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When Brian Holloway (Jack Quaid, The Boys) was hired by famous horror author Paul Robinette (Titus Welliver, Bosch) to crack an antique safe in his home, he had no idea what he was about to encounter. Opening that safe door unleashed something sinister — something that continues to haunt him. But what exactly? And can whatever slipped through that threshold be stopped?

Sam Little, the FBI’s most prolific serial killer roamed free for five decades, murdering women at will. But in 2012 he came to the attention of Detective Mitzi Roberts and everything changed. This opportunistic killer had long stayed below law enforcement’s radar because of the victims he chose: Women from the fringe — drug users and sex workers paid little attention to by society. Murder Book Season 2: The Women Who Stopped Sam Little follows this Los Angeles Police Department cold case investigator's relentless hunt for Little across the country to capture and convict him with the ...

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal...because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam.

In this documentary podcast, best-selling crime novelist Michael Connelly returns to his roots in journalism and examines the Wonderland Murders, an iconic and brutal mass murder in a city known for its murders.

Working on the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with a dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that wind from Hollywood Boulevard to the back alleys south of the border.

Harry attacked his commanding officer and is suspended indefinitely, pending a psychiatric evaluation. At first he resists the LAPD shrink, but finally recognizes that something is troubling him and has for a long time. In 1961, when Harry was 12, his mother, a prostitute, was brutally murdered with no one ever accused of the crime.

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal...because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit.

When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. But when Graciella tells him the way her sister, Gloria, was murdered, Terry realizes he has no choice. Now the man with the new heart vows to take down a predator without a soul. For Gloria's killer shatters every rule that McCaleb ever learned in his years with the Bureau-as McCaleb gets no more second chances at life...and just one shot at the truth.

Includes the following Harry Bosch thrillers, award-winning and all voiced by standout Broadway veteran Len Cariou: ECHO PARK (2007 Audie Award Winner for Mystery): In 1995, Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket in Hollywood. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it...

It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music", a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal.

The Dollmaker was the name of the serial killer who had stalked Los Angeles ruthlessly, leaving grisly calling cards on the faces of his victims. Now, with a single faultless shot, Harry Bosch thinks he has ended the city's nightmare.

Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat: his calling, his obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story he never wanted to write - and the mystery he desperately needs to solve. A serial killer of unprecedented savagery and cunning is at large. His targets: homicide cops, each haunted by a murder case he couldn't crack. The killer's calling card: a quotation from the works of Edgar Allan Poe. His latest victim is McEvoy's own brother. And his last...may be McEvoy himself.

Mickey Haller, le célèbre avocat à la Lincoln, se lance dans une action contre une entreprise de la tech dont l’intelligence artificielle est accusée d’avoir encouragé un adolescent à tuer sa petite amie. Au cours de son enquête, il croise la route de Jack McEvoy, un journaliste qui assiste aux audiences afin d’écrire un livre sur le sujet. Bientôt, tous deux retrouvent la trace d’une lanceuse d’alerte qui a tenté de révéler l’affaire.

Sur l'île paradisiaque de Santa Catalina, au large de Los Angeles, les journées sont calmes pour l'inspecteur Stilwell. Récemment débarqué de l'unité des Homicides du LAPD, il s'occupe essentiellement de cas de violences domestiques et d'ébriété sur la voie publique. La découverte du corps d'une jeune femme dans le port de la ville d'Avalon, enroulé dans une bâche et lesté, est donc un véritable choc, non seulement pour Stilwell, mais également pour les personnalités les plus notables de l'île, qui apprécient peu cette mauvaise publicité.

Harry Bosch, einst bei der Eliteeinheit des Morddezernats von Los Angeles, muss wieder ganz unten beim LAPD anfangen, nachdem er in vermeintlicher Notwehr einen Unbewaffneten erschossen hat. Viel Zeit sich zu grämen hat er nicht: Bei einem Routineeinsatz erkennt er in einem toten Junkie einen ehemaligen Kameraden aus dem Vietnamkrieg. Der Mann war wie Bosch eine der sogenannten "Tunnelratten", die die unterirdischen Tunnelsysteme des Vietcong auszuräuchern hatten. Hat sich Billy Meadows wirklich den goldenen Schuss gesetzt? Aber warum ist einer seiner Finger so seltsam gebrochen?

Harry Bosch et Renée Ballard enquêtent sur des cold cases qui ont marqué la cité des Anges. À la tête de l’unité des Affaires non résolues, Renée Ballard retrouve la trace, grâce à l’ADN, d’un violeur en série qui a terrorisé Los Angeles deux décennies plus tôt avant de disparaître. Mais très vite, elle va se heurter à des secrets et à des obstacles juridiques qui la forcent à demander son aide à Harry Bosch.

Otra atrapante historia con el detective Harry Bosch como protagonista. Todos los indicios indicaban que tras éste se ocultaba un asesino en serie apodado "el Fabricante de Muñecas", un hombre que maquillaba como muñecas a sus víctimas, la mayoría de ellas prostitutas. La viuda de Church sigue insistiendo en la inocencia del que fuera su marido y su abogada alega tener pruebas que ofrecen una coartada a Church para uno de los asesinatos que en su día le imputaron.

McEvoy tombe dans le piège d'un terrible assassin. À cause de difficultés financières au Los Angeles Times, le journaliste Jack McEvoy va être licencié. Amer, il décide de partir en fanfare et commence un article qui, il en est sûr, devrait lui valoir le prix Pulitzer. Pourtant, l'affaire semble banale : Alonzo Winslow, un dealer de seize ans, est accusé de viol et de meurtre... et il a avoué. Mais Jack comprend vite que ces aveux pourraient bien avoir été extorqués à l'adolescent par une police désireuse d'améliorer ses statistiques.

La spécialité de Jack McEvoy, c'est la mort. En tant que chroniqueur judiciaire au Rocky Mountain News, il y a été confronté plus d'une fois. Mais rien n'a pu le préparer au suicide de son frère jumeau. Inspecteur de police, déprimé et incapable de supporter le meurtre non résolu d'une jeune femme retrouvée coupée en deux, Sean s'est tiré une balle dans la bouche, comme le font souvent les policiers dépressifs.

Nach internen Querelen wurde Detective Stilwell vom Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department nach Catalina Island versetzt. Eine kleine Pazifikinsel keine vierzig Kilometer vor L.A. – und doch eine völlig andere Welt. Bis er die Nachricht erhält, dass am Grund des Hafens eine Leiche gefunden wurde, in Plastiksäcke verpackt und mit einer Ankerkette beschwert. Niemand scheint die tote Frau zu kennen, niemand hat sie als vermisst gemeldet.