Police Procedurals

Le autopsie possono rivelare i segreti dei DEFUNTI. E questa vittima sta inviando a Kay Scarpetta un messaggio. Mentre è impegnata nel caso di omicidio di una bambina, la anatomopatologa Kay Scarpetta viene convocata in un parco a tema abbandonato per recuperare un cadavere, ed è sconvolta nell'apprendere che la vittima è l'astrofisico Sal Giordano, vincitore di un premio Nobel e collaboratore della Casa Bianca, ma soprattutto l'uomo di cui Kay un tempo era innamorata.

Dimpson McCabe - Dimpsie - has invited his closest friends of the theatre world to join him for Christmas at his castle on a private island some hours' drive from Edinburgh. The festivities have barely begun when Dimpsie is found draped atop the Christmas tree, electrocuted by the lights. It's labelled Accidental Death, but in the swirling snow suspicion is dancing among the flakes. The dogged Inspector Smith begins to circle, seeking to find the leading man or prima donna responsible.

The streets of San Francisco aren’t as sunny as the city pretends they are. Detective Lennon Gray has learned this the hard way, and it’s starting to wear on her. When a new case plunges her into the depths of the transient community, Lennon must once again face ugly truths about humanity. Her new partner makes things a little easier, though. Agent Ambrose Mars is charming—innocent, somehow, despite his own hard years in the field. The combination leaves Lennon fascinated and disturbed at the same time, and she’s even more drawn to him for it.

Die dunkelsten Geheimnisse verbergen sich oft vor aller Augen ... An einem einsamen Pfad hoch oben an einer Klippe wird die Leiche einer ermordeten Jugendlichen gefunden, ihr engelsgleiches Gesicht ist der aufgehenden Sonne zugewandt. Nachdem ein unbekannter Mörder sie erwürgt hat, ist es nun an DI Tom Janssen und seinem noch jungen Team, herauszufinden, warum sie dort gelandet ist. Holly Bettany war eine Karriere als Ärztin vorbestimmt, die jene ihrer Eltern noch überflügeln sollte, ihre Zukunft schien erfolgversprechend und privilegiert.

After his twin brother's imprisonment for murder, DI Fraser Brodie has devoted his life to catching the very worst criminals of the Hebrides. When a local mechanic is found dead and mutilated, Brodie is on the search for a murderer. But then more bodies start turning up, and it doesn't take long for Brodie to conclude he has a serial killer on his hands. The investigation isn't proving so easy to crack, and when he discovers the missing link between the victims has connections to his own past, the race is on to find the culprit before more damage is done...

FBI Special Agent Avril Dahl has spent a decade chasing shadows—the Frost Killer, a meticulous murderer who stole fifty-three lives, including her mother's. Now, after years of silence, Avril returns to her childhood home in the snowy streets of Täby, Sweden, desperate to leave the hunt behind. But as she sorts through the remnants of her past, she discovers eerie signs that the killer is not only alive but watching her.

Comté de Reachwood, Vermont, hiver 1986. Le jeune Norman Becker disparaît dans la nuit du 24 décembre alors qu’il passait les fêtes dans le domaine familial. Jimmy Birdman, seul suspect, est arrêté malgré les incohérences dans l’enquête. Alors que l'on croyait cette affaire bouclée depuis près de 26 ans, un suicide et une lettre d'aveux vont relancer l'enquête sur la mort du petit Norman Becker. Davis Harper, jeune journaliste New-Yorkais originaire du coin, est envoyé sur place pour faire équipe avec Elisabeth Kumar, l'avocate de Birdman.

They’ve been murdered, their bodies bound to wooden crosses and left floating in a lake. They aren’t the only ones... After three female bodies are discovered in a Traverse, Michigan lake, FBI Special Agent Lexi Stone and her partner are called in to assist with the investigation. When another body surfaces, Lexi’s fiancé, Adam Quinn, a reporter with the Traverse Record becomes the prime suspect. Refusing to believe the man she plans to marry is a serial killer, Lexi is determined to prove it.

Detective Emily Novak is no stranger to difficult cases, but when she’s assigned to investigate the disappearance of a young woman, what starts as a routine missing person inquiry quickly spirals into something far darker. As Emily delves deeper into the case, she uncovers a horrifying truth: the victim was entangled in an underground human trafficking ring, operating in the shadows of the city.

