, cela semble être la réponse inespérée à tous ses problèmes.
En effet, Harriet doit de l'argent, beaucoup d'argent, emprunté à un usurier sans scrupules, et cela risque fort de mettre sa vie en danger. Seul souci : ses grands-parents sont décédés vingt ans auparavant, et elle ne les a même jamais connus. La lettre a donc été adressée à la mauvaise personne.
Mais Harriet qui gagne sa vie en tirant les cartes pour prédire l'avenir n'est plus à une affabulation près.
Et ce coup du sort pourrait enfin tout résoudre... sauf si le hasard en décide autrement...
Deliciously dark and utterly addictive -- my favourite Ruth Ware yet Lucy Foley Everyone wanted her life Someone wanted her dead It was Hannah who found Aprils body ten years ago. It was Hannah who didnt question what she saw that day. Did her testimony put an innocent man in prison? She needs to know the truth. Even if it means questioning her own friends. Even if it means putting her own life at risk. Because if the killer wasnt a stranger, it''s someone she knows Praise for The It Girl : ''A cracking read and that ending!'' Shari Lapena ''Every Ruth Ware novel is a unique and unexpected gem and this one is no exception. A heady, tense, slowburn dream of a book, multi-layered and steeped in atmosphere and peril. I loved every page'' Lisa Jewell Ruth Wares richly-textured The It Girl is at once an engrossing murder mystery while also a perfectly crafted and haunting examination of lost youth and the compromises of adulthood, as a woman unpicks the past secrets of her university friends to finally lay to rest her murdered best friend, the dazzling April. Reminiscent of The Secret History , Ware has surpassed herself with this gripping, absorbing whodunnit. I loved it! All hail the Queen'' Sarah Pinborough If you ever idly wish that Agatha Christie would write a new book, Ruth Ware has got you covered. The It Girl has all the clues, twists and red herrings you could wish for, in a thoroughly modern setting. An impeccably constructed mystery from start to finish'' Jane Casey ''Its brilliant. Ruth is the master of the fiendishly twisty, yet completely believable, plot'' Elly Griffiths ''Just finished The It Girl by Ruth Ware and now my life is divided in two: before and after. Before: cool, calm, chilled. After: What? No! OMG! A wild ride thats deliciously twisting, with countless gasp-out-loud moments'' Janice Hallett ''A new Ruth Ware is always a treat and The It Gir l is one of her best. You can almost see her smiling as she feeds you the little morsels that should help you work everything out - if only you were as clever as Ruth! As sleek and chilling as a knife between the ribs'' Sarah J. Naughton Clever. Compelling and with a terrific sense of place. Ruth Wares The It Girl grips to the end Jane Shemilt
« Objet : Enterrement de vie de jeune fille de Clare !!! » Clare... Voilà dix ans que Nora n'a plus prononcé ce prénom, soudainement apparu dans un mail collectif. Oubliée ? Non. Comment le pourrait-elle ? Elles étaient les meilleures amies du monde. Du moins jusqu'au lycée où... Bref, la question n'est pas là.
Pourquoi l'inviter une décennie plus tard à son enterrement de vie de jeune fille ? Mieux : pourquoi s'y rendre ?
Pourtant, Nora accepte. Direction : une grande maison de verre, perdue dans la forêt sombre du nord de l'Angleterre. Drôle d'endroit pour une fête entre copines. Est-ce vraiment une fête, d'ailleurs ? Personne ne semble se réjouir d'être là. Le fusil accroché aux murs n'incite pas vraiment aux shots de tequila. Ni les pas dans la neige, dehors... Ni les jeux poussifs, ni les aveux malsains. Car quelqu'un, parmi eux, a lancé un étrange « Action ou Vérité »...
L'action ? Un meurtre. La vérité ? Un mensonge.
In the dark and dramatic new thriller from Ruth Ware, bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood, Harriet Westaway receives an unexpected letter telling her she's inherited a substantial bequest from her Cornish grandmother. Owing money to a loan shark, it seems like the answer to her prayers. There's just one problem - Harriet's real grandparents died more than twenty years ago.
