Police Procedurals

The streets are frozen, the days are short, and Constable Tyler Neish is entirely out of his depth. Fresh out of training, Tyler is desperate to make a good impression. He wants to seem capable, commanding, and professional. Unfortunately, he’s mostly known for falling over in the snow and being terrified of his own shadow. But when sixteen-year-old Laura Wilder goes missing, the job suddenly gets personal. To the weary brass at Burnett Road Police Station, Laura is just a low-risk repeat runaway who’ll be home by dinner time.

Cullen, Hunter and Bain return in a three-part novel, where each of them must face the Cold Truth. City of the Dead A body in a bin. Two cops at each other's throats. Acting DI Scott Cullen faces his worst fear–managing DS Brian Bain, his old boss and notorious loose cannon. But when Cullen is called through to Glasgow to investigate a murder, Bain is back on his home turf.

You will not know the day, or the hour, but I am coming for you... When DS Lucy Golden discovers an abandoned car showing signs of a recent and bloody escape, the race is on to find the injured occupant, who must be somewhere close by on the Irish island of Achill. But when an anoymous...

Graham Blanks is having a very bad day. With his daughter’s life hanging in the balance, Graham finds himself in a race against time to get her the help she so desperately needs. But in the bustling city of York, Graham is faced with setback after setback and he’s beginning to lose his patience. As Graham becomes more out of control, his frustration and violence increases. And soon his victims begin to mount. Can anyone end his desperate and deadly spree? DI Paul Riddick is a man who understands a father’s desperation all too well.

A violent death and a vault of stolen treasures has Eve Dallas struggling to solve crimes old and new in the next thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. "Narrator Susan Ericksen's performance vibrates with energy as she portrays old and new characters in this series." —AudioFile...

Years ago, DS Jack Townsend spent a year undercover in the Bell View Gang in his home town of Toxteth. One morning, he was pulled from the operation, and as far as the gang and their ruthless leader, Liam Mercer, were concerned, he was soon lost in the UK prison system. Until now....

DCI Lesley Clarke's two teams are in flux. The Major Crime Investigations Team has a new DI, and the Cold Cases team has a member back from parental leave. And Lesley herself is itching to get stuck into a case, instead of sitting behind a desk. When a body is found at the luxury beach huts on Mudeford Spit, the Cold Cases team know it's one of theirs, as the remains have been buried for over thirty years. But then evidence is found connecting a member of the Kelvin organised crime family, as well as Lesley's lawyer wife Elsa.

Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet returns in the new book in Kate Ellis's gripping crime series set in Yorkshire. The quaint Yorkshire village of Eaglethorpe was a sanctuary for famous TV personality, Lexi Verity, away from prying eyes and camera flashes. But a life led in the spotlight can...

Enjoying a rare break in his remote lochside cabin, DCI Bone suddenly finds himself cut off when the mother of all snowstorms hits the Campsie Fells. Intrigued by the flickering lights from one of the loch’s uninhabited islands, Bone commandeers a local boat and heads out across stormy waters to investigate. There, amongst the island’s ancient Celtic gravestones, Bone makes a grisly, surreal discovery: a mutilated bride and groom, bound together in frozen union.

Ein Unfall, der sich zu einer kniffligen Mordermittlung entwickelt, von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Anna Johannsen. Oberkommissarin Lea Nielsen glaubt nicht an einen gewöhnlichen Unfall, als die 25-jährige Lisa Uhlen Opfer einer Fahrerflucht wird und kurz darauf stirbt. Schnell gerät der Ex-Freund der Toten in den Fokus der Ermittlungen. Als die Polizei herausfindet, dass die Tat mit einem gestohlenen Auto begangen wurde, führt die Spur in eine ganz neue Richtung. Während Lea die Puzzleteile des Falls zusammensetzt, muss sie sich zusätzlich persönlichen Herausforderungen stellen.

Nie hätte der Fischer gedacht, dass er eines Tages selbst im benachbarten Frillensee in einem dieser Netze enden würde. Auch Hauptkommissar Tischler und die gesamte Brunngrieser Dienststelle hätten ihren Betriebsausflug lieber anders als mit dieser unliebsamen Entdeckung verbracht. Erste Untersuchungen bringen ans Licht, dass Lorenz bei den anderen Fischern nicht gern gesehen war. Als Tischler noch tiefer in die Vergangenheit des Toten eintaucht, stellt sich immer mehr heraus, dass er zu Lebzeiten auch an Land mächtig für Ärger sorgte.

As Detective Kay Hunter begins to investigate, the case quickly reveals itself to be anything but routine. The local farming community is tight-lipped, the victim’s background is unclear, and the evidence uncovers a trail of conflicting stories and long-held secrets.

The Cold Case Squad has a problem: Someone won’t stop taunting Detective Everett Larkin. He’s been able to apprehend some of the worst criminals to ever stalk the streets of New York City, thanks in great part to forensic artist and boyfriend, Ira Doyle, but after their last case, events have taken a turn for the worse. A body recovered from the Hudson River bears a message addressed to Larkin and another token from Victorian mourning culture.

DI Shona Oliver watches in horror as her fellow officer is pronounced dead. PC Hayley Campbell drowns during a triathlon race in the Solway Firth. The postmortem reveals drugs in Hayley's system, perhaps self-administered performance enhancers. But a puncture wound in the back of her wetsuit suggests something darker. Shona makes slow progress on the case. There are other demands on her attention. The death of her old boss brings Shona under scrutiny. And the drug-related death of a teen at a festival–one which Becca is attending–has Shona on-edge.

