Trauma - 2006 - Fear 

Miles Kendrick est un homme comme les autres, ou presque. Souffrant d’un syndrome de stress post-traumatique, il vit à Santa Fe, sous une fausse identité fournie par le FBI, essayant de mener une existence normale et d’oublier un passé tumultueux. Sa vie bascule à nouveau lorsque sa psychiatre, le docteur Allison Vance, disparaît après l’avoir appelé à l’aide. S’il veut sauver sa peau, il doit absolument faire la lumière sur cette disparition. Bien que le FBI le soupçonne, et qu’il ait un tueur à ses trousses, Miles va devoir lutter contre la peur qui le paralyse et affronter son passé pour sortir de ce piège infernal. 

Panique - 2005 - Panic

Et si toute votre vie n'était qu'un mensonge minutieusement élaboré ? Tout va pour le mieux pour Evan Casher : sa carrière de documentariste est en train de décoller et il file le parfait amour avec Carrie. Jusqu'au jour où sa mère lui demande de venir la retrouver toutes affaires cessantes. Lorsqu'il arrive chez ses parents, sa vie bascule : il trouve sa mère sauvagement assassinée et échappe de peu à une tentative de meurtre. Poursuivi par les mystérieux assassins de sa mère et ne pouvant faire confiance à personne, Evan découvre peu à peu que beaucoup de choses dans sa vie ne sont que mensonges. Il s'engage alors dans une quête périlleuse pour découvrir la vérité sur lui-même et sur son passé afin de se réapproprier la vie qu'on lui a volée.

Double jeu - 2008 - Collision

Une carrière florissante, une femme qu'il aime, Ben Forsberg, cadre dans une entreprise de sécurité, a tout pour être heureux. Jusqu'au jour où son existence paisible vole en éclats : sa femme est assassinée et il est accusé de meurtre par les services secrets. Quelqu'un l'a pris pour cible, il ignore qui et pourquoi. Une plongée dans le monde obscur de l'espionnage et des apparences trompeuses. 

Complot - 2009 - Trust me

Austin, Texas. Luke Dantry analyse la menace terroriste. Aussi palpitant que cela puisse paraître, il n'en mène pas moins la vie banale et sans surprise de n'importe quel employé de bureau. Son travail consiste à sillonner inlassablement Internet afin de repérer à travers les sites et forums des individus pouvant éventuellement présenter un lien avec des réseaux terroristes. Dans la plupart des cas, ses interlocuteurs sont d'inoffensifs extrémistes, se servant du réseau pour exorciser une vie misérable, en rêvant à d'improbables complots. Rien de dangereux a priori ni de très menaçant.
Jusqu'au jour où Luke est enlevé sur un parking, obligé d'assister à un assassinat avant d'être emprisonné dans une cabane au milieu des bois. Sans aucune idée sur l'identité de ses assaillants ni sur leur mobile, il devient vite la proie d'une impitoyable chasse à l'homme dans laquelle il ne peut faire confiance à personne. Aurait-il sans le savoir découvert un véritable complot ?

Panic- 2005

VF : Panique 
*What if everything about your life was a lie? 
*Evan Casher is a successful documentary filmmaker with a perfect life--until the day his mother is brutally murdered. Suddenly pursued by a ruthless circle of killers, Evan discovers his entire past has been a carefully constructed lie. With only one chance at survival and no one he can trust, Evan must discover the shocking truth about his family--and himself... 

Collision - 2008

VF : Double jeu
*Collision* is the story of two men living very different lives - one, a successful corporate consultant who is mourning the murder of his new bride; the other, a former CIA agent known only as 'Pilgrim,' whose current assignment for a fringe espionage agency is so treacherous he doesn't trust even his own boss. When they are thrown together in a violent, unexpected event, the two men realize that they've been framed in an elaborate setup. Unsure who to trust and who may just be trying to draw them into the open, the unlikely partners have no choice but to work together. But with everything at stake, Ben has no idea that Pilgrim is harboring some shocking secrets of his own - secrets that will soon force Ben to confront just how blurred the line has become between best friends and bitter enemies.

