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She heard the knock, dread settling on her shoulders. A glance at the clock told her it was touching midnight. She glanced out of the window into the inky darkness and saw something that made her blood freeze solid with fear. Her time had come. She deserved to be punished. When a call comes in about a vulnerable woman found dead in a remote cottage, Detective Lottie Parker feels a deep sadness for this abandoned girl, who died alone with no family.

Everyone has secrets. And many people do a good job hiding them. So when an unknown killer assassinates Jasmine Carter, a renowned abstinence speaker and upstanding citizen, and posts scandalous photos of her online, detectives Otto Haines and Serena Grimm are baffled. When it happens a second time, it is clear a serial killer is on the loose.

An FBI chase through the streets of Phoenix leads to an epic firefight and the fatal shooting of an important member of the Vittini mob. As a result, Special Agent Donnie Francisco faces an enraged crime family bent on payback. They come for Donnie, they come for his family. Donnie seeks out Flagstaff attorney Thaddeus Murfee. The lawyer agrees to defend and exonerate the agent, but he runs afoul of the mob himself. The body count rises as warfare erupts in the court and in the dark streets and back alleys and small towns of Arizona.

Rick Montoya, eager to experience more of his Italian mother's culture, heads to Rome to start his own translation business. He's armed with curiosity and an appetite for local food and wine. Rick's maternal uncle is a Roman cop with one eye to his nephew's welfare and another to how Rick might be useful, perhaps widen his career choices. So Commissario Piero Fontana pulls Rick into an investigation: the murder of Count Umberto Zimbardi.

When an old college friend leading a religious tour in Assisi asks interpreter Rick Montoya to fill in for their guide who's gone missing, Rick is happy to oblige. He's looking forward to seeing his old friend, and the food and wine of Umbria sound like the perfect reward for a tense translation job he's just completed for the police in Palermo involving witness testimony against the mafia. But when the shady tour guide is found dead the next morning under suspicious circumstances, Rick's relaxing gig turns into an unofficial job assisting the local police inspector.

Psychologist Daniel Rinaldi is no stranger to trauma. A survivor of not one, but two attempts on his life by a deranged killer, the therapist also counsels trauma patients in his private practice, and contracts with the Pittsburgh Police to help victims of violent crime cope with their experience. When a sports mascot is gunned down mid-field by a sniper at a college football game he attends, Rinaldi becomes an accidental yet integral part of the investigation. To begin with, the victim in the costume is not the person who was supposed to be wearing it.

Translator Rick Montoya is looking forward to a quiet weekend away with his girlfriend, Betta, an art fraud investigator for the Italian Culture Ministry. Their destination: the beautiful village of Urbino, home to Renaissance masters Rafael and the lesser-known Piero della Francesca. While Betta does have official business to attend to—namely, collecting a priceless Piero drawing from a wealthy Spanish collector on the ministry's behalf—she asks Rick to join her "in case she needs an interpreter," but with other, less-official intentions in mind.

ATF Special Agent Cooper “Coop” Bellamy's rigid adherence to rules has left his relationship with his 11-year-old daughter in ashes. When Charleston's fire chief calls him to investigate a series of mysterious nuisance fires ravaging the city, Coop sees a chance to redeem himself as a father and catch a dangerous arsonist. But as the fires turn deadly, he finds himself torn between family and duty.

Zwei Leichen für den besten Ermittler Norwegens Der Farris-See nördlich von Larvik trocknet infolge von Regenmangel immer mehr aus. Dadurch wird in der Nähe des Ufers die Leiche eines Mannes entdeckt, der seit acht Jahren als vermisst gilt. Seine linke Hand ist an den Lenker eines Motorrads gefesselt ...

Eine geheimnisvolle Spur nach Italien, ein neuer Fall für Jan Tommen und sein Ermittlerteam. Von #1-Bestsellerautor Alexander Hartung Ein lebloser Körper in einer Badewanne – für Hauptkommissar Jan Tommen und sein Team zunächst ein alltäglicher Fall. War es Mord oder ein tragischer Unfall? Erste Nachforschungen ergeben, dass der Tote unter falschem Namen in der Hauptstadt gelebt hat. Vor wem wollte er sich verstecken? Eine Spur führt die Ermittler zu einem Unglück vor der Küste Sardiniens und zu einem Geheimnis, das jemand offensichtlich mit aller Macht bewahren will.

