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Auch diesmal hängen scheinbar unterschiedliche Fälle miteinander zusammen und Corinna Dupont weiß geschickt, sie zu entwirren. Kommissar David Schmelzer hat nicht nur mit einem brutalen Mord zu tun, sondern erlebt auch privat einige Turbulenzen. Zu guter Letzt treibt Corinnas Ex-Chef Hannes Jochimsen weiter sein Unwesen. Veilchenpastillen-kauend wird er mit einem Fall aus seiner Vergangenheit konfrontiert und scheint, mal wieder Grenzen zu überschreiten.

Two small children - playing a game called 'Witch-Hunter' - place a curse on a young woman eating lunch in a church courtyard. An hour later the woman is found dead. Then a society photographer is stabbed to death in a nearby park and suddenly a link emerges between the two cases. As the members of the Peculiar Crimes Unit investigate, they realise that the case might not just end in disaster - it might also get everyone killed.

Rookie cop Tommy Boyd learns the hard way that those who wear badges can be as ruthless as those they hunt, when he is taken under the wing of Captain Ty Reeves. Reeves is eager to teach his new rookie that the rules don't apply to his division, the coveted SIS: Special Investigation Section. This is the section of the Las Vegas Metro Police with the most arrests, the most convictions, and the most officer-involved shootings in the history of the city.

Jerry Broadfield thinks he's a good cop. But now he's been charged with extortion - and his former buddies in the NYPD would like to see him laid out on a morgue slab for squealing to a committee on police corruption. Suddenly, he's got a lot of enemies, and when a dead call girl turns up in his apartment, his troubles get even bigger. Broadfield screams "setup," but nobody believes him - except ex-policeman, now unlicensed PI Matthew Scudder. Because Broadfield turned traitor no cop is going to give Scudder any help with this investigation, so Scudder's on his own.

Hap Collins, chicken plant guard, saves a young woman's life, and her father, owner of the chicken plant, rewards him with a large cash bonus. Hap and his best friend, Leonard Pine, head for a cruise to Mexico and the Caribbean. Not matching up to the exacting dress code of the on-board lobster restaurant, Leonard soon causes the pair to be abandoned in Mexico.

Small-time stoolie Jake "The Spinner" Jablon made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers from informer to blackmailer. And the more "clients," he figured, the more money - and the more people eager to see him dead. So he's greedy but scared, and he turns to his old acquaintance Matthew Scudder, who used to pay him for information back in Scudder's days as a cop. Scudder's his insurance policy - if anything happens to "The Spinner," Scudder can check up on the people who wanted him dead. No one is too surprised when the pigeon is found floating in the East River....

Als der renommierte Pharmazieprofessor Konstantin Uhlken in einem Park erschlagen wird, ahnt zunächst niemand, dass der vermeintliche misslungene Raubüberfall ein kaltblütig geplanter Mord war. Doch Uhlken hatte sich kurz zuvor Hilfe suchend an Nik Pohl gewandt – der Privatermittler hat einen neuen Fall. Nachdem ein Mitarbeiter einer Pharmafirma bei einem Autounfall ums Leben kommt, überschlagen sich die Ereignisse.

There was a time when being a “made man” meant something. Angelo Cipriani was a member of the inner circle of the powerful Fortunato Crime Family, which controlled the Upper Ohio Valley. Of course, Angelo would never admit that such an organization existed, let alone to all of the bodies he dropped for his boss. Angelo was a loyal soldier, even after a rival family strafed him with bullets and put him in a coma for three weeks.

Hamburg in der Vorweihnachtszeit. Adventslieder erklingen, der Duft von Spekulatius liegt in der Luft, und Martina Fechner hängt tot von einem Deckenbalken in ihrer noblen Elbvorortvilla. Der Anblick der Leiche verlangt den erfahrenen Ermittlern einiges ab. Die Spuren am Tatort werfen Fragen auf. Trägt der Killer etwa ein Nikolauskostüm? Was geht in seinem Kopf vor? Und vor allem: Wann wird er wieder zuschlagen? Der Druck auf das Kripo-Team um Kommissarin Mara Abels steigt fast stündlich, doch der "Weihnachtsmann" hat sein nächstes Opfer bereits so gut wie im Sack.

