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Munich, 1946. La ville a été très touchée par les bombardements. Tandis que les troupes américaines s'installent durablement, les civils allemands cherchent à survivre. Misère et humiliation, c'est précisément ce que veut fuir Birgid, une jeune infirmière à peine revenue du front de l'Est. Elle a vu ce que les soldats allemands ont fait, ce qu'ils ont subi et désormais, elle veut jouir de l'existence, à tout prix. Pour Hans, l'ancien SS, l'occupation américaine signifie en revanche la fin de la liberté.

In a city cracking under pressure between humans and synthetics, Detective Nick Schneider doesn’t wear skin—or play by anyone’s rules. When a senator’s daughter turns up dead with black-market limbs, Schneider and his grudge-bearing partner must navigate a maze of corruption, tech, and identity politics. What they uncover could start a war—or get them both killed.

Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters to steal their money, but money is hard to come by in 1940s Mexico. Ulises knows his looks won't last forever, and he's desperate to get his hands on a real fortune. He thinks he's found it when he captivates his newest...

Lifelong friends Lori Graham and Stephanie Lyle are sitting on the balcony of Lori's flat in Glasgow, chatting, drinking, enjoying the summer's warmth. Until the peace is shattered by the sound of gunshots from a drive-by shooting. Running to investigate, the women find both their worlds shattered. One of their sons is the shooter, and one is the victim. As Lori and Stephanie try and pick through the pieces, they discover that they themselves hold the key to why their boys have turned on each other.

In Berlin wird Hauptkommissar Paul Kalkbrenner zu einem Tatort gerufen. Auf einem Fabrikgelände wurde der verstümmelte Leichnam einer jungen Frau entdeckt. Unweit davon befinden sich stinkende Kloakebecken. Fassungslos müssen Kalkbrenner und seine Kollegin Sera Muth ansehen, wie eine Leiche nach der anderen aus den Gruben geholt wird. Ist unter ihnen auch die verschwundene Merle, die von ihrer Pflegemutter Juliane Kluge verzweifelt gesucht wird? Ein verschwundenes Mädchen. Eine verzweifelte Mutter. Eine grauenhafte Entdeckung.

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Ein grausiger Fund erschüttert Frankfurt am Main. Vor dem Eingang eines Supermarkts wurde ein Müllsack abgelegt, er enthielt einen Leichnam ohne Kopf. Selbst der hartgesottene Chefermittler Jim Devcon ist geschockt. Weitere Enthauptete werden gefunden. Was steckt hinter den entsetzlichen Taten? Der Islamisten-Verdacht erhärtet sich nicht. Jim Devcon und sein Team bekommen es mit der »Weißen Lilie« zu tun. So nennt sich eine Gruppe junger Menschen. Ihr Kampf gegen die Ausbeutung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt sollte unblutig werden.

In Prag wird ein Geschäftsmann brutal ermordet. Alle Spuren führen nach Linz in Österreich zu einem zwielichtigen Konzern mit großem Einfluss. Ist der psychopathische Konzernchef in den Mord verwickelt und was befindet sich auf den Fotos, die seine Schwester erhält? Und welches persönliche Interesse hat die Werbeagenturchefin Anna Lange an dem Fall, in den ihr Vater tief verwickelt ist?

Jonas Reed signs up for a routine memory rental—a calm, curated experience designed to ease stress and fade away without consequence. Instead, he witnesses a murder embedded inside the memory itself. The victim whispers a single name before everything fractures. That name belongs to Mara Kline. Mara is a memory auditor for Memex, the corporation that rents memories to the public and erases what customers aren’t supposed to keep. She is trained to flag corruption, delete anomalies, and move on.

Albert Smith might be retired, but a long career as a police detective has left him with skills that just won’t switch off. So on a walking tour of the British Isles, it doesn’t take long for his eyes to spot something he wasn’t supposed to see.

Logan Walsh’s life is disintegrating. When his broken marriage teeters on divorce, this desperate firefighter-turned-PI moonlights as a bail bondsman to support the family he longs to restore. But when his skip pleads innocent and prophesizes his own murder, the determined father of two doesn't listen … until the skip is murdered in jail. Guilt-ridden over ignoring the man’s plea, Logan embarks a broken trail of biker gangs, bent cops, and greedy land speculators. And in a case where when even the police are suspect, he has nowhere to turn.

