French Suspense

French Short Stories for Intermediate (B1) Skill Level – Mystery and Suspense Edition is a captivating collection designed for learners at the B1 level who want to take their French reading skills to the next level while diving into thrilling tales of mystery and suspense. This edition features 30 short stories crafted to engage your curiosity and challenge your language abilities.

Alec de Payns is an undercover operative in the ultra-elusive French Y Division of the DGSE, a foreign intelligence service. Codenamed Aguilar, de Payns is one of the division’s most accomplished agents working to neutralize international threats on a daily basis while simultaneously trying to balance his home life as a husband and father. When a routine mission to infiltrate a dangerous terrorist group unexpectedly goes belly up, Alec is faced with the unthinkable: that he may have been betrayed by someone in his team—and they may be trying to pin the blame on Alec himself.

Le lendemain d'une violente tempête, le corps d'une adolescente est retrouvé dans les bois. La police est pressée de trouver le meurtrier et d'élucider cette tragédie, mais sans preuves solides ni témoin, l'affaire demeure un mystère. Désespérément en quête de ce tueur sadique, la police se lance dans une traque effrénée et finit par trouver son homme : un inconnu sans alibi. Lorsque le suspect avoue le crime, l'affaire est close. Mais deux femmes soupçonnent une supercherie et se décident à découvrir coûte que coûte ce qui s'est véritablement passé.

As Paris rediscovers its joie de vivre, Tabitha Knight, recently arrived from Detroit for an extended stay with her French grandfather, is on her own journey of discovery. Thanks to her neighbor and friend Julia Child, another ex-pat who's fallen head over heels for Paris, Tabitha is learning how to cook for her Grandpere and Oncle Rafe and Tabitha's sojourn is proving thoroughly delightful. That is, until the cold December day they return to Julia's building and learn that a body has been found in the cellar.

In this “skillfully penned tale of murder and cover-up that will keep readers enthralled until the powerful finish” (Fresh Fiction), family secrets and a serial killer from the past converge in this electrifying thriller. In 1985, Edward Shank famously gunned down the Beacon Hill Butcher...

Deux sœurs. Une compétition à mort. Un pacte avec le mal. La voix profonde de Charlotte Campana vous conte une romantasy addictive. Ophelia et Genevieve Grimm sont deux sœurs que tout oppose. L'une, héritière d'un don de nécromancie ancestral, vit dans l'ombre des traditions familiales, tandis que l'autre, insouciante et rebelle, préfère les plaisirs des soirées mondaines. Mais tout bascule à la mort soudaine de leur mère. Lorsque Genevieve disparaît, Ophelia découvre qu'elle aurait rejoint Phantasma, un jeu mortel où le vainqueur peut exaucer son vœu le plus cher.

A New York Times bestseller and a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, The Boston Globe, LitHub, Vulture, Slate, Elle, Vox, and Electric Literature “Tana French’s best and most intricately nuanced novel yet.” —The New York Times An “extraordinary”...

This is not how she imagined it, any of it. Taylor Quinn arrives at her honeymoon suite in the City of Love alone, sans suitcase, but with wads of stolen cash. When she catches a glimpse of newlyweds Cassie and Olivier enjoying their happily ever, she can't tear her eyes away. And Cassie makes their antics easy to follow as she reveals every detail of their picture-perfect trip on social media. Taylor's obsession builds as she tracks their every move. This was the kind of life she was supposed to be living, this was the marriage she should have had, this was the honeymoon she dreamed of.

From Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter, a New York Times bestselling novel that “proves anew that [Tana French] is one of the most talented crime writers alive” (The Washington Post). “Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and...

There’s a voodoo woman in New Orleans who knows your darkest secrets French Quarter paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas learns he’s permanently linked to the spirit of a man with whom he’d fought a duel during another lifetime. The only person who can free Wyatt from his curse is long-dead voodoo queen Marie Laveaux. To seek her help, he must travel back to Antebellum New Orleans, succeed in his endeavor, or be trapped in the past forever. When Wyatt meets his former lover at the Mulatto Ball, he doesn’t know if he wants to return. While Wyatt is time traveling, detective Tony ...

