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■■ Brooklyn Girl. Guillaume Musso

■■ The Scream. Nicolas Beuglet

■■ Christian Jacq. Sphinx

■■ Christian Jacq. The Investigations of Inspector Higgins

■■ Bernard Minier. A new Martin Servaz’s investigation

■■ Corneille. There Where the Sun Disappears

■■ Luc Ferry. Seven Ways to be Happy

■■ Max Gallo. Henri IV – A French King

■■ Max Gallo. French Revolution - Take Arms, Citizens!

■■ Christine Pedotti. The Bible as a Novel – Volume 2

■■ Sophie Audouin-Maminokian. Dan & Celia – The Successors of Tara Duncan

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■■ Mireille Calmel. The Lionesses of Venice – Volume 1

■■ Philippe Maynial. The Blue Squadron

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Guillaume MUSSO

25 Million copies in the world

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Bernard MINIER

1,3 Million copies in France

19 languages

Guillaume Musso Brooklyn Girl(La Fille de Brooklyn)

A dizzying psychologicAl thriller with A stAggering ending.

I remember the moment very well. We were looking out over the sea, the horizon shining, when Anna asked the question:

‘If I dId somethIng terrIble, would you stIll love me?’

How would you have answered?Anna was the lady of my life. We were getting married in three weeks. Of course I would love her, regardless of what she had done.At least that’s what I thought, but she feverishly rummaged through her bag and held out a photo to me.– I’m the one who did this.I gazed upon her secret, stunned, and knew that our lives had been shaken forever.In my state of shock I got up and left without saying a word.When I returned it was too late: Anna had disappeared.And I’ve been looking for her ever since.

Guillaume musso is a phenomenon. Through his thirteen novels, translated the world over, this 42-year-old has conquered the hearts of millions of readers, and has imposed an original style, where suspense and emotion are closely woven together.

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“Unbearable suspense! Once you open the novel, you won’t put it down until you know who this Brooklyn girl really is. All-nighters are on the horizon...” meTrOnews

“Guillaume musso confirms with an ingenious efficiency his shift towards the thriller that we’ve witnessed in his last novels. […] A plot as tight as a drum […]. A whirlwind of unresolved tragic events resurfaces from the past” rTL

“A thriller with a staggering scheme […]. Once again musso disorients and fascinates.” Le PArisien

“A breathtaking thriller.” Femme AcTUeLLe

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“musso’s style is as effective and cinematic as ever.” Le POinT

“Guillaume musso confirms his true talent as a storyteller.” TV mAG/Le FiGArO

“Fascination ensues. we dive into the ‘musso mystery’ like children jumping into puddles with both feet at once.” Le PArisien

Praise for Guillaume Musso in France and abroad!

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sold in 40 languages!

“ ”“A little mysterious, a lot romantic and plenty entertaining.” cOsmOPOLiTAn (UK)

“The roads to suspense are endless. And surprising… Central Park is a face-paced psychological thriller full of twists.” L’esPressO (iTALy)

“we put the pieces together to discover another mystery. One thrilling story leads to another.” sisA news PeOPLe (KOreA)

Every page of the story raises the question of the meaning of existence and plunges us into our innermost fears

Psychiatric Hospital in Gaustad, oslo. At dawn after a night of bitter cold, the body of a patient is found strangled to death in his cell, his mouth open in a silent scream. Rushed to the scene, the disconcerting inspector Sarah Geringen immediately senses that this case will be unlike any other…

The mysteries pile up: why does the victim have a scar in the form of the number 488 on his forehead? What do the indecipherable drawings on the walls of his cell signify? Why does the hospital staff seem so uncomfortable with the identity of this man who had been interned in the Gaustad Hospital for over thirty years?

For Sarah it is the beginning of a terrifying investigation that will send her from London to Ascension island, from the mines of Minnesota to the heights of ancient nice.

Subjected to a relentless countdown, Sara’s destiny will be linked to that of a French investigative journalist, Christopher, and she will discover, while digging up CiA records, a staggering truth about one of the questions that haunts each and every one of us: life after death…

The response, buried in top secret laboratories, might just be more frightening than the question!

Nicolas BeuGlet is 42-year-old. After fifteen years at the channel m6, he decided to consecrate his time to writing screenplays and novels. He lives in Boulogne-Billancourt with his wife and two daughters. The scream’ is his second novel.

