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  Carnaval

  Ray Celestin

  • 10/18
  • Grands Detectives
  • 19 Mai 2016
  • 9782264066312

  Un thriller inspiré d'un fait divers survenu à La Nouvelle-Orléans en 1919, entre tensions raciales, corruption, vaudou, jazz et mafia Lorsqu'en 1919 un tueur en série s'attaque aux habitants de La Nouvelle-Orléans en laissant sur les lieux de ses crimes des cartes de tarot, la panique gagne peu à peu. On évoque le vaudou. Les victimes étant siciliennes, les rivalités ethniques sont exacerbées. Un policier, Michael Talbot, un journaliste, John Riley, une jeune secrétaire de l'agence Pinkerton, Ida, et un ancien policier tout juste sorti de prison, Luca D'Andrea, vont tenter de résoudre l'affaire. Mais eux aussi ont leurs secrets... Alors qu'un ouragan s'approche de la ville, le tueur, toujours aussi insaisissable, continue à sévir. Le chaos est proche.

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  Mafioso

  Ray Celestin

  • 10/18
  • Grands Detectives
  • 6 Mai 2021
  • 9782264076366

  New York, 1947 : un mystérieux tueur assassine de sang-froid tous les occupants d'un hôtel de Harlem. On parle de meurtres rituels, liés au vaudou et c'est le seul pensionnaire survivant qui est arrêté et condamné.
  Une ancienne détective de l'agence Pinkerton, Ida Davis, et le patron d'un club en vogue de Manhattan, Gabriel Leveson, se retrouvent mêlés à l'enquête. Ils découvrent bientôt avec effroi que l'affaire est liée à une série de meurtres bien plus importante, impliquant le crime organisé et la haute société de la ville.
  
  Après La Nouvelle-Orléans de Carnaval et le Chicago de Mascarade, Ray Celestin nous entraîne dans le New York de l'après-guerre. Au fil d'une intrigue palpitante, inspirée de faits réels, où se croisent Frank Sinatra, Bugsy Siegel et Louis Armstrong, il dresse, sur fond de jazz, un portrait inoubliable de la ville, épicentre du cauchemar américain.
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  Mascarade

  Ray Celestin

  • 10/18
  • Grands Detectives
  • 1 Février 2018
  • 9782264070906

  C'est la guerre. En temps de guerre, on tire avant de discuter. L'agent de police William Shoemaker, Chicago, 1925.
  
  
  
  Du ghetto noir aux riches familles blanches, en passant par la mafia italienne tenue par Al Capone, Chicago vit au rythme du jazz, de la prohibition, et surtout du crime. Alors que des mafieux et des politiques meurent empoisonnés après un dîner, les détectives Michael Talbot et Ida Davis enquêtent sur la disparition, à la veille de leur mariage, d'un couple de fiancés appartenant à la plus riche dynastie de la ville. Au même moment, Jacob Russo, photographe pour la police, se trouve confronté à une scène de crime qui lui en rappelle effroyablement une autre.
  
  
  
  
  Inspirée de faits réels, une histoire de sang et de swing sur fond de guerre des gangs.
  
  
  
  Un thriller magistral [...] qui se lit avec délectation et curiosité tant le suspense est grand et le rythme haletant. Un cocktail décidément explosif.
  
  
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  THE AXEMAN''S JAZZ - CITY BLUES QUARTET

  Ray Celestin

  • Pan Books
  • 5 Août 2021
  • 9781529065633

  Winner of the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of the Year. Shortlisted for the Theakston''s Crime Novel of the Year Award. As recommended on the Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman. Inspired by a true story, set against the heady backdrop of jazz-filled, mob-ruled New Orleans, The Axeman''s Jazz by Ray Celestin is a gripping thriller announcing a major talent in historical crime fiction. New Orleans, 1919. As a dark serial killer - the Axeman - stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask him: Detective Lieutenant Michael Talbot - heading up the official investigation, but struggling to find leads, and harbouring a grave secret of his own. Former detective Luca d''Andrea - now working for the mafia; his need to solve the mystery of the Axeman is every bit as urgent as that of the authorities. And Ida - a secretary at the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Obsessed with Sherlock Holmes and dreaming of a better life, she stumbles across a clue which lures her and her musician friend, Louis Armstrong, to the case - and into terrible danger . . . As Michael, Luca and Ida each draw closer to discovering the killer''s identity, the Axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of New Orleans: play jazz or risk becoming the next victim.
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  THE MOBSTER''S LAMENT

