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Five young graduates, eager to start their careers, pool their resources to buy a house, hoping to get ahead of the surging property market. But what begins as a hopeful venture quickly turns into the house share from hell. After a wild New Year's Eve party, they discover a body—and it's clear they're the prime suspects. Each of them harbors a past that makes trusting the police unthinkable. To protect themselves, they devise a plan—one that entangles them in a web of secrets and lies.

Detective Royce Fleming has dealt with the worst of the worst in his small Utah town. But even after years of dealing with criminals, he's shaken when a battered young woman enters his office. The victim of ruthless domestic abuse, Ellerie Pearson finally has the courage to share her painful secret with the kind officer. For Royce, this information is just another piece in the puzzle he's working to solve - because unbeknownst to Ellerie, her husband's body has just been found. And she's the prime suspect in his murder.

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When a prostitute is found murdered in her bedsit, the Metropolitan police set to work finding the perpetrator of this brutal attack. DNA samples lead them straight to known-criminal George Marlow. The police think they've found their man, but things are not quite what they seem....

Everybody has a story to tell. Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison has moved up the ranks, fighting every step of the way to break through Scotland Yard's glass ceiling. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, a high-profile case threatens to destroy everything she has worked for. When Tennison's latest investigation reveals an influential public figure as her prime suspect - a man with connections to politicians, judges, and Scotland Yard - she's given a very clear message about the direction her investigation should take.

Lackey Ferguson met Marissa Hardin once, the morning he signed on to build a bathhouse at the Hardins' fancy Fort Worth home. But when Marissa is found brutally murdered, Lackey becomes the number-one suspect in a trumped-up case, while a sexual psychopath runs loose. Desperate to find the real killer, Lackey must evade arrest while keeping an eye on his fiancée - who may just be the killer's next target....

When Mila’s sister is murdered, her life is destroyed. Framed for the crime, with her homeland at war and her young niece and nephew missing, Mila flees to an English village. But her presence stirs prejudice, gossip, and hidden tensions . . . As a human rights lawyer, Mila is determined to avenge her sister’s death and clear her name. Fabien, the troubled heir to Farlington Hall, becomes entangled in her mission, even as he battles his own scandals. And when one of Mila’s adversaries is found dead in suspicious circumstances, her position grows even more precarious.

A shady London nightclub owner is found dead on his boat on the River Thames—and newly promoted DCI Alex Fleming, a man with a troubled past, is keen to prove his worth with his first murder case after joining the Major Crime Unit of Thames Valley Police. But Bill Watson, a belligerent fellow DCI, gives Fleming a hostile reception and, as internal politics come into play, Fleming finds himself up against both a difficult case and his own colleagues. During the course of the investigation, Fleming and his sergeant identify five suspects. Now they need to eliminate them one by one.

It started with a phone call. Just one word - ‘Jessica’ - and now Detective Inspector Jessica Daniel has a big problem. Her missing friend, Bex, called from a battered seaside payphone, and yet, by the time Jessica arrived, there was nobody there. One man claims he can help - but then he turns up on a beach stabbed to death. Jessica believes someone must be framing her. Someone who is always a step ahead. When she finds a boy whose tattoo matches Bex's, she becomes more desperate than ever for answers.

When a high-tech geek named Eddie ends up in the hospital, the victim of a hit-and-run accident, Turing the investigative artificial-intelligence computer comes to the aid of her private-detective friend Tim to find out who was responsible. The following investigation leads to some of Eddie's unsavory friends who are using his computers in a variety of scams, cons, and other less-than-legal endeavors.

I quit my job. I walked away from everything I knew. I couldn't lose anyone else. Not again. Working for James Martin wasn't supposed to be complicated or lethal. Too bad someone wanted him dead, and I was the only thing standing in the way. When eccentric playboy CEO James Martin's life is threatened, he decides to hire Alexis Parker, an attractive, feisty, former federal agent, to be his new security consultant and personal bodyguard.