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“ This thriller is one of the best of the season. Addictive !” Femme AcTUeLLe

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A fascinating thriller of rare complexity, inspired by real discoveries and events, that addresses the folly of man and the danger of misguided science transformed into a lethal weapon.

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An explosiVe thriller About the deViAtions oF current technology. the story oF the heirs oF Ancient egypt, the lAst opponents to the Folly oF MAnkind

They are nine.

nine representatives of a mysterious brotherhood, Sphinx.

nine keepers of the secret of life, spread out around the world.

nine sentenced to death by the new masters of technology who believe that money rules and whose goal is spine-chilling: the definitive takeover of the human brain by machines.

From new York these masters have begun a relentless search in order to eliminate, one by one, the members of the Sphinx.

However, they haven’t considered the determination of a Scottish journalist, Bruce Reuchlin, an arduous investigator, ready to risk all to uncover their diabolical plan.

Bruce, however, puts his life in danger with each step. The deeper he delves into his investigation, the more the question of who really governs our world terrifies him.

Progressively the reader discovers, petrified, who really rules our world.

christiaN Jacqbecame a world-wide success with his champollion and ramses series. His novels sparked an unprecedented mass-market passion for ancient egypt that remains active to this day.

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outraged by the nonsense disseminated about the mummy of Tutankhamun, the top scientist Jennifer Stowe decides to travel to egypt with a group of specialists.

But the trip never happens. She is stabbed – and not just with any weapon, but with the iron dagger of Tutankhamun that had been stolen from the Cairo Museum. is it a curse? Scotland Yard receives a strange message: anyone who attempts to disturb the sleep of Tutankhamun will be annihilated…

Called in to help by Commissioner Marlow, inspector Higgins uncovers both a conspiracy and an assassin. Yet one problem remains indecipherable: the real motive behind the crimes…

Known worldwide for his novels about Ancient Egypt, Christian JACQ invites us to discover the passionate investigations of an unusual Inspector from Scotland Yard.

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“This book reads like a great Agatha christie novel and we are impatiently awaiting to discover the next adventures of this inspector from scotland yard who takes as much after Hercule Poirot as he does inspector colombo.” Le DAUPHiné LiBéré

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the curse of tutankhamun(Les enquêtes de l’inspecteur Higgins La malédiction de Toutankhamon)

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abouT cHRisTian Jacq’s woRKs:> sold in 29 lanGuaGes> MoRe THan 27 MiLLion copies sold!

aBOut insPEctOR hiGGins…While seeming to enjoy a quiet retirement in his comfortable home full of souvenirs from the East, the ex-Chief Inspector finds himself regularly torn from his roses and readings of eminent authors in order to help Scotland Yard resolve particularly sensitive cases.

The only Englishman who hates tea, a stocky food lover with a salt and pepper mustache, he is a formidable auditor who knows how to scrutinize the darkest corners of the human soul and extract information from the tiniest of clues.

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IcedGlacé FULL enGLisH TrAnsLATiOn AVAiLABLe

In the Pyrenees, the body of a headless horse is found with traces of DNA belonging to the infamously dangerous serial killer, currently locked away in a neighboring psychiatric hospital. A few days later, the first human victim is found.

The CircleLe Cercle FULL enGLisH TrAnsLATiOn AVAiLABLe

A surprise phone call from the past, a mysterious email, both signs that the most twisted of all serial killers may be back…

Don’t Turn out the lightN’éteins pas la lumièreFULL enGLisH TrAnsLATiOn AVAiLABLe

What happens when someone takes control of your life and your relationships? And what is hiding in the darkness?Don’t turn out the lights…and if you do, prepare for the worst!

A Hell of StoryUne putain d’histoireTemporarily abandoning the commander Martin Servaz, Bernard Minier delves into a universe where danger is not where we think and intimacy is an illusion…he brilliantly tells us a dark and tension filled story… A Hell of a Story.

rights sold in 19 countries:■■ czech republic: xyz■■ denMArk: lindhart & ringhof■■ gerMAny: droemer-knaur■■ hungAry: gabo■■ itAly: la nave di teseo■■ JApAn: harper collins Japan

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1.3 Million copies sold!

