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Un procureur au pays des cathares. La nef de l'église de Saint-Thibéry n'a jamais été aussi pleine, les policiers de l'Hérault enterrent l'une des leurs. La cérémonie est interrompue par une étrange procession, six hommes énucléés et à la file indienne, un mot gravé sur le torse en lettres de sang : HERESIX. Au Cap-d'Agde, la petite Maeva Tolzan disparaît. Dans un train privatisé filant dans la nuit entre Béziers et Narbonne, Alexia fête ses 18 ans en compagnie du garçon qu'elle aime, mais les choses ne vont pas se passer comme elle le rêvait.

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 . . .

Five years removed from a life as an apprentice to a group of heroes who battled supernatural evils, the once-promising student Janzen Robinson has become a package courier. He now works the daily grind, passing time at a hole-in-the-wall bar and living in a tiny run-down apartment on the south side of Cleveland, Ohio. Then from the ancient recesses of unyielding darkness known as the Abyss, a creature has been summoned: a Stalker, a predator whose real name must never be spoken. It's a bastardization of the natural order, a formidable blend of dark magic and primal tenacity.

Charming, wealthy Randle Kennedy has a secret: he's British Columbia’s most prolific producer of boutique marijuana. He’s developed strains of B.C. Bud to please the most sophisticated palates and produce any desired effect, from a light contemplative buzz to the most mind-warping stone. His medical varieties offer relief for conditions ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's disease. Come legalization, he'll be the first on the market with marijuana's answer to single-malt Scotch.

Eight BBC Radio crime dramas featuring Golden Age detective Gideon Fell, starring Donald Sinden With his cape, canes and shovel hat, portly amateur sleuth Dr Gideon Fell cuts an eccentric figure - but his odd appearance belies his sharp intellect and astonishing faculty for deduction. Created by...

Nestled deep in the mist-shrouded mountains, The Village of Eight Graves takes its name from a bloody legend. In the 16th century, eight samurais, who had taken refuge there along with a secret treasure, were murdered by the inhabitants, bringing a terrible curse down upon their village. Centuries later, a mysterious young man named Tatsuya arrives in town, bringing a spate of deadly poisonings in his wake. The inimitably scruffy and brilliant Kosuke Kindaichi investigates.

When a Colorado cannabis billionaire is assassinated, retired Denver homicide cop Woodrow “Mountain” Bell is pulled back into the inferno—one that sparked half a century earlier at a vanished hippie commune called Jericho. As Bell digs into the ashes, he uncovers links between the mogul and a charismatic killer who once fled those same mountains. Now, with the old codgers of “Deaf Row” at his side, Bell must face ghosts, secrets, and the unholy marriage of idealism and greed before the past burns the living one last time.

'One of the greatest crime writers of our times' DENISE MINA 'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' ELLY GRIFFITHS There is more to solving a crime than following the clues. Welcome to Chief Inspector Gamache's world of facts and feelings. The air is unbearably tense as Armand Gamache...

The past never really leaves us. Crime reporter Julia Gooden sees proof of this every day in her stories. A dark childhood, a negligent parent, early abandonment - any one of them can seal a person's fate as either a villain or victim. Julia, who experienced all three, seems to have beaten the odds, finding happiness raising her two sons and a blossoming relationship with detective Raymond Navarro. But now, after three decades of absence, Julia's conman father has resurfaced to throw her life into turmoil again. 

Martha Strangeways has settled into a quiet life in Strathbran, after the horrific events that traumatised the village a year earlier: her son, Dougie is at university, her friend Orla will give birth at any minute, and she's becoming ever closer to her ex, Jamie. But all this is turned upside down when her friend at Glasgow CID, DI Derek Summers, calls on her to help with a truly disturbing case: a human ear, with an unusual Celtic earring, has been found next to a railway line in the Highlands.