Fear - 2006

VF  Trauma 
Everyone has a memory they'd like to forget. For federal witness Miles Kendrick, it's the shootout that left his best friend dead--and Miles a hunted and haunted man. While helping his psychiatrist with a mysterious favor, Miles stumbles upon an illegal research program that could free him--and millions of others with post-traumatic stress disorder--from crippling memories. But when his doctor ends up dead, Miles must run for his life from a murderous conspiracy that gives new meaning to the word "fear."

The three Beths - 2018

My mom would never leave me. 
This has been Mariah Dunning's motto. Her compass. Her belief. So when she glimpses her mother—who's been missing and presumed dead for the past two years—on the other side of a crowded food court, Mariah's conviction becomes stronger than ever. Or is she losing her mind?
Her mother disappeared without a trace and—even without a body or any physical evidence—suspicion for her murder immediately fell upon Mariah's father, leaving both father and daughter ostracized from their close-knit community.  Until one day, Mariah stumbles upon the fact that two other women have also disappeared recently from Lakehaven. And all three women had the same name: Beth. 
Is it merely an unlikely coincidence? Or is there a deeper, sinister...

Trust me - 2009

VF : Complot 
On the new digital battlefront in the war on terror, one man will learn to negotiate the extremely thin line between unconditional trust and unspeakable betrayal. 
Luke Dantry tells people he has a job on the cutting edge of the war on terror-only he knows it's nowhere near as adrenaline-filled as he makes it sound. Luke's nightly task working for his stepfather's Washington think tank: Go undercover from the anonymous safety of his computer and infiltrate Web-based, home-grown terrorist networks, cataloging the screen names and details of a motley collection of rage-filled, mentally suspect, and mostly impotent loners he comes to call the Black Road. 

Blame- 2017

Sometimes the person you thought you knew best... Turns out to be someone you never really knew at all. The crash that killed him
Two years ago, Jane Norton crashed her car on a lonely road, killing her friend David and leaving her with amnesia. At first, everyone was sympathetic. Then they found Jane's note: I wish we were dead together. A girl to blame
From that day the town turned against her. But even now Jane is filled with questions: Why were they on that road? Why was she with David? Did she really want to die?
The secrets she should forget.

01 - Adrénaline - Adrenaline  2013

Brillant agent de la CIA basé à Londres, Sam Capra mène la vie dont il a toujours rêvé. Un jour, sa femme Lucy, enceinte de leur premier enfant, l'appelle au bureau et lui demande de sortir immédiatement du bâtiment. À peine a-t-il quitté les lieux qu'une déflagration dévaste l'édifice ! Lucy disparaît et la CIA tient Sam, seul rescapé de l'explosion, pour responsable des évènements. Incarcéré, il parvient à déjouer la surveillance de la Compagnie. C'est désormais un homme brisé, traqué, mais prêt à tout ! 

02 - Last minute - 2013 - The last minute - 2011

Ex-agent de la CIA. Sam Capra voit sa vie basculer le jour où le cartel des Cinq Soleils kidnappe son fils. En monnaie d'échange, Sam doit éliminer un étudiant et un hacker qui possèdent des informations plus que compromettantes sur le cartel. Une vie contre deux... Les heures lui sont comptées. Aidé d'une jeune ingénieur en informatique dont la fille a aussi disparu, Sam se lance dans un contre-la-montre impitoyable. Lorsque Mila, bien connue de Sam, intervient dans cette traque, les menaces se multiplient. Qui sont les mystérieux individus qui ont mis à prix la tête de Mila ? En saurait-elle plus qu'il n'y paraît ? Sam n'a pas le choix, le temps presse, la vie de son fils est en jeu.

03 - Downfall -2015 - Downfall -2013

L’ex-agent de la CIA Sam Capra est de retour. Quand, dans un bar de San Francisco, une créature de rêve lui demande de lui sauver la vie, Sam accepte sans réfléchir. Le voilà embarqué dans une histoire aussi trouble que dangereuse. Plongé dans ce réseau hermétique de femmes et d’hommes très puissants qui font tourner le monde, Sam devra mettre en œuvre tout son talent pour pouvoir rester en vie.

