these thrillers that seduce readers – L’Express

Rarely, we only see two entries this week (from March 25 to 31) in our fiction list, starting with that, in 5th place, of the thriller author Karine Giébel with And each time, die a little (t. I). blast. It must be said that its publisher, Récamier, believed in it, who carried out a first printing of 60,000 copies. “The best start of all the Giébels”, we exclaim in the house which immediately carries out a new titration and also points out the good figures of Glen Affricreleased in paperback (by HarperCollins) on March 27.

The multi-award winning author of Murders for Redemption (2006) and Shadowbites (2007) was eagerly awaited, we are told, since the publication of Glen Affric (Plon), dating from 2011. The context of And each time, die a little ? Not cheerful, cheerful, but very topical. It is in fact Grégory, a nurse under the aegis of the ICRC, the International Committee of the International Red Cross, who, from Sarajevo to Gaza via Grozny, Colombia or Afghanistan, tries to save lives . With this darkest psychological thriller, Karine Giébel hits the mark.

The Anglo-Australian Terry Hayes is the second entrant of the week with the Year of the Grasshopper (JC Lattès), currently being translated in around twenty countries. The author, known for his first novel, I am Pilgrim (JC Lattès, 2014), a spy thriller around the September 11 attacks, takes us through the adventures of a CIA spy on the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, responsible for eliminate a terrorist before he triggers the apocalypse. Karine Giébel and Terry Hayes therefore both enter the ranks of the noir authors of our list, alongside Joël Dicker (who takes his first place from Morgane Moncomble), Guillaume Musso (who holds firm on the 3rd step of the podium), Stephen King and Jean-Christophe Rufin.

Four finishes in the test list

Spotlight now on the test list which has four finishes. With, first of all, that of Véronika Loubry with Life has many surprises in store for me (The Duke). A document in which the former television host, now fashion designer and influencer (245,000 subscribers on Instagram), looks back on the significant events in her life, and in particular on her partner’s cancer. Another story, that of the Kretz family, Welcome to the Agency (Fayard, 6th row). Since 2020, this family has made viewers of the series fantasize The Agency (on TMC then on Netflix) with their adventures as sellers of luxury real estate around the world. There needed to be a book to tell all this.

In 10th place, we find a regular on the list, the historian, publisher and essayist Jean-François Colisimo with West, global enemy No. 1 (Albin Michel), who, to quote his editor, “shows how the leaders of the ‘great rearmament’ of these five empires – the Russian Putin, the Chinese Xi, the Iranian Khamenei, the Turkish Erdogan, the Indian Modi – are reconnecting with ancient religious beliefs to revitalize their oppressive and warlike systems. , closing the ban on new entrants, Pascal Picq, with The Walk. Saving the nomad in us (Otherwise, 15th place) and Michel Mouly, for Menopause, no longer suffer in silence! (Leduc), in 19th place.