Showing results for "Cold Cases" in Mystery

The 30th gritty mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling Bob Skinner series, not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May. Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner may have left the police service, but he's never far from a case. When his old mentor on the force, Jimmy Proud, finds himself in a desperate situation, Skinner gets pulled into a murder investigation that's been closed for 30 years.

Mags Murray is still recovering from the shock of meeting her biological father. When he and his family invest in renovating a Scottish castle hotel, Mags offers to oversee the property's cemetery restoration, hoping to find some common ground with her newfound relations. But if the castle's business isn't booming soon, the family will be out of funds and the medieval landmark might crumble to the ground.

It's winter in Cherringham, and petty thief Charlie Topper's life is in danger. Desperate, he reaches out to Jack and Sarah for help: last summer - during a robbery - he witnessed a cold-blooded murder, and now he fears the killer is after him. Can Jack and Sarah solve this very cold case - before the desperate murderer comes for them too? Set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham, the detective series brings together an unlikely sleuthing duo: English web designer Sarah and American ex-cop Jack.

Lauren Riley is an accomplished detective who has always been on the opposite side of the courtroom from slick defense attorney Frank Violanti. But now he’s begging to hire her as a private investigator to help clear his client of murder. At first Lauren refuses, wanting nothing to do with the media circus surrounding the case - until she meets the 18-year-old suspect. To keep an innocent teen from life in prison, Lauren must unravel the conflicting evidence and changing stories to get at the buried facts.

Protecting her ranch has always come first… Until she learns about her unborn baby. After almost losing her life in a fire, Wyoming PI Anna Hudson wakes up to the sight of a familiar stranger. Anna and Hawk Steele shared one passionate night. Now the arson investigator will go to any lengths...

The Cat Who Cracked a Cold Case by L T Shearer is a charming cosy crime listen for fans of Richard Osman and S. J. Bennett. A crime gone unsolved for five years . . . The life of Lulu Lewis, a retired police detective, took an unforgettable turn when Conrad first introduced himself to her...

Fenella Woods is nervous but eager to start driving lessons on the Isle of Man. Having never driven a manual transmission before, she quickly finds herself struggling with having to change gears with her left hand while sitting on what feels like the wrong side of the car and driving on what seems to be the wrong side of the road. Her friendship with CID Inspector Daniel Robinson is less stressful. He's going through some cold cases, and he asks her to share her thoughts.

Jayne Frost is a winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne, and now private investigator. Needing someone he can trust, her father sends her to Nocturne Falls to find out why employees at a toy store are going missing. Doing that requires getting to know the town, which leads to interesting encounters with a sexy vampire, an old flame, and an elevator that's strictly off-limits. The more Jayne finds out, the more questions she has, but the answers lead her deeper into danger.

Rome, 1923. Rex and Dora's holiday comes to an abrupt end when they receive an urgent message from Rome. The Carabinieri have accused the British ambassador of murder. A witness puts the ambassador at the scene and the evidence points to his guilt. But he assures the couple he is innocent. If the Carabinieri are allowed to proceed with their accusations, this simple case will become an international incident.

Tea Room owner and reluctant amateur sleuth Laney Powers decides to enjoy some of the natural beauty of Vermont and travels to a popular nearby hiking spot. She runs into the Mayor of Iberden, Raymond Andrews, who decides to join her on the hike, and knowing that there’s safety in numbers, Laney is glad for the company. The hike turns into a murder investigation when they make a gruesome discovery on the trail.

Nebel liegt über dem Süden Schwedens, als in Malmö eine der umstrittensten Künstlerinnen des Landes ermordet aufgefunden wird. Zuvor war ihre Kunst mutwillig zerstört. Mit merkwürdigem Lehm, der eine gruselige Verbindung zu einem ungelösten Mordfall, einem COLD CASE, herstellt. Vor 15 Jahren war ein Mann auf brutale Weise ermordet worden. Am Opfer fand man damals das gleiche Material. Tess Hjalmarsson stürzt sich in die Ermittlungen.

