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When FBI profiler Kaely Quinn's mother is diagnosed with cancer, Kaely takes time off work to go to Dark Water, Nebraska, to help her brother care for their mother. Upon her arrival, she learns of a series of fires in the small town, attributed by the fire chief to misuse of space heaters in the frigid winter. But Kaely is skeptical, and a search for a pattern in the locations of the fires bolsters her suspicions. After yet another blaze devastates a local family, Kaely is certain a serial arsonist is on the loose.

Detective Sara Hirst has moved from London to Norfolk Police's Serious Crimes Unit. Under the brooding skies of North Norfolk, Sara faces her toughest case yet and finds that great beauty sometimes conceals great violence.

A winter getaway in the Blue Ridge Mountains should be wonderland bliss for pre-wedding festivities. Instead, it’s a blizzard of suspicion as the groom’s Texas relatives arrive with secrets as deep as the falling snow. Just when Dakota thinks she can’t handle one more wedding disaster, the officiating priest takes a fatal plunge from the fourth floor, with a bullet through his heart and Dakota’s boyfriend Sheriff Charlie Strong becomes the prime suspect. With Charlie behind bars and the wedding hours away, Dakota must clear his name while ensuring her best friend gets her perfect day.

Dawn Cross sits motionless in her recliner, her eyes staring sightlessly at the television screen. Death is no stranger to Silver Fern House…but when Detective Lauren Pengelly arrives at the scene, it’s clear she’s got a cold-blooded murder on her hands.

First a dead stranger. Now a missing police chief. Did Chief Cade run off to elope? Or has he met with foul play? No one knows who the victim was, where he came from, or why he staggered out in front of Chief Cade’s car. Guilt overwhelms him that he killed the mysterious stranger, until Cade...

The Great War has ended at last. Archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, the distinguished Egyptologist, no longer fear for the life of their daring son, Ramses, now free from his dangerous wartime obligations to British Intelligence. Delightful new additions to the growing...

Once again, the New York Times bestselling author of the Amelia Peabody novels “kicks up a desert storm.”—People The “grande dame of historical mystery” (Washington Post) is back with a thrilling new tale featuring America’s favorite archaeologist turned sleuth. At last the Great War...

Oktober 1987: Aus der psychiatrischen Klinik St. Lars verschwinden Tommy Svensson, ein 23-Jähriger mit einer Lernbehinderung, und die psychisch instabile 17-jährige Ann-Louise Sparre, Tochter aus reichem Hause. Hinweise auf ein Gewaltverbrechen gibt es nicht, auch keinen Leichenfund. 35 Jahre später wird in der ehemaligen Klinik – das Gebäude ist längst zur Ruine verfallen – ein in eine Zwischenwand eingemauerter Leichnam gefunden: Tommy Svensson, gestorben an Herzstillstand aufgrund einer Überdosis Beruhigungsmittel. Jetzt ist es ein Fall!

After ten years as a national park ranger in Oregon, Makalani Pahukula is back on Kaua‘i for her grandmother’s birthday. Having been gone for so long, Makalani finds the disconnect with her people and her struggles have never been more profound. Neither has her need to reacquaint herself with everything she left behind. When she reaches the homestead, she finds a bickering family and the disconcerting news that her cousins—a failed college football player and a rebellious teenage girl—have gone missing.

DI Shona Oliver’s past and present collide when James McGowan, her ex-classmate–now a famous actor–comes to the area to make a Robert Burns biopic. Shona is tasked with keeping him safe during filming on an isolated island in the Solway Firth, and her job is made much harder when a dead man wearing James’s coat is found on the beach in suspicious circumstances. It seems someone wanted James out of the picture.

When an archaeology dig uncovers a skeleton, Dr Laurel Nightingale finds herself drawn into another grisly mystery. The bones aren't ancient as everyone hoped, and the police confirm a killer is on the loose. Laurel, alongside her spirited best friend Maggie and history buff Albert, dives into the village's tangled web of secrets and lies. As they dig deeper, a local student winds up dead under mysterious circumstances, a charming police officer turns into an unexpected ally, and suspicion spreads through the village like wildfire.

