Police Procedurals

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.

Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden.

From the New York Times bestselling author and cohost of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid comes the thrilling book two in her national bestselling series, told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and a medical examiner seeking justice.

For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it’s the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night.

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from author David Baldacci....

Three shotgun blasts rip through the side of Officer Jim Chee's trailer as the Navajo Tribal Policeman sleeps. He survives, but the inexplicable attack has raised disturbing questions about a lawman once beyond reproach....

A mysterious electrical storm plunges Manhattan into darkness. As a strange, smothering fog rolls in, all communication crashes. FBI special agent Jessica Blackwood and brilliant scientist Dr. Theo Cray know this isn’t a freak accident. It’s a sinister sleight of hand....

Homicide Detective Eve Dallas hunts a killer who turns a wedding party into a murder scene in the next novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, J.D. Robb.

From New York Times bestselling author Mia Sheridan comes the twisted story of one detective’s pursuit of a serial killer who’s taunting her…and the familiar connection between them that’s haunting her....

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid the in a complicated FBI case—and he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train.

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York’s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast’s own ancestor…and Constance’s greatest enemy....

Some places seem too beautiful to be touched by horror. Summit Lake, nestled in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, is that kind of place....

In the quaint town of Hart's Ridge, Deputy Taylor Gray is a force to be reckoned with. From clawing her way out of poverty and foster care to achieving her dream of being in law enforcement, Taylor is determined to make a difference in her community....

From New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly, a new thriller introducing a driven young detective trying to prove herself in the LAPD....

This is DC Smith's third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been asked by a member of Norfolk's aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe of the title.

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff’s deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence....

A video of Deputy Eve Ronin’s off-duty arrest of an abusive movie star goes viral, turning her into a popular hero at a time when the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is plagued by scandal....

A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far....

A Karin Slaughter Will Trent thriller collection featuring Fractured, Undone, and Broken....

Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton’s life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A doctor, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her. Until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes....

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die....

Billy Harney was born to be a cop. The son of Chicago's chief of detectives, whose twin sister is also on the force, Billy plays it by the book....

SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, Medical Examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime writer Cindy Thomas gather at one of San Francisco’s finest restaurants to celebrate exciting news: Cindy is getting married.

It's the most dangerous case of Will Trent's career. He knows this from the moment he sets foot in the abandoned Atlanta warehouse where a body lies on the floor—the body of an ex-cop....

In the remote forests of Stillwater, Minnesota, you can scream for days and no one will hear you. So when the bodies of two 15-year-old girls are discovered frozen in the snow, Special Agent Nikki Hunt is sure the killer is local....

Todos tuvimos una primera vez. Antonia Scott, también. Reina Roja: Origen, precuela de la afamada trilogía de Juan Gómez Jurado, nos presenta el bautismo de fuego de Antonia Scott. Una Antonia muy distinta a la mujer rota que conocimos en la novela original. Una Antonia más joven, luminosa, pero no exenta de excentricidades que pondrán a prueba la paciencia de Raúl Covas, ex boina verde y antecesor de Jon Gutiérrez en su faceta de escudero, y de la policía. El primer caso que le encomienda Mentor a Antonia en Reina Roja comienza con la aparición de un millonario que ha sido brutalmente asesinado.

A murder shook a border town in northern Spain. Initially, all signs pointed to a crime of passion, and the main suspect had already been identified. The evidence seemed undeniable, and society was demanding a swift response from the police. However, years later, many doubts arose regarding the investigation and the guilt of the supposed murderer. An engaging story that continues to stir Basque society, revealing deeper and more surprising layers than originally thought.

Der 8. Fall für Maarten S. Sneijder und Sabine Nemez von Bestsellerautor Andreas Gruber. BKA-Ermittler Maarten S. Sneijder und Sabine Nemez versuchen bei einem nächtlichen Großeinsatz Dr. Paul Conrad festzunehmen. Der soll entscheidend am Entstehen der nächsten Generation der Terrorgruppe RAF beteiligt sein – und an der Planung einer beispiellosen Anschlagsserie. Doch Conrad gelingt die Flucht, und Sneijder muss zu kreativen Mitteln greifen, um die Gefahr noch abzuwenden.

A cold-blooded killer strikes at the hottest moment: the new head of a sauna-stove company is murdered. . . in the sauna. Who has turned up the temperature and burned him to death? The evidence points in the direction of Anni Korpinen - top salesperson and the victim's potential successor at Steam Devil. And as if hitting middle age, being in a marriage that has lost its purpose, and struggling with work weren't enough, Anni realises that she must be quicker than both the police and the murderer to uncover who is behind it all - before it's too late. .