Au Campo Santa Margherita un doux soir d’été, deux étudiantes américaines partent en balade dans la lagune avec deux beaux Vénitiens et sont grièvement blessées dans un accident de bateau. L’incident semble anodin, mais la curiosité du commissaire Guido Brunetti est piquée par le comportement des garçons, qui ont abandonné les victimes à l’entrée de l’hôpital. Le commissaire en est certain, ces deux suspects ont un secret à protéger. Aidé par sa collègue Claudia Griffoni, Brunetti découvre un vaste réseau de corruption où des bateliers véreux sont impliqués dans un sinistre trafic nocturne.

Amid the gristly serial killings of a deranged psychopath, a father stands accused of filicide—the murder of his own daughter... His alleged crime is strikingly similar to the ones causing terror in the Bradford community by the predator known as The Ripper. The lead investigator of the Bradford Murder Squad, DI Turnbull, is back—his task to distinguish fact from fiction and untangle evidence that points in alarming directions. Did this man murder his own daughter? And if he did, is he indeed Ripper2?

Officer Randy Spelling has always wanted to be a cop. The eager rookie comes from a law enforcement family and, at least as far as police department psychologist Dr. Dot Meyerhoff is concerned, the young woman is up to the challenge. But when Officer Spelling mistakenly shoots and kills a pregnant teen, the community is outraged, and the family of the victim demands justice. Feeling protective of the traumatized cop in her care, Dot tries to stop Officer Spelling from her desperate attempts to apologize to the girl's family.

Das kleine Os im Norden Norwegens ist ein Naturparadies. Der Tourismus boomt. Die Brüder Carl und Roy planen ein Wellness-Hotel und einen Vergnügungspark. Da droht der Bau eines Tunnels den kleinen Ort von den Touristenströmen abzuschneiden. Der sich ankündigende wirtschaftliche Niedergang lässt alle die Messer wetzen. Carl und Roy versuchen zu retten, was zu retten ist. Doch als die Dämonen der Vergangenheit ins Spiel kommen und Fragen nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern aufkommen, ist schnell klar, gemeinsam werden sie nicht gewinnen: nur einer kann hier König sein.

Nella lussureggiante campagna del Lake District, un giovane viene ritrovato morto nella sua autofficina. Tutto farebbe pensare a un suicidio. Ma non è della stessa opinione l’ispettore Meredith, che si troverà coinvolto in un’intrigante indagine sullo sfondo dei suggestivi paesaggi della Cumbria. Pubblicata per la prima volta negli anni Trenta, un’indagine travolgente e ricca di colpi di scena firmata da John Bude, nella quale immergersi pagina dopo pagina, seguendo le orme dell’ispettore Meredith nel mistero più oscuro del Lake District.

Nella sala di lettura del British Museum il professor Julius Arnell esala l’ultimo respiro. Sembrerebbe la classica morte per cause naturali. Ma quando dei confetti avvelenati vengono ritrovati nelle sue tasche, all’ispettore Shelley e al suo improbabile compagno di indagini non resterà che usare tutto il loro fiuto per scoprire l’identità del pericoloso omicida.

As her police department's newest hire, police psychologist Dot Meyerhoff has a lot to prove. Especially since everyone on a small-town force doesn't see any reason for a shrink on staff. So when the rookie cop commits suicide, everyone's looking to blame Dot—even Dot herself. Dot knew Ben Gomez was struggling to adjust to police work, but how had she missed the signs that he was at the end of his rope? Now, with Ben's and her reputation on the line, Dot goes looking for answers.

In the village of Castle Farthing a mean-spirited, spiteful, curmudgeonly old man is found drugged and strangled in the kitchen of his cottage, with no obvious clues to the perpetrator of the crime. DI Falconer and Acting DS Carmichael are summoned from the police headquarters in the nearby town of Market Darley and begin to uncover a web of grudges against the old man and a sea of familial connections between those who knew him.