In the midst of an internal investigation, the police department is thrown into chaos when Captain Frank Morelli is gunned down on his own front lawn. Detective Jane Harper suspects that someone is tying up loose ends - a conviction that only grows stronger when she witnesses the execution of another officer in broad daylight. With no one else to turn to, Jane seeks the help of psychic Ida Lane.

An einem dunklen Wintermorgen hetzt eine junge Frau über einen zugefrorenen See. Das Eis trägt nicht, die Frau versinkt binnen Sekunden im eiskalten schwarzen Wasser... Die junge Ermittlerin Fredrika Storm, in der Gegend aufgewachsen, stößt zum bunten Team der Mordkommission Lund. Gleich an ihrem ersten Tag wird sie mit dem verschrobenen Henry Calment auf den Fall der ertrunkenen Frau angesetzt. Dieser Fall rührt an Geschichten, über die in Fredrikas Heimatdorf Harlösa schon viel zu lang geschwiegen wird.

In this electrifying thriller by New York Times best seller Linda Castillo, Kate Burkholder must uncover a family's long-hidden past to solve a brutal murder. When a tornado tears through Painters Mill and unearths human remains, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder finds herself tasked with the responsibility of identifying the bones - and notifying the family. Evidence quickly emerges that the death was no accident, and Kate finds herself plunged into a 30-year-old case that takes her deep into the Amish community to which she once belonged.

Laid-back and light: that's Cassidy Livingston's new motto. But when a makeshift boat with a bloody cloth inside washes ashore near her oceanfront home, her detective instincts shift into gear.... again. Seeking clues isn't the only thing on her mind-romance is heating up with next-door neighbor and former Navy SEAL Ty Chambers as well. Her heart wants the love and stability she's longed for her entire life. But her hidden identity only leads to a tidal wave of turbulence.

The perfect spot for Beth and her boyfriend, Tex, to hide, presents itself in a camp in the woods, away from Benedict. But when their trip takes them by Blue Mine, a small community that has seen tragedy over the last couple months, plans get diverted. Beth and Tex bring the widow of a recently murdered man back to Benedict, for Police Chief Gril to investigate, only to find that nothing is quite what it seems.

A distress call draws rescuers Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit to a cruise ship off the coast of Fort Lauderdale that’s sinking from a mysterious explosion. When it appears to be the work of an ecoterrorist and other ships are threatened, it becomes a race against time. More clues are discovered, and evidence is in danger of being washed away by a coming tropical storm. Sloan grows concerned that key details are being ignored, and a strange lack of urgency by authorities sets off alarms.

Küstenkrimi-Spannung pur: Die Wasserschutzpolizei ermittelt. Ausgerechnet an ihrem freien Tag stößt die junge Wasserschutzpolizistin Agatha Christensen auf eine Leiche. Der Tote ist Gunther Fluth, ein Mediator, der im erbitterten Streit rund um einen Offshore-Windpark vermitteln wollte. Mögliche Verdächtige gibt es also zuhauf. Zuständig für die Ermittlungen ist Polizeiobermeister Victor Carvalho von der Kripo, doch Agatha stellt ihre eigenen Nachforschungen an – gegen alle Widerstände.

“An exceptionally engaging audiobook, delivered by a masterful narrator.” —AudioFile on A Simple Murder, an Earphones Award winner In this short mystery from bestselling author Linda Castillo, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must race through a dangerous blizzard to save an elderly Amish...

Under en kraftig storm over klippeøen Bornholm forsvinder en ung kvinde. Senere finder politiet et foto på det mørke internet af en letpåklædt kvinde i en læderstol. Hun har tydelige ligpletter på huden, og retsmediciner Nadja Udsen er sikker på, at kvinden er død. Ifølge Rigspolitiet er billedet taget på Bornholm, og Østergård får nu til opgave at lokalisere liget og finde frem til morderen.