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When a beautiful, wealthy student is found dead in her room in Oxford's most prestigious college, Detective Inspector Bridget Hart is called to investigate. The murdered girl appeared to have no enemies, yet was killed in a brutal and bloody assault. Haunted and driven by her own personal tragedy, newly promoted DI Bridget Hart has a lot to prove as she leads her first murder case. Her investigation uncovers a tangled web of lies, lust and ambition, and brings her into conflict with powerful interests.

Standing quietly at the elevator door to the North Tower of the Ultimo Hotel in Las Vegas, JW watches the numbers go down as the elevator descends to him. He thinks—sixty-five floors? There is a serial killer up there! If the mission is a success, it means a second career chasing serial criminals with a special FBI task force. If not, the Lieutenant will be going home defeated and outsmarted by a warped criminal mind. JW needs this to work; he needs another chance at the man who shot him. The elevator doors open, and the team steps aboard.

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.

When Detective Inspector Bridget Hart returns to her old Oxford college for a reunion dinner, she's hoping for a fun weekend catching up with old friends. But the reunion takes a macabre turn when body parts are served up at the college feast, and one of her friends is found murdered. With Bridget's arch rival Inspector Baxter leading the murder inquiry, and herself a potential suspect, Bridget is forbidden from taking part in the investigation. But that doesn't stop her from carrying out her own private inquiries. Bridget soon realizes that the murderer is someone known to her.

When reclusive artist Gabriel Quinn is gunned down outside a gallery on Oxford High Street, Detective Inspector Bridget Hart investigates the world of contemporary art, where paintings can change hands for millions in the auction room. Bridget is convinced that the last words spoken by the artist - a mysterious code of eight digits and a letter - are key to unraveling the mystery of his death.

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.

Tagsüber leitet Sven Christiansen einen Restpostenmarkt, doch nach Feierabend führt er ein anderes Leben. Eines, das aus Luxus und amourösen Abenteuern besteht. Als Christiansens schrecklich zugerichtete Leiche gefunden wird, sieht es nach klassischem Raubmord aus. Aber schnell wird klar, dass alle in seinem Umfeld etwas zu verbergen haben. Ausgerechnet jetzt muss Michis mürrischer Chef Kruse ins Krankenhaus – und will auch von dort den Fall leiten –, was die Sache nicht einfacher macht. Ist Michi so weit, ohne ihn zu ermitteln?

Der erste spannende Fall für die Inselkommissarin Lena Lorenzen. Auf Amrum, der kleinen nordfriesischen Insel, wird der Leiter eines Kinderheims tot am Strand aufgefunden. Die örtliche Polizei geht von einer natürlichen Todesursache aus, bis das Landeskriminalamt die Obduktion des Leichnams veranlasst und Ermittlungen einleitet. Hauptkommissarin Lena Lorenzen wundert sich darüber, dass Kriminaldirektor Warnke ausgerechnet ihr diesen Fall überträgt. Wenige Monate zuvor hatte er sie noch wegen eigenmächtiger Ermittlungen aus einer Sonderkommission abgezogen und ihre Herunterstufung beantragt.

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...

Il maresciallo Mirko Stankovic è stato sbattuto in un paesino sperduto tra i monti della Barbagia e il mare dove non accade mai niente. Non ha mai amato le regole e per questo, dopo l'ennesimo sgarro, è scattato il trasferimento punitivo. Quando entra nel suo nuovo ufficio di Santa Lucia, che assomiglia più allo scantinato di una pizzeria che a un luogo istituzionale, inizia a pensare che con la vita d'azione potrebbe aver chiuso per sempre. A smentirlo, però, ci pensa il rinvenimento, pochi giorni dopo il suo arrivo, del cadavere di una donna all'interno di una grotta naturale per metà sommersa dall'acqua.

DS Karen Hart’s happy world is shattered the moment she finds her fiancé Mike’s mother murdered on what should have been a night of celebration. And even worse, someone has sewn the soft skin around Lorraine’s eyes shut… Karen’s entire soul aches to uncover Lorraine’s killer. But her team cannot let her be a part of the investigation, and she is forced to watch from the sidelines.

