Showing results for "Specials" in Police Procedurals

For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal...because the murdered man was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who had fought side by side with him in a hellish underground war. Now Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit.

New Orleans has been quarantined, an unknown virus sweeping the city, killing 100 percent of those infected. The Center for Disease Control, desperate to find a cure, is approached by BioDyne Pharma who reveal a former employee has turned a cutting-edge medical treatment capable of targeting specific genetic sequences into a weapon, and released it. 

In den ersten drei Teilen der Krimiserie "Special Agent Owen Burke" muss der FBI-Ermittler knifflige Fälle lösen. Brutale Morde, eine Entführung, regelrechte Hinrichtungen und ein Serienmörder, der immer am Freitag, den 13. sein Unwesen treibt, halten Burke in Atmen. Doch auch spärliche Beweise und gefährlicher Zeitdruck sind für den erfahrenen Polizisten, für den der Tod zum Alltag gehört, kein Hindernis.

A former soldier and his dog to the rescue! Perfect for fans of: ️ Opposites attract 🏛️ Small-town romance – After a heroic career, Special Forces ex-soldier Ben Hunter is fighting a new battle: adjusting to civilian life. But when the life of his occupational therapist is threatened...

In November 1964, Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara went to the Congo with two hundred men, intent on making it his first step in taking over Africa and South America. He failed, thanks in large part to the efforts of an intrepid band of Green Berets. Licking his wounds, he retreated to Cuba to recruit more men and try the same thing in Bolivia. He failed there, too. In fact, he died there, and thus, despite his incompetence, became a glorious martyr to the cause. But who was trying to kill him, really - and who was trying to keep him alive?

A night of passion leads into an occult nightmare – and more lives are at risk. The Special Dead is the thrilling tenth book in Lin Anderson's Glasgow-set forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod. 'One of the most satisfying characters in modern crime fiction' – Daily Mail When Mark is...

In this exciting new series, W.E.B. Griffin reveals a city police force with all the authentic detail and drama that made THE CORPS and BROTHERHOOD OF WAR phenomenal bestsellers. Here is an explosive novel of the men and women behind the badge--a unique brotherhood of courage, loyalty, and trust...

A young psychiatric registrar is found beaten to death in the woods close to a summer camp for young patients suffering from eating disorders. It is run by the charismatic, world-renowned Professor Ned Chesham. DI Grace Fisher investigates, but it is not long before she is pulled from the case - to head up a Metropolitan Police review into a cold case involving Chesham himself.

Sono tre, sono poliziotti, o meglio, lo sono stati; adesso sono in pensione. Ma hanno ancora un bel po' di conti in sospeso con delinquenti e farabutti sfuggiti alle maglie della Giustizia. I loro nomi in codice sono: Maalox, Kukident e Semolino, e la loro è la "Squadra speciale Minestrina in brodo". Ferruccio Pammattone, ex sostituto commissario e vice dirigente alla Squadra mobile, Eugenio Mignogna, ex sovrintendente alla Scientifica, Luc (e non Luca per un errore dell'impiegato all'anagrafe) Santoro, ex assistente capo all'Immigrazione, hanno molte cose in comune.

Magnus "Steps" Craig is part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special cases where his skills are especially indispensable, Steps is renowned for his incredible ability to find and follow trails over any surface better than anyone else. But there's a secret to his success. Steps has a kind of synesthesia, an ability that allows him to see whatever a person has touched in a unique color - what Steps calls "shine".  

Belle donne e auto di lusso, intercettazioni telefoniche e cacce al ladro, tra la riviera di Portofino e la Costa azzurra, Semolino, Kukident e Maalox entrano in azione. Sono stati congedati per raggiunti limiti di età, ma hanno ancora ben più di una cartuccia da sparare.

Magnus "Steps" Craig is part of the elite three-man Special Tracking Unit of the FBI. Called in on special cases where his skills are particularly needed, he works as a tracker. The media dubs him "The Human Bloodhound", since Steps is renowned for his incredible ability to find and follow trails over any surface better than anyone else. But there's a secret to his success. Steps has a special ability - a kind of synesthesia - where he can see the "essence" of a person, something he calls "shine", on everything they've touched.

Un'ondata di reati a carico dei più deboli, gli anziani, vittime di furti e di truffe. È questa la notizia del giorno che campeggia sulle pagine di tutti i giornali. Polizia e Carabinieri, gli eterni rivali, fanno a gara per correre ai ripari, per dare qualche risultato all'opinione pubblica impaziente. Ma in Questura uomini e mezzi sono scarsi. E allora perché non chiedere aiuto a chi è andato da poco in pensione, ma non ha perso il gusto per le indagini?

Quando alla radio l’oroscopo del mattino preannuncia un incontro inaspettato nel corso della giornata, Ferruccio Pammattone si fa una grassa risata: non crede a certe cose. Ma poco dopo deve ricredersi. Perché sulle scale della Questura fa davvero un incontro che gli riporta dolorosamente alla memoria una difficile indagine di quindici anni prima, condotta insieme agli inseparabili amici Luc Santoro ed Eugenio Mignogna. Era il novembre 2003.

A brand new espionage thriller series from Neil Lancaster, the author of the best-selling Max Craigie series. No Way Out, Book 2 in the series, available to order now! 'Feels like a blockbuster movie… Amazing, authentic characters, some of the best dialogue I've read' HELEN FIELDS 'Brilliant!...

A New York Times bestseller! Don't miss this latest Krewe of Hunters book—an all-new standalone story featuring the FBI's elite paranormal team. Someone wants to watch the city burn… Sienna Murray was only fourteen when she pulled her neighbors out of a raging house fire. A decade later, she...

Ultimate soldier. Ultimate mission, But can the SAS prevent Britain descending into war-torn anarchy? Great Britain, 1995: With terrorist bombs destroying town and city streets, rising crime and a teenage drug problem that is out of control, police forces are stretched beyond their limit. And...

Dallas Homicide detectives Tori Hunter and Samantha Kennedy investigate the murder of a Catholic priest who is found naked and strangled to death. A sex scandal threatens to erupt and cover-ups are soon revealed as their only suspect is found shot dead - mere hours after the murder. Soon details of the murder begin to surface, and the secret life of a well-loved priest is exposed. Lies and deceptions unfold as the detectives work to solve the case - even as their superiors demand it be closed.