01 - adrenaline (EN) - 2009

CIA agent, Sam Capra, is about to have an extremely bad morning. We’re not talking about I-just-spilled-coffee-on-my-chinos bad. We’re talking about terrorists-bombed-my-office-and-kidnapped-my-wife bad. Sam is in the middle of an important meeting—he’s been closing in on the CIA’s most important target—when he’s interrupted by an urgent call from his pregnant wife, Lucy. There’s panic in her voice. “Meet me outside now,” she begs. In the street, Sam sees Lucy in a silver grey sedan with a strange man in the driver’s seat. Then a blast hits. In a flash, all of Sam’s colleagues are dead. Lucy’s gone. Sam’s the only survivor. And we’re only on page twelve. What follows is a breakneck thriller that delivers on the promise of its title. Adrenaline does indeed get the heart pumping with an exhilarating pace, creatively choreographed action, and intrigue that routinely compels you to read the proverbial “one more chapter.” But Sam Capra remains its most memorable asset.

01.5 - Sam Capra's last chance - 2012

Short story, available only as an eBook and audio download. Sam Capra's infant son has been kidnapped. The shadowy, powerful organization responsible for the abduction has thwarted Sam at every turn. But now Sam, an ex-CIA agent, has a potential lead: a picture of the woman who took his child from the clinic where he was born. Finding this mysterious woman could be his last chance to save his son......

02 - Last minute (EN) - 2012

They framed me.
They abducted my wife.
They took my child.
I want him back.
Sam Capra has one reason to live: to reclaim his baby son from the people who kidnapped him. Teaming up with a young mother whose daughter went missing, he tracks his child across the country in a dangerous, desperate race against time.

03 - Downfall  (EN) - 2013

She is a good mother. She will do what she must to ensure that her daughter Diana has a perfect life, just as perfect as the one they've led for the past seven years.
No matter who has to die.
The simplest beginnings can unravel a life. For Sam Capra, it is the moment a beautiful young woman walks into his San Francisco bar.
Sam doesn't want trouble. An ex-CIA agent, his only desire now is to build a quiet, peaceful home for himself and his infant son. But Diana Keene is no ordinary customer. She's pursued by two gunmen, and when she finds Sam, she whispers an urgent, desperate plea: "Help me."

04 - Inside man - 2014

Sam Capra's friend Steve has been murdered, shot dead in the rain outside of his Miami bar. The only lead: a mysterious, beautiful stranger Steve tried to protect. To avenge his friend, Sam goes undercover into the Varelas, one of Miami's most prominent and dangerous families. 
Now on the inside, playing a part where one wrong move means death, Sam faces a powerful, unstable tycoon intent on dividing his business empire between his three very different children, who each may hold murderous secrets of their own. Sam is relentlessly drawn into this family's intense drama, amplifying painful echoes of his own shattered relationships as a son, brother, father, and husband. And just when he thinks he understands why the family is self-destructing, he discovers a lethal secret so shocking that the Varelas cannot let him walk away alive . .

05 - The first order - 2016

The darkest day of Sam Capra’s life was when he watched his brother, Danny, executed by extremists on an online video. But now, evidence has surfaced that Danny may still be alive—leading a secret, hidden life for the past six years while the world believed him to be dead. What’s more, Sam discovers that Danny may be plotting a murder that could change history: assassinating the Russian president. Determined to stop his brother from committing a murder that may cause a war, Sam goes undercover in a one-man mission to save the world-and to save his brother.

01 - Faux-semblants - 2008 - A kiss gone bad - 2001

Lorsque le fils d'un sénateur, devenu star du porno, revient dans sa ville natale du Texas, cela n'augure rien de bon. Lorsqu'il est retrouvé mort à bord de son yacht, alors qu'il enquêtait discrètement sur la mystérieuse disparition, des années auparavant, de son frère, c'est un véritable cauchemar qui commence pour les deux enquêteurs, Whit Mosley et Claudia Salazar. De secrets de famille bien enfouis en zones d'ombre, de faux-semblants en mensonges et autres manipulations, c'est au péril de leur vie qu'ils devront affronter un tueur aussi pervers que machiavélique.

02 - Entre les morts - 2010  - Black Jack point - 2002

Lucy, la compagne de Whit Mosley, est inquiète : son oncle a disparu. On découvre bientôt son corps dans une tombe, parmi des ossements humains. Mosley commence alors ses recherches… sans se douter qu’il va très vite se retrouver au milieu d’un labyrinthe infernal où les apparences sont trompeuses et les zones d’ombre omniprésentes. Après Faux-Semblants, une nouvelle enquête de Whit Mosley, le juge le plus atypique du Texas, où, une fois encore, Jeff Abbott déroule une intrigue diabolique.