The emotional fallout from their last case has left DCI de Silva and DS Barclay’s lives in tatters. Barclay’s marriage has failed and de Silva is still haunted by the loss of her husband and wondering whether she ever really knew him. When the National Crime Agency takes over their investigation, the duo are reassigned to a cold case: a dismembered body found in Formby Woods, hidden for decades. And then, another body is discovered.

Three bodies are found scattered across South Africa. One on the shores of the Indian Ocean, one in a farm invasion in modern KwaZulu-Natal, and one in 1880, in the aftermath of the Anglo-Zulu War. Detective Sannie van Rensburg and marine biologist and former soldier Adam Kruger are each on the trail of a mystery, while more than a century ago colonial police officer Peter Gregory has a secret mission: to find the lost sword of the great Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

In a nursing home on the outskirts of Cork, an elderly nun has been suffocated in her sleep. Another sister from the same convent is found floating in the Glashaboy river. The nuns were good women, doing God's work. Why would anyone want to kill them? A child's skull is unearthed in the garden of the nuns' convent, and DS Katie Maguire discovers a fifty-year-old secret that just might lead her to the killer.

When investigative reporter Katrina Chopin and surfing homicide detective Ken Goode lock eyes, there’s an immediate attraction. Sparks fly as they bond over cocktails, sharing their common experiences of being orphans and losing loved ones to suicide. But the next time they meet, it’s from opposing sides of a high-profile case. Two biotech execs, whose company is developing a groundbreaking sexual enhancement drug, turn up dead in the wealthy seaside enclave of La Jolla Farms, where Goode can readily see that the forensic evidence doesn’t add up.

15 Monate nach einer schweren Schussverletzung kehrt Martin Beck lustlos in den Polizeidienst zurück. Er hat viel Zeit gehabt, über sein Leben und die Arbeit nachzudenken – und muss jetzt feststellen, dass er mit beidem unzufrieden ist. Um ihn zu schonen, betraut man Kommissar Beck mit einem scheinbar eindeutigen Fall: Ein Frührentner hat sich erschossen. Doch in der Wohnung des Toten findet sich keine Waffe.

Un asesino cruel y calculador. Un duelo a muerte entre el bien y el mal. Una batalla que desafiará los límites de la razón. El inspector Francisco Bermejo, un hombre desgastado por sus propios demonios personales, acepta investigar lo que parece un caso rutinario: la desaparición de una joven pareja durante una excursión rural. Pero el hallazgo de los cuerpos sin vida de las víctimas, dispuestos de una forma peculiar y simbólica, convierte la investigación en una pesadilla. Pronto quedará claro que se enfrentan a un criminal tan metódico como despiadado.

On a hot summer's afternoon, Michelle Wentworth enjoys a rare few hours of relaxation. Sunning herself by her pool, she sends her lazy teenage son to fetch her a drink. But instead of a refreshment, Michelle is given a nasty shock when shortly after her child's bludgeoned body is discovered on the doorstep.

De nygifte beslutter at tilbringe hvedebrødsdagene i ro og mag fjernt fra venner og bekendte på en landejendom "et sted i England". Alt ånder fred og idyl – indtil de når deres bestemmelsessted. Her venter dem en række overraskelser, nogle komiske, andre mere ubehagelige. Og da de finder et lig i kælderen, begynder begivenhederne for alvor at tage fart. Peter Wimseys hvedebrødsdage udkom første gang i 1937 og foreligger nu på dansk i en sprogligt revideret oversættelse.

Band 7: Der Tote war Polizist. Ausbilder. Ein Schinder der übelsten Sorte. Martin Beck und seine Kollegen haben schon viele Tote gesehen, doch der Anblick des ermordeten Stig Nyman ist ein Schock: Der todkranke Kommissar wurde in seinem Krankenzimmer auf geradezu bestialische Weise abgeschlachtet. Wer hat den weithin geschätzten Kollegen so sehr gehasst? Und warum? Bei seinen Nachforschungen lernt Martin Beck den Verstorbenen von einer ganz anderen Seite kennen … Dies ist der siebte Band der weltberühmten Serie um den schwedischen Kommissar Martin Beck.

Marc Olván es un abogado de oficio en horas bajas, enamoradizo y alcohólico, que no pasa precisamente por un gran momento. Lidia Pedralba es una madre desesperada porque su hijo está en prisión preventiva, a la espera de juicio, acusado de violar a un niño de cuatro años. Pedralba necesita un abogado para actuar contra Daniel Trujillo, el juez que ha enviado a la cárcel a su hijo sin ni siquiera escucharlo, a la vez que ha dejado en libertad al jefe del peligroso clan de los Klimovski, que hace ya unas décadas que controla el tráfico de drogas y armas en Barcelona.

Noch immer rätselt Paula Osterholz, wer vor einigen Monaten einen Anschlag auf ihren Wagen verübt hat. Aber da werden sie und ihr Kollege Wullitzer bereits zum Ufer der Havel gerufen, wo ein Schüler tot im Wasser treibt. Der Neunzehnjährige ist offenbar von der Glienicker Brücke in den Tod gestürzt, und erste Hinweise sprechen für ein Gewaltverbrechen. Wenig später verschwindet eine Freundin des Toten spurlos und der Fall wird brisant, denn beide gehörten zu einer Clique von Jugendlichen aus reichen Elternhäusern.