Modern Detectives

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After a high-profile model is found dead, FBI Special Agent Tess Winnett finds it hard to accept the findings that it was suicide and pushes for an investigation. But as she delves into the case, she uncovers things she never expected to find.

BENEATH THE SURFACE THIS SMALL TOWN HAS BIG SECRETS... The Lancashire town of Burnley is a typical British melting pot. Where drugs, violence and human trafficking rub shoulders with grand houses and rolling moors... and now two people have been found dead - are they suicides or is there...

When a hostage situation turns deadly, Billy Knight loses everything—his wife, his daughter, and his career in law enforcement. Devastated, he heads to Key West to put down his gun and pick up a rod and reel as a fishing boat captain. But former co-worker Roscoe McAuley isn't ready to let...

Lifelong friends Lori Graham and Stephanie Lyle are sitting on the balcony of Lori's flat in Glasgow, chatting, drinking, enjoying the summer's warmth. Until the peace is shattered by the sound of gunshots from a drive-by shooting. Running to investigate, the women find both their worlds shattered. One of their sons is the shooter, and one is the victim. As Lori and Stephanie try and pick through the pieces, they discover that they themselves hold the key to why their boys have turned on each other.

A young woman is found brutally murdered and mutilated at the foot of Pendle Hill and the local police are in no doubt who the killer is. Newly released from a psychiatric unit, Will Perkins has delusions that the victim is a witch. When DCI Liam Doyle and his team are brought in to investigate, the suspect is already in custody and the case apparently wrapped up. Except for one key detail – evidence.

Commissario Guido Brunetti must question his own assumptions about culture, virtue, and class in order to solve a shocking case of rare book theft from a Venetian library. Donna Leon’s critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has attracted readers the...

“Goes a long way to confirming Donna Leon’s claim to have taken literary possession of Venice . . . A Noble Radiance finds her at the height of her power. It gives the reader a delightful foretaste of summer holidays to come, but it also offers much more than that.” —Independent on...

The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri! FBI Special Agent Kim Otto picks up where Lee Child leaves off in novel #21 of the Hunt for Jack Reacher!

Dashiell Hammett is universally regarded as one of the finest American writers of "hard boiled" detective fiction and his short stories and novels have been hailed as some of the best mystery stories ever written. Hammett would doubtless have gone down in literary history simply for his creation of the detective Sam Spade ("The Maltese Falcon") as well as Nick and Nora Charles ("The Thin Man" series), but he is also the creator of another of the most popular detectives in the genre: the nameless private investigator known as the Continental Op, who appears in dozens of his stories.

Sent en aften, da kirkeklokkerne har ringet for sidste gang, bliver Sandra Deakin fundet, kold og livløs og dækket af knivstik, på en tilgroet kirkegård. Kriminalkommissær Kim Stone skynder sig til gerningsstedet, hvor overfaldets voldsomhed overbeviser hende om, at drabet var dybt personligt. Da Kims team graver i Sandras liv, opdager de, at hun mente, at hun kunne kommunikere med de døde. Kim indser, at hun må åbne sit sind for alle muligheder, hvis hun skal have en chance for at opklare sagen.

One man's war against the cartel takes him to the border. Where justice has a price. Haunted ex-cop John Sole is still hunting the cartel that butchered his family. His search drags him into Creosote, a dusty Texas border town built on secrets. There he finds Isabella, a café owner fighting to...

Als Victoria Davies im Jahr 2001 ermordet wurde, deuteten alle Beweise auf ihren Ehemann Michael hin. Doch zwanzig Jahre später taucht ein Brief auf, den Victoria vor ihrem Tod geschrieben hat; ein Brief, der nie zugestellt wurde, und er offenbart neue Verdächtige: die Labour-Abgeordneten Shaun Donnal, Andrew MacIntyre und Charles Baker. Doch zwei Jahrzehnte später hat sich das Leben dieser Männer verändert. 

For better or worse, the Nearly Dearly Departed Club are back ... and this time it's a matter of life and death. Or rather, stay alive long enough to protect the dead. That's the plan, at least. But then what do they say about best laid plans? There’s been a death at HM Prison Stainmouth. The...

Il caso di Messaggeri dell'oscurità parte da una serie di lugubri reperti che arrivano per posta, frutto di orrende mutilazioni. L'impresa di una mente turbata, di un sanguinario maniaco, che lancia i suoi messaggi dall'inferno della psicosi. Un passo dietro l'altro Petra e Garzón si inoltrano nell'imbuto di un mondo più complesso e inquietante. Che lancia i suoi messaggi dall'inferno della storia.

A riveting, quirky, and authentic tale of a disgraced former Texas sheriff who takes it upon himself to investigate the murder of a hog trapper, and in doing so try to atone for the sins of his past. Still reeling from the scandal that cost him his badge, Randy Mayhill—fallen lawman, dog...