The master of oppressive atmospheres and gripping plotlines!

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Visit bernard Minier on Facebook www.facebook.com/bernard.minier and on http://www.bernard-minier.com/

“A plot mingling past and present, characters whose unexpected darkness shows as the reading goes on, and a chilling unforeseen development that justifies the book’s title on its own.” eLLe

“Two years ago i reviewed minier’s debut crime novel, The Frozen Dead, which was quite exceptional. This, his second, is every bit its equal.” DAiLy mAiL

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sophie audouin-Maminokiandan & celia – the twins of OtherWord - vol. 1(Dan et Celia - Les jumeaux d’AutreMonde) - Vol. 1

sophie Audouin-MAMikoniAn, Author oF the phenoMenAl tArA duncAn series with oVer A Million copies sold, inVites us once AgAin to enJoy AdVentures Full oF huMor, suspense And intrigue. in this new series:

loVe, MAgic, Friendship, conspirAcies, betrAyAls – teenAgers will loVe it!

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Celia and Dan are now thirteen. Dan dreams of following in the footsteps of his illustrious parents. Celia, for her part, is as timid and fragile as her brother is strong and bold.

To prove his worth, Dan finds nothing better than to let himself be kidnapped. However his magic proves to be much less powerful than that of his mother and nobody knows where to find him.

When a message informs Tara and Cal that their son will be executed if they decide to look for him, the two Spellweavers have no other choice than to obey.

But Celia is free to act. Accompanied by Luck, the half-vampire and Dred the red dragon, she sets off on her brother’s trail, determined to release him and make him pay for being kidnapped without her…

The children of the former king of Demons, however, haven’t had their last word. Celia finds herself muddled in a dangerous plot. A conspiracy that threatens to upset the cordial pact that has presided over the different planets for the past thirteen years.

Will Celia manage to find her brother and free him?

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there Where the sun disappears(Là où le soleil disparaît)

A strong testiMony An Account on resilience An singulAr And poetic writing

When i first began this story i knew that the pages of the genocide and the massacre of my family in Rwanda, in 1994, were waiting for me. i knew that writing about this ancient agony would be like putting spoonfuls of pili-pili sauce in an open wound that we desperately want to believe has healed. And, in the retrospective process, i discovered other wounds. Deep. Burning. This book took me almost five years to finish.

For the first time the singer Corneille revisits the Rwandan genocide, the miracle of his survival, his infallible hope, his dreams, the immense success that he has experienced, but also the distance that he had to take these past years in order to for him to reconnect with his history and his roots.

A heart-rending story, written in an extraordinarily poetic manner, of an artist, but above all of a man, in search of his truth.

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luc Ferryseven Ways to be happy or the Paradoxes of happiness (Sept façons d’être heureux ou les paradoxes du bonheur)

one oF the Most brilliAnt philosophers oF our tiMe deliVers us keys to Find reAl hAppiness.

Far from the so-called “rules of wisdom” that apply to everyone, Luc Ferry addresses the question of happiness, omnipresent in our societies, by deeply reflecting on the experiences that, throughout life, help to improve it. if it is vain to make happiness the goal in one’s life, love, admiration, creation, freedom, knowledge, politics, action can make one incredibly happy. These experiences, the philosopher relates, trigger unique and intense joy. There is not just one but many paths to happiness, and Luc Ferry has chosen seven. During these times of illusory desires and somber events, this book, full of precision and energy, shows how man, when he takes action and opens up to others, is able to receive this unexpected gift that gives meaning and beauty to life.

A new and original approach to happiness that reminds us that we all carry within ourselves the ability to instigate these precious moments of joy and fulfillment.

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luc FerryPhilosopher, former minister of education, Luc Ferry is the top-selling author of The revolution of Love (Plon, 2013) and The Transhumanist revolution (Plon, 2016).

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French Revolution - take arms, citizens!(La Révolution française - Aux armes citoyens !)

with French reVolution we

experience the eVents FroM the inside.

Much differently than in our childhood schoolbooks;

a groundbreaking and founding narrative about one

of the major shakeups in our History where everyone – people,

philosophers, bourgeois, clergy, nobles, king – will be swept away in the violent storm.