01 - A kiss gone bad - 2001

Judge Whit Mosley is called out in the middle of the night to certify a body - but when he discovers that the dead man on the yacht is none other than the son of the powerful Senator Lucinda Hubble, Whit knows all hell is going to break loose.
Ignoring pressure from all sides to rule the death as suicide, Whit and Detective Claudia Salazar peel away the layers of corruption and cover-up behind Pete Hubble's death, despite the danger to their careers - and their lives. But more dangerous than the shocking truth they discover is the obsessed killer who has already chosen his next victim...

02 - Black jack point - 2002

They found Whit Mosley's missing friends at Black Jack Point-dead and buried, along with bones and relics from a legendary past. When Whit opens an inquest into the murders, he's plunged into a shadowy world of ruthless treasure hunters, double-crossing tycoons, and money-hungry sharks -- all chasing a long-lost fortune in emeralds and gold. His only ally, police detective Claudia Salazar, is kidnapped at sea and held hostage in a deadly game of betrayal and greed. To survive, both Claudia and Whit must stay one step ahead of their common enemy -- a desperate killer far more dangerous than any pirate of old...

03 - Cut and run - 2003

She's a liar,She's a thief.,She's a killer. She's his mother. And he'll take on the world to save her. *
With his father near death, Judge Whit Mosley launches a search for his mother, who abandoned the family thirty years ago and vanished into the criminal underworld. Hoping to heal the wounds of the past, Whit finds Eve--framed for murder and for stealing five million dollars from a Houston crime cartel desperate to regain their lost power. He has one impossible chance to save his mother: take her on the run, outsmart a gang of sophisticated killers, and find the missing millions. Caught in a nightmare of double crosses and vicious schemers, Whit turns his back on law and order for the one person he most wants to trust but knows the least--a dangerous woman who may be plotting the cruelest deception of all.

01 - Do unto others - 1994

After a few good years of city life, Jordan Poteet returns to his small hometown of Mirabeau, Texas, to work as a librarian. Yet his quet domesticity is shattered when he locks horns with Ms. Beta Harcher, the town’s prize religious fanatic, in a knock-down drag-out battle over censorship.
When Jordan finds her murdered body in the library, he learns that Beta dead is much more dangerous than she ever was alive. Not only for poor Jordy, whom the police are itching to throw the book at, but for countless others. In fact, thanks to a cryptic list the police find stashed next to her fanatical heart, Beta Harcher has the whole town in a death grip. . . . 

02 - The only good Yankee - 1995

Mirabeau, Texas, is a dynamite little town -- especially when toolsheds, doghouses, and mailboxes mysteriously begin to explode. So far, the sole victim is local librarian Jordan Poteet, struck by a chunk of his girlfriend's mailbox. Yet Jordy gets an even bigger jolt when his ex-girlfriend, Lorna, arrives from Boston. She's come to scoop up everybody's riverfront property -- and, if possible, Jordy as well.

03 - Promises of home - 1996

In a small Texas town, murder brings home the unforgotten past.
Twenty years ago, as Hurricane Althea lashed Central Texas, twelve-year-old Jordan Poteet and his friends decided to ride it out in their tree house. But in the still eye of the tempest, they raced for safety--and stumbled over the body of a beautiful girl.
Now, the six schoolmates who shared the grisly sight of death so long ago are being coolly murdered, one by one, day by day. By whom? Why? Unless Jordan and Police Chief Junebug Moncrief, another survivor of the storm, can answer those questions fast, it will be their turn to die. . . .

04 - Distant blood - 1996

Thanks to a newfound connection with his natural father, librarian Jordan Poteet is suddenly a member of a rich Texas dynasty. But a series of poison-pen letters warns him to stay away from the Goertz family reunion on a Gulf Coast island. 
He soon wishes he had, because his new kinfolk--four generations of them--are hiding secrets deep and dark enough to taint an entire bloodline. And an unexpected death makes it chillingly clear that the anonymous hate mail directed at Jordan isn't a joke. Ghosts of the violent past are walking.