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When Detective Inspector Bridget Hart returns to her old Oxford college for a reunion dinner, she's hoping for a fun weekend catching up with old friends. But the reunion takes a macabre turn when body parts are served up at the college feast, and one of her friends is found murdered. With Bridget's arch rival Inspector Baxter leading the murder inquiry, and herself a potential suspect, Bridget is forbidden from taking part in the investigation. But that doesn't stop her from carrying out her own private inquiries. Bridget soon realizes that the murderer is someone known to her.

Convinta che qualcuno stia cercando di ucciderla, la ricca Jane Wetherby chiede a Hamish Macbeth di trascorrere il Natale con lei e con un gruppo di amici presso la sua clinica termale, che sorge sull'isola di Eileencraig. Tormentato da un brutto raffreddore e senza progetti per il periodo natalizio, Hamish accetta, anche se pensa che Jane sia soltanto una donna po' strampalata. Sull'isola, però, l'atmosfera è assai cupa: gli abitanti sono scontrosi e quasi aggressivi e gli altri ospiti sono assai gelidi nei suoi confronti.

Caroline Crow ist spurlos verschwunden. Als der Chirurg Simon Banks und Carolines Ehemann Adrian jeweils eine abgetrennte, verbrannte Hand erhalten, wächst bei allen Beteiligten die Sorge, dass hinter Carolines Verschwinden viel mehr, viel Bedrohlicheres steckt. Der Kriminelle Gabriel Howard ist kürzlich aus dem Gefängnis entlassen worden und sinnt auf Rache. Detective Sheridan Hollers kriminalistischer Instinkt sagt ihr, dass diese Fälle zusammenhängen.

The Dark Yorkshire Series - fast-paced crime fiction stories featuring DI Nathaniel Caslin. The first three full-length books in this best-selling series are brought together for the first time in this great value set.

Get three absolutely gripping crime thrillers set on the UK's atmospheric north Norfolk coast from number one best-selling British author J M Dalgliesh in this great value collection.

Jotkut ihmiset ansaitsevat rangaistuksen, toiset ansaitsevat kuolla. M-ryhmä suuntaa Katrineholmiin selvittämään oikeuslääkäri Nils Sachsin raakaa murhaa. Tehtävä herättää voimakkaita tunteita Nora Fellerissä, sillä juuri Nils on yksi niistä, jotka saivat hänet jättämään aikaisemman tehtävänsä Katrineholmin poliisissa. Kaikki jäljet osoittavat yhteen ja samaan suuntaan, mutta Noralla on pahaenteinen tunne, ettei kaikki mene aivan niin kuin pitäisi. M-ryhmän kollegoiden väliset kahnaukset käyvät vain ikävämmiksi, eikä Nora pysty enää luottamaan keneenkään.

Somebody in Washington is updating Shakespeare. The first thing he wants to do is kill all the lobbyists. Knocking off three of them in consecutive weeks, he's off to a fast start. On the lapel of each victim, the killer leaves a pin that, arguably, resembles Porky Pig. The Metro police are on the case when Putnam Shady steps forward and identifies the third victim as a friend. Authority-averse, Putnam gives the cops only bare-bones information - but he tells Margaret "Sweetie" Sweeney that he thinks he will be the next victim.

A schoolgirl found it on a nature hike. A severed human foot wearing pink nail polish. A gruesome but invaluable clue that leads forensic pathologist Birdy Waterman down a much darker trail - to a dangerous psychopath whose powers of persuasion seem to have no end.

Eine Ausgrabungsstelle am Rande Hamburgs. Archäologen machen eine schreckliche Entdeckung: Die Grabungsleiterin Melanie Dahl ist tot, ihr nackter Körper mit Runenzeichen bedeckt. Hauptkommissar Jörg Albrecht und seine hochschwangere Kollegin Hannah Friedrichs ermitteln in einem ihrer schwierigsten Fälle. Die Tote hatte sich mächtige Feinde gemacht, auch durch ihr Team ziehen sich tiefe Risse. Alle Spuren führen jedoch zu einer neuheidnischen Sekte.

An unforgivable crime. A murderous act of revenge. A killer with justice on their side. Once, the infamous Dahlia Rapist terrorised young women – and their parents alike – with his brutal acts of violence and sinister calling card. Today, Raymond Knox has shunned his former alias and is...

Some people have secrets. And there are those who have deadly secrets. The murder of an unidentified woman in a hotel room proves to be a perplexing case for DI Sara Ramsey. Sifting through the victim's past reveals numerous inconsistencies and shocking secrets she had taken to her grave. Why had the killer silenced her? Sara and her team need to unravel the mystery, but in doing so, do they put yet more lives in danger as well as their own? In order to find happiness in her personal life, Sara is forced to deal with demons from her past.

All has been quiet in Liverpool, suspiciously quiet… So, when a frantic 999 call comes into Hale Street Police Station reporting a missing woman, it seems like there’s work to do. Except for DI Sheridan Holler there are questions. Why did Caroline Crow take her purse, suitcase and even tell friends she was going away? There’s no reason to suspect foul play…until a severed, burned hand is delivered to another address.

*** Die Must-Hear-Krimiserie aus UK, die nun Deutschland im Sturm erobert ... *** Was würdest du tun, um deine Vergangenheit geheim zu halten? Als einheimische Fischer die verstümmelten Überreste einer Frau aus dem Wasser ziehen, müssen DI Tom Janssen und sein Team herausfinden, wie und warum sie dort gelandet ist. In diesem Fall, bei dem Tom Janssens neue, dauerhafte Chefin DCI Tamara Greave mit an Bord ist, bleibt abzuwarten, ob es sich beim Tod der Frau um Mord oder einen tragischen Unfall handelt.

Die Vergangenheit auszugraben ... ist ein Todesurteil ... Als ein Teenager während der Burns Night verschwindet, unternimmt DI Duncan McAdam alles, um ihn zu finden. Der Vater allerdings scheint sich keine großen Sorgen zu machen. Nachdem die Leiche einer Frau mit einer einzelnen Stichwunde in der Brust in der Bucht von Talisker gefunden wird, wird dem Team um DI McAdam klar, dass sich ein Mörder auf der Insel herumtreibt. Ein schwerer Schneesturm sucht die Insel heim. Schnell wird es zu einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um den vermissten Jungen zu finden.

Midt i julen placerer en seriemorder udstillede kropsdele over hele Cumbria. Et mystisk budskab efterlades på hvert gerningssted: #BSC6.

Amid the glamour and money is a seedy underbelly that runs through the city like an electrical current. Young women are enticed into relationships with older men where sex and money are traded-creating a power dynamic that leaves the woman vulnerable and susceptible to a killer. Agents Walsh and James must figure out who to believe in a city where everyone has an agenda, and even the local cops seem to have something to hide. A devastating break in the case reveals the potential killer, but the chase is on to find out who is harboring and potentially helping him.

He considers himself an artist. His medium is murder. Someone is killing young women, strangling them in their beds, and arranging their bodies in a certain way after death. The police have no witnesses and the killer has left no clues. When a second victim is discovered, DI Erica Swift finds herself on the hunt for another serial killer. Lara Maher is living with a man who controls her every move. He treats her like a precious possession, and their shared past ties her to him. But now something has changed, and his increasingly volatile moods terrify her.