Showing results for "Ma" in Police Procedurals

Durante la Transición, un pueblo de pescadores de la costa levantina ve truncada su paz tras el asesinato de su alcalde. Eugenio Martín, subdirector del Cuerpo Superior de la Policía, viaja desde Madrid con el objetivo de investigar el escabroso asesinato. Allí se reencuentra con Paco y Rosa, compañeros de dolor durante el salvaje final de la Dictadura. Acechado por los fantasmas del pasado, Eugenio conocerá a toda una serie de personajes que le mostrarán el lado más sórdido de la sociedad.

Exilés après leur précédente aventure au fin fond des Côtes d'Armor, San-Antonio et Bérurier s'ennuient à mourir... Pinaud a démissionné et le Vieux a été remercié. Les voilà mutés à Ploumanac'h-Vermot et les journées sont bien longues. Jusqu'au jour où le cadavre d'un marin est retrouvé dans le port. Ce meurtre vient soudainement mettre un terme à la monotonie, surtout que San-Antonio et Bérurier ne vont pas tarder à retrouver une vielle connaissance en la personne du sous-préfet.

Il y a huit ans, la jeune Malin, alors adolescente, a découvert une fillette enterrée dans la forêt de Ormberg, une ville suédoise isolée. On n'a jamais pu identifier la petite victime. Devenue une jeune flic ambitieuse, Malin est affectée auprès de Hanne, la célèbre profileuse, et de l'inspecteur Peter Lindgren, qui reprennent l'affaire.

El thriller para los que creían haberlo leído todo. Un hombre aparece ahorcado en un pinar a las afueras de Madrid, con los ojos arrancados de cuajo. En uno de sus bolsillos se halla un papel con el nombre y la dirección de una mujer: Sara Azcárraga, que vive a pocos kilómetros del escenario del crimen. Frágil, solitaria, bebedora de vodka en soledad, Sara rehúye cualquier contacto con las personas y trabaja desde casa. El teniente de la Guardia Civil Julián Tresser se hace cargo del caso, asistido por el joven cabo Coira, que se enfrenta por vez primera a una investigación criminal, una investigación difícil.

L'Ispettore Capo Giovanni Di Falco, in servizio presso il Commissariato di pubblica sicurezza di una cittadina marinara della Sicilia occidentale, possiede un suo personale archivio. Si tratta di un armadio di metallo dove all'interno il poliziotto conserva gli incartamenti ufficiali, in copia, dei casi di cui si è occupato. Ogni caso ha una sua cartella. Per identificare l'indagine, sulla copertina di ognuna, di Falco di solito scrive una frase tratta del dialetto siciliano.

En Nadie vale más que otro, Lorenzo Silva nos ofrece cuatro relatos contundentes y de elegante resolución que someten a la pareja de investigadores de la Benemérita al reto de enfrentarse al horror de lo cotidiano. La sombra de la muerte recorre el verano. Pero no se trata de la muerte retorcida de los crímenes novelescos, sino de la que sacude y conmociona la vida diaria. Un probable ajuste de cuentas entre criminales en medio de un campo deportivo. La violación y el asesinato de una niña a cargo, al parecer, de un pariente cercano. La muerte de un donjuán en el seno de una comunidad de inmigrantes.

Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win - from a novelty slot machine! - he’s torn between admiration and derision. But the stakes are quickly raised when the winner, a friend of Mas’s pal G. I. Hasuike, is found stabbed to death just days later. The last thing Mas wants to do is stick his nose in someone else’s business, but at G. I.’s prodding, he reluctantly agrees to follow the trail of a battered snakeskin shamisen (a traditional Okinawan musical instrument) left at the scene of the crime.

From the time she was a child, Mas Arai’s daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him, never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now, his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City and had a life he knew little about. But an anxious phone call from Mari asking for his help plunges the usually obstinate Mas into a series of startling situations.

From the time she was a child, Mas Arai's daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him, never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City and had a life he knew little about.

Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win - from a novelty slot machine! - he's torn between admiration and derision. But the stakes are quickly raised when the winner, a friend of Mas's pal, G. I. Hasuike, is found stabbed to death just days later. The last thing Mas wants to do is stick his nose in someone else's business, but at G. I.'s prodding he reluctantly agrees to follow the trail of a battered snakeskin shamisen (a traditional Okinawan musical instrument) left at the scene of the crime...

In the remote town of Kapaskacing, deep in Northern Ontario, something ancient has awakened. When a series of brutal, inexplicable killings sends shockwaves through the community, the local police are left scrambling for answers. With no signs of human involvement and only the most vicious wounds left behind, whispers of an old legend—the Ma’iingan, a vengeful spirit wolf—resurface among the townsfolk.