Showing results for "Testament" in Police Procedurals

When the body of a local artist is found mutilated inside a five-pointed star, DCI Tanner’s attention turns to the disciples of a Satanic cult. But when the man's body is discovered to be the cult’s leader, Tanner's interest is soon drawn to his will, and the five beneficiaries who’ve been named in it.

According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, 37,769 cases of human trafficking were reported in the United States during the time span of 2015 through 2019. Of those cases, 27,367 involved the sex trade. The number of U.S. citizens identified as victims totaled 8017. 10,079 known minors were trafficked throughout that time frame. Those numbers reflect only the cases reported to the NHTRC. Not all incidents get reported. During that same five-year period, the FBI’s NCIC (National Crime Information Center) recorded 433,987 missing persons reports.

When an old man makes a bequest to investigate the mysterious death of his son, English detective Daniel Leicester follows a trail leading to one of Bologna's wealthiest families - makers of some of the world's most coveted supercars - and discovers that beneath the glitz and glamour of the Formula One circuit lurk sinister interests that may be prepared to kill to keep their secrets. Time and tide wait for no man - or woman - and while biology obliges one of Faidate Investigations' team to finally undergo a long-delayed operation, history catches up with another.

Après avoir quitté son petit ami durant des vacances ratées, Anna Maria Giusti rentre chez elle. Lorsqu’elle passe récupérer son courrier chez sa voisine Constanza Altavilla, elle trouve celle-ci étendue sur le sol, sa tête baignant dans une flaque de sang. Pour le légiste, cela ne fait aucun doute, la vieille dame a été terrassée par une crise cardiaque et, dans sa chute, sa tête a heurté le radiateur de sa chambre. Dépêché sur les lieux, le commissaire Brunetti ne trouve aucune preuve flagrante infirmant cette hypothèse.

Seit Wochen erscheinen in der Lokalpresse Hinweise darauf - Einheimische und Touristen sind im Schatzfieber. Doch dann wird ein Rechtsanwalt aus La Réunion ermordet aufgefunden. Als Nachlassverwalter eines ausgewanderten Sohnes der Stadt war er für die Organisation der Schatzsuche in Auciel Haute mitverantwortlich. Schreckt da jemand nicht vor Mord zurück, um vor allen anderen dem Schatz auf die Spur zu kommen?

»Die Glocken von Rungholt werden von den Toten geläutet.« Rechtsanwältin Aenne Feddersen ermittelt mit zwanghaftem Scharfsinn und nordischem Charme dort, wo Gummistiefel und Fischbrötchen zum Kulturgut gehören. Aenne Feddersen kämpft als Strafverteidigerin nicht nur erbittert vor Gericht, sondern auch täglich gegen ihre manischen Zwänge an. In der ältesten Kirche Nordfrieslands wird bei Restaurierungsarbeiten eine verborgene Wandmalerei entdeckt. Kurze Zeit später wird der Restaurator Lasse Graaten ermordet aufgefunden.

A parish priest has a gambling problem, a girlfriend, and his brother just killed his bookie. A police detective and mobster both investigate, while the town questions if it's a crime at all or a public service. It has everything you need in a mystery: gambling, drinking, Girl Scout cookies, a wedding with a miracle, a canine ring bearer, a dead man telling a terrible joke, fast food, diners, and spit takes, and road rage.

Marty Sturgis saves the life of John Cutter. Instead of being lauded as a hero, Marty finds himself behind bars. Marty and a cohort were in the process of robbing Cutter when he found the man's near-lifeless body. Marty's a repeat offender who just jumped from juvenile to adult with his recent birthday. Detective Dominik Jackson (Jericho Rd) is called in to investigate as Marty can be tied to a long string of unsolved home invasion thefts in the area. The massive detective needs the kid's cooperation to bring down the entire criminal network and to return the one item Cutter can't be without.