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Dès qu'il a vu le corps, échoué sur la berge de la Green River, Phil Boudreau a su. Su que ce ne serait pas la dernière. Su quel monstre se cachait derrière cette sauvagerie.
Mais à Seattle, un flic des mœurs a autant de chance de se faire entendre qu'une prostituée morte d'intéresser les journaux...
Alors que la police piétine et que le coupable accumule les cadavres, Boudreau commence une croisade personnelle contre le plus manipulateur et insaisissable des serial killer. Le pire cauchemar d'une ville aux abois.
Un thriller crépusculaire inspiré de l'affaire du tueur de la Green River, qui a fait près de cinquante victimes dans les années 1980.
" L'auteur de Die Hard livre ici un thriller obsessionnel et visionnaire. " Madame Figaro
" Roderick Thorp excelle à placer le lecteur face à ses fanstasmes de crime et de sang. " Glamour
Mais à Seattle, un flic des mœurs a autant de chance de se faire entendre qu'une prostituée morte d'intéresser les journaux...
Alors que la police piétine et que le coupable accumule les cadavres, Boudreau commence une croisade personnelle contre le plus manipulateur et insaisissable des serial killer. Le pire cauchemar d'une ville aux abois.
Un thriller crépusculaire inspiré de l'affaire du tueur de la Green River, qui a fait près de cinquante victimes dans les années 1980.
" L'auteur de Die Hard livre ici un thriller obsessionnel et visionnaire. " Madame Figaro
" Roderick Thorp excelle à placer le lecteur face à ses fanstasmes de crime et de sang. " Glamour
720 pages, Pocket Book
Published February 11, 2016
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About the author
Roderick Thorp
29 books71 followersRoderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in crime novels.
As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father. He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.
Two of his best known novels were adapted into popular films: his 1966 novel The Detective was made into a 1968 film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra as Detective Joe Leland, and his 1979 sequel to The Detective, Nothing Lasts Forever, was filmed in 1988 as Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. Though Die Hard was relatively faithful to Nothing Lasts Forever, it was not made as a sequel to the film version of The Detective. Two other Thorp novels, Rainbow Drive and Devlin, were adapted into TV movies.
Thorp died of a heart attack in Oxnard, California.
As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father. He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.
Two of his best known novels were adapted into popular films: his 1966 novel The Detective was made into a 1968 film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra as Detective Joe Leland, and his 1979 sequel to The Detective, Nothing Lasts Forever, was filmed in 1988 as Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. Though Die Hard was relatively faithful to Nothing Lasts Forever, it was not made as a sequel to the film version of The Detective. Two other Thorp novels, Rainbow Drive and Devlin, were adapted into TV movies.
Thorp died of a heart attack in Oxnard, California.
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