Dopo aver perso il lavoro al sindacato e dopo che la moglie lo ha sbattuto fuori di casa, si prende cura della vecchia madre approfittando della sua pensione. A modo suo si occupa del prossimo, pestandolo a sangue o aiutandolo in modo più o meno disinteressato. Un duro di periferia, un "freelance della lotta di classe" che sa farsi voler bene da donne molto originali attratte dal fascino del violento buono di cuore.

Un hard boiled in salsa catanese. Per puro caso e non per vocazione che Salvuccio Di Fini si ritrova a fare l'investigatore privato nella sua Catania, dopo un periodo pieno di speranze trascorso a Milano a studiare in Accademia. Ora si guadagna da vivere pedinando mogli e mariti infedeli assieme all'inaffidabile e svogliato cognato Tano, con una professionalità costruita sul tran tran.

Rome: McCabe and Chip, two American exchange students, are about to become embroiled with a violent street gang. Detroit: Sharon Vanelli's affair with Joey Palermo, a Mafia enforcer, is about to be discovered by her husband, Ray. Brilliantly plotted and shot through with wry humour, All He Saw Was the Girl takes place as these two narratives converge in the backstreets of Italy’s oldest city.

In this collection of stories, the beloved barrister must fend off the advances of a mysterious young woman, face the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council, and take on a group of devil worshippers...

When notorious gangster "Fat Sam" Mahood is murdered, the chief suspect is arrested nearby. But he seems to have suffered a breakdown. Incarcerated in a mental institution, he's known only as the Man in the White Suit. The suspect remains an enigma until Nurse Brenda calls on Mystery Man, Belfast's finest mystery bookshop owner, to bring his powers of investigation to bear....

The author of the best-selling Harry Hole series now gives us an electrifying stand-alone novel set inside Oslo’s maze of especially venal, high-level corruption. Sonny Lofthus is a strangely charismatic and complacent young man. Sonny’s been in prison for a dozen years, nearly half his...

DS Glyn Capaldi, half Welsh, half Italian, all maverick, returns in the CWA shortlisted series blowing fresh life into crime fiction DS Glyn Capaldi, exiled to the big empty middle of Wales to atone for past sins in Cardiff, is called in to investigate a human skeleton that has been uncovered...

One of the country’s bestselling storytellers joins HarperCollins with her new page-turning drama about struggle and triumph over adversity. The Beachcomber is the story of two people, each with a dream, each lonely in different ways, and just when everything seems to be coming right for them...

Back from leave after her first closed case, Cassidy Clarke returns to the LAPD, ready to dig in. This time, homeless teens are disappearing. And it’s not because of social reform—they’re being targeted. Cassidy follows a lead to a charismatic grad student who leans on his charm and vast resources to lure vulnerable kids under his wing. But when the people who could expose him start turning up dead, she abruptly switches focus, racing to protect his potential victims instead.

When Blake's old friend Khat receives devastating news that his estranged daughter, Emily, has gone missing, Blake knows he must step in to help. Emily's disappearance is shrouded in mystery, and as Blake delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of lies, deceit, and danger that stretches far beyond a simple missing person case. Partnered with his loyal team, Blake navigates the treacherous waters of a conspiracy that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.

A young man resurfaces from Spenser's past to seek out the likeable P.I.'s guidance and help to solve the mysterious and sudden disappearance of the boy's mother. The most personal and revealing Spenser thriller of all, the hardboiled yet caring detective faces danger and a reckoning with his own past. Pastime is Robert B. Parker's electrifying masterpiece of crime fiction, both personal and revealing.

Taunted as an office temp and manipulated as a dark web mule, Travis Malaka, a pro-Trump scammer must navigate the mine field he’s drawn into. Partnered with Megan Shelby, another temp from his job, Travis learns harsh consequences when he accepts posts from the second Silk Road. Peeling back the Dark Onion takes Travis to the darkest parts of Northern California and Narco Cultura in this hard boiled, modern noir crime thriller.