Als in einem Fischerboot die Leiche des Journalisten Jerry Markham entdeckt wird, ruft man Hilfe vom Festland: Anstelle von Jimmy Perez, der noch unter dem Tod seiner Verlobten leidet, soll die junge Willow Reeves auf den Shetlands ermitteln. Trotz seiner Apathie regt sich Widerstand in dem Detective. Die junge Kollegin ist ihm entschieden zu forsch. Das ungleiche Paar begibt sich auf Spurensuche: Markham, Sohn aus reichem Haus, war als Frauenheld bekannt. Er hatte die Inseln nach einem Skandal verlassen müssen. Warum also war er zurückgekehrt?

Dritter Teil der Krimi-Reihe um Kommissarin Vivien Stein. Mit viel ostfriesischem Charme, spannenden Charakteren und einer Prise Humor. Borkums Nordstrand ist eigentlich eine Augenweide, wäre da nicht diese Leiche in den Dünen. Das Opfer ist ein verschuldeter Barbesitzer aus Emden, der auf der Insel war, um sich Geld zu borgen. Wer hat ihn am Strand vergraben? Vivien Stein und Tamme Martens ermitteln, doch dann wird Viviens Inselunterkunft verwüstet und ihr Kater Loco verschwindet. Geht der Einbruch auf das Konto des Täters?

It's not a good Monday for DI Daniel Owen. A body in a wheelie bin. Missing teenagers. His ex turning up as his new boss. A secretive teenager, a nosy secretary, an idealistic social worker, and a dodgy fruit and veg salesman all have pieces of the jigsaw. If Daniel and Maldwyn can trust each other again, they can put the pieces together. But time is running out, and at least one child's life is in danger. It's been raining for weeks, and the flood waters are rising, threatening to engulf them all.

This isn't how moving in together is supposed to go. Daniel is left dealing with dead bodies, while Mal disappears undercover. Daniel knows the bodies were murder victims, but he can't prove it. Mal is getting more and more secretive. His friend Hector is being abused but insists that the bruises happened when he ran into a door. Daniel is fighting unseen enemies without any of the information he needs.

Alex Ryder is the best detective in her division, but she's harboring a secret that could kill her entire career. When Detective Alex Ryder picks up a new homicide case, no one knows her secret connection to the murder. As personal issues and an obsessive nature threaten her career, Alex follows a lead onto the Emerald Adventure, a cruise ship heading to the Bahamas for five days. But the killer's on board, and it's only a matter of time before someone else dies.

Former detective Morgan Reed thought he had left the shadows of his past behind—until a viral podcast and a missing ship off the coast of California pull him back into a world where cutting-edge technology meets buried secrets. Reed soon uncovers a terrifying conspiracy linking covert government projects, advanced weaponry, and a force so dangerous, it threatens to reshape global politics.

Detective Susan Ford and her new partner, Detective Jack Tomelli, are called to a crime scene at the local summer stock theater where they find the director of Murder on the Orient Express gruesomely murdered—naked, face caked in makeup, pillow at his feet, wrists and ankles bound by rope. When Susan describes the murder to her dad, retired detective Will Ford, he recognizes the MO of a 1969 serial killer . . . a case he worked fifty years ago.

Daniel and Mal need some peace to recover from the horrors of their last case. They don't get it because a dead family needs justice. An abandoned child threatens to break Daniel's heart. Mal's past comes calling in the shape of an attractive young man. Did John Edwards slaughter his wife and daughters, then kill himself? Why did the little boy survive the massacre? What are the hippies next door hiding? The only certainty is that everyone is lying.

LAPD detective Marcy Kendrick and her partner, Angel Reyes, are called to investigate the brutal sex murder of an up-and-coming starlet. A calling card has been left at the crime scene. This was the work of a professional, Alejandro 'El Gato' Gómez, an infamous drug lord who has evaded LA police for over a decade. Gómez has a right-hand man, a mysterious assassin known as El Mariachi de los Muertos. The assassin, for reasons unknown, is on a murderous rampage across LA. The bodies are piling up. But why?

Panic grips LA as a cop killer stalks the streets. So far, three officers from the Downtown Precinct have been murdered and there are no clues as to who is doing this or why. Detective Marcy Kendrick and her partner Angel are assigned the case. The dead cops' friends and partners at the Precinct insist they have no idea why the victims were targeted.

Athos, Pearl and their two-leggeds are guests at a beautiful palais in Vienna, Austria. A grand ball is to be held there to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of the family's daughter, and recently Bella, a young Malamute just like Athos, has also moved into the grand historic mansion. But instead of fun and games with the puppy and a glittering night at the ball, a murder takes place—for which Victoria Adler, the Master Sleuths' very own human, is arrested!

