Showing results for "Rose" in Police Procedurals

Drei starke Frauen und ein schwieriger Kriminalfall: Detective Aiden Carlisle wird auf eine mutmaßliche Vergewaltigung angesetzt. Unter Tatverdacht steht ausgerechnet die neue Patientin ihrer Lebensgefährtin Dawn Kinsley. Während die Psychologin Dawn an die Unschuld ihrer Patientin glaubt, muss Aiden schonungslos ihren Ermittlungen nachgehen. Was sie herausfindet, bringt ihre Welt ins Wanken. Derselbe Fall bringt auch Kade Mathesons geordnetes Leben durcheinander. Die ehrgeizige Staatsanwältin muss sich der Tatsache stellen, dass sie sich zu Frauen hingezogen fühlt.

Detective Inspector Alec McKay is drawn into a chilling hunt for a serial killer. But first he must face the demons of his own past… Still grieving the tragic loss of his daughter, McKay becomes obsessed with a seemingly cold missing persons case—until bodies start turning up across the Black Isle. Each victim is surrounded by roses and candles, leaving McKay and his team to untangle the disturbing ritual behind the murders. As they struggle to crack the killer’s cryptic pattern, McKay’s own life begins to unravel.

When FBI agent Eva Rae receives an invitation to a private island for the 20th birthday party of Mark, the son of a friend from her mother's group, she jumps at the chance for a weekend of beach, sun and a drink in her hand. Her excitement quickly turns to horror when the next morning reveals Mark's lifeless body in the ocean. All eyes turn with suspicion toward Eva Rae's daughter Olivia, who was spotted passionately kissing the birthday boy under the moonlight the night before.

THE TOP FIVE KINDLE BESTSELLER ‘AMAZING. I read it in one go. I was totally hooked.’ MARIAN KEYES ‘Utterly addictive. Compulsive, twisty, tense.’ CLAIRE DOUGLAS, author of Local Girl Missing Her name was Rose. You watched her die. And her death has created a vacancy. Rose Grahame had...

10am: A mother rushes for a train after dropping her daughter at school but is reported missing when she doesn't return to pick her up. 2.47pm: The same train causes the death of a young woman; her body bound and placed on the tracks. When Detective Alana Mack discovers the missing mother has vanished from the same train that claimed the life of the young woman, she fears the worst. A killer is on the loose, targeting women and leaving their broken bodies scattered across Dublin's Dart train line.

Piersanti Spina, vicequestore a Tor Pignattara, non sente il freddo, non sente il caldo, non sente nemmeno i pugni e le ferite. La sua è una malattia, eppure ci sono colleghi che lo invidiano, altri che lo guardano con sospetto, altri ancora che trovano la cosa divertente. In ogni caso, fra i poliziotti è una leggenda. È la notte di San Valentino quando in un parco della periferia capitolina viene scoperto il cadavere martoriato di un venditore di rose bengalese. Qualcuno ha infierito su di lui con un'arma affilata. Cosa si prova a essere pugnalati?

Ex-agent Eva Rae Thomas is on the run. The past month, she has done things she never knew she was capable of while hunting for her kidnapped daughter. Eva Rae has risked everything: her career, her newfound love, her freedom. She’s looking for the man they call the Iron Fist. The trail has led her to Miami. Meanwhile, Miami is under attack. Hundreds of passengers in the Metrorail are exposed to a deathly nerve gas on a peaceful Monday morning.

A headless stranger is found in the woods of Wild Thyme, a small town in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. All signs point to a man-killing bear, and Officer Henry Farrell would just as soon leave this hunt to the Game Commission. But doubts arise when he discovers the victim was a retired investigator. What drew the investigator to sleepy Wild Thyme? Before Henry can find answers, his own nephew disappears into the hills. Then an old flame dies under suspicious circumstances, leaving Henry as the prime suspect.

Chi è realmente Gary Soneji, timido e stimato professore di matematica in una esclusiva scuola di Washington? E perché, senza un motivo apparente, ha rapito Maggie Rose, figlia di una star del cinema, e Michael Goldberg, figlio del ministro del Tesoro? Un caso micidiale per Alex Cross, detective con una laurea in psicologia, che lavora nel ghetto di Washington.

Three years ago, Kate Doyle escaped a serial killer who died at the hands of her rescuers. FBI consultant and psychologist Ryan Strickland helped Kate rebuild her life, and the case was closed on the Rose Reaper’s seven victims—the six who were killed and Kate, the one who got away. Today, Kate has a good man in her life, a secure job, and hope. But her dreams for the future become a nightmare when a copycat killer starts hunting. One by one, with each new body, comes a gift for Kate: a single red rose. And then the warning: See you soon.