Jack Ludlum, who relies on his brawn to get things done, is now paired with his archenemy, Jill Jarred, a brilliant investigator with keen intuition. As they delve into the secret world of incels and white supremacists, and conflict between local authorities and the FBI rages, a media frenzy further complicates the mission.

When a hand is found in Gallows Wood, PC Lucy Halliday and her specialist search dog Moss must find the rest of the body. What they uncover is a killer's dumping ground. Like every case since her husband's mysterious disappearance, Lucy wonders if this one will bring her closer to the truth. Nico was a journalist with a reputation for getting buried in his work; Lucy is certain that this time he delved too deep.

Sie kann nicht darüber sprechen, was geschah – aber kann sie zeigen, was passieren wird? Ein fesselnder psychologischer Thriller von Bestsellerautor Mike Omer Als die achtjährige Kathy Stone spurlos verschwindet, rechnet niemand damit, sie lebend wiederzusehen. Doch ein Jahr später wird sie auf der Straße aufgegriffen. Wer hat sie entführt? Wo war sie? Kathy könnte es sagen. Doch traumatisiert schweigt sie. Erst der Kindertherapeutin Robin Hart gelingt es, dem Mädchen näherzukommen.

While her parents are just yards away, thirteen-month-old Lily Hamilton is abducted from Ayr beach in Scotland. Three days later, her distraught father turns up at private investigator Charlie Cameron's office. Mark Hamilton believes he knows who has taken his daughter. And why. Against his better judgment, Charlie takes the case—and when bodies are discovered, he suspects this may not be an isolated crime. Is there a serial killer whose work has gone undetected for decades? Is baby Lily his latest victim?

A ruthless serial killer stalks the streets of Mumbai, leaving behind a gruesome trail of tortured victims. As the city reels in terror, the authorities grapple with a vital question: what links these seemingly random targets?

Es sind Ferien und in Åre herrscht Hochsaison. Das edelste Designhotel im Ort, die Copperhill Mountain Lodge, ist komplett ausgebucht. Doch dann findet das Personal eine Frau, die in der schönsten Suite des Hotels brutal erstochen wurde. Charlotte Wretlind wurde die Kehle durchgeschnitten, das Bett ist klebrig von Blut. Panik breitet sich in der Gegend aus, Daniel Lindskog und seine Kollegin Hanna Ahlander übernehmen sofort den Fall.

When Detective Callie Forde is called to the home of a missing teenaged girl, she doesn't initially suspect foul play. Hampstead is a quiet college town. It's safe if you don't count the other girl. But as the hours wear on with no sign of Natalie, the police are forced to consider the teenager might have been abducted. No one is more surprised than Callie when all their leads are eerily similar to that of another case, the five-year-old cold case that ended with a botched investigation, a shooting, and her father in a wheelchair.

His first day out of prison, paroled killer Cameron Shaw meets with a mysterious lawyer who offers him a small fortune to infiltrate the League of Nations crime syndicate. Shaw turns her down, intending to go straight. But with no job, no family, and no prospects, he's soon compelled to take her offer. In the small Pacific Northwest town of White Rock, a body is pulled from a burning house. Staff Sgt. Meghan Quick identifies the victim as grad student Alexa Reed. Alexa's behavior during her last few days strikes Quick as bizarre.

Verfolgt von einem zunehmend bedrohlich auftretenden Stalker, flüchtet sich die erfolgreiche Kölner Autorin Helen Rössling auf den Bauernhof ihrer Freundin Jutta im vermeintlich beschaulichen Ostfriesland. Doch schnell ist es auch hier mit der Idylle vorbei, als am Trockenstrand von Upleward die Leiche eines Mannes aufgefunden wird. Zum Entsetzen von Sebastian Hasenkrug wird Helen, mit der er Jahre zuvor eine kurze romantische Beziehung hatte, zur Hauptverdächtigen in diesem Mordfall.

The strange note delivered to Howard County, Maryland Detective Lieutenant Rick Peller proves to be a warning shot. Soon Peller and his protégés Detective Sergeants Corina Montufar and Eric Dumas are pursuing a cunning killer basing murders on the Fibonacci series, a mathematical sequence in which each number is the sum of the preceding two. And the only thing Peller knows for sure is that the series never ends.

