Thomas Narcejac

Pierre Boileau

No longer with the police for reasons he did not care to remember, Flavieres was not a man to be surprised by little side-slips of human conduct. So, when his old friend Paul Gevigne wanted him to keep an eye on his wife, Flavieres thought the reasons were pretty obvious.

Vertigo

A couple's murderous plot goes horribly awry in this French noir classic that later inspired the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece Psycho Every Saturday evening, travelling salesman Ferdinand Ravinel returns to his wife, Mireille, who waits patiently for him at home. But Ferdinand has another lover, Lucienne—an ambitious doctor—and together the adulterers have devised a murderous plan. Drugging Mireille, the pair drown her in a bathtub. But before the "accidental" death can be discovered, the corpse mysteriously disappears. So begins the unraveling of Ferdinand's plot, and his sanity. This classic of French noir fiction was adapted for the screen by Henri-Georges Clouzot as Les Diaboliques (The Devils), starring Simone Signoret and Véra Clouzot, the film which in turn inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. A second movie version, Diabolique, followed in 1996, starring Sharon Stone.

She Who Was No More

Disi Kurtlar

Boileau-Narcejac

La 4e de couv. indique :"Ce sont certainement les dernières vacances que François va passer au château de Kermoal. Son père, maître Robion, veut le vendre. Le cœur serré, le jeune garçon retrouve la vieille forteresse et la famille Jaouen qui veillent sur elle. Mais pourquoi parlent-ils tous si bas? François, qui nest autre que Sans Atout, ne les reconnaît pas : ils ont un comportement si étrange! C'est alors que Jean-Marc, el fils des Jaouen, l'avertit : "A minuit, regarde à travers les fentes des volets...""

Sans Atout et le cheval fantôme

Sylvain est fatigué. Fatigué de ses échecs. Écœuré de se sentir si lâche et faible. Il n’est qu’un peintre raté, un de plus. Et le voilà coincé dans ce petit port breton, loin de tout, prisonnier du Mesnil. Le Mesnil... Une demeure pleine d’ombres, figée dans l’attente du retour de « Monsieur ». « Monsieur » qui ne reviendra pas. Mais dont le souvenir empoisonne l’atmosphère. Oui, la maison est malsaine. Elle sent la mort. Il faudrait fuir. Mais Sylvain ne le peut pas. D’ailleurs, à quoi bon ? Pour aller où ? Sylvain ne peut que rester. Et laisser le piège se refermer sur lui.

L'ombre et la proie

Francis Lacassin

Un essai biographique consacré à Simenon par un autre maître du suspense. De la genèse de l'oeuvre à l'étude en profondeur des spécificités du roman policier, en passant par l'étude des thèmes, celle du personnage de Maigret, l'atmosphère, la psychologie et l'art de Simenon.

Le cas Simenon

Der Detektivroman

La donna che visse due volte

Boileau-Narceja

Terminus, pour le chef de brigade du wagon-restaurant du Mistral, c'est alternativement Nice et Paris... Mais Terminus, ce peut être aussi la prison 418 ou la mort après un long voyage à travers le mystère et l'angoisse. Et impossible de descendre en marche !

Terminus

Robert de La Croix

ou, Le pirate de Dieu

Libertalia

Geoffrey Sainsbury

A murdered spouse returns from the dead in this classic thriller. Every Saturday evening, travelling salesman Ferdinand Ravinel returns to his wife, Mireille, who waits patiently for him at home. But Ferdinand has another lover, Lucienne, an ambitious doctor, and together the adulterers have devised a murderous plan. Drugging Mireille, the pair drown her in a bathtub, but in the morning, before the "accidental" death can be discovered, the corpse is gone-so begins the unraveling of Ferdinand's plot, and his sanity... This classic of French noir fiction was adapted for the screen by Henri-Georges Clouzot as Les Diaboliques (The Devils), starring Simone Signoret and Véra Clouzot, the film which in turn inspired Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. A second movie version, Diabolique, followed in 1996, starring Sharon Stone. Boileau-Narcejac is the nom-de-plume of Pierre Boileau (1906-89) and Thomas Narcejac (1908-98), one of France's most successful writing duos. Boileau and Narcejac both individually received the prestigious Prix du roman d'aventures before beginning a partnership that spanned four decades, from the Fifties to the Eighties, and produced more than fifty thrillers. Their works inspired numerous films, including Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques, based on their 1952 debut novel She Who Was No More.

Thomas Narcejac

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