When Lt. Everett T. Pope is notified of an explosion in downtown Denver close to the judicial buildings, his first instinct is gas leak. No such luck. As Incident Command and Pope's own Major Crimes unit move in, he discovers he knows the intended victims—an Assistant U. S. Attorney—and Pope's former partner, now a private investigator, has died shielding the injured AUSA with his body.

When cold-case Detective Lauren Riley returns to work months after being stabbed by a fellow police officer, it’s clear that her troubles are far from over. The body of a young woman has been found in the same woods as a murder victim from one of Lauren’s most horrifying cases. It doesn’t take long for Lauren to be back at square one confronting David Spencer, the quietly deranged man she could never prove was a killer.

Since her partner on the Cold Case team has been out of action after being shot in the line of duty, Lauren Riley has been working Homicide. Her latest case involves an Icelandic man murdered on the streets of Buffalo mere feet from his hotel. The brutality of the case hits Lauren hard. When she realizes the murder was committed on the night of a Full Cold Moon, it triggers memories of the first cold case she investigated that she’s been unable to solve.

Every small town has one unsolved case that haunts its memory, festering for generations below the surface. Over sixty years ago, Daisy Doe was murdered and discarded outside Pineville, Alabama, buried without a name or anyone to mourn her loss. When Star Cavanaugh's father tried to solve the case, he too was killed. Now a cold-case detective with resources of her own, Star is determined to get to the bottom of both crimes. But to do so, she’ll have to face an entire town locked in corruption, racism, silence, and fear—and the same dangerous killer who took two other lives.

Shannon Wells is a private investigator who helps women with nowhere else to go. Last year, a woman named Faith Selby came to Shannon with a strange request: Find out who I really am. Shannon soon discovered that Faith was hiding a whole other life, but was unable to penetrate the web of mystery the woman had built around her past. Now Faith is dead. The only clue to who she was and why she was murdered is an old photograph of a little girl in the rain outside a Midwestern motel.

Die 19-jährige Tallulah – Mutter eines kleinen Jungen – verschwindet nach einem Abend mit ihrem Freund Zach spurlos. Ein Jahr später stößt die Schriftstellerin Sophie in dem kleinen Dorf auf rätselhafte Hinweise: ein verlorener Ring, ein versteckter Tunnel, ein altes Verbrechen. Je tiefer sie in die Vergangenheit eintaucht, desto deutlicher offenbart sich ein Netz aus Lügen und dunklen Verstrickungen: Zachs bedrohliche Kontrolle, ein Lehrer, der alte Rechnungen begleichen will, und ein Schuldirektor, dessen Doppelleben tödliche Folgen hatte.

Leo Asker steht eine Beförderung in Aussicht, und damit die Hoffnung, die Abteilung für verlorene Seelen bald hinter sich zu lassen. Doch dann wird ihr ein Cold Case zugespielt, der ihr zum Verhängnis werden könnte. Zehn Jahre zuvor wurde eine Frau unter mysteriösen Umständen ermordet und in einer verlassenen Torffabrik abgelegt. Das Opfer weist verblüffende Ähnlichkeiten mit dem »Graumädchen« auf, einer zweitausend Jahre alten Moorleiche aus derselben Gegend.

‘HELP! I am addicted to this series! Unputdownable’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Snow is falling. Murder is calling. Journalist Gordon Carver receives news that sends a chill down his spine. Rushing home from the pub, he frantically calls his police contact, DCI James Walker to share...

¿Y si la persona a la que mejor creías conocer se convierte en alguien que no conoces en absoluto? Andrea Cooper lo sabe todo sobre su madre, Laura. Sabe que pasó toda su vida en el pequeño pueblo costero de Gullaway Island; sabe que lo único que ha querido siempre es vivir una vida...