  Ray Celestin

  • Pan Books
  • 19 Mars 2020
  • 9781509838967

  From the bestselling author of The Axeman''s Jazz , Ray Celestin''s gripping third book, The Mobster''s Lament, follows a gangster''s last chance to escape the clutches of New York''s mafia families, but as a blizzard descends on NYC, a ruthless serial killer is tracking his every move. New York, 1947. Mob fixer Gabriel Leveson''s plans to flee the city are put on hold when he is tasked with tracking down stolen mob money by ''the boss of all bosses'', Frank Costello. But while he''s busy looking, he doesn''t notice who''s watching him . . . Meanwhile, Private Investigator Ida Young and her old partner, Michael Talbot, must prove the innocence of Talbot''s son Tom, who has been accused of the brutal murders of four people in a Harlem flophouse. With all the evidence pointing towards him, their only chance of exoneration is to find the killer themselves. Whilst across town, Ida''s childhood friend, Louis Armstrong, is on the brink of bankruptcy, when a promoter approaches him with a strange offer to reignite his career . . . Both a gripping neo-noir crime novel and a vivid, panoramic portrait of New York, The Mobster''s Lament takes you to the heart of a city where the Mob has risen to the height of its powers . . .
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  DEAD MAN''S BLUES

  Ray Celestin

  • Pan Books
  • 5 Août 2021
  • 9781529065626

  *Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of 2017* Dead Man''s Blues is the gripping historical crime novel from Ray Celestin, following on from the events of his debut The Axeman''s Jazz, winner of the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for Best First Novel 2014.
  
  Chicago, 1928. In the stifling summer heat three disturbing events take place. A clique of city leaders is poisoned in a fancy hotel. A white gangster is found mutilated in an alleyway in the Black Belt. And a famous heiress vanishes without a trace.
  
  Pinkerton detectives Michael Talbot and Ida Davis are hired to find the missing heiress by the girl''s troubled mother. But it proves harder than expected to find a face that is known across the city, and Ida must elicit the help of her friend Louis Armstrong.
  
  While the police take little interest in the Black Belt murder, crime scene photographer Jacob Russo can''t get the dead man''s image out of his head, and so he embarks on his own investigation.
  
  And Dante Sanfelippo - rum-runner and fixer - is back in Chicago on the orders of Al Capone, who suspects there''s a traitor in the ranks and wants Dante to investigate. But Dante is struggling with problems of his own as he is forced to return to the city he thought he''d never see again . . .
  
  As the three parties edge closer to the truth, their paths cross and their lives are threatened. But will any of them find the answers they need in the capital of blues, booze and corruption? Lire la suite Fermer

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  SUNSET SWING

  Ray Celestin

  • Pan Books
  • 4 Août 2022
  • 9781509838981

  ''Here ends one of the finest achievements of recent crime fiction'' - Sunday Telegraph
  
  ''Outstanding'' - The Times
  
  
  Los Angeles. Christmas, 1967. A devil is loose in the City of Angels . . .
  
  A young nurse, Kerry Gaudet, travels to the City of Angels desperate to find her missing brother, fearing that something terrible has happened to him: a serial killer is terrorising the city, picking victims at random, and Kerry has precious few leads.
  
  Ida Young, recently retired Private Investigator, is dragged into helping the police when a young woman is discovered murdered in her motel room. Ida has never met the victim but her name has been found at the crime scene and the LAPD wants to know why . . .
  