Als der beliebte Gutsherr Henry Burton stirbt, versammeln sich die Dorfbewohner von Hambledon-on-Thames, um ihm bei seiner Beerdigung die letzte Ehre zu erweisen. Doch der Tag wird getrübt, als die Messnerin brutal zu Tode geprügelt im nördlichen Querschiff der Kirche aufgefunden wird. Detective Inspector Bridget Hart, die zu den Ermittlungen gerufen wird, stößt in der beschaulichen Idylle dieses verschlafenen Dorfes in South Oxfordshire bald auf ein verworrenes Netz aus altem Groll und schwelenden Fehden.

When a man is found savagely 'crucified' amidst a murky swamp in northern Australia, Detective Dana Russo and her team are called to a shocking scene. The victim is a convicted rapist, just released from prison, who years earlier committed an atrocious crime yards from where he was killed. Who murdered him - and why? With several potential leads, the investigation quickly becomes more complex and sinister than anyone imagined. And Dana realises she'll have to confront her own troubled past to understand the true motives of the killer.

Deep beneath London, urban explorer Connie Darke stumbles across a mutilated body in the city’s decaying sewer system. Moments later, a strange whistling sound follows her through the tunnels—low, eerie, impossible to trace. DI Lew Kirby is assigned the case. The victim is a wealthy financier with no clear reason to be underground—and no shortage of enemies above it. As Kirby investigates, Connie uncovers chilling new clues about the unexplained death of her sister. Both are drawn deeper into a world of hidden networks, buried secrets, and obsession.

Das Oxford Literary Festival ist in vollem Gange, doch Detective Inspector Bridget Hart ist nicht dort, um sich über Bücher zu informieren. Stattdessen muss sie Diane Gilbert beschützen, eine umstrittene Autorin, die eine Morddrohung erhalten hat. Diane scheint nicht zu glauben, dass sie Bridgets Schutz braucht, aber als doch das Schlimmste eintritt, übernimmt Bridget die Leitung der Mordermittlungen.

In the courtyard of the Pacific Heights building, a local waitress is found dead. Five apartments overlook the murder scene. Five people witnessed a crime take place. Finding the killer should be simple. Except none of the witnesses' stories match. They all saw something - from a different angle, at a different time. None of them saw everything. Anyone could be the killer.

During a broiling heatwave, the inner circle of a high-profile charity attend a critical meeting at White Ash Ridge, a small hotel nestled in the Australian wilderness. As the temperature rises, a body is found lying in the thick bush, bludgeoned to death. One of the four remaining guests is a murderer - but who, and why, is a mystery. Detective Dana Russo knows the national spotlight will be sharply focused on the case. The charity was formed when the founders' teenage son was killed after intervening in a vicious assault - sparking public outrage and a damning verdict on the investigation.

London in the early nineties is a hotbed of political activism and intrigue, and times are changing fast - too fast for DCI Rick Bailey, who is starting to think he cannot keep up. But then a young woman goes missing in the run-up to Christmas, and he's convinced Alice's disappearance is related to an unsolved murder that has haunted him for the last three years. He stumbles upon a suspect connected to all the clues, among them a care worker facing betrayal, a cemetery worker hearing music that does not play, an activist running from himself and a blind man who sees more than anyone else.

Es ist kurz vor Weihnachten in Oxford und Detective Inspector Bridget Hart genießt einen seltenen freien Tag auf dem Oxforder Weihnachtsmarkt. Eine Geistertour scheint eine lustige Art, den Abend ausklingen zu lassen. Bis ein brutaler Mord dem Abend ein tragisches Ende setzt. Hin- und hergerissen zwischen Arbeit und familiären Verpflichtungen über die Feiertage, entdeckt Bridget bald, dass der Geist der vergangenen Weihnacht in die Gegenwart eindringt–mit fatalen Folgen.

A spectacular, voice-driven mystery from a highly acclaimed crime writer. How do you solve a murder when everyone thinks you're guilty? Marjorie Crowe lives in Kilgoyne, Scotland. The locals put her age at somewhere between 55 and 70. They think she's divorced or a lifelong spinster; that she...