Here is the book that launched journalist-turned-crime-novelist Jerry Oster's meteoric literary career and introduced his most unforgettable character, the sad-sack detective Jake Neuman. When Neuman and his partner, Bobby Redfield, are assigned the murder of a small-time crook to take media pressure off the mayor, it looks a piece of cake for the precinct's two top homicide men. But soon their path through the underworld leads to the upper crusts of the arts and Big Apple society.

В Париже, в доме графини Мирабель скоропостижно умирает гостья семьи - Пелагея Семеновна Голубцова. Полиция считает, что смерть женщины произошла по естественным причинам. Но, по странному стечению обстоятельств, незадолго до трагедии лакей графини Мирабель, более известный в криминальных кругах, как Васька Шило, зачем-то ездил в дом к не менее известному рецидивисту, а ныне миллионеру - Казимиру Яковлевичу Клюверсу. Разбойник и миллионер-убийца. Там, где оказались эти двое – жди преступления. Эта встреча не могла быть случайной. По всей видимости гибель Голубцовой их рук дело.

Vinteren raser i Storbritannien, da Brightons politi bliver presset til det yderste. Et voldsomt regnskyl afslører en primitiv grav på en bakkehøj, alt imens en teenager terroriserer et supermarked med et haglgevær, og et tragisk røveri udspiller sig i én af byens eksklusive butikker. De har desperat brug for ledetråde, men kan de stole på Ciara O’Cleary, røveriets eneste levende vidne, som intet så, men alligevel kan dele afgørende viden om forbrydelsen? Den unge irske kvinde gemmer nemlig på en hemmelighed, for hun har en lugtesans som de færreste.

Un thriller adictivo en el que un policía y un cura tendrán que colaborar antes de que sea demasiado tarde. En la intimidad del confesionario, el padre Martín escucha su sentencia de muerte. Incapaz de delatar a su confesor, Martín tendrá que buscar la manera de atrapar al asesino antes de que la muerte lo atrape a él. En este torbellino de acontecimientos, el padre Martín se encontrará con Jesús Arteaga, un policía que, como él, sigue las huellas del misterioso asesino. Poco a poco, la soga se irá ciñendo sobre el cuello del padre Martín.

In einem verlassenen Gebäude in Berlin, einst ein Heim für schwer erziehbare Jugendliche in der ehemaligen DDR, wird die Leiche eines Franzosen entdeckt. Der Fund wird zum ersten Fall für das von Europol ins Leben gerufene Cold-Case-Team um Sophie Steinbach und David Martin, die am Tatort Schockierendes enthüllen: In einem zugemauerten Keller liegen die Überreste zahlreicher Menschen begraben. Sophie, David und ihr Team tauchen in die düstere Vergangenheit des Erziehungsheims ein. Die Spur führt sie zu geheimen Stasi-Akten und unaussprechlichen Grausamkeiten des damaligen Regimes.

Multiple murders in a quiet midwestern town had Detective Riley Willoughby's mind constantly spinning. There had not been murders like this in decades in the town of Woodlake. With the help of her partner, Jake Maxwell, they are on the journey of hunting down a killer. All the victims are women, and the killer begins leaving sinister notes with the bodies that are directed at Riley.

Nach einem Erdbeben nördlich von Rom gibt der »Sacro Bosco« ein grauenhaftes Geheimnis preis. In einem Massengrab werden die Überreste enthaupteter Frauen entdeckt, die zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Hinrichtung Föten in sich trugen. Kardinal Calitri, der den heiligen Wald vor kurzem erwarb, ist entsetzt. Erste Untersuchungen ergeben, dass die Skelette Jahrhunderte alt sind, doch dann werden jüngere Frauenleichname entdeckt, und eine davon stammt aus dem letzten Winter.

Zum ersten Mal seit dem plötzlichen Tod seiner Freundin vor zwei Jahren hat der Münchener Fallanalytiker Felix Petry sich zu einem Blind Date durchgerungen. Doch das romantische Abendessen im Shalom, dem jüdischen Restaurant seines Stiefvaters, wird von einem Anruf aus der Mordkommission gestört: Die fünfundsiebzigjährige Buchhändlerin Erica Mrosko ist in ihrer Schwabinger Altbauwohnung erstochen worden, am Tatort wurde ein an Petry adressierter leerer Briefumschlag gefunden.