Showing results for "Hole" in Police Procedurals

In 1964, when Ned Parker, farmer and part-time constable, is summoned to a cornfield one hot morning to examine the remains of a tortured bird dog, he discovers that there is a dark presence in their quiet community of Center Springs, Texas. Ned is usually confident handling moonshiners, drunks, and instances of domestic dispute. But when it comes to animal atrocities—which then turn to murder—the investigation spins beyond his abilities.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Behind Dead Eyes by Howard Linskey, read by Kieran Bew. A MYSTERY VICTIM A corpse is found: its identity extinguished in the most shocking manner imaginable. Detective Ian Bradshaw can't catch the killer if no one can ID the...

Hell Hole is the fourth book in the mystery series featuring hardened former military PD and current Sea Haven, New Jersey, police officer John Ceepak and his partner, wise-cracking Danny Boyle.

In Hell Hole, Ceepak is confronted with his most personal case yet when he must investigate the alleged suicide of a military corporal who recently returned from Iraq. It turns out that this "locked stall" rest-stop suicide is anything but an open-and-shut case.

Le prime vittime sono due donne. Ritrovate con ventiquattro ferite identiche in bocca. Morte soffocate nel loro sangue, dopo una agonia atroce. Omicidi studiati, efferati, che seguono un rituale. La polizia criminale di Oslo sa di avere un solo uomo che può risolvere il caso. Harry Hole, alcolista, uomo rude e solitario, inviso a molti. Ma Hole si è rintanato a Hong Kong, tra le fumerie d'oppio, per lavare via i ricordi.Sa fin troppo bene che, per risolvere l'ultimo caso, ha messo in pericolo di vita l'unica donna che ha mai davvero amato.

Zugegeben, der Osloer Kommissar Harry Hole kann sich einer gewissen Faszination nicht entziehen. Als er den Auftragskiller Stankic ins Visier genommen hat, trifft er auf einen ebenbürtigen Gegner. Der kroatische Kriegsveteran zwingt ihn in ein atemloses Duell, in einen unerbittlichen Wettlauf auf Leben und Tod.