Showing results for "Rupert" in Police Procedurals

Detective Jack Mackinnon has his work cut out trying to track down missing student, Anya Blonski. As Mackinnon follows the trail of obsession and murder to the shady owners of the Star Academy, who thrive on society's obsession with reality TV shows, he realises the fame they offer comes at a price. When a second girl goes missing, Mackinnon is forced to consider a serial killer may be stalking the city.

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.

Rupert hatte sich im Leben nie besser gefühlt. Irgendwie war er angekommen. Er lebte in zwei Welten, wechselte problemlos zwischen seinem Leben als Hauptkommissar und Undercover-Agent hin und her. Doch dieser Anruf veränderte alles. Nie würde er den Moment vergessen, als die unheimliche Stimme am Telefon ihren Namen nannte. Frederico Müller-Gonzáles - der totgeglaubte Drogenboss. Ruperts Tarnung war aufgeflogen. Jetzt wusste er: Sein Leben wäre beendet, wenn er nicht sofort die undichte Stelle fand.

Kriminaldirektorin Liane Brennecke hätte eigentlich Angst um ihr Leben haben müssen, aber dem war nicht so. Sie betrachtete sich im Spiegel. Sie war sich selbst fremd geworden. In diesem Folterkeller war etwas mit ihr geschehen. Etwas war aus dem Körpergefängnis geflohen und hatte sich in Sicherheit gebracht. Ein Seelenanteil von ihr war entkommen. Sie sorgte sich um ihre geistige Gesundheit. War sie kurz davor, verrückt zu werden, oder hatte sie diese Schwelle bereits in dem Rattenloch überschritten, in dem er sie gefangen gehalten hatte?

Die Sache hätte auch anders ausgehen können, denkt Rupert, als er in der Sicherheit seines Büros in Ostfriesland sitzt und das letzte Stück Baumkuchen vom Teller fegt. Sein Undercover-Einsatz war mit der Rettung von Kriminaldirektorin Liane Brennecke und einem wilden Showdown im Hafen von Norddeich spektakulär zu Ende gegangen. Nur einer ist ihnen dabei entwischt, ausgerechnet der Peiniger, der Liane Brennecke in seiner Gewalt hatte. Die Kriminaldirektorin hat kalte Rache geschworen. Und für diesen Job gibt es nur einen geeigneten Mann: Rupert alias Frederico Müller-Gonzales.

Charming rogue, Arsène Lupin, returns once again, only to find himself as the suspect in a leading murder case. After one of his previous victims, the millionaire Kesselbach, is found dead in a Parisian hotel room, the gentleman thief is determined to prove his innocence. Set to uncover the real culprit, Lupin uncharacteristically joins the police’s efforts and delves into the mystery at hand. Powerful and dangerous enemies await, seemingly orchestrating crimes from the shadows, while a dark political conspiracy threatens to end Lupin’s life as he knows it.

Detective Jack Mackinnon’s career is in serious trouble. Still in the Detective Chief Inspector’s bad books and excluded from the Major Investigation team, Mackinnon is assigned the case nobody wants. As Mackinnon investigates, he discovers a horrifying link to a crime committed a decade ago. Not forgotten. And never forgiven...

Scotland-Yard-Inspektor Lestrade sucht Holmes' Hilfe in einem mysteriösen Fall: Drei Männer wurden tot in ihren Wohnungen aufgefunden, ein jeder mit einem merkwürdigen Gegenstand im Mund – besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen den Fällen? Und wenn ja, welcher?

Two skeletons are discovered in the grounds of St Mary's Choir School. This was not a centuries-old Christian burial. They are wearing modern-day clothes, and there is evidence of foul play. Consecrated land has been sadistically violated.

Detective Inspector Gilbert Markham is a rising talent of the Bromgrove police force. He is on the trail of the murderer when another life is brutally claimed. Who is the savage killer lurking in this innocent place?

Albert Beauchamp disappeared just before Christmas in 1856. When he reappears more than a year later, he's in several pieces, packed in salt in a shipping crate in New Orleans. NYC inspectors Jasper Lightner and his partner, Hieronymus Law, are called in to investigate - but the further they dig into the wealthy financier's background, the dirtier the story gets.

The Detective Story Club's first short story anthology is based around a London detective club and includes three newly discovered tales unpublished for 100 years, plus a story bearing an uncanny resemblance to a Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes story but written some seven years earlier.

Jasper Lightner is a decorated Crimean War hero and the most admired inspector in London's Metropolitan Police. Along with a chest full of medals, he's got a head injury that's left large chunks of his memory missing. But Jasper's biggest problem is his father, the Duke of Kersey, who is enraged by a series of front-page newspaper stories extolling Jasper's exploits. Jasper is sent packing to New York City on a yearlong assignment to train detectives and discovers a police department hovering on the brink of armed conflict.

Handsome teacher Ashley Dean is brutally murdered at Hope Academy. It’s known as a rough place, but gossip blames the violence on a deranged intruder. DI Markham’s instincts say otherwise. Could this brutality have been the work of a student? Could there even be a connection with the staff? It seems unthinkable. After all, DI Gilbert Markham’s girlfriend Olivia teaches English at the school. Markham’s team probes deeper, and the local community begins to turn against Markham. Somebody in a position of power is hiding appalling information.