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Rampton Farm, Northumberland, has always been a gloomy, godforsaken place. Now it’s earmarked for demolition—to make way for just another tawdry amusement park. It will be progress, and nothing can stand in the way—except perhaps Arnold Landon, the Planning Officer who must glean the lie of the land.

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.

Året är 1888 och i London sätter Jack the Ripper skräck i stadsborna. Den unge journalisten William Sinclair skickas ut för att rapportera om de fruktansvärda brotten. Men det blir inget vanligt uppdrag för honom. Efter en uppväxt i de välbärgade västra delarna av staden får han en chock när han upptäcker slummen i East End. Dessutom blir han störtförälskad i kollegan James. Plötsligt har hela Williams världsbild satts i gungning.

When human remains are found on the family farm, Shiloh Bellamy begins investigating and becomes determined to clear her grandma's name and protect her family's legacy.

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.

Full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the first five Falco novels by Lindsey Davis, starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.

When Jack Colby glimpses a 1938 Lagonda V12 lying uncared for in a Kentish country barn, he just has to have a closer look – which brings him face to face with its angry owner, Polly Davis, former TV presenter and widow of car dealer Mike. Is it the car or Polly that captivates his heart? No question, he has to find out more about both. Jack’s enquiries are abruptly cut short, when some days later he finds Polly’s murdered body lying outside the barn.

Holed up in prison, Mike Regan is offered a deal - his freedom in exchange for his firm taking down the gang that is supplying a new dangerous drug that has hit the streets. What starts as a game soon becomes a shocking revelation with devastating consequences. Meanwhile, Mike’s fiancé, Zara Ezra, has her own firm to run. But when the so-called Governor is out to take her down, she has her own decision to make - either fight, run, or write her own rule book....

When Georgina Drake trades London for the tranquil Norfolk countryside, she has simple plans: master pilates, rent out her converted barn to holidaymakers, and slowly heal from a terrible loss. But when she discovers the body of her latest guest—arrogant Cambridge professor Roland Garnett—everything changes. With the police eyeing Georgina as a suspect and the poisoned curry that killed Garnett somehow linked to her friend’s farm shop, she has no choice but to investigate for herself.

När treåriga Hanna vaknar är hon alldeles ensam i en låst lägenhet. Att pappa är i Japan vet hon men var är mamma? Kan det vara så att hon har flyttat och lämnat Hanna kvar? Nästa morgon hittar Petra Westman vid Hammarbypolisen ett svårt medtaget spädbarn i ett buskage, och strax intill, vad hon tror är barnets döda mamma. Det konstiga är att ingen verkar sakna dem. "Mamma, pappa, barn" är andra delen i Hammarbyserien och går att lyssna på som del i serien eller som fristående roman. Första delen heter "Pepparkakshuset".

Nora Feller har brutit helt med Sektion M och Charlotte Victorin. I Malmö hoppas hon få en nystart, såväl privat som i jobbet. Hon blir tilldelad ett uppmärksammat mordfall, där offret tillhör den innersta, rika kretsen i en välbärgad ort söder om stan. Men det är något med fallet som inte stämmer, Nora får en kuslig känsla av att en mäktig hand styr allt. Och snart får hon veta att Sektion M ska ta över utredningen. Mot chefens uttryckliga order börjar hon göra egna efterforskningar. Men Charlotte kommer knappast tyst se på när Nora sabbar för henne.

Harvard professor Wilson Chaney has a secret and somebody knows it. His adulterous affair with a freshman ended just weeks before she wound up dead. The sole trace of his infatuation is a stack of missing love letters - and they’ve fallen into the wrong hands… Carlotta Carlyle takes the case to find his blackmailer and retrieve the letters. Six-foot-one and red-haired, this private eye doesn’t blink when the going gets tough.

At a psychiatric hospital in the '80s, patients formed what they called The Adjustment League to protect themselves against the depredations of a corrupt and abusive staff. Many years later, the leader of this group - a man known only as "The Super" - receives a letter leading to the discovery of a pornographic ring in need of "adjustment".

Mousy and shy to the point of agoraphobic, Em Moore is the writing half of a celebrity biography team. Her charismatic partner, Teddy, does the interviewing and the public schmoozing. But Em’s dependence on Teddy runs deeper than just the job - Teddy is her bridge to the world and the main source of love in her life. So when Teddy dies in a car accident, Em is devastated, alone in a world that she doesn’t understand. The only way that she can honor his memory and cope with his loss is to finish the interviews for their current book....

Having spent her life watching her father run his East London firm, Zara Ezra has learnt a thing or two about being a gangster, and she’s ready to take over when the time comes. Mike Regan, a blast from Zara’s past, is the head of his own firm, but when his son is kidnapped in the middle of a gangland feud, Mike has no choice but to accept help from the Ezras to get his little boy back alive. With a rival firm playing increasingly dirty, murder moves to the top of the agenda and Zara has some big choices to make.

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...

Retired police chief Katherine Sullivan moved away from Edina, Minnesota, to feed her artistic soul in New Mexico. But when she receives an urgent call, her serenity is shattered. Nathan Walker, her best friend and former colleague from her days on the police force, is missing and his crew of security experts hasn't seen him in days. Now it's up to Katherine to fly home and track him down.

When Carlotta Carlyle agrees to help a mysterious woman locate her missing immigration card, she doesn't anticipate any complications. But then her client disappears, and the immigration card in question turns up on the dead body of another woman. Suddenly, Carlotta is plunged into the desperate world of illegal aliens, the cold-hearted immigration agents who hunt them down, and the deadly “coyotes” who bring the innocents across the border.