DC Scott Cullen isn’t so much disillusioned with the police force but his insufferable boss, DI Bain, and the way he constantly sidelines Cullen, hampering his ability to solve cases. Is it personal? When the owner of Dunpender Distillery near Dalkeith opens a cask of whisky for a special edition, he finds more than a single malt – the barrel contains the body of a man, mangled and unidentifiable.

Da advokat Mikael Andersen kommer hjem fra en rejse og finder en ung mand – kun iført pels – død i ægtesengen, mistænker han straks, at det må være hans kones elsker. Men psykiater Nina Berle er tilsyneladende lige så overrasket som sin mand. Til gengæld er Ninas bror Jakob Berle, der er landets landbrugsminister, blevet set i sin søsters hus samme dag, som liget blev fundet. Politiinspektør Wilma Lind og hendes efterforskningsteam har et problem. Selv om spor på gerningsstedet peger på Jakob Berle, må de ikke efterforske et medlem af regeringen.

Un thriller squisitamente all’italiana, che riapre ferite mai del tutto guarite, trascinandoci nel cinico gioco delle grandi potenze internazionali. Anche se sono passati tanti anni da quella torrida estate degli anni Ottanta, l'ex colonnello Canessa non vede l’ora di tornare in pista e indagare sui fatti di un vecchio attentato in stazione, quando l'Italia era ancora stretta tra le maglie della Guerra Fredda e degli opposti estremismi.

Max Bischoff, Oberkommissar, Anfang dreißig, ist der Neue bei der Düsseldorfer Mordkommission. Er ist hoch motiviert und schwört auf moderne Ermittlungsmethoden, was nicht immer auf Gegenliebe bei den Kollegen stößt. Sein erster Fall beim KK11 hat es in sich. Auf dem Polizeipräsidium taucht eines Morgens ein Mann auf, der völlig verstört und von oben bis unten mit Blut besudelt ist. Er weiß weder, was in der Nacht zuvor geschehen ist, noch hat er eine Erklärung für das Blut auf seiner Kleidung. Wie sich bald herausstellt, stammt es nicht von ihm selbst, sondern von einer Frau.

Auf der Baustelle der Nebelhornbahn im Allgäu wird die Leiche eines bekannten Seilbahnunternehmers gefunden. Der Kemptner Kommissar Leopold Geiger und seine schicke Kollegin Anna Zähler werden gerufen, um den Mord aufzuklären. Schnell führt eine erste Spur ins Zillertal zum Hintertuxer Gletscher, wo ihnen die Lokalpolizisten Paul und Vitus an die Seite gestellt werden. Bloß interessieren sich die hilfsbereiten Kollegen aus dem Zillertal mehr für Leberkässemmeln und die neuen FKK-Camper als für den Toten aus dem Allgäu.

There’s a dangerous cult in Palm Beach. All about philanthropy and altruism, they say. All about sex and money, Crawford and Ott say. Then there’s a brutal stabbing…make that sex, money, and MURDER!

A Palm Beach real estate scam has sucked in investors from around the world. And when one of the scammers is taken out by a deadly drone, the suspect list is long. As Crawford explains to his boss, Norm Rutledge: “We got Chinese, we got Iranians, we got not one but two Indian chiefs. We got car salesmen, we got real-estate developers, we got accountants, we got ex-girlfriends, we got executive assistants, we got mafiosi, we got Triads—” he glanced back at Ott—“I leave anybody out, Mort?”

Chicago cop Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels has chased, and caught, dozens of dangerous criminals over the course of her career. But she's about to meet her match. When Jack wakes up in a storage locker, bound and gagged, she knows with chilling certainty who her abductor is. He's called "Mr. K." More than two hundred homicides have been attributed to him. His victims have died in the most horrible ways imaginable. He's the essence of evil. Some think he's just an urban legend. But he's real. Jack has tangled with him twice in the past, and both times he managed to slip away.

Fire kvinder samles til krebsegilde. De mødte hinanden i slutningen af 1990'erne, da de sang i det samme kor. Derefter tog livet dem i forskellige retninger, men hvert år i august mødes de. Det bliver endnu våd aften med krebs, snaps og vin, men da det bliver morgen, vågner kun to kvinder op i det gamle hus. Kriminalassistent Anna Glad har taget orlov for at passe sin søn, mens hendes mand Tomas arbejder i døgndrift. Og det går hurtigt op for hende, at alle fire kvinder til krebsegildet havde noget at skjule.