Showing results for "May" in Police Procedurals

Detective Max Rupert's and attorney Boady Sanden's friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront their own personal demons.

Misery Bay is a picturesque fishing village on the Eastern shore of Nova Scotia, a seemingly idyllic location. But the islands and hidden coves hide something more sinister. Illegal immigrants and drugs are being smuggled in for the escort services in Halifax. Special Constable Garrett Barkhouse has spent 20 years fighting these twin scourges, but now he's burned out and planning to retire. However, his boss, Deputy Commissioner Alton Tuttle, has other plans.

The Thames is London's most important yet neglected artery. When a young woman is found chained to a post in the tide, no one can understand how she came to be drowned there. That's only part of the problem. Bryant's deteriorating condition prevents him from handling the case. To make matters worse, May makes a fatal error of judgment that knocks him out of action.

In an adventure that's as twisting as the river, will there be anything left of the Peculiar Crimes Unit when it's over?

May Death Sleep is the third book in the hit series about Detective Inspector Maria Wern. A murder, and a suicide leads DI Maria Wern into the world of renowned IVF-clinic Cheiron and its owner Per Göthe - a man with an impeccable history. How is he involved in the grisly murder? As Maria...

A banking scandal has filled the city with violent protests, and a young homeless man burns to death after being caught between rioters and the police. But all is not as it seems; an opportunistic killer is using the chaos to exact revenge. Arthur Bryant and John May soon find their investigation taking an apocalyptic turn as the case comes to involve the history of mob rule, corruption, punishment, and the legend of Guy Fawkes.

In every detective's life there are cases that can't be discussed. Now Arthur Bryant has decided to open the files on 11 of these previously unseen investigations. The first-ever collection of Bryant & May stories not only sheds light on 11 classic cases but also contains everything you need to know about the two octogenarian detectives and the Peculiar Crimes Unit.

Glasgow is a city in mourning. An arson attack on a hairdresser's has left five dead. Tempers are frayed, and sentiments running high. When three youths are charged, the city goes wild. A crowd gathers outside the courthouse, but as the police drive the young men to prison, the van is rammed by a truck and the men are grabbed and bundled into a car. The next day, the body of one of them is dumped in the city centre. A note has been sent to the newspaper: one down, two to go. Detective Harry McCoy has 24 hours to find the kidnapped boys before they all turn up dead.

There are situations that fill even the most seasoned FBI K-9 handlers with shock and horror. Meg Jennings is preparing for another workday when she gets word of a catastrophic scene in downtown Washington, D.C. Part of a twelve-story condo building has collapsed, and the rest of the structure could soon follow. Every search-and-rescue worker and K-9 team is needed on-site immediately to find survivors—and assess the casualties.

A crime of passion strikes close to home when Gemma and her best friend, Hazel Cavendish, travel to Scotland, a land of mists and fine whiskey, of hidden pasts and dangerous secrets, or so Gemma discovers when an unexpected meeting with Hazel's old flame yields shocking—and mortal—consequences. Hazel is the logical suspect, but Gemma knows nothing is simple in this place of secrets and long-seething hatreds.

Two teenagers see a dead man rising from his grave. And if that's not alarming enough, one of them is killed in a hit and run accident. Soon it seems death is all around and Bryant and May must confront a group of latter-day bodysnatchers. More graves are desecrated, further deaths occur, and when Bryant is blindfolded and taken to a secret society, he realises that this case is more complex than even he had imagined.

When Detective Sime Mackenzie boards a light aircraft at Montreal's St. Hubert airfield, he does so without looking back. For Sime, the 850-mile journey ahead represents an opportunity to escape the bitter blend of loneliness and regret that has come to characterise his life in the city. Travelling as part of an eight-officer investigation team, Sime's destination lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Only two kilometres wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a population of around 130 inhabitants - the wealthiest of which has just been discovered murdered in his home.

Ile de Groix , France. This tiny isle off the coast of Brittany is the scene of a murder left shrouded in mystery and grief. Adam Killian's study has been left intact since his death - the perfect state for Enzo Macleod's forensic investigation. Killian's daughter-in-law is still hoping, the first suspect is still hiding and the treacherous island itself still has a revelation for Enzo.

A man stands bewildered on a deserted beach on the Hebridean Isle of Harris. He cannot remember who he is. The only clue to his identity is a folded map of a path named the Coffin Road. He does not know where this search will take him. A detective from Lewis sits aboard a boat, filled with doubt. DS George Gunn knows that a bludgeoned corpse has been discovered on a remote rock 20 miles offshore. He does not know if he has what it takes to uncover how and why.

Gaillac, southwest France. Gil Petty, America's most celebrated wine critic, is found strung up in a vineyard, dressed in the ceremonial robes of the Order of the Divine Bottle and pickled in wine. For forensic expert Enzo Macleod, the key to this unsolved murder lies in decoding Petty's mysterious reviews - which could make or break a vineyard's reputation.

Finde den Tod, bevor er dich findet: Die Jagd nach einem Serienmörder führt die Ermittler Gray und Sophia nicht nur zur tot geglaubten Sekte Fiordia, sondern auch tief in ihre eigenen psychischen Verstrickungen. Dabei merken sie nach und nach, wie viel die Morde mit ihnen selbst zu tun haben. Und machen die schmerzhafte Erfahrung: Du kannst die Gegenwart so lange ignorieren, bis sie dich als Vergangenheit einholt.

Fin Macleod har lagt sit arbejde i drabsafdelingen i Edinburgh bag sig og er faldet til på sin fødeø, The Isle of Lewis, hvor han arbejder som sikkerhedschef for en af øens store jordbesiddere. Jobbet bringer ham dog snart på kollisionskurs med sin gamle barndomsven Whistler Macaskill, områdets mest indædte krybskytte. Da Fin opsøger Whistler, bliver de to mænd vidner til et sælsomt naturfænomen. En dyb sø står pludseligt og uforklarligt drænet for vand, og op af mudderet stikker de næsten uskadte rester af et lille enmotors fly, som forsvandt sporløst for sytten år siden.

Da et bestialsk mord begået på Isle of Lewis viser sig at bære ligheder med et andet mord begået på fastlandet, bliver Fin Macleod fra Edinburghs politi hentet ud af sin sygeorlov og udsendt til øen for at bistå efterforskningen. Fin er født og opvokset på Isle of Lewis og turen til fødeøen bliver en rejse tilbage til hans egen mørke fortid.

Da et yderst velbevaret lig dukker op i en tørvemose på Isle of Lewis, er øboerne overbevist om, at man har gjort et epokegørende oldtidsfund af samme betydning som Tollundmanden. Den døde bliver da også hurtigt omtalt som 'Lewismanden'. Men da retsmedicinerne finder en falmet Elvis-tatovering på Lewismandens overarm, og da en dna-analyse desuden viser, at han er i nær familie med en af øens kendte skikkelser, indleder det lokale politi en mordefterforskning.

Zoey Andrews verschwindet an einem warmen Herbsttag aus einem Park mitten im Herzen von New York City. Es gibt keine Zeugen. Die Cops des New York City Police Departments halten das Mädchen für das dritte Opfer des von ihnen spöttisch genannten „Dolly-Lovers“. Für die Journalistin Doreen Bertani beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit.

The odd couple of detection, the brilliant but cranky Arthur Bryant and John May of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit, return in a tense, atmospheric new thriller that keeps you guessing right to the end. This time the detectives are up against a series of bizarre murders that defy human understanding, and a killer no human hand may be able to stop.