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Former police chief Katherine Sullivan has been called brilliant, brave, compassionate, and quirky, but after decades of crime fighting, this resilient grandmother with an artist's soul is discovering that retirement can be just as deadly as being on the job. When Katherine returned to her hometown, her only thought was to comfort her recently divorced daughter. That was before a young woman was found murdered on the estate of the town's richest family.

Despite all her years determining the fates of families, judge Hope Willis couldn't save her own. Her daughter taken, she's frantically grasping at any hope for Krissy's return. Desperate, Hope calls upon an unconventional team of experts for help.

The Commonwealth Games have come to Manchester and the city is buzzing. Caught in the commercial feeding frenzy is Tom Benwell, an advertising executive. But the pressure is getting to Tom - too many deals to make and too many lies to tell. Meanwhile, his friend DI Jon Spicer is on the fast track, showing a love for the job that borders on obsession. Then, in the aftermath of the Games, a string of brutal murders shatters the city's newfound spirit.

The police make a terrible discovery in a suburb of Copenhagen. A young woman has been killed and dumped at a playground. One of her hands has been cut off, and above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Young detective Naia Thulin is assigned the case. Her partner is Mark Hess, a burned-out investigator who's just been kicked out of Europol's headquarters in The Hague. They soon discover a mysterious piece of evidence on the chestnut man - evidence connecting it to a girl who went missing a year earlier and is presumed dead, the daughter of politician Rosa Hartung. 

"Era el mejor inspector de Madrid encontrando a personas desaparecidas. Un trágico accidente acabó con su carrera. Ahora es detective privado. Investigando una aparente infidelidad matrimonial, Maldonado se involucra en un siniestro crimen rodeado de mentiras que hará peligrar su reputación y la de uno de sus mejores amigos. Tendrá que sacrificar su vida para resolver el caso que acabará con sus problemas personales.

After twenty years at the LAPD Homicide Bureau, Mike Travis is finally retiring and starting over on Santa Catalina Island. In the small town of Avalon, he lives and works on his yacht, sailing and chartering scuba diving trips. There, among tourists and quirky locals, he tries to banish the residual darkness from his mind. It's not that easy, especially when the one case he never solved comes back to haunt him . . .

Was passiert, wenn du aufwachst und dein Alptraum erst beginnt? Im dritten Teil der Insel-Krimi-Reihe "Norderney" von Barbara Wendelken muss Ella die Unschuld ihres Bruders Malte beweisen. Dabei stößt sie auf einen dubiosen Reederei-Erben und ein Geheimnis aus ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit. Malte erwacht nackt und ohne Erinnerung in einem blutdurchtränkten Bett. Seine Freundin , die Inselbloggerin Larissa, liegt neben ihm – brutal erstochen. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass der junge Polizist die grauenhafte Tat selbst begangen hat.

Ethan Hawke (Training Day) stars in this dark, thrilling, character-driven crime drama. This cinematic Audible Original is presented in eight episodes with intense, wall-to-wall sound design and grim and gritty performances at a fever-pitch.

Retired to a small Colorado mountain town, former Denver homicide detective Woodrow “Mountain” Bell yearns only to fade away. He has failed in so many ways—as a father, a husband, friend, and cop—he fears he wasted his chance at a meaningful life. When Bell stumbles across a long-forgotten, unsolved child murder, his first impulse is to let it lie—but he can’t. He is drawn into the macabre mystery when he realizes the killer might still be near.

Wie gut kennen wir die Menschen, die wir zu lieben glauben? Im zweiten Teil der Insel-Krimi-Reihe "Norderney" von Barbara Wendelken steht ein schrecklicher Verdacht zwischen Ella und ihrem Freund Rick. Nach 25 Jahren trifft sich eine Gruppe ehemaliger Rettungsschwimmer auf Norderney wieder - auch Ellas Lebensgefährte Rick ist dabei. Doch für eine der Teilnehmerinnen wird der nostalgische Abend am Strand ihr letzter. Jakob Heilers Ermittlungen verlaufen im Sand. Die ganze Gruppe scheint fest entschlossen zu sein, sich an nichts erinnern zu können.