1774. Cheered on, a young king takes the throne. “Louis XVi, they write in the papers, seems to promise the nation the most gentle and prosperous reign.” Fifteen years later, confronted with a starving population that is trodden by taxes, Voltaire, Mirabeau, Danton, Marat, Robespierre make a call for justice, freedom, action and revolt if necessary….

January 21, 1793. Louis XVi, king of France, climbs up the scaffold. This spilling of royal blood makes all compromise impossible. The Convention calls to the nation “Take arms, citizens!” But soon after terror reigns. The blood spill becomes a river that engulfs everyone in its fury. Until a general calls for the return to order. His name is Bonaparte…

A grand narrative by Max Gallo.

a besT-selleR by Max Gallo!

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Max Gallo of the académie Française

henry iv – a French King(Henri IV – Un Roi français)

the terrible destiny oF henry the Fourth, the king they wAnted deAd. A gripping tAle.

He is the king of France and of navarre who had hoped to overcome dissentions and permit Catholics and Protestants to live together by signing the edict of nantes. Henri of navarre, the Huguenot, converted to Catholicism in order to bring the alliance to fruition. A decision he paid for with his life: on Friday May 14, 1610, the exalted Catholic François Ravaillac stabbed the king in his coach. in this fast-paced text, Max Gallo paints the portrait of Henry iV, the vigorous Bearn, great hunting enthusiast, unbeatable at jeu de paume, crazy about women and yet one who never ceased, using a combination of strength and clever negotiation, to consolidate the State and prevent France from falling into civil war.

in his narrative Max Gallo slips into the skin of Ravaillac. He is heard ruminating over his obsession and then closing in on the sovereign in order to deliver the final blow. The Queen, Marie de Medicis, cries over her husband for nine nights, and then she orders a butcher to inflict the worse possible tortures on Ravaillac.

on May 27, 1610 the feet and hands of the regicide are attached to four horses, his flesh is torn off with hot tongs and then “we whip the horses and they rear up, neighing”. in Paris the wild mob fights over the remains of Ravaillac’s body.

History will retain that this great King was a king of all French people, tireless apostle of tolerance and harmony.

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Literature, and having taught for a long time, he is the author of many novels and biographies. He became a member of the Académie Française in 2007. Among his publications with XO are: the series on the 2ww, as well as the biographies of Victor Hugo, Julius caesar and Louis XiV which have been hugely successful.

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christine pedottithe Bible as a novel volume 2 (La Bible racontée comme un roman Tome 2)

the AnticipAted sequel to christine pedotti’s sAgA About the bible, the “greAt noVel oF huMAn pAssions”.

Unfamiliar and passionate stories in which sentiments are powerfully expressed: love, jealousy, hatred, pride, sex, desire and power. With Christine Pedotti the Bible is a novel and its vibrant heroes and heroines are not always angels.

After the great myths of origins – noah, Adam and eve, Sodom and Gomorrah – the second volume of The Bible as a novel allows us to discover the turbulent history of the people of israel and the land that God promised them.

Samson and Delilah, the prophet Samuel, the kings David and Solomon, enemies are everywhere and the texts resonate with the noise and action of combat!

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christiNe Pedotti is a catholic scholar known for encouraging open-mindedness within the church. Born in 1960 in northern France, she studied history and political science before writing numerous popular works on catholic faith and running the religion department for publisher Fleurus. christine Pedotti co-founded “Le comité de la jupe” (The skirt committee) whose goal is to fight against the discrimination of women within the catholic church. she is currently editor-in-chief of the journal Témoignage chrétien.

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Virginie JouannetOn the Run(Cavale)

A coMpelling noVel, disturbing, in turn disquieting And treMendously sensuAl.

Among strange settings – an oppressive and grey town in the north, a quaint old-fashioned hotel on the Atlantic coast, a luminous lake – here is the intertwined story of a man and a woman beset by doubt, fear and ghosts from the past.

in on the Run, Virginie Jouannet pulls us into a frenzy: a dramatic escape, on the border of madness that reveals, in a splendid manner, the cruel power of the secrets of guilt.

Jeanne has forgotten two hours of her life…two hours during which her boyfriend was stabbed to death. Before the police arrive her only memory is waking up at his side in a pool of blood. Before that, nothing. Did she kill him? Was he assassinated?

When she begins receiving anonymous phone calls she feels spied upon, stalked. She decides to flee to the other side of France in hopes of regaining her memory.