  Meanwhile mob fixer Dante Sanfelippo has put his life savings into purchasing a winery in Napa Valley but first he must do one final favour for the Mob before leaving town: find a bail jumper before the bond money falls due, and time is fast running out.
  
  Ida''s friend, Louis Armstrong, flies into the city just as her investigations uncover mysterious clues to the killer''s identity. And Dante must tread a dangerous path to pay his dues, a path which will throw him headlong into a terrifying conspiracy and a secret that the conspirators will do anything to protect . . .
  
  Completing his American crime quartet, Ray Celestin''s Sunset Swing is a stunning novel of conspiracy, murder and madness, an unforgettable portrait of a city on the edge. Lire la suite Fermer

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  SUNSET SWING - CITY BLUES QUARTET

  Ray Celestin

  • Mantle
  • 25 Novembre 2021
  • 9781509838974

  Los Angeles. Christmas, 1967. Detective Ida Young is a couple of years into retirement when she is dragged into investigating the death of a young woman in a hotel room. The murder has the troubling hallmarks of the killer Ida failed to catch twenty years earlier in New York, so she sees the investigation as one last chance at redemption, one last chance to right a decades-old wrong, one last case. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, mob fixer Dante Sanfelipe has put his life savings into a real estate deal for the purchase of a winery in Napa Valley, but when he''s asked to find a bail-jumper as a favour for an old friend, he becomes embroiled in a crime war that threatens not only his plans, but his life as well. Charles is an LAPD cop who is still coping with the fallout of his sacking from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics the previous year. As he''s trying to get his life back on track, he is visited by some of his old colleagues from the Bureau, who inform him that his old mentor has gone missing. When he decides to track down the missing man, he discovers that everything he thought he knew about his sacking is wrong, and that he has unwittingly scratched the surface of a terrifying government conspiracy. Sunset Swing is the fourth and final book in Ray Celestin''s critically acclaimed City Blues series.
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  PALACE OF SHADOWS

  Ray Celestin

  • Pan Books
  • 24 Octobre 2024
  • 9781035019113

  ''Chillingly gothic'' - The Guardian, Best Crime and Thrillers of the Year
  
  ''I could see elements of Wilkie Collins, Bram Stoker and even Lewis Carroll in this gloriously bonkers novel . . . a hugely entertaining slice of Gothic fantasy'' Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Shadows of London
  
  Inspired by the haunting true story of the Winchester Mystery House, Ray Celestin''s Palace of Shadows is an outstanding historical thriller set against the awe-inspiring terror of the Yorkshire Moors. From the award-winning author of the City Blues Quartet.
  
  1899. The desolate Smugglers'' Coast of North Yorkshire is a place that strikes fear into those who live nearby. Unexplained deaths, suicides, young girls gone missing on the nearby moors - the locals say it''s the grand house that drives people mad.
  
  Yet when Samuel Etherstone is contacted by its reclusive owner, Mrs Chesterfield, and commissioned to work on the property, he accepts the offer. For a penniless artist adrift in London, the opportunity is too tempting to ignore.
  
  It is only on arrival at the Chesterfield house that he learns the sinister details of its architect''s disappearance. And yet its owner, the widowed Mrs Chesterfield, keeps adding wing upon wing, and no one will tell him the reason behind her chilling obsession. But as Samuel delves deeper into the mysteries that swirl about the house the nature of the project becomes terrifyingly clear . . .
  
  ''Darkly entertaining'' - Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens
  
  ''A beguiling standalone historical thriller . . . Its jaw-dropping finale will leave readers reeling. An absolute triumph'' - Sunday Express Lire la suite Fermer

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  Mobsters Lament

  Ray Celestin

  • Mantle
  • 9781509838943

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  THE AXEMAN''S JAZZ

  Ray Celestin

  • Pan Books
  • 23 Avril 2015
  • 9781447258889

  New Orleans 1919. As music fills the city, a serial killer strikes . . . Inspired by a true story, Ray Celestin's The Axeman's Jazz is a sinister debut crime thriller.
  

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