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It's the early 1980s in Belfast. Sean Duffy, a conflicted Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), is recruited by MI5 to hunt down Dermot McCann, an IRA master bomber who has made a daring escape from the notorious Maze prison. In the course of his investigations Sean discovers a woman who may hold the key to Dermot's whereabouts; she herself wants justice for her daughter who died in mysterious circumstances in a pub locked from the inside.

A torso in a suitcase looks like an impossible case, but Sean Duffy isn’t easily deterred, especially when his floundering love life leaves him in need of a distraction. So with detective constables McCrabban and McBride, he goes to work identifying the victim. The torso turns out to be all that’s left of an American tourist who once served in the U.S. military. What was he doing in Northern Ireland in the midst of the 1982 Troubles?

Naples, 1931. A bitter wind stalks the city streets, and murder lies at its chilled heart. When Maestro Vezzi, one of the world's greatest tenors, is found brutally murdered in his dressing room at Naples' famous San Carlo theater, the enigmatic and aloof Commissario Ricciardi is called to investigate. Arrogant and bad-tempered, Vezzi was hated by many. But with the livelihoods of the opera at stake, who would have committed such a callous act?

Laos, 1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, have never been able to turn away a misfit. As a result they share their small Vientiane house with an assortment of homeless people, mendicants, and oddballs. One of these oddballs is Noo, a Buddhist monk who rides out on his bicycle one day and never comes back, leaving only a cryptic note in the refrigerator - a plea to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekong River to Thailand. Naturally, Siri can't turn down the adventure.

'Complex, completely convincing characters and twist you'll never guess' ALEX MICHAELIDES 'Beautifully structured and peopled with unforgettable characters this is story-telling of the highest order: do not miss it' DAILY MAIL THE WORLD KNOWS HER AS THE GIRL IN CELL A. Convicted of murder at...

The lawyer’s call is shocking: Charly’s best friend from childhood has taken her own life and left a decree that Charly care for her two-year-old daughter. Returning to her childhood home on the coast of England, another nasty surprise awaits: Two more of Charly’s friends have mysteriously died. As suspicious incidents in Charly’s little house on the coast pile up, she investigates. She soon discovers that all the deaths were, in fact, brutal murders.

This audio bundle includes books one to four of the exciting CJ Washburn mysteries: Deserving of Death, Sailing into Death, Angel of Death, and Never Surrender to Death.

Martin Becks skärgårdssemester med familjen avbryts tvärt då han tvingas återgå i tjänst. En känd svensk journalist har försvunnit spårlöst i Ungern och Beck åker till Budapest för att på ett diskret sätt söka efter honom - och riskerar därmed sitt eget liv. Maj Sjöwall och Per Wahlöös boksvit Roman om ett brott har blivit internationella klassiker och stilbildande inom sin genre. De tio böckerna utkom mellan 1965 och 1975.

From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the second Karl Alberg detective story--is he the detective or the suspect? Murder in a Small Town will air Tuesdays this Fall on FOX and Global...

PI Billie Carlson is in Cleveland following a lead on the whereabouts of her son, Lucas. But when the trail goes cold, she is forced to return to Glasgow and a life of waiting and praying that one day she might see him again. Back in the office and ready to throw herself into work, she picks up a call from Lars, an old friend from her teenage years in Sweden. He tells her some devastating news. His younger sister, Astrid, was found dead in the Highlands, frozen to death with traces of drugs and alcohol in her system.

As Steve Regan goes deep undercover, he starts to have problems separating reality from fiction. Working as an undercover cop, he operates in a world of duplicity. In order to stay alive, he often thinks, How do I know people are who they say they are? Tempted by the riches of drug smuggling so he can help a loved one, Regan wonders whether he can go 'rogue' and cross the line. Regan infiltrates a South American cartel headed up by a Miami-based Mob-connected drug lord, and getting involved in a million-dollar cocaine deal escalates the dangers of working undercover.

When novelist Manuel Ortigosa learns that his husband, Álvaro, has been killed in a car crash, it comes as a devastating shock. It won’t be the last. He’s now arrived in Galicia. It’s where Álvaro died. It’s where the case has already been quickly closed as a tragic accident. It’s also where Álvaro hid his secrets. The man to whom Manuel was married for fifteen years was not the unassuming man he knew.

On Mardi Gras weekend in February of 2007 over 40 people were butchered beyond recognition in a lonely Louisiana bayou. The horrific tragedy would go on to be known as The Honey Island Swamp Massacre. Paramedic Andrew Yong was one of the first responders called to the scene over that fateful weekend and was mysteriously the only survivor of the mass killing spree that took place.

How far would you go to hide from the past? One-year old Maisie Lewis is missing. DC Jan Pearce is in hiding from her past but is drafted onto the case when things escalate. What forced Jan to come back to Manchester to start a new life? Who is she hiding from? What is making this kickass woman hide away and work on cold cases rather than step up to the action? Is it business - or is it personal? A chain of paper dolls and a series of sinister messages leads Jan to the truth and into the dangerous territory of hidden secrets - but is it too late for little Maisie?

D.I. Graves is back on the case to face his toughest challenge yet: a case with no motive and no suspect, nothing at all that could explain why someone would kill innocent people and then take parts from the bodies. Then the next victims are discovered: another pair of bodies, new body parts taken, and again in their own home. Someone is breaking into houses across the city at night, leaving horror in their wake. It seems to Graves that this could be two serial killers, working together. But how are they choosing their victims? Is any house in London a target? Is anyone safe?

Immerse yourself in New York City's underworld of secrets, lies, and sexy dish, inspired by the rel-life investigations of Bronx-born Joseph Mullen, New York's most Famous Shamus. A fictionalized scrapbook narrative of the big city life and notorious cases of NYC's most famous gumshoe, Joe Mullen.

På ett hotellrum i Reykjavik hittas den norske ambassadören död. UD i Norge tystar snabbt ner händelsen för att hålla medierna borta. Kort därefter hittas även ambassadören i Wien död. Finns det en gemensam nämnare, förutom att de båda offren är diplomater? Polisinspektör Lisa Lunde vänder sig till psykologen Sander Mørk för att få råd. Hans sakkunskaper har tidigare varit till hjälp i utredningar.

I Surray e i loro cinque figli sono famosi scrittori. Dopo una serata con editori e artisti nella loro casa di campagna dell'Oxfordshire, Ruth, la figlia di mezzo, viene trovata morta nella sua camera, apparentemente suicida. Ma una lettera postuma della stessa defunta recapitata al fratello Richard scombina le carte...

Samantha Moore, en universitetsstuderende fra Queens, er på vej til Canada med sin kæreste for at starte et nyt liv, da hun forsvinder fra et ensomt, billigt motel i Vermont. Det skal hurtigt vise sig, at Moore-sagen er én ud af mange mærkelige hændelser, der finder sted i Vermonts øde skove. På grund af en ny ildevarslende opdagelse i sagen tilkaldes FBI-agent Jill McDade, og endnu engang krydser hendes og Ray Wyatts veje hinanden. Wyatt, en erfaren journalist, der kæmper med det tragiske tab af sin kone og søn, har fået til opgave at dykke ned i mysteriet om den unge kvindes forsvinden.

Kriminalbetjent Bryan Reardon fra Station 5 kan ikke fordrage at løbe efter folk. Ikke desto mindre bliver han nødt til at løbe - meget stærkt endda - hvis det skal lykkes ham at afsløre sammenhængen mellem to - nej, tre - mord, en glemt dokumentmappe i et fly, masseopkøb af sølvkontrakter på New Yorks børs og ulmende uroligheder i et arabisk olieland.