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Kriminalhauptkommissar Werthofen konfrontiert Privatdetektiv Eric Holler mit einem Ereignis aus der Vergangenheit. Angeblich will er herausgefunden haben, wer hinter dem Anschlag steckt, bei dem Holler verletzt wurde und seine Beifahrerin ums Leben kam. Es bleibt verborgen, welche Gefühle Werthofens Information in Holler weckt, könnten es Rachegelüste sein? Der Privatschnüffler verspricht zwar dem Beamten nichts auf eigene Faust zu unternehmen, um die Attentäter zur Verantwortung zu ziehen, doch wird er sich an den Schwur halten?

Over the years, David Winter’s seen his share of pain. Everything from arsenic laced potato soup to exploding outhouses. The latter wounded him and draped him in nightmares. He wanted to sell his firm and do nothing more than chase down dead-beat husbands for back alimony and live out his life in Florida, but fate turned him to Arizona.

Jimmy Bliss’s first unsolved case is proving to be a puzzle. Despite an original investigation and subsequent case reviews, the police still do not have a suspect in the 1999 murder of a local authority worker. The only lead Bliss and his three new colleagues have is the recent unearthing of the murder weapon. But when that takes them no further, they realise their only chance of success is to find fresh evidence missed in the original case.

La pesadilla comienza en un abrir y cerrar de ojos... Cuando alguien a quien amas desaparece sin dejar rastro, ¿qué serías capaz de hacer para recuperarlo? Un coche abandonado en un tramo desierto de la autopista de Oregón, con el motor encendido y un bolso en el asiento del copiloto marcan el inicio de la peor pesadilla del experfilador del FBI Pierce Quincy: su mujer, Rainie Conner, ha desaparecido. ¿Acaso uno de los fantasmas del turbulento pasado de Rainie finalmente la ha alcanzado? ¿O podría su desaparición estar relacionada con uno de los casos en los que han estado trabajando?

He picks a pocket and discovers a sinister plot. New York, 1937: The thief they call the Smoke encounters an obnoxious bully on the streets of New York. To teach him a lesson, the Smoke picks his pocket. But on opening the brute’s billfold he discovers items that arouse suspicion. A newspaper clipping, an odd blueprint, and a membership card to a secret society seem to point to a plot of unspeakable terror. Curious, the Smoke delves into the mystery and is thrust into a whirlwind of intrigue and danger.

After years of turmoil, things are finally looking up for Columbus, Ohio, private eye Andy Hayes. As Sick to Death opens, Andy is relishing his new gig: a drama-free, family-friendly stint as a guard at the Columbus Museum of Art. What could be better than regular hours, a steady paycheck, and an attractive coworker who may be just as interested in him as he is in her? Right on schedule, Andy's newfound equilibrium comes crashing down when he interrupts the theft of a valuable painting—and is promptly fired for breaking protocols.

An epic Wild West detective story as a group is hired to clean up a corrupt town. A model for many later Westerns & Detective stories.

Griffin Knight, alongside his brother Alister and hacker companion Ashe, establishes the Knight Chasers investigation agency. Together, they face their most challenging case yet: The perplexing death of Barney Ragsdill’s wife, Zoe. As bodies pile up, DNA evidence points to a killer unlike anything Griffin has encountered before—one that leads them down a treacherous path. Navigating the shadowy realms of both his own demons and the unexplained, Griffin must muster the focus to bring truth to light.

"The Dain Curse" by Dashiell Hammett, narrated by the captivating voice of Mike Vendetti. This gripping tale follows a crafty detective, The Continental Op, as he unravels a web of murder, mystery, and a supposed family curse. From the dark alleys of San Francisco to the eerie Temple of the Holy Grail, The Continental Op's relentless pursuit of truth amidst a series of baffling deaths. With Vendetti's compelling narration, experience the suspense and intrigue of Hammett's classic detective story like never before.

Hidden symbols and a sinister ancient secret buried in downtown Helsinki. An ever-growing string of deaths. When a 10-year-old girl and her mother move in next door to professional killer Daniel, the man begins to have tormenting memories of his stolen childhood. When Daniel's faceless...

When a human skeleton, with an animal skull instead of a head, turns up in Copenhagen, investigator Christian Porsing is immediately drawn into the case, but there are no clues to go on. By chance, Sigga Freitag, the former star profiler of the German police, is in Copenhagen and he impulsively...

Everyone has a past, and everyone has secrets, no more so than Annie Munroe. In the quiet town of Pineville, Annie Munroe escapes from a thirty-year captivity, igniting a desperate search for her sadistic abductor. Meanwhile, three teenage friends, after witnessing their friend's abduction, team up with a retired detective haunted by the town's dark secrets. Together, they race against time to unravel a web of hidden horrors and bring the monstrous kidnapper to justice. With every twist and turn, the small town's facade crumbles, revealing a chilling past that refuses to stay buried.

A story about privacy and its importance for happiness and personal fulfillment.

Nur verschwommen nahm er die Gestalt wahr, die ihn beim Sterben beobachtete. Blut hing in seinen Wimpern, verschleierte ihm den Blick – und plötzlich überkam ihn eine unendliche Trauer. Er hatte versagt, er hatte auf ganzer Linie versagt ... Die sechsjährige Sophia und ihr jüngerer Bruder Kilian werden mitten in der Nacht aus dem Haus der Familie Rothmann entführt. Die schwerverletzte Babysitterin Doreen Amlung stirbt noch am Tatort, bevor sie irgendwelche Hinweise auf die Täter geben kann.

An einem klirrend kalten Spätnachmittag Ende Februar verwandelt Eisregen den gesamten Norden in eine spiegelglatte Rutschpartie. Wer nicht unbedingt unterwegs sein muss, bleibt lieber zu Hause. Am nächsten Tag meldet Isabell Götsch den Einbruch in ihr Haus im Tümlauer Koog, in dessen Folge ihr Mann getötet wurde. Sie selbst hat das Wochenende in der Lüneburger Heide verbracht.

DCI Alison McCoist is back: newly promoted and even less popular. Chuck Gardner is the proud owner of both a confidential paper-shredding business and a serious betting habit. When Chuck finds some scandalous paperwork and McCoist investigates a rat-nibbled corpse under a flyover, they are both sucked into a deadly stramash of gangland wars and police corruption.

Expert on body language and memory, and consultant to the Oslo Police, psychologist Kari Voss sleepwalks through her days, and, by night, continues the devastating search for her young son, who disappeared on his birthday, seven years earlier. Still grieving for her dead husband and trying to pull together the pieces of her life, she is thrust into a shocking local investigation, when two teenage girls are violently murdered in a family summer home.

După moartea logodnicei sale, inspectorul Jimmy Perez a ieșit din sistem, dar noul caz îi trezește interesul și hotărăște să se implice în investigație. Pentru Willow, faptul că el e de-al locului se dovedește o binecuvântare – numai un om din insule poate înțelege fațada de secrete pe care o construiește această comunitate unită.

Investigator Axel Webb is drawn into an intricate web of revolution, greed, and infidelity when his Russian nemesis, gangster Vladimir Bok, pressures Axel to find a missing Fabergé Egg.

In this riveting novella that will keep you guessing until the very last word, Denver homicide detective Nick Teffinger is dragged into an impossible effort to save a beautiful TV correspondent who is chasing a deadly story that is now chasing her back.