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Scarborough Castle, high on the headland, is the picturesque backdrop for an English Civil War re-enactment. But the day takes a sinister turn when the town’s MP is shot and killed in broad daylight. DCI Tom Raven is quickly on the scene, but the investigation is soon commandeered by a senior officer from Counter Terrorism, leaving Raven sidelined. When cryptic letters are received, taunting the police, it becomes clear that democracy itself may be the target.

In una notte di dicembre, in un lussuoso piedàterre di Washington, un senatore viene assassinato con fredda determinazione. Unico indizio: una macabra poesiola, firmata Jack & Jill, in cui si annuncia che quel delitto è soltanto il primo di una lunga serie, destinata a colpire personaggi influenti della capitale. Ma chi sono Jack & Jill? E qual è il loro piano? Nella stessa notte, vicino a una scuola elementare nella zona più popolare di Washington, viene rinvenuto il corpo di una bambina.

DS Kat Ballantyne came to the crime-writing festival for an escape. Instead she’s walked straight into a murder scene. Moments before he’s due on stage, a famous novelist is found dead in a locked room. It looks like natural causes, but Kat sees tiny clues that suggest murder. As she investigates, she uncovers literary rivalries, personal vendettas and hidden agendas. Is there anyone who didn’t have a motive to murder Mark Swift?

On the very first day of 2019 a ten-year-old girl is found murdered in a backyard in Odense, Denmark. Her body is set up as a morbid work of art; a detailed copy of the final scene in H. C. Andersen's fairy tale; The Little Match Girl; crippled, frozen to death, crunching a pile of burned-out...

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 #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.

The setting itself is elemental P. D. James: the bleak coast of East Anglia, where atop a sweep of low cliffs stands the small theological college of St. Anselm’s. On the shore not far away, smothered beneath a fall of sand, lies the body of one of the school’s young ordinands. He is the son of Sir Alred Treves, a hugely successful and flamboyant businessman who is accustomed to getting what he wants—and in this case what he wants is Commander Adam Dalgliesh to investigate his son’s death.

Carmen Sanchez is a tough Homeland Security agent who plays by the rules. But when her sister is attacked, revealing a connection to a series of murders across Southern California, she realizes a conventional investigation will not be enough to stop the ruthless perpetrator. With nowhere else to turn, Sanchez enlists the aid of Professor Jake Heron, a brilliant and quirky private security expert who, unlike Sanchez, believes rules are merely suggestions. The two have a troubled past, but he owes her a favor and she’s cashing in.

The man’s body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up. DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death, with her only clue being the disappearance of one of the home’s residents, fourteen-year-old Chloe Spence. Vera can’t bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she can’t dismiss the possibility.

When human bones are found beneath an old chapel in the woods, evidence suggests the remains could be linked to the decades-old case of missing teen Annalise Jansen. Homicide detective Jane Munro—pregnant and acutely attuned to the preciousness of life—hopes the grim discovery will finally bring closure to the girl’s family. But for a group of Annalise’s old friends, once dubbed the Shoreview Six by the media, it threatens to expose a terrible pledge made on an autumn night forty-seven years ago.

His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car. And died within minutes...

When a woman's eviscerated body is found on the golf course close to the Fairmont Hotel, DCI Andy Gilchrist and his associate DS Jessie Janes are assigned the investigation. But the post mortem examination uncovers a shocking detail that must be kept from the public. Who could carry out such a brutal murder? And what is the significance of the gruesome trophy? But DNA uncovers links to a murder committed thirty years earlier, and has Gilchrist fearing a killer of old has resurfaced, or worse, a debut serial killer setting out to learn his murderous trade.

The murders of a prominent Las Vegas couple sends shockwaves through the community. With no active leads, the LVPD Homicide Unit is growing desperate. Brought in as a consultant, Detective Jon Stanton discovers that there's more to this case than anyone is revealing to him. The trail is leading him down a dark path, one that many in the Las Vegas PD don't want him to uncover. Hindered at every turn by a police department unwilling to help him, Stanton is left alone to make a chilling discovery: The killer may be one of their own.

Around one a.m. on an early spring morning, two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice’s squares. Commissario Claudia Griffoni, on duty that night, perhaps ill-advisedly walks the last of the boys home because his father, Dario Monforte, failed to pick him up at the Questura. Coincidentally, Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy friend of Vice-Questore Patta to vet Monforte for a job, triggering Brunetti’s memory that twenty years earlier Monforte had been publicly celebrated as the hero of a devastating bombing of the Italian military compound in Iraq.

