Life after death

93 Arkansas State . Three children aged eight were found mutilated and executed near the small town of West Memphis. For local police, three teenagers all means at odds : Jessie Miskelley , Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin. The ensuing trial was marred by false evidence , false testimony and collective hysteria. Baldwin and Miskelley were sentenced to life in prison , while Echols will be sent to the death row in a super maximum security prison .

Over the following two decades , the so- called 'West Memphis Three "will become the symbol of arbitrary sentences . Peter Jackson and Johnny Depp, worn by hundreds of thousands of supporters , will work tirelessly to obtain a new trial in this cause célèbre in the world so far remained unknown to the French media. In a stunning turn of events , the three men - still considered guilty by the courts - were released in August 2011. The real killer , now known to all, has not been questioned.

Echols book by its history : the nightmare of his arrest , terrors and abuse experienced daily outrage to American justice and first-hand report on the " Death Row " by heartbreaking details. Life after death bestseller hailed internationally , reveals hidden the most incredible miscarriage of justice of our time face.
The author will dedicate Saturday, March 29 at BHV Marais. DO NOT MISS

COLD DUCK

"Glacé" by Bernard Minier. Here the first investigation Servaz commander and has already crazy enough to make the drive.
Imagine a horse invaluable is found decapitated cables suspended from a cable. A few kilometers from the scene of the tragedy, is an asylum which some patients are among the most dangerous killers on the planet. Everything seems to be solved very easily except that each character is a potential suspect and everyone hides a shameful secret. Freezing temperatures, multiple twists, Jean-Christophe Grange had better keep the competition is tough and excellent quality. Bernard Minier is this weekend at the book fair in Paris.

A classic war book republished

A new edition for a "classic war book".
"Les carnets de guerre de Louis Barthas, tonnelier 1914-1918".
The book on the eve of the commemoration of the centenary of the First World War will be entitled to a new edition with a preface and afterword unprecedented Rémy Cazals. The book constantly reprinted since its first publication in 1978, has sold more than 100,000 copies. Nothing predestined this simple soldier as Corporal mobilized to become a writer also known than Henri Barbusse, Roland Dorgelès or Enrich Maria Remarque. Barthas Louis tells his war, no hatred for the enemy and denounces ungrand many details the stupidity of officers. He became an ardent anti-militarist. This testimony is to put all hands especially those of future generations.

Also in paperback "Just Killing Time" in french "IL"
All is "too much" in IL , the new polar Sonatine Editions announced with a lot of superlatives as the nugget of the year. Too , the editorial history of this large pad 765 pages released in France eleven years after its publication in the United States . Initially a thunderclap in the middle of the overseas edition: in April 1991, Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books announce the acquisition auction of the first novel of a Derek Van Arman ( a nickname which does would actually not ... ) for the record sum of $ 920,000 , international rights not included ...

He said at the time that the author is a communications specialist working for various government security agencies . The big blow a farce when the prestigious finally decided not to publish " Just Killing Time " on the grounds that the sponsorship provided by the agent Derek Van Arman when negotiating to have , in this case assessments very laudatory of John Le Carre and Joseph Wambaugh , were simply invented ...

The event seems so absurd that some , starting with the person himself, suspected intervention by the FBI , the federal agency that has been subsequently ceases to harass Derek Van Arman, up until his charge for disclosure of confidential information .

File 64

A crime writer who has humor is rare and well here is one! Here is his latest book.
It is no longer the Danish Jussi Adler-Olsen, the first places subscriber lists of bestsellers worldwide. Former editor, he enjoyed unprecedented success with Department V, best-selling series that should have eleven total volumes.
This series has been awarded the most prestigious Scandinavian price: the price of the Glass Key for Best Scandinavian thriller, the Golden Laurel Award Booksellers Award and the Best Players Danish book.
In France, Mercy was awarded the Grand Prix Lectrices ELLE 2012 and the Readers' Choice Awards paperback 2013.
The series is translated or being translated in more than 40 countries, and has already sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
A team of three endearing investigators whose adventures we follow with delight.

Son of Sam

Summer of 1977 . America believes all have been : JFK assassination , riots, Vietnam fiasco , economic crisis. In his flesh bruised and bled in its ambitions , the country is on its knees . New York also subjected to an unprecedented heat wave , the blackout and its executioner.

A mysterious killer who prowls the night and decimated the youth with his revolver. A single predator in the sphere of serial killers , defying the authorities, the media and the entire country. This criminal case was the subject of a film , Summer of Sam, directed by Spike Lee starring Adrien Brody, but has not been explored ...

For the first time in France , a writer recounts this amazing investigation, unknown in Europe through new avenues of investigation . Between document and thriller Son of Sam makes you relive crusade " to .44 Killer " thanks to numerous documents and photos that are much more than a book, a book that reads like a movie, immersion in the head of one of the most complex killers. A plunge into the heart of the United States from rock to disco , LSD CIA , Hollywood Satanism ... portrait of a nation through one of its excluded , became an icon of serial killers .

KAIKEN finally in pocket book

Never Jean-Christophe Grange had put so much of himself in one of his novels. Of course, the former reporter, now leader of the authors of French thrillers, in the wake of his first big success, The Crimson Rivers appeared in 1998, has often drawn inspiration from his reporting. But this time, the successful novelist tackles a particularly intimate subject for him, as it is in Japan, the country of his girlfriend ..
But beware, kaiken, whose title refers to the dagger with which women samurai committed suicide, there is nothing a trifle on the life of a Franco-Japanese couple. It is indeed a thrilling and violent thriller, as has always write Grangé. Although this time, the author has slipped into the skin of a Parisian cop Olivier Passan, whose wife, Naoko, is Japanese. With this specificity, the author gives the novel a great authenticity.