It's a great honor when Grandfather Gao, a family friend and elder in New York's Chinatown community, asks Lydia Chin and her partner Bill Smith to go to Hong Kong to deliver the ashes of an old friend for burial, a letter from that friend to his brother, and a vauable jade figurine for the friend's seven-year-old grandson.
Private detective Bill Smith is hurtled headlong into the most provocative-and personal-case of his career when he receives a chilling late night telephone call from the NYPD, who are holding his fifteen-year-old nephew Gary. But before he can find out what's going on, Gary escapes Bill's custody and disappears into the dark and unfamiliar streets...Bill and his partner, Lydia Chin, try to find the missing teen and uncover what it is that has led him so far from home. Their search takes them to Gary's family in a small town in New Jersey, where they discover that one of Gary's classmates was murdered. Bill and Lydia delve into the crime-only to find it eerily similar to a decades-old murder-suicide...Now, with his nephew's future-and perhaps his very life-at stake, Bill must unravel a long-buried crime and confront the darkness of his own past...Winter and Night is the winner of the 2003 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
'In twelve hours Lydia Chin will be dead...'The phone call comes in the early hours. If Bill wants his partner back he'll have to play the kidnapper's sadistic game to find her - and find her fast - before the psycho makes good his promise to kill her...
A strong, aggravated man fingers the knife in his pocket while considering a pretty woman at the bar. But what becomes of his prey when they move to the bedroom? Elsewhere, a man discovers he visits the same hair salon as the victim of a gruesome murder. And a modern-day Don Juan has a hobby of marrying vulnerable women, getting access to their bank accounts, and then robbing them blind. A glittering line-up of our best writers (including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Val McDermid, Edmund White and Patrick McCabe) weave fresh and memorable stories from a pair of classic themes- sex and crime. This tantalising collection abounds in dark-haired vixens and crimes of passion. Some stories are brooding, others twisted; some offer righteous satisfaction while others linger long in the mind. This innovative, exciting and intriguing book is a rare treat for fans of great fiction, whether it's high literature, good old-fashioned suspense, or anything in between.
Fin des années 1930. Prêtes à tout pour fuir l'Europe centrale et les persécutions, de nombreuses familles juives en quête de visas trouvent leur salut grâce à l'ambassade chinoise. En quelques mois, plus de vingt-cinq mille réfugiés débarquent ainsi en quelques mois à Shanghai, où les attend une nouvelle vie, au sein d'une culture totalement étrangère. Parmi eux, Rosalie Gilder et son frère Paul, qui ont quitté l'Autriche, laissant leur mère derrière eux. Comme beaucoup de réfugiés juifs, ceux-ci ne vont pas tarder à être portés disparus dans un pays d'abord en proie à l'occupation japonaise puis à la révolution de Mao. New York, 2009. Lydia Chin, une détective d'origine chinoise, est mandatée par une avocate suisse pour retrouver à Chinatown des bijoux ayant appartenu à la famille Gilder. Les événements prennent alors un tour totalement inattendu et les meurtres inexpliqués se surcèdent. Afin de reconstituer le puzzle infernal qui se joue autour d'elle, Lydia devra reconstituer l'histoire de Rosalie Gilder à travers les lettres envoyées à sa mère soixante ans plus tôt.