Showing results for "Birds" in Police Procedurals

Lily Rae is on holiday in El Paso, Texas, when she's kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. El Paso borders on one of the most dangerous places in the world - Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - a city caught in the grip of a war between cartels. Her disappearance is investigated by undercover Mountie Jack Taggart, who discovers a Canadian link to the cartel and penetrates the organization. Taggart is sent to El Paso, where he is partnered with special U.S. Customs agent John Adams. Neither Taggart nor Adams know they have been paired together for a secret purpose.

Detective Sergeant Chris Waters got the call at 05.29 that July morning. This is it, said DCI Reeve, you'll be first there, it's all yours, you're the crime scene manager. Suddenly, after months of waiting and wondering, Waters finds himself in at the deep end, and alone at the scene of a puzzling murder. As the investigation proceeds, the detectives at Kings Lake Central find themselves visiting familiar places and talking to some familiar faces, while old enmities reappear in the incident room. Before this is over, Chris Waters will need to make a career-changing decision.

A survivor of childhood trauma, two marriages, twenty hard years with the Seattle P.D. and the bottle, Jonas Piedmont Beaumont has spent far too much time trolling the darker waters of human nature. In the wake of a devastating professional tragedy, he has decided, at long last, to pull the pin...

Narrated by Jessica Matten, star of the AMC series DARK WINDS, based on the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito novels “Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman, a thrilling and moving chapter in the Leaphorn...

A survivor of childhood trauma, two marriages, twenty hard years with the Seattle P.D. and the bottle, Jonas Piedmont Beaumont has spent far too much time trolling the darker waters of human nature. In the wake of a devastating professional tragedy, he has decided, at long last, to pull the pin...

In Blackbird, the highly anticipated ninth installment of the Hart's Ridge small-town mystery series, Deputy Taylor Gray finds herself supporting a colleague through a painful journey of letting go. Meanwhile, a young woman and her children must flee from her abusive ex-partner, seeking refuge and safety. Deputy Gray becomes entangled in their plight, blurring the lines between duty and personal conviction.

Après vingt-quatre années passées au bureau du shérif du comté d'Absaroka, dans le Wyoming, Walt Longmire aspire à finir sa carrière en paix. Ses espoirs s'envolent quand on découvre le corps de Cody Pritchard près de la réserve cheyenne. Deux années auparavant, Cody avait été un des quatre adolescents condamnés avec sursis pour le viol d'une jeune indienne, Melissa Little Bird, un jugement qui avait avivé les tensions entre les deux communautés.

Homicide detective Frost Easton doesn't like coincidences. When a series of bizarre deaths rock San Francisco - as seemingly random women suffer violent psychotic breaks - Frost looks for a connection that leads him to psychiatrist Francesca Stein. Frankie's controversial therapy helps people erase their most terrifying memories...and all the victims were her patients.

A paranormal mystery spin-off of the Krewe of Hunters series by bestselling author Heather Graham. When serial killers run rampant across Europe it’s up to Blackbird, the Krewe of Hunters’ international operatives, to stop them. Over a century after Jack, a new Ripper is on the loose...

Detective Tom Fabian's past is catching up with him. It has been years since the most high-profile case of his career - when his evidence put infamous serial killer Christopher Wisher behind bars forever. But when Wisher summons a reluctant Fabian to his prison cell to hand over a diary, he realises that Wisher’s twisted games are far from over. Shortly after Fabian’s visit, Wisher is found dead in his cell. And a few days later, the police find a woman’s body bearing Wisher’s signature, a dead songbird....

Ein erschossener Nazirocker im Wildschweingehege in Ketsch, eine unmögliche neue Kollegin und eine Explosion in der Mannheimer Innenstadt. Ihren ersten Tag nach sechs Monaten Auszeit hatte sich Michi Cordes anders vorgestellt. Dann verschwindet auch noch ein Zeuge spurlos. Michi ahnt nicht, dass dieser Fall sie in nur sieben Tagen von zerstrittenen Kleintierzüchtern über die "Germanische Bruderschaft" bis in die Unterwelt von St. Petersburg führen wird. Um Leben zu retten, muss Cordes sich mit der Russenmafia verbünden.

Wie alles begann: Horndeich ermittelt in seinem ersten Fall in Darmstadt. Für alle LeserInnen von Nele Neuhaus und Wolfgang Burger. "Schon während Margot sich neben den Toten kniete, überfiel sie ein Gefühl, dass dieser Mann noch etwas verbarg und drehte den Kopf in ihre Richtung. Dann wusste sie, was es war. Sie hatte den Augenblick immer gefürchtet, und doch gewusst, dass er eines Tages kommen würde: Sie kannte den Toten." In Darmstadt gibt es ein Treffen der so genannten "Madonnenkinder".

Dieses Hörbuch ist anders als alles, was Sie bisher gelesen haben. Nicht, weil drei Autoren drei Helden in drei Thrillern auf drei irrwitzige Trips schicken. Sondern weil die drei Autoren dabei ihre Helden tauschen. Ja, Sie haben richtig gelesen. Das Ergebnis dieser ungewöhnlichen Idee: Drei Novellen, wie sie, abgesehen von den Handlungen, unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten. Mehr noch.