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DCI Cara Elliott wird gerufen, um den Selbstmord eines Mannes zu untersuchen, der bei voller Fahrt von einem Zug erfasst wurde. Cara, die bei jedem Fall ihr Bestes gibt, spürt, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Als sich die Suizide häufen, weiß sie, dass sie richtiglag. Doch wer ist derjenige, der hier hinter den Kulissen die Fäden zieht? Es scheint, als würde ein grausamer Killer seine Opfer beobachten und sie so manipulieren, dass sie ihr Leben selbst beenden. Cara und ihr Team arbeiten fieberhaft an dem Fall, doch immer ist ihnen der Täter einen Schritt voraus …

Journalist Ruth Porter is hungry for a story. Nothing good ever happens in Manchester. Until she discovers a string of murders that have recently been attributed to the notorious Craig Malton. There are lots of people that want Malton behind bars - and that's exactly why his arrest seems too convenient . . .

Dashiell Hammett created the character Sam Spade for his crime story The Maltese Falcon. Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and an unflinching determination to exact his own justice. For most people, Spade is most closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played him in the third and most famous film version of The Maltese Falcon. In 1946 one of radio's top producers, William Spier, brought Sam Spade to the airwaves in a radio show starring newcomer Howard Duff.

Il s'en passe de belles, à Belfast, cet hiver-là... Deux mains gauches sont découvertes dans les entrailles d'un sanglier abattu à la chasse. Vingt ans plus tôt, c’étaient des chiens sauvages échappés du zoo qui déchiquetaient les corps... Et il ne fait pas bon s'attarder dans les bars : une femme mystérieuse - pute ou pas pute ? - attire plusieurs hommes de la ville dans ses filets, puis s'offre à leurs dépens des séances de torture raffinées avant de les achever.

A young girl disappears after escaping from a religious orphanage, and another is caught on grainy film being abducted as her family home burns down. While investigating the missing girls, Karl Kane catches a glimpse of a demon from his past – could it be that Walter Arnold, the monster who raped and murdered his mother, is walking the streets again? Kane is determined that this time he will face down his darkest fears and confront the evil killer.

Private Investigator Karl Kane returns to the streets of Belfast investigating the discovery of a severed hand. Karl believes it’s the work of an elusive serial killer, but the police are claiming a simple vendetta between local criminals.

Karl embarks on a nightmarish journey as he attempts to solve the mystery and soon he’s suspecting Mark Wilson, his detested ex brother-in-law. But as the winter days become darker, Karl discovers that Wilson is more than a match for him when it comes to dirty dealing and even dirtier fighting, as he battles to keep from becoming the next victim.

Karl Kane, l'irréductible privé de Belfast, est confronté à Walter Arnold, l'homme qui a brutalement assassiné sa mère sous ses yeux, quand il était enfant, avant de le laisser pour mort à côté du cadavre. Quand une très jeune fille disparaît après l'incendie suspect de la maison familiale, Kane le soupçonne aussitôt. De fait, Arnold, inexplicablement libéré après de nombreuses années en prison, séquestre l'adolescente ainsi que Tara, une proie moins innocente qu'il y paraît.

Als DCI Adam Bishop mitten in der Nacht am Tatort eintrifft, ist der Anblick der ausgebluteten Leiche schon schlimm genug – aber was Adam als Nächstes bemerkt, erschüttert ihn zutiefst. Weitere Leichen tauchen auf. Und die aufgesprühten Zahlen über den Leichen offenbaren die grausame Wahrheit: Der Killer zählt den Countdown. Aber mit welchem Ziel? Adam hat keine Ahnung – bis Dr. Romilly Cole mit belastenden Beweisen an seine Tür klopft, die auf eine dreißig Jahre zurückliegende Mordserie hindeuten – ein Fall, den sie aus ihrer Vergangenheit bestens kennt.

The small police force of White Rock, New Hampshire is still reeling from the death of Officer Tyler Richardson when they are called to the scene of the accidental drowning of an out-of-town camper. But Chief Sam Mason and Sergeant Jody Harris soon discover the drowning was no accident. Someone murdered Lynn Palmer and staged the scene to make it look that way. With a pool of suspects who aren't telling the truth and a corrupt mayor who wants the case solved yesterday, Sam and Jo follow a puzzling trail of clues with a surprise ending.

When wildlife photographer Ray Ingalls is murdered in the new owl-protection zone in rural White Rock, New Hampshire, Chief Sam Mason's number-one suspect is his archenemy Lucas Thorne. .... Until a mysterious stranger reveals that the victim was up to a lot more than just taking photographs of endangered owls. Suddenly it appears that a lot more people had motive to want Ray dead. Sam, Sergeant Jody Harris, and their K-9 Lucy now have a fresh batch of suspects, all of whom have secrets they don't want exposed. But when Sam's hopes of putting Thorne away for good dwindle, help comes in the form of an unlikely ally.

Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he...