Killer on the Road is an exploration into the mind of a perfectly crafted psychopath: a mix of clinical vision, genius intellect, and an empty conscience. And once you’re in, it’s impossible to get out. Even as a child, Martin Michael Plunkett was no ordinary boy. Extreme parental indifference marked him as an outcast. In his head, Plunkett crafted a second life, remaking himself in the guise of his favorite comic book villain. His mind fixated on dark thoughts and twisted imaginings. A heart of evil was burnished—and Plunkett grew up to become a psychotic murderer.

Reeling from a brutal attack, Thaddeus Murfee finds himself drawn into a complex web of betrayal and legal turmoil when his long-time friend, Killen Erwin, seeks his help. With Killen facing a ruthless special prosecutor and his personal life in shambles, Thaddeus decides to defend his friend, despite the overwhelmingly unfavorable odds.

Als Jenny überfallen wird, zerbricht etwas – nicht nur in ihr, sondern auch in ihrem Mann. Seine Reaktion ist still – aber gnadenlos. Und sie wird Leben kosten. Zur gleichen Zeit steht Alexandra Grafe unter enormem Druck: Sie muss nicht nur einen Cold Case neu aufrollen, sondern auch einen aktuellen Fall übernehmen – ein Wirtschaftsanwalt ist unter rätselhaften Umständen ums Leben gekommen. Sie erhält die inoffizielle Leitung für die Ermittlung und möchte sich beweisen, doch gerät schnell mit dem neuen Kollegen im Team aneinander.

A notorious serial killer, come home to die. A young woman found hanging from a tree. A missing billionaire. In the quiet coastal community of Dogleg Island, nothing is as it should be. And for Police Chief Aggie Malone and her extraordinarily perceptive canine assistant Flash, time is running out. When Acting Sheriff Ryan Grady apprehends a suspect attempting to rob his father’s bait shop, he has no idea that the man he has taken into custody will eventually confess to over one hundred murders…

Dan Grimley lebt abgeschieden, ruhig und unscheinbar – ein Mann, den man leicht übersehen könnte. Doch hinter der stillen Fassade von Dan, dem zurückhaltenden Außenseiter in der Kleinstadt Plainfield, verbirgt sich einer der finstersten Abgründe Amerikas. Als die Polizei das verfallene Haus am Rand der Stadt betritt, stoßen sie auf ein Bild des Grauens: Möbel und Masken aus Menschenhaut, menschliche Überreste in jeder Ecke, Zeugnisse von Ritualen, die jenseits jeder Vorstellungskraft liegen. Wie wird aus einem scheinbar harmlosen Mann ein Monster, das Albträume hinterlässt?

Menestynyt liikemies Fredrik Wallin löydetään kuolleena huvilastaan Järkholmenista Göteborgin ulkopuolelta. Koko Ruotsi seuraa henkeään pidätellen kun Wallinin tyttöystävä – "Sirkusprinsessana" tunnettu sirkustaiteilija Greta Leikler – tuomitaan murhasta. Kaksi vuotta myöhemmin poliisitarkastaja Björn Carlsson saa yllättävän puhelun, jossa kerrotaan, että Greta Leikler on karannut vankilasta. Björn on vakuuttunut naisen syyllisyydestä, vaikka Leikler itse väittää muuta, ja mies päättää tehdä kaikkensa saadakseen Leiklerin kiinni.

Yhdessä asuminen ja poikkeusaika nostavat jännitteitä pintaan Myllärien klaanissa. Joel on pyörätuolissa vanhan moottoripyöräonnettomuuden seurauksena. Hänen omahoitajansa Sikkan huolehtii hänestä 24/7, mutta siskopuoli Saara suhtautuu hoitajaan epäillen. Koronapakolaisina kaupungista saapuneet sukulaiset perheineen yrittävät säilyttää sovun saman katon alla asuessaan. Sitten perhettä sekä pientä kylää järkyttää uutinen Asta Myllärin, paikallisen kapakoitsijan kuolemasta. Kaiken lisäksi pyöräonnettomuus vaikuttaa lavastetulta, ja huhut murhasta leviävät kulovalkean lailla.