Lara Adrian

Lisa Jackson

Karin Slaughter

John Sandford

Andrew Gross

Lee Child

Peter James

Michael Koryta

Sandra Brown

David Morrell

J.A. Jance

Kathy Reichs

Lisa Scottoline

Eric Van Lustbader

Gayle Lynds

Steve Berry

Nelson DeMille

Christopher Rice

Charlaine Harris

C. J. Box

Val Mcdermid

Diana Gabaldon

This “highly recommended” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collection edited by New York Times bestselling author Lee Child pairs the beloved characters of twenty-two internationally bestselling writers in “a must-read for fans of the thriller genre” (The Real Book Spy). The incredible follow-up to FaceOff features twenty-two of the world’s bestselling and critically acclaimed thriller writers pairing their series characters in an eleven-story anthology curated by the International Thriller Writers (ITW). MatchUp takes the never-before-seen bestseller pairings of FaceOff and adds a delicious new twist: gender. “Think Dancing With the Stars, but with mysteries” (Booklist) as eleven of the world’s best female thriller writers from Diana Gabaldon to Kathy Reichs to Charlaine Harris are paired with eleven of the world’s best male thriller writers, including John Sandford, C.J. Box, and Nelson DeMille, among others. “This box holds a chocolate or two that will be to everyone’s liking” (Kirkus Reviews). In these innovative stories, their beloved protagonists, Lee Coburn, Joe Pickett, and Jack Reacher—just to name a few—team up to unnerve and satisfy thriller fans worldwide. All of the contributors are ITW members, and the project is edited by ITW member and #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child. The lineup includes: Sandra Brown’s Lee Coburn vs. C. J. Box’s Joe Pickett Val McDermid’s Tony Hill vs. Peter James’s Roy Grace Kathy Reichs’s Temperance Brennan vs. Lee Child’s Jack Reacher Diana Gabaldon’s Jamie Fraser vs. Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone Gayle Lynds’s Liz Sansborough vs. David Morrell’s Rambo Karin Slaughter’s Jeffrey Tolliver vs. Michael Koryta’s Joe Pritchard Charlaine Harris’s Harper Connelly vs. Andrew Gross’s Ty Hauck Lisa Jackson’s Regan Pescoli vs. John Sandford’s Virgil Flower Lara Adrian’s Lucan Thorne vs. Christopher Rice’s Lilliane Lisa Scottoline’s Bennie Rosato vs. Nelson DeMille’s John Corey J.A. Jance’s Ali Reynolds vs. Eric Van Lustbader’s Bravo Shaw

MatchUp

He was a clinical psychologist who specialized in unraveling the motivations of the twisted killers who wanted to express themselves again and again. She was the kind of detective for whom justice matters more than any other consideration… In this short story from the thrilling anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Val McDermid and Peter James—along with their popular series characters Tony Hill and Roy Grace—team up for the first time ever.

Footloose

"Médecine légale, identité judiciaire, entomologie, toxicologie, anthropologie judiciaire, profilage, forensique numérique... Les sciences criminelles n'ont cessé de se développer et de se perfectionner depuis deux cents ans. Pour la première fois, la célèbre romancière Val McDermid nous fait découvrir, chapitre après chapitre, les grandes affaires criminelles qui ont été résolues grâce aux " experts " d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Elle nous raconte avec brio comment, grâce à la science, les enquêteurs arrivent à retrouver sur une scène de crime des traces qui peuvent devenir des indices, et parfois des preuves."

Scènes de crime

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