Showing results for "Pain" in Police Procedurals

Long Beach homicide detective Danny Beckett can’t escape the pain. It’s everywhere: in the injuries that earned him a year-long medical leave; in the suffering of every victim he’s ever encountered; in the agony of his past. But he must keep the pain at bay to prove he still has what it takes to do the job. So it’s only fitting that his first major case back is a gruesome one: A California congressman’s daughter-in-law and grandchildren have been brutally murdered, and the carnage is some of the worst Danny’s ever seen. Is it a mob hit? Political retribution? A random sex crime? Nothing quite adds up….

One is Paul Offenbach, a sadistic crime boss with a life-threatening bullet wound. The other is his hostage, Dr. Stuart Collier, now faced with a harrowing ethical quandary. Mile by mile, as a calculated battle of wills and wits plays out, the killer plots his next move. So does the doctor, sworn to do no harm but desperate to escape.

Als im Morgengrauen die schrecklich zugerichtete Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden wird, geht die Polizei zunächst von einem klassischen Tötungsdelikt aus. Zwei tiefe Stichwunden im Kopf und die Platzierung der Toten in einer anscheinend schlafenden Position geben dem Ermittlerteam um den Kommissar David Richter und die Gerichtsmedizinerin Dr. Nora Mors jedoch Rätsel auf.