When Lana Lee’s best friend, Megan Riley, asks her to help host a speed dating contest at Ho-Lee Noodle House, she doesn’t see the harm in lending a hand. The night goes better than anticipated, and both Lana and Megan are beyond thrilled with the results. But before they can break out the champagne, Rina Su, fellow Asia Village shop owner and speed dating participant, calls to inform Lana that the date she’s just matched with has been murdered. Under suspicion of foul play, Rina enlists Lana’s help in finding out what really happened that night.

Join your host Taylor Serafin, as she explores the strange, the sinister, and the supernatural. Journey into the darkest sides of humanity and the eeriest corners of the unknown. Whether it’s a baffling cold case or a haunted hotel, this podcast will be sure to satisfy your creepy cravings. And maybe even make you laugh along the way.

When headstrong Nesta Aldernay comes to Oxford, it’s to set the record straight for her father. Not to get mixed up in a tragedy, and certainly not to seduce the attractive if somewhat complicated Detective Inspector Lisle Jarvis. She’s only there to clear her father’s name. Sir Vivian Dalrymple of St Bede’s College tries to help her, but winds up dead. And Nesta was one of the last people to see Sir Vivian alive. What has she got herself into?

As it turns out quilting is the deadly new fad people are just dying to try...And here I thought the annual quilt auction would be a boring way to spend an evening! One big murder in my tiny hometown was more than I ever wanted to see, but now the death toll has risen to two. Eek! Hey, at least I've got my favorite 10-pound bundle of mischief at my side for good. My Jack Russell buddy, Pip, and I are experienced amateur detectives now and we're more than ready to put another tough case to bed.

A funeral, a ghost, a murder. It's all in a day's work for Emma Lee Raines...especially when the ghost turns out to be someone very dear to her heart. Psychic Debbie Dually is the one who informed local undertaker Emma Lee Raines that she wasn't crazy, she was a Betweener, someone who can communicate with ghosts of the not-so-dearly departed. In fact, she told Emma Lee how she was the only one that could help solve their murders to help them rest in eternal peace. This time Debbie Dually finds herself needing Emma's help. This means solving her own murder.

Très rapidement au cours de l'enquête, Sydney Noyce, vingt-quatre ans, devient le suspect numéro 1 : enfant dans un corps d'adulte, il connait bien les trois garçons, passe du temps avec eux au chenil du cynodrome, et une résidente de la cité affirme l'avoir vu suivre Charlie et Scott vers 20h15 le soir de leur disparition. Tout semble logique. Mais l'est-ce vraiment ? Et si Sydney n'était pas celui que les policiers croient ? Que faire de ces incohérentes troublantes dans les témoignages ?

Sie ist klüger als ihre Gegner. Härter als ihr Ruf. Und gefährlich nah an der Wahrheit: Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison tritt ihren neuen Posten im Londoner Sittendezernat an und übernimmt einen Fall, den niemand anrühren will. Operation Contract soll ein Netzwerk jugendlicher Prostitution zerschlagen, doch das Misstrauen den Ermittelnden gegenüber ist groß und die Ergebnisse mager. Bis in einer abgebrannten Wohnung die Leiche eines Callboys gefunden wird.

Ein brutaler Mord. Ein gefährlicher Verdächtiger. Eine Ermittlerin, die nichts zu verlieren hat... DCI Jane Tennison hat sich ihren Platz in der männerdominierten Welt der Metropolitan Police hart erkämpft - und sich dabei viele Feinde gemacht. Als die Leiche einer Prostituierten in ihrer Wohnung gefunden wird, scheint der Fall klar: DNA-Spuren führen direkt zu George Marlow, einem bekannten Kriminellen.

When a body is found in one of London's poorest districts, the coroner's report identifies the victim as young, black and female, but impossibly anonymous. One thing is clear to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison about this victim - that news of her murder will tear apart a city already cracking with racial tensions, hurling Scotland Yard and Tennison herself into a maelstrom of shocking accusations and sudden, wrenching violence.