IT WAS THE DREAM JOB. IT WOULD BECOME HER WORST NIGHTMARE. ''So clever and original . . . from the first gripping page to the last shocking twist'' ERIN KELLY, author of He Said/She Said ''Ruth Ware just gets better and better. The Turn of the Key is her most compelling and addictive to date; I read this in a two sitting frenzy, barely able to turn the pages fast enough'' Lisa Jewell, author of The People Upstairs When Rowan stumbles across the advert, it seems like too good an opportunity to miss: a live-in nanny position, with a very generous salary. And when she arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten by the luxurious ''smart'' home fitted out with all modern conveniences by a picture-perfect family. What she doesn''t know is that she''s stepping into a nightmare - one that will end with a child dead and her in cell awaiting trial for murder. She knows she''s made mistakes. But she''s not guilty - at least not of murder. Which means someone else is... ''Will hold you captive until the brilliant ending'' SHARI LAPENA, author of Someone We Know Full of chilling menace and sinister secrets, The Turn of the Key is a gripping modern-day haunted house novel that will keep you reading through the night. Everyone loves Ruth Ware''s binge-worthy psychological thrillers: ''The queen of creepy crime'' Metro ''Eerie and tense, this left me so spooked that I slept with the light on!'' Prima ''Powerfully atmospheric, unguessably twisty...I devoured it'' Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Our House ''Dark and dramatic...part murder mystery, part family drama, altogether riveting'' A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window ''Creepy, engrossing, and oh-so-hard to put down'' JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before ''One of the best thriller writers around'' Independent ''Agatha Christie meets The Girl on the Train '' The Sun ''Dark, unsettling, brilliant'' HEAT ''Deliciously dark and spooky'' Sunday Mirror
Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never looked back. Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare's hen party arrives. A weekend in a remote cottage - the perfect opportunity for Nora to reconnect with her best friend, to put the past behind her. But something goes wrong. Very wrong. And as secrets and lies unravel, out in the dark, dark wood the past will finally catch up with Nora.
''The sense of dread deepens as the snow falls in Ruth Ware''s tensely plotted and deliciously cast alpine thriller'' Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Our House **The unmissable new thriller from the queen of the modern-day murder mystery.** Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a make or break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company. At stake is a billion-dollar dot com buyout that could make them all millionaires, or leave some of them out in the cold. The clock is ticking on the offer, and with the group irrevocably split, tensions are running high. When an avalanche cuts the chalet off from help, and one board member goes missing in the snow, the group is forced to ask - would someone resort to murder, to get what they want? Praise for Ruth Ware''s addictive thrillers: ''Atmospheric and eerie with Agatha Christie vibes '' Prima ''Ruth Ware just gets better and better'' Lisa Jewell, author of The People Upstairs ''A dark tale by one of the best thriller writers around'' Independent ''Will hold you captive until the brilliant ending'' Shari Lapena, author of Someone We Know ''A real spine-chiller that confirms Ruth Ware as the true heir to Christie''s crown. Ingenious plotting sees the body count rise and multiple suspects eliminated until we''re left with breathless game of cat-and-mouse'' Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said, She Said
From the bestselling author of IN A DARK, DARK WOOD comes Ruth Ware's next compulsive page-turner. Travel journalist Lo Blackwood is on a press trip on a luxury cruise ship, and is awoken by screams from the next-door cabin. But records show that its an empty cabin. Is Lo going mad or is she trapped on a ship with a murderer?
''To read [ The Lying Game ] is to have your nerves slowly but inexorably shredded as, over and again, the tension builds and then evaporates until the final, unexpected denouement'' Metro ''A gripping, unpredictable narrative that shifts like sand underfoot, and a plot that turns like the tide.'' ERIN KELLY bestselling author of HE SAID SHE SAID ''Thank goodness for Ruth Ware...[ The Lying Game is] gripping enough to be devoured in a single sitting'' Independent Four friends. One promise. But someone isn''t telling the truth. The twisting new mystery from bestselling phenomenon Ruth Ware. The text message arrives in the small hours of the night. It''s just three words: I need you . Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her. At school Isa and her three best friends used to play the Lying Game. They competed to convince people of the most outrageous stories. Now, after seventeen years of secrets, something terrible has been found on the beach. Something which will force Isa to confront her past, together with the three women she hasn''t seen for years, but has never forgotten. Theirs is no cosy reunion: Salten isn''t a safe place for them, not after what they did. It''s time for the women to get their story straight...
À l'occasion des 70 ans de Fleuve Éditions, des auteurs phares du catalogue ont signés 7 nouvelles originales :
Ensemble. Tous ensemble de Charlye Ménétrier McGrath ;
À sa place (conte d'anniversaire) de Anne-Laure Bondoux ;
Joyeux Noël, Steve de Ruth Ware;
Comme une évidence de Sophie Loubière ;
Le Jeu du Silence de Anne Ragde ;
(Re)naissance de Susi Fox ;
À quarante pas du bout de ma vie de Hervé Commère.