Alonzo Crash survived the zombie apocalypse to be appointed police detective in a world where the victims re-animate and the perpetrators have done so much worse to survive than commit one murder. Dashiell Hammett meets Brian Keene in a neo-detective noir that dares ask how you define murder after the zombie apocalypse. A pulp detective story set in a late 50s science fiction zombie world with post-modern aspirations, but that may be overthinking it! An existential noir inside a post-apocalyptic pulp tale inside a post-modern zombie fright fest!

Ravn raakt opnieuw betrokken bij een verdwijningszaak, maar dit keer leiden de aanwijzingen hem naar Berlijn. Een eenzame man heeft geld verduisterd om naar een geheimzinnige bijeenkomst in Berlijn te kunnen reizen, waarna hij spoorloos verdwijnt. Ravn raakt bij de zoektocht betrokken via de zus van de man, Louise. Verschillende alleenstaande mannen zijn op mysterieuze wijze verdwenen in Berlijn, en de zaak lijkt terug te gaan tot de Stasi-tijd. Ravn brengt zichzelf in groot gevaar als hij het mysterie probeert op te lossen door de gruwelen uit het verleden tot leven te brengen.

Ontspoord is het eerste deel in een suspense-serie over ex-detective Thomas Ravnsholdt, ook wel Ravn genoemd, die als privé-detective wordt ingehuurd om vermiste personen op te sporen. Ravn wordt uit zijn verdriet gerukt wanneer een goede vriend hem om hulp vraagt bij het vinden van een jong meisje dat een paar jaar eerder spoorloos is verdwenen. Het onderzoek dwingt Ravn om terug te gaan naar zijn oude werkplek en dus ook naar de Kopenhaagse onderwereld. Hier wijst alles erop dat het meisje is verkocht aan de grote crimineel Slavros, die een netwerk van bordelen in Europa heeft.

Vier Morde, vier meisterhaft inszenierte Tatorte – Berlin wird von einer rätselhaften Mordserie erschüttert. Kommissariatsleiter Christian Hartwich setzt alles auf eine Karte und holt einen mysteriösen Berater ins Team, ohne zu ahnen, wie tief dieser in das Netz aus Lügen und Geheimnissen verstrickt ist. Während Hauptkommissarin Stefanie Piehler dem undurchsichtigen Berater misstraut, wagt Professor Hornoff den riskanten Schritt in die Abgründe der Täterpsyche – und erkennt: Wer den Mörder stoppen will, muss das Kind in ihm retten.

À la suite d’un AVC qui la laisse paralysée du côté droit, Astrid, 75 ans, n’est plus capable de vivre seule dans sa maison isolée en pleine forêt jurassienne. Elle refuse de quitter son havre de paix malgré l’insistance de sa fille Mélanie, vétérinaire rurale au bord du burn out. Elles parviennent à un compromis en embauchant Aurore, une jeune aide à domicile timide et dévouée. Mélanie est vraiment soulagée. Mais très vite quelque chose cloche sérieusement. Qui est Aurore ?

La Suède est frappée par une série de meurtres barbares. Seul point commun entre les victimes, leur âge : 44 ans. À première vue ces personnes ne se connaissent pas, mais à mieux y regarder, leurs chemins se sont bel et bien croisés, il y a longtemps, dans la petite ville de Katrineholm. À l'époque, tous fréquentaient la même école. Et le souffre-douleur de la classe s'appelait Thomas Karlsson. Aujourd'hui, Thomas est un homme effacé, asocial, et aigri : autant dire le coupable idéal.

A bioship has gone rogue, the crew are dead, and the survivors are lying. Open the hatch and climb aboard the CSS Ariadne, and remember: do not trust anybody.

Seconda avventura noir con protagonista il magistrato Ludovica Sperinelli, donna affascinante e volitiva, e del maresciallo dei Carabinieri Francesco Mancini. Sullo sfondo una Savona che si sta preparando all'annuale fiera di Santa Lucia; ma una sera, nel Teatro Chiabrera, una donna viene trovata riversa a terra nel bagno delle signore. Per pura coincidenza, si tratta della vicina di poltrona della Sperinelli, la quale si trova così coinvolta in prima persona in una vicenda dai contorni inquietanti, dove si affollano parenti insopportabili, misteriosi dirigenti e attivisti no-Tav.

Detective Bec Whitfield thought she'd found paradise in tropical Mission Beach—and maybe even love with charming local developer Jake Morrison. But when Cyclone Meredith threatens the coast, emergency preparations uncover a twenty-year-old secret buried in concrete. The skeletal remains belong to Marcus "Moondog" Sullivan, a former Sydney property developer turned environmental activist who vanished in 2004 during heated battles over coastal development. Marcus had made powerful enemies on both sides of the conservation debate, and someone wanted him silenced permanently.