At the Singe, a small hotel in an Atlantic seaside resort, where she finds refuge, she meets an array of shady yet rather benevolent individuals, however she continues to feel as if she is being watched. Who can she trust? There is the shrink she sees to help her remember, or emil the norwegian night watchman who seems interested in her…but another death is haunting her that she refuses to evoke and it eats at her to the point of madness….and what if she is truly guilty?

A revelation of the literary season.

VirGiNie JouaNNetis an author of short stories, narratives, testimonies, plays and poems. she received the Prométhée Prize for her short story men are Tom Thumbs in 2000.

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Mireille calmelthe lionesses of venice – volume 1(Les lionnes de Venise – Tome 1)

in the trAdition oF the greAt swAshbuckling noVels by the Author oF the bAll oF wolVes, this new sAgA iMMerses us in the greAtest oF renAissAnce intrigues, FroM Venice to the Medici court.

VeniCe, APRiL 1627.

When three masked men arrive to kidnap her father, a printer, the young Lucia, seventeen, barely escapes a gunshot.

What do they want from Don Carlo, her father? Lucia is not one to give in.

Are they hiding the truth? She will track him down, taking any risk to find him.

She can only count on two allies: an old weapons master and a sublime courtesan, isabella, whose birth secret is linked to hers. Lucia, however, will quickly discover that some pasts should never be uncovered.

The beginning of a haunting story of two women who join forces to discover a provocative secret linked to a mysterious engraving...

“A sensual, elegant and divinely well-written book.” Femme ActuelleM

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mireille calmelBorn in 1964, has been writing since the age of eight. Like many authors, her writing career started discreetly, with songs, short stories, plays. Then, she took several years to write her first novel, eleanor’s Bed (XO, 2002), the success of which was like a fairytale come true for mireille. she has published a total of 9 novels with XO, all of

which have been best-sellers. mireille lives in the Aquitaine region with her husband and two children.

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nicolas VanierOver the Walls(L’école buissonnière)

a New heartwarmiNG story By the author aNd moVie director oF Belle aNd seBastieN.

Paris 1930.

Paul had only known one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the working class Parisian suburbs.

But then one day he is taken in by a joyful country lady, Célestine, and her husband Borel, the rather strict gamekeeper of a vast domain in Sologne.

The city kid, rebellious and stubborn, arrives in this mysterious world, that of a sovereign and wild region.

The immense forest, the ponds, the crops, everything here belongs to Count de la Fresnaye, a taciturn widower who lives alone in his mansion. The Count tolerates poachers on the domain but Borel relentlessly tracks the cleverest one of them, who goes by the name of Totoche, without ever catching him red-handed.

in the heart of Sologne, with the notorious Totoche, Paul will learn about life, nature and its secrets and will learn how to catch fish, hunt game, and gather mushrooms, plants…

But Paul hasn’t come into this unknown universe by chance…..

Nicolas VaNierwhen he is not off exploring the Arctic, nicolas Vanier lives in the Loire Valley with his wife and two children. He is the author of many travel books and adventure novels, amongst which Gold in the snow is currently being adapted for the bigscreen. His six previous books published by XO have all beenbest-sellers.

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philippe Maynial the Blue squadron(Madeleine Pauliac – L’intrépide)

the true story oF the FeArless MAdeleine pAuliAc, the heroine oF the FilM the innocents.

She repatriated the wounded, liberated concentration camps, saved nuns: the incredible history of Madeleine Pauliac.

Philippe Maynial, the author, is Madeleine Pauliac’s nephew. in The Blue Squadron he relates, thanks to unpublished archives, the extraordinary destiny of this young woman, a resistant and doctor who was given the responsibility, in April 1945, of repatriating the wounded French who were in Poland.

Along with ten other paramedics from the Red Cross, Madeleine Pauliac is the leader of the Blue Squadron that accomplished, with remarkable courage, the most dangerous of missions and reported directly to General De Gaulle.

Faced with the horrors, she liberated concentration camps and rescued nuns who had been raped by Russian soldiers.

A portrait of a heroic woman whose courage touched everyone who crossed her path and who perished in an auto accident on an icy road in Poland in February 1946.

She was thirty-three years old.

An astounding biography. The journey of a heroic woman.

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