Synopsis: It’s been years since Casey Maldonado visited her hometown, and the only reason she’s returning now is to get her brother Ricky out of jail, where he sits after being arrested for the brutal murder of Alicia McManus, his girlfriend of several months. Casey believes in her brother’s innocence, but proving that to the cops is a different thing altogether, especially since she has her own murder warrant to worry about. Perhaps even more frightening than the law is Casey’s confrontation with her personal demons – the home she shared with her late husband and son, the resentment of her mother, and even the presence of Eric (Embrace the Grim Reaper), who wants to be more than just a friend.
As Casey and her ever-present companion Death investigate Alicia’s murder, it becomes clear she was not who she claimed to be, from her name to her non-existent past. Instead of a solid history, she left only questions when she died. Where did she come from? What secrets did she know? And, most importantly, who were the three people she spoke of when Death carried her away?Casey must sort the truth from the elaborate fiction of Alicia’s life in order to clear Ricky’s name, but as she reveals the woman’s secrets Casey begins to see just how alike their lives appear. Is Casey destined to an existence as empty and dark as Alicia’s, or can she overcome the tragedy of her past and move forward into a life worth living?
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Dying Echo de Judy Clemens (VO)
Résumé (traduction personnelle) : Cela fait des années que Casey Madonado n’est pas revenue chez elle, et la seule raison pour qu’elle le fasse maintenant c’est pour faire sortir son frère Ricky de prison qui a été arrêté pour le meurtre brutal d’Alicia McManus, sa petite amie depuis quelques mois. Casey est persuadée de l’innocence de son frère, mais le prouver aux policiers est une autre affaire, surtout quand elle a ses propres problèmes à régler. Peut-être encore plus effrayant que la loi, Casey doit affronter ses propres démons – la maison qu’elle a partagée avec son ancien mari et son fils, le ressentiment de sa mère, et même la présence d’Eric (Embrace the Grim Reaper), qui voudrait bien être plus qu’un ami.
Comme Casey et son compagnon de toujours, La Mort, enquêtent sur le meurtre d’Alicia, il devient clair qu’elle n’est pas ce qu’elle disait être, de par son nom jusqu’à son passé inexistant. Au lieu d’une histoire solide, elle a laissé de nombreuses questions derrière elle. D’où vient-elle ? Quels secrets connaissait-elle ? Et plus important, qui étaient les trois personnes à qui elle a parlé alors que La Mort l’emportait ?Casey se doit de retrouver la vérité de cette fiction qu’est la vie d’Alicia afin d’innocenter Ricky, mais alors qu’elle révèle ses secrets, Casey commence à découvrir que leur vies sont assez semblables. Casey est-elle destinée à une existence aussi vide et sombre que celle d’Alicia, ou pourra-t-elle surpasser la tragédie de son propre passé et vivre une vie qui vaut le coup.
Stacking the Shelves #8
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(pour une version française voir la bibliothèque de Lilie)
Tess must help solve the five-year-old cold case of Hannah Reid’s disappearance, because solving the case will save Kipp. But a bigger problem presents itself. Tess is falling in love with a ghost. Now she must decide. Keep Kipp forever, or find the killer.
But the case is only one of Tess’s worries. Ghosts are talking, and word of her abilities rapidly spreads. A dark ghost is terrifying the spirits of Memphis, and she must force the entity to cross over.
Tess doesn’t have to do this alone. Not only does she have her ghost-lover, Kipp McGowen, but the department has brought in a medium. Dane Wolfe might answer all her questions, but he also brings a world of trouble. Will Tess finally have all she’s ever wanted, or will everything she’s vowed to protect be ripped away?
She just can’t resist . . . Guardian Riley Jenson always seems to face the worst villains. And this time’s no different. For it’s no ordinary sorceress who can raise the dead to do her killing. But that’s exactly what Riley expects to find at the end of a trail of female corpses used—and discarded—in a bizarre ritual of evil. With pressure mounting to catch one fiend, another series of brutal slayings shocks the vampire world of her lover, Quinn. So the last thing Riley needs is the heat of the upcoming full moon bringing her werewolf hormones to a boil—or the reappearance of a sexy bounty hunter, the rogue wolf Kye Murphy.
Riley has threatened Murphy with arrest if he doesn’t back off the investigation, but it’s Riley who feels handcuffed by Kye’s lupine charm. Torn between her vamp and wolf natures, between her love for Quinn and her hots for Kye, Riley knows she’s courting danger and indulging the deadliest desires. For her hunt through the supernatural underworld will bring her face-to-face with what lurks in a darkness where even monsters fear to tread.