Showing results for "Sand" in Police Procedurals

The discovery of a severed head in a golf course bunker triggers a frantic race to find a serial killer that brings the town of Burnham-on-Sea to a standstill. A connection is made with a series of unsolved murders harking back to the 1970s, and Detective Inspector Nick Dixon finds himself caught in a race against time that takes him the length and breadth of the country.

Sand Cove is a beautiful secret haven tucked away from the city, entirely off-limits to everyone except for its residents. Sand Cove seems like the picture-perfect place to live, but when Luca Moretti is found dead in his home, FBI agents Tyler and Stanton expose the residents' deepest secrets to find his killer.

The Track of Sand is Andrea Camilleri's twelfth outing in the wryly humorous Inspector Montalbano series. Inspector Montalbano rises one morning to find the carcass of a horse on the beach in front of his seaside home. But no sooner do his men arrive, than the body has mysteriously vanished...

Diagnosed with ‘overwork’ and in the grip of debilitating claustrophobia, Inspector Alan Grant takes leave from Scotland Yard and heads for the peaceful home of his cousin Laura, who lives with her family in the Scottish Highlands. As the London mail draws into Inverness, he sees the surly sleeping-car attendant trying to rouse an unresponsive young man. He is compelled, firstly, to point out that the passenger is dead, and secondly to pick up the newspaper that has slipped onto the compartment floor.

Erica Sands keeps her family legacy locked away – very few people know that her father is in a high-security prison, forever stained by the blood of his many victims. But when the body of a woman is found in an isolated cottage, a cryptic note concealed nearby, Erica is once more dragged into her father’s dark orbit.

The trail has gone cold, and the authorities believe he has disappeared forever. But Erica knows her father better than anyone and feels his presence lurking in the shadows. When journalist Pierre Cloarec uncovers a massive financial fraud–the same method Sterling used to fund his escape–his investigation leads him to a seemingly quiet coastal village. There, a new friendship with a mysterious American takes a dark and disturbing turn, and Erica’s instincts tell her this is no coincidence.

Thousands of girls go missing every year in Las Vegas. Taken. Bought and sold. Or worse. These lost girls summon FBI Profiler Violet Darger to Sin City. There are fresh dead to sort through - two bodies burned beyond recognition in the trunk of a sedan - and there’s reason to believe there are missing girls waiting to be saved. Rumors swirl that a legendary killer is responsible for these crimes: an escaped prisoner with a personal grudge against Darger. One who disappeared for 20 years. If Darger finds the killer in time, the girls will live. If not...

When well-known community activist, Lacey Taylor goes missing whilst walking her dog, the police are at a loss to find any evidence as to where she is. A local man finds the collar, which belonged to her dog near Crosby Beach, home of the eerie Iron Men statues (Anthony Gormley's 'Another Place') and DI Annie Jones calls in the canine units to aid the search. What they find shocks even the most hardened detectives on her Major Investigation Team.

Her boots slip with every step she takes along the snow-packed road. Frigid air burns her nose but does nothing to cool her anger. Her boyfriend just left her on the side of the road, all alone. When she fails to come home, her parents make a frantic call to the police. All they find are her footprints in the snow and her discarded purse in the ditch.

Hurricane Harvey lashed North Padre Island National Seashore exposing tons of silver coins lost since three Spanish Galleons sank in 1554. News about the coins, located in a Park Service archaeological protection area, goes viral on internet treasure hunting sites.

Sun, sand and champagne. It sounds like the perfect vacation, until the disappearances started. Local women are vanishing from the Caribbean island of St. Solomon and no one seems to know why. Even worse, the local authorities aren’t doing anything about it. Determined not to let these disappearances get any worse, Special Agent Emily Slate goes undercover for the first time since her life was turned upside down, determined to find out who could be behind it all.

Marie kann es kaum erwarten: Malcolm Melone, der neue Star am deutschen Schlagerhimmel, will im Beach Residence & Spa sein aktuelles Musikvideo drehen. Doch eines Morgens ist der Schlagerstar spurlos verschwunden. Gemeinsam mit den anderen Hotelangestellten und dem Produzententeam macht sich Marie auf die Suche und findet seine Leiche am Strand. Offenbar wurde er bei einem romantischen Picknick mit einer Champagnerflasche erschlagen.