Quando tutto ciò che conta è salvare la tua famiglia, il pericolo si nasconde dove meno te lo aspetti. È un caldo pomeriggio d’estate e, come promesso, David e Jan portano il loro figlio Ethan, di quattro anni, al parco dei divertimenti. Una giornata scacciapensieri, per staccare dai problemi quotidiani e godersi un po’ di tempo in famiglia. A un tratto però, il peggiore incubo di qualunque genitore si avvera. Jan si siede su un muretto solo per allacciarsi una scarpa, ma basta quell’attimo di distrazione perché Ethan scompaia nel nulla.

Paul Cutler is a former undercover operative, now working off the books for his handler, Malik Khalil. When Cutler is tasked with investigating the disappearance of an Australian marine scientist on a Taiwanese distant water fishing vessel, Cutler realizes that the apparent murder he's investigating points to a slew of much darker crimes. Onboard, Cutler discovers that the vessel's crew members are kept as slaves, subject to brutal punishment and forced to work long hours with little rest.

Ein Mädchen verschwindet - und niemand hat etwas gesehen. Daisy, die achtjährige Tochter der Masons, verschwindet bei einer Party spurlos vom Grundstück der Eltern. Sofort beginnt die Polizei mit den Ermittlungen. Partygäste, Nachbarn, Mitschülerinnen - jeder scheint verdächtig, aber nirgends findet sich eine Spur des Mädchens. Detective Inspector Adam Fawley gerät in ein Netz aus Widersprüchen und Beschuldigungen, doch das Mädchen bleibt verschwunden. Erst als er weiter zurückgeht in die Vergangenheit der Familie, scheint sich ein düsteres Geheimnis zu offenbaren.

On a Brooklyn street corner, a police officer shoots and kills a young Black man, igniting a firestorm of protests and unrest, denials and excuses from cops, promises and apologies from politicians, and cries of hate and outrage from an aggrieved public. The police officer in question, Georgina Reed, is a rookie, fresh from the police academy, and she herself is young and Black.

Victor Landis est shérif dans une petite ville de Géorgie. C'est un homme solitaire, qui a voué son existence au travail. Pour toute famille, il ne lui reste que son frère, Frank, avec qui il a partagé une enfance misérable avant qu'une brouille ne les sépare. Lorsque Frank est retrouvé mort dans des circonstances étranges, Victor décide de se rendre dans le comté de Dade, près de la frontière avec le Tennessee, afin d'en savoir plus.

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Sanningen döljer sig i mörkret. Privatdetektiven Kate Marshall förs i ilfart till sjukhus efter att ha dragits ut till havs av en kraftig ström och denna nära döden-upplevelse påverkar henne starkt. Medan hon återhämtar sig lär hon känna Jean, en äldre kvinna på samma avdelning. Jean berättar den fruktansvärda historien om hur hennes treåriga barnbarn Charlie försvann elva år tidigare under en tältsemester på Dartmoor.

Per Angela Mazzola, sbirra nata e cresciuta nella periferia di Palermo, sono settimane di acque morte: dopo aver risolto un intricato mistero a cavallo tra due secoli e altrettanti Paesi, il lavoro alla Omicidi è tornato routinario, e nessuna emozione arriva nemmeno dalla sfera sentimentale, un pantano di delusione per la storia impossibile con il collega Francesco Agnello. Tutto sta per cambiare, però, proprio tutto: quando un falegname viene ucciso sotto casa da tre colpi di pistola, la stranezza di quel delitto risospinge Angela e Francesco a lavorare fianco a fianco.

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.

Nogle vandreturister finder en traumatiseret dreng, der går alene rundt i et afsides hjørne af Adirondack-bjergene i staten New York. De følger hans spor tilbage til en hytte. Her gør de et gruopvækkende fund, der starter en efterforskning, som kriminalreporteren Ray Wyatt og FBI-agenten Jill McDade bliver involveret i. Wyatt sættes på den foruroligende sag, mens han stadig hjemsøges af tabet af sin søn og sin kone nogle år tidligere. Tiden er imod McDade og Wyatt, der kæmper for at finde frem til sandheden bag en af de mest samvittighedsløse forbrydelser i staten New Yorks historie.

Ingen troede på dem. Men knogler lyver ikke. 1985. Holly Moore er en teenager med en vanskelig tilværelse. Hun trænger til omsorg, efter at hun blev adskilt fra sin lillesøster på det børnehjem, hvor de blev anbragt, da de blev forældreløse. Da hun møder en mand, som lover at tage sig af hende, håber hun på, at heldet endelig er med hende. 2015. Tiden er ved at løbe ud for kriminalinspektør Jo Hamilton, men opdagelsen af en ung kvindes jordiske rester fører hende tilbage til en uløst sag fra fortiden.