Er tötet aus Hass – und er macht keinen Fehler. Im Hamburger Stadtpark wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden. Sie wurde mit vierzig Messerstichen getötet, und in ihre Haut ist die Ziffer 1 eingebrannt. LKA-Kommissarin Laura Graf und der Fallanalytiker Daniel Krampe ermitteln, ohne jegliche Spur des Täters am Opfer und am Tatort. Eine Woche später wird eine Tote mit der Ziffer 2 auf dem Rücken gefunden, weitere sieben Tage später eine dritte. Jeder Mord wirkt bis zur Perfektion durchdacht.

Sechs Tote in einem Wald bei Lübeck werfen Fragen auf, die tief in die Vergangenheit reichen. "Verliebt, verlassen, vergraben" ist die vierte Folge des Audible-Original-Krimis "Herma und Jan" ermitteln von Anja Goerz und Eric Niemann. Jan ist als Hauptkommissar in seine alte Heimat Lübeck zurückgekehrt, während sich Herma Zeit für ihre überraschend aufgetauchte Tochter Katja nimmt. Doch die Ruhe währt nur kurz: Sechs Leichen im Wald fordern den Spürsinn des Ermittler-Duos. Im Visier: ein ehemaliger Mitschüler. Doch die Vergangenheit holt nicht nur Jan ein, auch Herma muss schmerzhaft erkennen, dass der Schein trügt.

Die Kommissare Herma Bahnsen und Jan Tesdorp ermitteln unverhofft im selben Fall. Zweiter Teil der norddeutschen Krimireihe von Niemann & Goerz. Gesprochen von Tim Gössler - und exklusiv bei Audible. Stefan Freitag wurde während einer Stadtführung hinterrücks erschlagen. Nun soll Herma Bahnsen den Mord für die Kripo Flensburg aufklären. Da meldet sich Hermas Kollege Jan Tesdorp aus Pinneberg: Er sucht einen Mann namens Stefan Jütland, der dem Mordopfer verblüffend ähnelt. Führte der Tote ein Doppelleben?

Jim Wekle's first day as a trooper on an island in Alaska could have gone better. It was raining, the coffee was bad, and within hours of stepping off the seaplane, he found a bikini-clad girl floating in a kelp bed. As Jim investigates who might have put the bullet in her back, he stumbles across a uniquely diverse and extraordinarily hilarious batch of island inhabitants. Puffing on his imported cigars, Jim soon learns that no one on the island is more unique, diverse, or hilarious than his unlikely counterpart: a man simply known as Kram.

Innocent scapegoat or monster manipulator? Matthew Fraser was an idealistic young teacher accused of molesting a young schoolgirl and acquitted in a sensational case that left the truth hidden and the young teacher's life in tatters. Ten years later, his distraught confidante walks into Ottawa Police Inspector Michael Green's office insisting that Fraser has vanished. Green's curiosity is piqued when he discovers that Fraser left behind his beloved dog, a half-eaten dinner and an apartment crammed with research related to his case. Has Fraser fled to escape the wrath of victims, new or old?

In a small Scottish university town, what links a spate of murders, a targeted bomb explosion and a lecturer's disappearance? Who is pulling the strings? Having returned to Castletown intending to win back his estranged wife, DCI Jim Carruthers finds himself entrenched in the investigation. DS Andrea Fetcher assists him in the hunt for the perpetrators. They need to work fast. But can they truly rely on Jim's old adversary?

Kate Ardleigh is everything the Victorian English gentlewoman is not - outspoken, free-thinking, American...and a writer of the frowned upon penny dreadfuls. Soon after her arrival in Essex, England, a body is unearthed in a nearby archeological dig - and Kate has the chance to not only research her latest story but to begin her first case with amateur detective Sir Charles Sheridan.

After her mother’s death during a bank robbery when she was a child, Gemma Capello grew up to become one of the NYPD’s elite hostage negotiators. In a family of cops, there’s rarely a day when a Capello isn’t facing down some form of threat. Still, despite their unpredictable schedules, they always find time for their annual family summer picnic. But this year, a sudden phone call changes everything.

'A cracking storyteller, who can create fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' ANN CLEEVES There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. The discovery of a dead body in the woods on...

In questo racconto accade uno strano episodio che sconvolge un condominio di Via Crescenzio, nel quartiere Prati. Due coniugi vengono trovati morti nel cortile dopo essere precipitati dall'ottavo piano. Con l'aiuto del suo braccio destro, l'agente Valentina Rinaldi, Cosentino inizia le indagini di rito seguendo diverse piste. Prima cerca fra gli abitanti del condominio stesso, poi nei luoghi di lavoro dei due coniugi.