Nicole Blake is a quiet girl, the type of person who is seldom noticed by anyone, until one day she discovers she has the unique ability to see images move on photographs. At first, she uses her ability to entertain friends at parties and work. Meanwhile, the police are unable to uncover a single clue in a series of unsolved murders. Seasoned detective Paul Hammond learns of Nicole’s ability and enlists her help.

Nach dem Verschwinden ihrer Mutter wendet sich Nieke Dornieden an Hauptkommissar John Benthien. Obwohl ihm die junge Frau merkwürdig vorkommt, nimmt er sich der Sache an. Wenig später wird Niekes Mutter tot aufgefunden, und Benthien beginnt auf Föhr zu ermitteln. Auf der Insel hatten nicht wenige Grund, der alten Dame nach dem Leben zu trachten, unter anderem Nieke selbst. Auch die Vergangenheit der Toten gibt Rätsel auf: Ihr Mann und ihre Tochter aus erster Ehe werden seit Jahren vermisst; niemand weiß, was mit ihnen geschehen ist.

Hat die lustige Dame am Tisch des Kegelclubs "Die Wäller Rumkugeln" gerade tatsächlich das Rubbellos mit dem Hauptgewinn von einer halben Million in ihrem Dekolleté verschwinden lassen, oder ist das alles nur ein Spaß? Als Heizungsbauer Martin von Schlechtinger die Leiche der Frau am nächsten Morgen am Langeooger Strand entdeckt, fehlt von dem Los jedoch jede Spur. Musste Erna Kolchowsky wegen des angeblichen Gewinns sterben, oder ist alles doch ganz anders? Die Inselpolizisten Lotta Dönges und Onno Federsen nehmen die Ermittlungen auf und nur eines scheint sicher: Es war Mord!

Almost one year has passed since the earth shook up Matt Horning and his coastal village. Now, the world’s foremost scientists have flocked to the remote town to study the aftereffects on the sea and land. Turns out, one of them isn’t a nice man. Famous geologist British Lord Phineas Stuart goes missing. As the investigation into Stuart’s disappearance gets underway, Matt and his colleagues quickly realize they’re not hurting for suspects who wish the geologist harm. Has Stuart just taken off somewhere, or is a jealous competitor responsible for the missing scientist?

Nach dem Verschwinden ihrer Mutter wendet sich Nieke Dornieden an Hauptkommissar John Benthien. Obwohl ihm die junge Frau merkwürdig vorkommt, nimmt er sich der Sache an. Wenig später wird Niekes Mutter tot aufgefunden, und Benthien beginnt auf Föhr zu ermitteln. Auf der Insel hatten nicht wenige Grund, der alten Dame nach dem Leben zu trachten, unter anderem Nieke selbst. Auch die Vergangenheit der Toten gibt Rätsel auf: Ihr Mann und ihre Tochter aus erster Ehe werden seit Jahren vermisst; niemand weiß, was mit ihnen geschehen ist.

Inselpolizist Onno Federsen ist ratlos. Auf dem ansonsten so beschaulichen Eiland Langeoog treibt ein Fallensteller sein Unwesen. Zweimal hat die Falle schon zugeschnappt. Wer wird das nächste Opfer sein? Und was hat es mit dem menschlichen Schädel auf sich, den Urlauber am Flinthörn gefunden haben und der aus dem Polizeigewahrsam verschwindet? Die Verwirrung ist komplett, als angeblich auch noch der vor zwölf Jahren ertrunkene Mann von Annemarie Hansen gesehen wird.

Du kan inte se honom. Men han kan se dig... När Kate Marshall hittar en liket efter en ung man i Shadow Sands-reservoaren vill polisen avskriva dödsfallet som en tragisk olycka. Men det är något som inte stämmer. Varför var offret där mitt i natten? Hur kunde han, en skicklig simmare, drunkna? Kate börjar gräva djupare i fallet tillsammans med sin assistent Tristan Harper och de upptäcker snart något mycket otäckt...

The lifeless form of a spaceman lies sprawled amidst the remains of a ghost town's saloon. The local sheriff wants nothing to do with it. He doesn't want to get that close to Ship Rock and his troublesome mother. But he's willing to go gather the body and ship it to the FBI.