Jack is stunned to receive a call from his estranged mother, Sybil, asking him to drop everything and come to France. Together with Flora, his fellow sleuth, they pack their suitcases, dreaming of fragrant lavender fields and freshly baked pain au chocolat. It’s only when they arrive that they discover the shocking truth—Sybil’s friend was killed on a street in Paris, and she is desperate for their help.

“An absolutely mesmerizing read. . . . Tana French is simply this: a truly great writer.” —Gillian Flynn Read the New York Times bestseller by Tana French, author of the The Hunter and “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” (The Washington Post). A year ago...

Dans un pays qui n'aime pas les femmes, trois jeunes filles prennent la route pour se rendre à la fête de la Vierge noire, 1 600 kilomètres au nord de la favela où elles ont grandi. Entre Santiago du Chili et le village d'Iquique, elles vont croiser des policiers véreux, les fantômes des victimes de Pinochet, des routiers menaçants, une Dame blanche, des prostituées sorcières, des voyous généreux, un serial killer, des pères en deuil et des mères qui ne pardonneront jamais.

Églantine Laroche-Guyot, 19 ans, entame sa 2e année à l’Académie Zugzwang, une prestigieuse école suisse réservée à l’élite sociale et dédiée à la formation de futurs champions d’échecs. Excentrique et lumineuse, elle contraste avec l’ambiance du lieu. Riven, lui, est son opposé : froid, taciturne et calculateur. Il déteste qu’on lui porte de l’attention et ne vit que pour gagner. Tous deux visent le même objectif : remporter le tournoi de fin d’année.

Le colonel Bantry est contrarié : on l'a tiré de son sommeil pour lui faire constater un fait particulièrement vexant : une femme, une inconnue, a été trouvée étranglée dans sa bibliothèque. Heureusement que la demeure des Bantry est voisine de St Mary Mead, où réside Miss Marple… Interprétation humaine

"Who is this man, this Scarlet Pimpernel?" Each day this question grew more pressing to the leaders of the French Revolution. Only this man and his band of followers threatened their total power. Only this maddeningly elusive figure defied the vast network of fanatics, informers, and secret agents that the Revolution spread out to catch its enemies.

Three French hens, two elves, and one Santa Claus make for merry mayhem for Charlie Kingsley and the gang. When Charlie and Pat see an injured Santa on the side of the road in the middle of a snowstorm, of course they had to stop and take him to the hospital. They assumed that would be the end of their good Samaritan duties, until a dead elf is discovered in the same area where they picked up Santa … and Santa has no memory of what happened.

If there's one art the French have mastered as well as fine cuisine, it's haute couture. Tabitha and Julia are already accustomed to sampling the delights of the former. Now fashion is returning to the forefront in Paris, as the somber hues of wartime are replaced by vibrant colors and ultra-feminine silhouettes. Tabitha and Julia join a friend for a private showing at an exclusive fashion atelier, Maison Lannet. The event goes well, but when Tabitha returns later that evening to search for a lost glove, she finds the lights still on—and the couturier dead, strangled by a length of lace.

New York City, 1972: A dabbler in mathematics and chess, Catherine Velis is also a computer expert for a Big Eight accounting firm. Before heading off to a new assignment in Algeria, Cat has her palm read by a fortune-teller. The woman warns Cat of danger. Then an antiques dealer approaches Cat with a mysterious offer: He has an anonymous client who is trying to collect the pieces of an ancient chess service, purported to be in Algeria. If Cat can bring the pieces back, there will be a generous reward.

Une conspiration aux conséquences mortelles. Il est le seul à pouvoir les arrêter. Lorsque le Dr Claire Rossi fait une découverte révolutionnaire avec le prototype Prometheus — un œil artificiel capable de rendre la vue aux aveugles — elle n'est pas préparée au prix de sa réussite. Au cœur de Rome, un groupe d'élite s'infiltre chez BioVita Therapeutics, volant le prototype et déclenchant une course-poursuite à hauts risques à travers l'Europe. Hugo Xavier et son équipe Novus doivent tout mettre en œuvre pour prendre l'avantage. Alors que Claire se bat pour démasquer un ...