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It starts with a double homicide. Because of the high profiles of the victims - a politically connected socialite and his glamorous fiancée - the mayor of San Francisco herself demands that a high-ranking detective be put on the case. And so Abe Glitsky is thrust into the controversial investigation.

Just months before Hawaii's gubernatorial primary election, a body is found on the floor of the open air capitol, a macabre scene specifically manipulated to draw attention to a sitting governor with waning political support. Frantic, he calls on the Honolulu Chief of Police Walter Tseng, demanding that the perpetrator be brought to justice as swiftly and silently as possible, fearful a scandal might destroy whatever chance he still has at gaining re-election.

Jane Cho is a former legal investigator who was really good at her job, but she quit when someone she was investigating tried to have her killed. She returned to the seaside town of Waverly, Massachusetts, to run a takeout-food shop, Comfort & Joy, and to live a quiet, safer life. She thought everything was behind her as that person was convicted and is behind bars. But one peaceful morning, Jane stumbles over a dead body while taking out the trash. The dead woman ran a nearby bed and breakfast and had been threatened by Jane's thriving new business.

Rye Marshall had it all - wealth, prominence, and the love of his life. But nothing lasts forever, and his perfect world came crashing down around him. When the dust settled, he found himself alone and starting from a clean slate. Grace Dorrance had made many mistakes in her life, but one stood out above the rest - an epic ending to a complex and passionate relationship. She left her former lover’s life in complete ruins and tried her best never to look back at the wreckage.

A man is found poisoned by the deadly toxin aconite. A note found at the scene leads Detective Sergeant Jack Mackinnon to a University of Oxford laboratory, where staff and students are desperate to hide their association with the victim. As Mackinnon gets closer to the truth, he finds his own family could be at risk.

Two teenage boys make a gruesome discovery. A body locked inside a church crypt. The victim’s throat viciously ripped out. The dead man is quickly identified as twenty-year-old Matthew Flynn, son of a wealthy businessman. He was reported missing a year ago. Nothing about the crime scene makes sense to forensic psychologist Kate Hanson. The evidence reveals careful planning — but also a frenzied loss of control. Kate and her team disagree about the killer’s motive — is it drugs? Money? Sex?

The war with the Troka Clan, an Albanian mafia organization, is over. Still, Shy is convinced that the gang’s American partner, Daniel Beason, is responsible for the murder of her friend, Reeva Duckworth. Despite her promise to hang up her guns, and her husband’s pleas for her not to get involved because the Albanians are dangerous, Shy is determined to find Beason and ensure he gets what he deserves. Knowing that the boss’s wife can’t be in the streets unprotected, Shy enlists the help of her lifelong BFF, Ryder, the acting captain of Carter Garrison’s crew.

Der Kriminalschriftsteller Edgar Dickens hat eine Schreibblockade. Eines Morgens schlägt er die Zeitung auf und erfährt von einem unbekannten Toten, der nahe London beim Meilenstein 27 an einer Landstraße gefunden wurde. Das könnte die Inspiration sein, auf die sein Kriminalroman gewartet hat! Er macht sich auf den Weg dorthin zwecks Milieustudien vor Ort. Nur zu dumm, dass der Tote aus Dickens‘ eigenem Umfeld stammt! Dies lässt seine Anwesenheit am Tatort doch sehr verdächtig wirken.

München, 1895: Major Wilhelm Freiherr von Gryszinski ermittelt wieder im Dienste der Königlich Bayrischen Polizeidirektion. Ein junger Mann wird ermordet, seine Leiche in einer kunstvollen Pose drapiert, die an die Gemälde der klassischen Mythologie erinnert. Die Ermittlungen führen nach Schwabing. Das Künstlerviertel mit seinen rauschenden Festen und lockeren Moralvorstellungen gilt als das Babylon Bayerns, und der preußische Ermittler findet sich plötzlich in der Welt der Maler, Musen und Möchtegerne wieder.

When Sylvia Shipman's uncle plunges to his death on the eve of a catastrophic stock market crash, the verdict is suicide. But Sylvia doubts the official story after seeing a sinister stranger fleeing the scene. She doubts it even more after learning of her uncle's secret criminal connections. With the help of her family's attractive new chauffeur, the mysteriously capable Miles, Sylvia chases the true killer through the swanky jazz clubs and shadowed alleyways of 1920s New York.

With the cranberry farm in full harvest mode, Monica is thrilled to learn that they'll be the featured guests on a local TV news show. Certain the exposure will give her bakery products and the farm's store a welcome boost, she's also nervous about how she'll come across on-screen. But her real worries begin when the show's ruthless star is found bludgeoned to death on a side road of the farm - and Monica's own brother heads up the list of suspects.

A wave of apparently random homicides is sweeping through their idyllic seaside town of Helsingborg. The murders have no pattern, no order, no reason. The perpetrator is immune to psychological profiling; forensically untraceable; utterly invulnerable to modern police techniques. The body count is growing. But lead investigator Fabian Risk is distracted by his mission to expose a corrupt colleague, and his boss Astrid is spiralling back into addiction. As the hunt for the solution becomes ever more desperate, their tight-knit team begins to unravel.

When Lee hires a free-spirited employee with a tie-dyed, troubled past, she discovers that even the counterculture can conceal a killer....As much as the chocolate concoctions at Ten Huis Chocolade can tantalize people’s tongues, Lee’s newest hire is more likely to make them wag. Forsythia “Sissy” Smith is the granddaughter of Warner Pier’s resident hippie, but the fact that Sissy is a third-generation flower child is the least of Lee’s concerns. The previous winter, Sissy’s husband, Buzz, was found dead, and even though her alibi was airtight, the gossips are still pointing their fingers at her.

Manche Täter sind auch zu geschickt. Da muss schon ein Spezialist wie Kommissar Bender ran. Wie zum Beispiel in dem Fall mit den verschwundenen Juwelen...

Flambeau, der meistgesuchte Verbrecher Frankreichs, soll auf den Weg nach London sein; angelockt von dem blauen Karfunkel, den der Chef der Pariser Polizei, Valentine, mit Absicht schlecht gesichert ausstellen lassen will. Schon bei der Überfahrt von Paris nach London ereignen sich merkwürdige Ereignisse. Nicht nur, dass ein immer plappernder und seine Vorhaben laut ausplappernder Pater mit an Bord ist, auch scheint es, als würde Valentine beobachtet.

The greatest stars of screen and stage, the greatest writers of print and radio—all combine to keep you in…suspense! Here are twenty nerve-stretching exercises in crime, mystery, and the uncanny featuring Robert Montgomery, Gregory Peck, Lana Turner, William Powell, Ronald Reagan, Joseph Cotton, and more. Fates and fortunes may be threatened by a jealous spouse, an unscrupulous authority figure…or the truth. Find out what rash decisions are made in the desperation of the moment in riveting radio plays produced and directed by Anton M. Leader, William Spier, and Norman Macdonnell.