I et stille køkken, hvor to krus venter ved kedlen på at blive fyldt, ligger Sheryl Hawne i en blodpøl. Hendes eneste datter, Katie, bliver fundet ved hendes side, stadig med mordvåbnet i hånden og tilsyneladende ude af stand til at tale. For kriminalkommissær Kim Stone virker det som en åbenlys sag. Men Katie er ikke i stand til at blive afhørt, så Kim og teamet må grave dybt for at forstå, hvad der udløste den brutale handling. Snart finder de ud af, at Katie deltog i skønhedskonkurrencer som barn.

A gripping Scottish crime thriller from the winner of the Good Housekeeping Novel Writing competition 2016. Two brutal killings rock Inverness, and bring ex-Met Detective Inspector Lukas Mahler the biggest challenge of his career... The body of the queen of daytime TV, Morven Murray is...

A year has passed since Pete Fernandez’s latest, closest brush with death. After months of recovery, the newly sober Pete has managed to rebuild his life, contentedly running a small Miami bookstore and steering clear of the dangers of private eye work. So when an aging Cuban mobster asks Pete to find out who killed his drug-addicted jazz-pianist son and to locate his missing daughter-in-law, Pete balks. Until another victim suggests that the murder of the gangster’s son may be connected to the people who nearly ended Pete’s life.

När en gängledare skjuts i sin bil utanför McDonalds i Barkarby får den rutinerade utredaren Jill Eriksson fallet på sitt bord. Polisassistent Kristian Arve har inte tid att hjälpa en utredare från polisens högkvarter. Hans familj har på kort tid utsatts för ett antal skrämmande och alltmer hotfulla händelser. För att skydda dem tvingas Kristian in i en ljusskygg verksamhet som opererar i blåljusets periferi. Snart är Kristian indragen i ett brinnande gängkrig om kokainhandeln i Stockholms förorter.

Deux jeunes femmes disparaissent à Bénodet ; l'une est la fille de Jillian Marlowe, célèbre avocate américaine, amie de Dominique Vasseur. Une semaine auparavant une autre vacancière s'était déjà évanouie dans la nature. Paul et Sarah saisissent vite que l'enquête est plus complexe qu'il n'y paraît. Les trois disparitions sont-elles liées ? Jade Marlowe aurait-elle juste fugué ? Quand débarque en Cornouaille un cow-boy de la CIA, gendarmes de Fouesnant et policiers de Quimper comprennent qu'ils vont avoir du mal à garder la main.

A tortured body is found in a basement. Drug dealing and people smuggling is on the rise. Then police start going missing! There seems to be no connection between the crimes, but Detective Caelan Small senses something isn’t right. Plunged into a new investigation, lives are on the line. And...

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.

Jan Rose är rentvådd efter de ödesdigra händelserna med Satans dotter. Efter frigivningen från Nyborgs statsfängelse väcker han liv i sin gamla advokatverksamhet. Men friheten visar sig vara en illusion när en rad makabra filmer skickas till hans gamle vän, polischefen Flemming Jørgensen. En okänd figur med demonmask har filmat rituella mord som verkar ha en koppling till Flemmings förflutna. När Flemming försvinner spårlöst dras Jan åter in i mörkret. Har han blivit offer för ett värre svek än någonsin tidigare?

Mateo, el protagonista de esta vibrante y conmovedora novela de Diego Ameixeiras, intenta salir adelante vendiendo cocaína y dejándose llevar por los extraños negocios que le ofrece Silvio, su mejor cliente y viejo amigo con el que se siente en deuda. Al mismo tiempo, mientras se esfuerza en superar la muerte de sus padres en un accidente de tráfico, se ocupa de atender a Eulalia, una maestra jubilada que ya no puede llevarle flores a su hermano muerto.

Carter ist bereits seit Jahren tätig und weiß, dass man nicht zu viele Fragen stellt – vorausgesetzt der Preis stimmt. Der Auftrag scheint keineswegs außergewöhnlich zu sein, er ist einer von vielen. Doch bald schon merkt Carter, dass es um mehr geht als um die Aufklärung eines Bankraubs, der laut Aussage des Auftraggebers für die Polizei eine Nummer zu groß sei.