Sent en aften, da kirkeklokkerne har ringet for sidste gang, bliver Sandra Deakin fundet, kold og livløs og dækket af knivstik, på en tilgroet kirkegård. Kriminalkommissær Kim Stone skynder sig til gerningsstedet, hvor overfaldets voldsomhed overbeviser hende om, at drabet var dybt personligt. Da Kims team graver i Sandras liv, opdager de, at hun mente, at hun kunne kommunikere med de døde. Kim indser, at hun må åbne sit sind for alle muligheder, hvis hun skal have en chance for at opklare sagen.

Da kriminalkommissær Kim Stone skynder sig hen til gerningsstedet, er der ikke noget lig, der venter på hende: Paramedicinerne forsøger desperat at redde offerets liv. Den afdøde mand, Eric Gould, virker helt almindelig, indtil teamet graver i hans fortid. Som drenge var begge ofre en del af en gruppe på seks, som pralede med deres forfærdelige forbrydelser. Er der nogen, som er i gang med endelig at få hævn … eller tror vedkommende, at mændene stadig er farlige?

Da en 19-årig dreng, Jamie Mills, bliver fundet hængt i et træ i en lokal park, bliver hans død erklæret et selvmord. Kriminalkommissær Kim Stones mavefornemmelse siger hende, at der er noget galt. I forsøget på at opklare denne foruroligende sag følger Kim spor, der fører hende ind bag de gamle victorianske mure på klinikken, som drives af familien Gardner. Så bliver liget af en ung kvinde fundet. Hun er blevet kvalt, og hendes død er også iscenesat, så det ligner et selvmord.

Jenny Stone, a prosecuting attorney, finds herself in a precarious situation after concluding a major money laundering case. She notices she is being followed and decides to take a vacation to Italy to visit Warren Steelgrave, a distant relative by marriage. Upon her arrival, she confides in Warren about her fears and the thumb drive containing sensitive information given to her by a suspect, Jacob Colburn. As they navigate through Italy, they realize they are being pursued by dangerous individuals connected to the case.

When 25-year-old Wendy Winkworth decides to take a break from her PI business and visit her brother in Bern, Illinois, she simply wants to catch up on family affairs. Soon family affairs have her in over her head. She’s hired by a teacher to find out if his ex-con mother is going to show up and ruin his chances of marrying the love of his life and the richest girl in town. Wendy’s mechanic brother appears to be thieving on the side. And the local sheriff is trailing her, either because he likes her looks or because he wants her to stop looking too closely at what’s going on in town.

Jim Grant is in Boston on temporary assignment from England and his instructions are simple: don’t get involved and keep out of trouble. But for Grant, keeping out of trouble isn’t an option. Never was and never will be.

Saving a senator’s daughter from LA’s porn industry is one gig that needs serious discretion. But discretion is not Jim Grant’s specialty. Los Angeles, CaliforniaIt’s not long before Grant finds himself on live television busting an armed robbery, spreading his arms wide to show he’s unarmed—the same pose that earned him the nickname “Resurrection Man” in Boston. The spotlight may be good for Grant’s profile, but it’s bad for his health. The Dominguez drug cartel is looking for him, and his work for the senator has uncovered a ring of dirty cops who want him out of the way.

It was supposed to be a dead week. For this mysterious hitman, things just couldn't be that damn easy. The sharp-tongued soul-stealing assassin plods through life with reckless abandon - until he finds a purpose. Until Sarah Brecker. When the contract on her life goes unfilled, all Hell breaks loose (literally). Forced to work together, they must dodge ruthless mobsters and a variety of demons to buy enough time for Sarah. Evading ambushes proves much easier than eluding that damn dull ache in his chest.

David Lund es un solitario programador de 36 años incapaz de recordar nada de sus primeros doce años de vida. Acaba de conocer a Florence Tapper, una brillante abogada defensora recién divorciada, y una mañana recibe un misterioso correo electrónico de una desconocida que afirma tener información muy importante sobre su infancia.