When Mattie Harris' body is found drowned in the river, everyone in Lydmouth knows something is wrong. Mattie wasn't a swimmer - it can't have been a simple accident. She was drunk on the last night of her life - could she have fallen in? Or was she pushed? Mattie was a waitress, so when Lydmouth's most prominent citizens become very anxious to establish that her death was accidental, Jill Francis' suspicions become roused. In the meantime she is becoming ever closer to Inspector Richard Thornhill and discovering that the living have as many secrets as the dead.

The murder of Judge Hugo Jackson is out of Detective Simon Ziele's jurisdiction in more ways than one. For one, its high-profile enough to command the attention of the notorious new police commissioner, since Judge Jackson was presiding over the sensational trial of Al Drayson. Drayson, an anarchist, set off a bomb at a Carnegie family wedding, but instead of killing millionaires, it killed passersby, including a child. The dramatic trial has captured the full attention of 1906 New York City.

Ein toter Cop. Eine toughe Privatermittlerin. Und ein skrupelloser Mörder, der die Macht in seinen Händen hält. Dunkelste Nacht ist der 1. Thriller der New-Orleans-Reihe von Bestseller-Autorin Karen Rose. Der junge Star-Koch Gabe kann und will nicht glauben, dass sein Vater Rocky Selbstmord begangen haben soll. Er ist überzeugt, dass jemand den Polizisten zum Schweigen bringen wollte. Deshalb wendet er sich an den ehemaligen Partner seines Vaters: Burke Broussard hilft als Privatermittler denen in New Orleans, die sonst keine Hilfe erwarten dürfen.

A brand new detective series with a supernatural twist! ‘Eerie, original and compelling’ C.L. Taylor ‘Tense and twisted’ Susi Holliday ‘A brilliant, clever murder mystery’ Jane Casey Even in your dreams you’re not safe… The nightmare is only just beginning… When DC Rose Gifford...

Haunted by the serial killer she never caught, Detective Kimberley King leaves her job in New York and relocates to the sleepy town of Dead Woman Crossing, Oklahoma. Kimberley hopes to bring her daughter Jessica up close to her family, far from the bad memories the city holds. But her quiet new home is not the peaceful place she dreamed of. Within days of her arrival, Kimberley is called to the scene of a terrible crime: her friend Hannah, a single mother, has been brutally murdered while her one-year-old daughter was sleeping nearby.

Was war das? Da! Da war es schon wieder, dieses unheimliche Geräusch... Zu spät erkennt die Studentin Caitlin, dass ihr Leben in Gefahr ist - wenig später verschlingen Flammen ihren toten Körper... Sie ist nicht das erste Opfer jenes Mörders, der in Chicago wütet und seine Taten dann durch Brandanschläge zu vertuschen sucht. Um ihn zu fassen, muss Detective Mia Mitchell mit dem eigenwilligen Brandexperten Reed Solliday zusammenarbeiten. Als der Killer Mia auf seine Todesliste setzt, ist Reed ihre einzige Hoffnung.

Aus Leichtsinn verursachen vier College-Studenten einen Großbrand in einem Apartmentkomplex, bei dem ein junges Mädchen qualvoll verbrennt. Was sie nicht wissen: Sie werden beobachtet. Wenig später erhalten sie ein Video und die unmissverständliche Anweisung, ein Warenhaus in Brand zu stecken. Sie haben keine Wahl und setzen ein Flammeninferno in Gang, das Feuerwehrmann Hunter und seine smarte Kollegin, Detective Olivia Sutherland, tagelang in Atem hält. Dann stirbt der erste der Freunde - bei einem Autounfall, angeblich.

Die elfjährige Jazzie versteckt sich hinter einem Sessel vor dem Mann, der eben ihre Mutter im Zorn erschlagen hat. Sie hat ihn sofort erkannt - er aber hat sie nicht gesehen. Kein Wort wird Jazzie sagen, denn nur so kann sie sich und ihre kleine Schwester vor dem Bösen schützen ... Taylor Dawson ist mit einer Lüge aufgewachsen. In Baltimore will sie endlich die Wahrheit herausfinden über den Mann, den ihre Mutter ein Monster genannt hat: Clay Maynard, ihren Vater.

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Sarah Chapman is angry at her husband. She’s also drunk…very drunk as she drives down their street, ready to face him. When a neighbor hears the commotion and rushes to help, he finds her inside, gun still in her hand, and her husband, Steven, dead in the bed. Sarah is arrested and taken away but claims to be innocent. The only one who believes her is FBI profiler, Eva Rae Thomas.