When the electricity inexplicably goes out nationwide, the mundanities of life gradually shift to the rigors of survival. In this post-apocalyptic setting, an unnamed mechanic jumps into his beat-up car and drives east, journeying 4,736 kilometers to reach his dying father. As the narrator's journey becomes one of essentials: gasoline, water bottles, and gas-station food, and as the crisis engulfing his surroundings begins to weigh on him ever more,...

I took off my dress and the petticoats and I put on the Englishman's breeches and shirt. I put on his neckerchief and asked Liz to take the scissors and cut my hair short. My plait fell to the ground and there I was, a young lad. Good boy she said to me, then pulled my face towards her and kissed me on the mouth. It surprised me, I didn't understand, I didn't know you could do that and it was revealed to me so naturally: why wouldn't you be able to...

"I jostled her shoulder and noticed when I did that her skin was cold to the touch....her entire torso was covered in tattoos from her collar bone to the midline of her thighs. All were of kimono motifs-fans, incense burners, peonies, and scrolls." This ghastly scene was the last thing Ruth Bennett expected to encounter when she agreed to translate a novel by a long-forgotten Japanese writer. Returning to her childhood home in Kyoto had promised...

When Matt Clements meets a mysterious prophet on the Kurdistan border, he is set on the trail to holy relics that could rewrite history. Clements and his team travel into the remotest desert regions of the Middle East, but powerful interests move against them, hoping to steal the relics before they can ever be authenticated. Matt must outwit his adversaries and present his discoveries publicly in New York, but the dark forces ranged against him will...

Mansour al-Jazaïri is on his way to his public execution. As his faithful friend Hussein looks on, the crowd calls for his head. Gassouh! Gassouh! It is a time when age-old rituals play out amid skyscrapers and are replayed on smartphone screens in the air-conditioned corridors of shopping malls. Set over the course of a single day in the Saudi Arabian capital, Mansour's Eyes weaves together several historical pasts: the time of Mansour's great-grandfather,...

Vous êtes-vous jamais imaginé(e) découvrir la vérité sur une des énigmes les plus troublantes de l'histoire ? Le narrateur, Nick, un Français d'une vingtaine d'années, intègre une université américaine dans le cadre de ses études. À la suite de l'acquisition d'une mystérieuse guitare, il plaque un quotidien confortable et décide de jouer quitte ou double en acceptant de se lancer dans un road trip effréné à travers les Etats-Unis....

A serial killer taunts Casablanca's most famous detective, Hanash, in this nail-biting Moroccan noir, a follow-up to Bled Dry A series of gruesome murders shakes the city of Casablanca. The killer knows exactly how the police will pursue him and how to obliterate evidence that could lead them to identify his victims. Fear spreads throughout the city as rumors abound that a serial killer is on the loose. Detective Hanash, despite his reputation,...

Joseph Farny, dans une retraite forcée, découvre les règles et les coutumes bouddhistes... Quand un Français en cavale pousse la porte d'un monastère tibétain, il cherche juste un refuge. Là-bas, au Ladakh, une rencontre providentielle change radicalement sa vision du monde et de la vie. Sept jours plus tard, c'est un homme nouveau qui retournera chez lui. ''Sept jours pour renaître'' est un court récit sur la découverte du bouddhisme tibétain...

Retrouvez votre duo de gendarmes, Romain Fouller et Gabriel Caro, pour une nouvelle enquête sur l'empoisonnement mystérieux d'une jeune harpiste. Le 5 juillet 1987, un dramatique accident de la route endeuille la maison Fichet, imprimeurs à Pontivy. Oriane Le Dréan, petite-fille du fondateur, est seule rescapée. En apparence indemne, l'orpheline âgée de cinq ans se mure pourtant dans le silence et son regard se fige. L'obscurité devient...

Modern Israel is a place filled with contradictions: the beautiful landscape often rife with human conflict; the tranquil and the peaceful in constant struggle with terrible destruction; and amazing human love and kindness set against a backdrop of civil strife. Through the eyes of a writer like Batya Gur and her finest creation, Chief Superintendent Michael Ohayon, these complexities are treated with an intimate familiarity and rare depth of understanding. When...