In the late 1970s, a couple once involved in the radical group the Weather Underground pulled off a daring armored car heist in upstate New York. During the robbery, two guards and a local policeman were killed. The couple escaped with millions and vanished into hiding in San Francisco. Fifty years later, a small box containing seemingly unrelated items may hold the key to uncovering the long-lost fortune.

The next BRAND NEW instalment in Wes Markin's gripping, gritty, Yorkshire Murders series.

Revenge, the second book of The Package, series finds David Winters receiving threatening messages, chased by goons, and shot by his infatuations. In this Noir detective drama you will witness Murder, Sex, and an unfolding mystery leaving you gasping for breath and on the edge of your seat. Revised edition April 15, 2016.

Die junge Labortechnikerin Milla Siebert stirbt unter vorerst ungeklärten Umständen allein in ihrem Reihenhaus. Oberkommissarin Sophie Meerkatz vermutet ein Verbrechen, doch die Fakten sprechen dagegen. Erst als Details an die Presse geleakt werden, lässt sich die Wahrheit nicht länger vertuschen. Für das nächste Opfer könnte es jedoch bereits zu spät sein. In der spannenden und humorvollen Nordsee-Reihe prallen Welten aufeinander: Emanzipierte Emsigkeit aus der Hauptstadt trifft auf die Gelassenheit des Nordens.

DCI Cara Elliott wird gerufen, um den Selbstmord eines Mannes zu untersuchen, der bei voller Fahrt von einem Zug erfasst wurde. Cara, die bei jedem Fall ihr Bestes gibt, spürt, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Als sich die Suizide häufen, weiß sie, dass sie richtiglag. Doch wer ist derjenige, der hier hinter den Kulissen die Fäden zieht? Es scheint, als würde ein grausamer Killer seine Opfer beobachten und sie so manipulieren, dass sie ihr Leben selbst beenden. Cara und ihr Team arbeiten fieberhaft an dem Fall, doch immer ist ihnen der Täter einen Schritt voraus …

Due balordi rapinano il "Liguria Market" di Savona, nel quartiere della Villetta. Durante la fuga in moto perdono per strada una sacca contenente ossa umane e strani mazzetti di fiori. Si apre così lo scenario inquietante della nuova indagine che vede coinvolti il Sostituto Ludovica Sperinelli e il suo storico collaboratore Francesco Mancini. Pian piano emergerà una realtà penosa: un giro di prostituzione minorile e ricatti sessuali, orchestrati con perversa maestria da un oscuro Stregone.

La chiesa di San Giacomo è stata finalmente restaurata e restituita alla città di Savona, dopo secoli di abbandono. Ma nel corso dei lavori si scopre un raccapricciante segreto: i cadaveri di una donna e di un neonato. Solo una medaglietta al collo della poveretta e il suo orologio da polso potranno consentire agli inquirenti, grazie all’aiuto dei cittadini, di ricostruire la vicenda e dare un nome alle misteriose mummie.

Seconda avventura noir con protagonista il magistrato Ludovica Sperinelli, donna affascinante e volitiva, e del maresciallo dei Carabinieri Francesco Mancini. Sullo sfondo una Savona che si sta preparando all'annuale fiera di Santa Lucia; ma una sera, nel Teatro Chiabrera, una donna viene trovata riversa a terra nel bagno delle signore. Per pura coincidenza, si tratta della vicina di poltrona della Sperinelli, la quale si trova così coinvolta in prima persona in una vicenda dai contorni inquietanti, dove si affollano parenti insopportabili, misteriosi dirigenti e attivisti no-Tav.

La scoperta di un orrendo omicidio scuote Savona. Chi ha ucciso Attilio Casagrande, noto critico d’arte? Perché gli hanno staccato la testa e cavato gli occhi? Quale follia ha guidato l’assassino, quando ha nascosto i resti della vittima sotto la statua dell’Incoronazione di Spine, preparata per la processione del Venerdì Santo? Ad occuparsi del caso è chiamata l'affascinante Ludovica Sperinelli, giovane e combattivo Sostituto Procuratore, insieme al maresciallo Francesco Mancini.