Showing results for "Alibi" in Police Procedurals

Two murder victims and a suspect whose alibi appears open to doubt.... Geraldine Steel is plunged into a double murder investigation which threatens not only her career but her life. And then her previously unknown twin, Helena, turns up, with problems which are about to make Geraldine's life turn toxic in more ways than one.

Geraldine Steel is plunged into a double murder investigation which threatens not only her career but her life. And then her previously unknown twin, Helena, turns up, with problems which are about to make Geraldine's life turn toxic in more ways than one.

She was a vision. She was a siren. She was a nightmare. She was dead. Now he needed her to disappear. And he knew just how to make it happen. The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protect their own—and their own no longer includes Elena Estes. Once upon a time a child of wealth and...

She was a vision. She was a siren. She was a nightmare. She was dead. Now he needed her to disappear. And he knew just how to make it happen. The Palm Beach elite go to great lengths to protect their own—and their own no longer includes Elena Estes. Once upon a time a child of wealth and...

When prominent defense attorney Marcus Halloway is found murdered in his study, the irony isn’t lost on anyone—he made his career saving guilty men with airtight alibis. But now, every one of his former clients is a suspect, and each of them swears they were nowhere near him the night he died. Detective Clara Jennings is called to the case, but the deeper she digs, the murkier it becomes. Marcus kept secrets: hidden files, hushed meetings, and an alibi of his own that doesn’t quite add up. With enemies on both sides of the law, the question isn’t who wanted him dead—it’s who got to him first.

A headline murder. A rookie investigator. A race against the clock—and against the past. With his newly minted detective badge, “Mac” McAllister reports for his first assignment with the Oregon State Police: a particularly gruesome homicide. It’s a headline case, as the victim—Megan...

Ein „Kottan ermittelt“ Kriminalrätsel, wer ist der Mörder? Für den letzten von Major Kottans Gruppe aufgeklärten Mordfall gab es gute Presse; allerdings nur für die Gruppe. Präsident Pilch findet sich – wie so oft – zu wenig gewürdigt. Er steht schon eine Viertelstunde in Kottans Büro und beklagt sich über die ungerechten Journalisten. Weil ihm doch niemand zuhört, bricht er sein Lamentieren plötzlich ab. Im nächsten Moment entdeckt er einen verchromten, älteren Wandautomat; etwa in der Größe eines öffentlichen Fernsprechers.

Kriminalgeschichte mit Adolf Kottan: Rudi Stransky, seit drei Tagen 26, ist seit ein paar Minuten wach. Die auf dem Kieferbrett über dem Doppelbett abgelegte Armbanduhr zeigt sieben Uhr zehn. Brigitte, die rechts neben ihm liegt, kehrt ihm den gebräunten Rücken zu, die Steppdecke reicht ihr bis zum linken Ohr. Stransky zögert noch, fröstelt beim Gedanken an die Dusche und zählt stumm bis zwölf. Bei zwölf setzt er sich ruckartig auf und sucht mit den Füßen seine Holzpantoffeln.