Showing results for "Digital Dragon" in Police Procedurals

Le village de Gryon, dans les Alpes vaudoises, est en émoi : dans le temple gît un cadavre, nu, allongé sur la table sainte à l'image du Christ crucifié. À l'extrémité du couteau qui lui a transpercé le cœur, un message : "Si donc la lumière qui est en toi est ténèbres, combien seront grandes les ténèbres !" L'inspecteur Andreas Auer est convaincu que ce meurtre est le premier acte d'une mise en scène macabre et symbolique.

Is the Chinese curse just a myth? Soon after an ancient talisman is smuggled out of Hong Kong, a container ship filled with Chinese refugees runs aground on Alcatraz, the crew murdered. The Chinese Triads suspect one of their own, a female assassin named Sally known to have connections with a San Francisco detective named Cape Weathers. But when Sally goes missing, Cape becomes the focus of Triads’ attention, and soon the FBI has him on their radar.

A man wanders lost on a filthy night in the Black mountains of Wales. Despite the valiant efforts of the rescue services, he does not survive. Is this an accident? Or malice aforethought? DCI Warlow and team are drawn into a mystery that soon spirals into more deaths and a poisonous trade. A devious killer is abroad. One that cares for nothing other than their own twisted greed. The dragon's breath taints everything it touches.

Women rich and poor come to her, desperate and in dire need of help – and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients’ condition, her contempt for them and her greed leaves every one of them resentful and angry. So it comes as no surprise to Detective William Murdoch when this malicious woman is murdered. What is a shock, though, is that a week later a young boy is found dead in Dolly’s squalid kitchen.

Finalizada la Guerra Civil, la Sección de Información de Alto Estado Mayor recibe el encargo de localizar "El arte de matar dragones", una tabla italiana perdida en el traslado de los fondos del Museo del Prado. La orden procede de Serrano Suñer y el inspector Arturo Andrade tendrá que...