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When washed-up 80s rock legend Johnny Freestone is found dead in a cave off Scotland's North Coast 500 tourist route, it looks like a tragic accident–another celebrity lost to a reckless lifestyle. But Police Scotland detective–and secret Freestone fan–Jack Logan isn’t convinced that the star's death was an accident. As Logan delves into Johnny's final days, he uncovers a trail of bitter rivalries, broken promises, and a comeback tour that wasn’t quite what it seemed.

En kvinna hittas med trettiofem piskrapp över ryggen i en lägenhet med elektroniska lås. En man blandar tvättmedel och amfetamin medan vener fräts sönder. Snart ska en av dem åka nerför trappan i rullstol, med ansiktet in i en vägg. Den andra ska ta hissen ner till bårhuset, peka med en pistol, ta döda och levande som gisslan. Kriminalkommissarie Ewert Grens och kriminalinspektör Sven Sundkvist leder plötsligt två olika brottsutredningar från en operationssal på akutintaget. Har döda människor rätt att tala? När ett brottsoffer blir en brottsling–är hon då god eller ond?

Røveri mod et dansk ægtepar på ferie i Frankrig og en tilsyneladende harmløs københavnsk edb-hacking sætter kriminalassistent Allan Markussen på sporet af en pengeafpresningsaffære, hvor der er milliardbeløb på højkant. Brøndby Idrætsforening, Danmarks Radios sportsredaktion og verdens mest berømte fodboldarena - Real Madrids hjemmebane Estadio Santiago Bernabéo - inddrages i et nådesløst kriminaldrama. Erik V. Krustrup (f. 1934), dansk forfatter.

Un thriller oscuro y sangriento que desatará los secretos inconclusos del pasado de Zoe Natan. Zoe nunca se ha recuperado de la muerte de su hermano, asesinado diez años atrás. Pero cuando empiezan a aparecer hombres muertos y ahorcados, el pasado parece volver a ella con la fuerza contundente de un tsunami. La policía tendrá que investigar lo que está sucediendo y pronto verán el nexo en común entre los diferentes hombres muertos: todos acababan de salir de la prisión.

A storm is coming for Sean Dillon & company in the mesmerizing new thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author. It begins with the attempted assassination of the ex-President of the United States. Only the presence of Sean Dillon and the fellow members of...

October, 2010, Sally Jones had been stabbed in the heart in her apartment on Commonwealth Avenue, in the Bronx. Her coat was on the back of her chair. Her shoes were beside her bed, her clothes were neatly folded, and she was dead under the sheets.

DSI William Lorimer and his wife Maggie are taking their first extended holiday for the first time in years, and they're looking for an adventure. What better place than Zimbabwe, with its bustling cities and beautiful scenery? Back in Glasgow, PC Daniel Kohi, former inspector with the Zimbabwean police, finds himself uncomfortably close to a murder investigation. Why did the murdered man appear at Daniel's house just hours before he was killed? And how he is connected to the troubled family history of Netta Gordon, Daniel's dear friend and lodger?

When Agent Dillon Savich saves Kara Moody from a seemingly crazy man, he doesn't realize he will soon be facing a scientist who wants to live forever and is using "John Doe" to help him. But when the scientist, Lister Maddox, loses him, he ups the stakes and targets another to take his experiments to the next level. It's a race against time literally as Savich and Sherlock rush to stop him and save both present and future victims of his experiments. In the meantime, Cam Wittier and Jack Cabot must track a violent criminal through the Daniel Boone National Forest.

On a balmy, late summer morning in Hilden Heights, Hattie Baker is found dead in her pool, and she wasn’t the first. A socialite and successful business owner, Hattie was an excellent swimmer. Even so, her death was ruled an accident. Her boyfriend, Mason Willis, however, doesn’t believe it was an accident. He thinks she was murdered and goes to Harry Starke for help. Thus begins an investigation that almost costs Harry his life.

L'inspecteur Pendergast est désemparé. Sa pupille Constance Greene est parvenue à retourner dans le New York des années 1880 pour sauver sa sœur avant qu'elle serve de cobaye au sinistre Dr Leng, l'ancêtre de Pendergast devenu son pire ennemi.

The Saint is back - fifty audiobooks are now available starring the debonair classic crime hero. Simon Templar is the Saint - daring, dazzling, and just a little disreputable. On the side of the law, but standing outside it, he dispenses his own brand of justice one criminal at a time. In this collection of nine short stories the Saint encounters a clever detective who isn't, a well-meaning mayor, a man who likes ants and a producer who turns out, much to the Saint's surprise, to be actually quite smart.

Holmes, Watson und der Kommandant der Schweizergarde finden das geheime Versteck der Verschwörer und planen einen Überraschungsangriff. Es kommt zu einem Feuergefecht im Keller des Hauses - mit tödlichem Ausgang.

Die einundzwanzigste Tür des "Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalenders": Nach Sallahs Verschwinden verlassen Holmes und Watson Jerusalem über einen geheimen Tunnel. Dies bringt sie jedoch in höchste Gefahr.

21. The Bearer of God: Holmes, Watson and Lestrade reach a closed off room via the secret corridor. In it somebody is kept against their will. Their identity and reason for imprisonment lead to disturbing findings.

Holmes, Watson and Lestrade reach a closed off room via the secret corridor. In it somebody is kept against their will. Their identity and reason for imprisonment lead to disturbing findings.

Holmes, Watson and Lestrade reach a closed off room via the secret corridor. In it somebody is kept against their will. Their identity and reason for imprisonment lead to disturbing findings.

Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender 21 (Die Gottesgebärerin): Über einen weiteren Geheimgang erreichen Holmes, Watson und Lestrade einen Raum, in dem eine Person gegen ihren Willen festgehalten wird. Deren Identität und der Grund für die Einkerkerung führen zu verstörenden Erkenntnissen.

Bei einem Überfall auf einen Postzug wurden im April 1990 von einer Bande mit professionellem Know-how über 35 Millionen Schilling erbeutet, wobei der Postkursleiter dabei getötet wurde. Es war nicht der einzige Überfall auf Geldtransporte in Österreich dieser gut vorbereiteten Täter, die bis heute unvergessen bleiben.