Maurice: 1983 books

Quelle mystérieuse entreprise amène à Paris Rudolf Kesselbach, le richissime et ambitieux roi du diamant sud-africain? Que signifie ce nombre, 813, inscrit sur le coffret en sa possession ? De quel secret le nommé Pierre Leduc, qu’il recherche dans les bas-fonds de la capitale, est-il le détenteur...

Arden FD, #1 Katherine lost one hero in the line of duty — can she risk loving another? Katherine Pelham's fiance was a police officer, shot and killed during a robbery. Left with a house she can't afford, she must rent out the first floor to solve her money woes. Before she can finishing...

This gripping, page-turning fantasy adventure follows a dangerous quest through a divided world. From the high reaches of a tree, Fliss watches the soldiers attempting yet again to break through the invisible wall. Amid the explosions, a drummer boy tries to escape. As he is about to be shot,...

Ces contes ont paru dans Le Gil Blas entre 1892 et 1897, sauf L'ami de la logique, paru dans La Revue franco-américaine, en juin 1895. Extrait : Coignard se taisait. L'insuccès de sa première démarche l'empêchait de recourir à la justice. Il supportait tous les affronts, taciturne. Puis une fois, ils se rencontrèrent dans un chemin creux. 

La fée Prévoyante: Au milieu d’un beau champ de blé jaune comme l’or, s’épanouissaient au soleil d’été la petite Bluette et le large Coquelicot. En ce moment ils causaient, car la fée des Moissons, leur souveraine, leur avait accordé ce don merveilleux. Bluette...

Extrait : Le timbre de la cour, au bas du vaste hôtel que la baronne Assermann occupait dans le faubourg Saint-Germain, retentit. La femme de chambre arriva presque aussitôt, apportant une enveloppe. « Il y a là un monsieur que Madame a convoqué pour quatre heures. »...

Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes. A very thinly disguised Sherlock Holmes takes on Arsene Lupin in solving a mystery.

Je ne suis qu'une pauvre poule noire, bien vieillie et bien cassée, vivante encore, grâce à la bonté de mes maîtres qui m'ont laissé finir mes jours en paix plutôt que de me mettre... bouillir au pot. Car, hélas! c'est désormais le seul service que je puisse...

When people like Herbert Muskie take up residence in your mind, there's nothing you can do to get them out. Colin Potter is a skinny boy, hungry for chocolate. Herbert Muskie is enormously fat, hungry for revenge. A dramatic encounter down at the creek forges an unhappy alliance between the vindictive...

The world’s premier thief looks back on a lifetime of adventure in these tales of his outrageous exploits It has been a fortnight since the baroness Repstein disappeared from Paris, taking with her a fortune in jewels stolen from her husband. French detectives have chased her all over Europe,...

"I can remember nothing until the day when I woke up in a room which I did not know and saw a nun and an old lady, a cousin of my father's, who were nursing me. It was the best room of an inn somewhere between Belfort and the frontier. Twelve days before, at a very early hour in the morning,...

The first major English translation of one of France’s most admired writers, Cosmos Incorporated is a triumph of science fiction–a masterwork of cataclysm, mysticism, and suspense. Fifty years of warfare, disease, and strife have decimated the world’s population. Those who remain are...

In this cozy Highland tale of fishing and romance we have the poacher Aleac, his fiery redhead niece Margaret, Norray the actress who has bewitched all the young gentlemen but hasn't been captured herself, and Paddy Joe Long an Irishman whose lively personality brightens the book up. The story starts...