Showing results for "The Barn" in Police Procedurals

Former police chief Katherine Sullivan has been called brilliant, brave, compassionate, and quirky, but after decades of crime fighting, this resilient grandmother with an artist's soul is discovering that retirement can be just as deadly as being on the job. When Katherine returned to her hometown, her only thought was to comfort her recently divorced daughter. That was before a young woman was found murdered on the estate of the town's richest family.

Det er en iskold vinterdag, og sneen fyger. Da 10-årige Albin ikke kommer hjem til aftensmad som aftalt, bliver både hans plejeforældre og hans biologiske mor urolige. Albin plejer altid at holde sine aftaler. Samtidig er vejene sneet til, og sporene forsvundet, hvilket gør eftersøgningen næsten umulig. Kriminalassistent Mija Wadö er flyttet sammen med sin kæreste, men det nye samliv slider på hendes tålmodighed. Den forsvundne dreng og hans familie bor også i den lille landsby Oravais, og Mija bliver fuldt engageret i sagen.

Polisen hittar två barnkroppar vid ett industriområde i Oslo. Det visar sig vara två ensamkommande från asylmottagningen. På den efterföljande presskonferensen skjuts en journalist och en polis. Hon måste leta efter svar där andra inte vill att hon ska vara inne och nosa.

Fjerde bind i den finlandssvensk krimiserie om kriminalassistent Anna Glad.På byens legeplads er der oversvømmelse, fordi kloakken tilsyneladende er stoppet til. Samtidig er sekretæren på den lokale skole, Yrsa Manner, sporløst forsvundet. Kriminalassistent Anna Glad kæmper for at få sit hektiske liv som politibetjent og småbarnsmor til at hænge sammen. Hendes mand Tomas er en klippe, men er han ikke lidt for involveret i sin nye veninde Mimmi Sandbergs familiesituation? Mimmis verden er brudt sammen, fordi hendes adopterede datter Veeras biologiske mor kræver barnet tilbage.

For five long years, Detective Barnes has been hunting the killer of the person he cared about the most. Now, the one man who could have revealed the truth is dead. His charred and blackened body is all that remains in his burnt-out flat. A week later, a desperate, emaciated young woman hammers on the door of a late-night convenience store. She speaks no English—but it’s clear that she’s terrified—and running for her life. It's only Barnes who connects the two events. He and his new boss, Superintendent Samson Kane, team up to uncover the truth.

To ex-detective John Barnes, the machine is a dangerous and abhorrent addiction. The criminal thoughts it embedded in his brain helped him stop a serial killer, but they left him dazed - with pounding, murderous impulses. Having turned in his badge to salvage what’s left of his psyche, Barnes must return to the darkness at the request of his former partner. A little girl has gone missing. So has Adrian Flaherty, the detective in the kidnapper’s shadow. And only Barnes can hear the clues. But the trail is more dizzying and more personal than he feared.

Detroit-based homicide detective John Barnes has seen it all - literally. Thanks to a technologically advanced brain machine, detectives have access to the memories of the living, the dying, and the recently dead. But extracting victims' experiences firsthand and personally reliving everything up to the final, brutal moments of their lives - the sights, the sounds, the scents, the pain - is also the punishment reserved for the criminals themselves. Barnes has had enough. Enough of the memories that aren't his. Enough of the horror.

DC Barnes is back on the job after an eighteen-month suspension. He’s offered this case no one else wants—and he’s in no position to refuse. A one-punch homicide. The accused is Mandy’s partner James. An honest, upright citizen and a firefighter. The victim is Mandy’s ex, an aggressive alcoholic. James’s acquittal is a sure thing. No jury will convict this good man defending his girlfriend.

On a wild and stormy night on England’s south coast, ambitious young police constables Rutherford Barnes and Harriet Holden are doing the rounds when they see a burglar fleeing the scene of the crime. And the location is Harriet’s house. The ground floor is ransacked. Scrawled in red across one wall are the words: DEAD COPS SLEEP LONG. Then a few days later, Harriet’s battered body is discovered in a shabby seafront hotel. Newly promoted to detective, Barnes vows to discover who killed his partner, and why.

The plot of an Alafair Burke thriller doesn’t just rip from the headlines. She’s one step ahead of them. 212 scares you and keeps you turning the pages into the wee hours.” —Harlan Coben “Burke has created a strong female protagonist in the tradition of Sara Paretsky’s V.I...