Showing results for "The Line" in Police Procedurals

For DS Liam Kilshaw, a former marine who almost died on a mission gone wrong, returning to the sea was meant to help combat his PTSD. But when he’s called out with the lifeboat crew off the rugged Cornish coast at night, the dark danger of the waves comes crashing back. The body of a young man is floating in the water, and the zip-tie marks on his wrists show this is no tragic drowning—it’s murder.

When a teenager from a wealthy suburb outside Oakland is dumped at an inner city bus stop, homicide detective Matt Sinclair catches the case. It's his first since being bumped to desk duty for a bust that went south - fast. With few leads and plenty of attention, it's the worst kind of case to help him get back up to speed. And it only gets worse as the bodies start to pile up - first at the same bus bench, then around the city. Sinclair is unable to link the victims to each other, and the killer is just getting started.

Lieutenant Joe Gunther is in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom investigating a minor embezzling case. It's a pleasant distraction and a chance to reconnect with old friends, but when a house fire reveals itself to be arson, compounded by murder, Gunther can't help but investigate. He quickly finds himself enmeshed in a web of animosity between put-upon townspeople, the state police, angry parents, and members of a reclusive sect.

LAPD Homicide Detective Marcy Kendrick is feeling the heat. Struggling to recover from the recent murder of her lover, she also has to deal with ex-husband Jordan, now her boss, who seems determined to make her life as difficult as possible. And Jordan is piling on the pressure thanks to a string of Marcy's cases going cold. She needs a win—and fast. Then heiress Audrina Dixon is brutally killed with only her fourteen-year-old twin sons as witnesses. But the boys, traumatized by what they have seen, seem to have developed a rare form of mutism.

A woman slipping through the cracks . . . When a young Vietnamese girl goes missing in Scotland, DI Birch knows there is more to the case than meets the eye. Her colleagues won't take it seriously - but Helen's instinct tells her that Linh is in mortal danger. A psychic determined to help...

Claire Beacham returns from a busy day at work to a parcel on her doorstep - no note, no label. As a politician, she's used to being suspicious of anonymous hate mail but today she's too tired to worry. She opens it, finding a gruesome surprise inside. A severed head falls to her kitchen floor; the rich, red drip of blood on her hands. It is clear to Claire and those around her that this terrifying package is a message. But who sent it, and why?

David Rogers was a doctor, handsome, charming and rich. He lived the lifestyle of the consultant - expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs - until someone killed him in the hallway of his lovely million-plus-pound house. Was he killed for passion, professional jealousy, or plain old money? Bill Slider and his firm are thrown into the mystery, but they soon discover that nothing is as it seems, for though David’s girlfriends are plenty, none of them can tell Slider anything about where he worked or exactly what it was he did.…

Detective Jake Porter’s life was ripped apart by the hit-and-run driver that killed his wife. The life he has been building up piece by piece is rocked by the discovery of new evidence. At the same time, he has a volatile case to juggle. Ross Henderson was a Vlogger with over 10 million followers rallying against the growing tide of the far-right. As his audience tuned in to listen to Henderson tear apart more anti-immigrant vitriol, they watched in horror as he was brutally murdered during a live broadcast.

DSI Billie Wilde is back at work after a shocking case that saw her life thrown into utter turmoil. But Billie refuses to let the past drag her down. When a teenage girl is killed, her body discovered on train tracks, Billie sets about focusing all her attention on finding out who is responsible and why. As Billie and the police find a link between the girl’s murder and a County Lines gang, the case takes a sinister turn. Someone has been using children to peddle drugs. Someone who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Someone who is closer to home than Billie can imagine….

Imagine Christmas in Paris and an uneasy feeling that something is very wrong in the case you are investigating. Chief of Police Nico Sirsky returns to work after recovering from a gunshot wound. He's in love and rearing to go. His first day back has him overseeing a jewel heist sting and taking on an odd investigation. Dental students discovered a message in the tooth of a severed head. Is it a sick joke?

When a teenager’s body is found at the base of the old water tower, Detective Jo Larsen is one of the first on the scene. Tragically, it appears to be a clear case of suicide. But the more Jo learns about Kelly Amster, the more she finds herself needing to understand why the high school sophomore would take that fatal plunge. As they interview family and friends, Jo and her partner, Hank Phelps, begin to fit together the pieces of a dark puzzle. Something happened to Kelly in their small town of Plainfield, Texas - and it sent the young girl straight over the edge.

At a busy crossing in Lincoln city centre a motorbike skids to a halt. A man in leathers jumps off the bike and grabs a young girl waiting at the lights. He pushes her roughly aside, remounts the bike, and roars away. The girl falls to the ground. She’s been stabbed. Special Constable Jane Bell witnesses the whole thing. She cradles the dying girl and hears the last word on her lips: the name of a missing local boy, a twelve-year-old called Nate Price. DI Steph Warwick is also looking for Nate. Jane had hoped their paths would never cross again.

Kriminalkommissær Sonja Ljung får en mildt sagt tumultarisk første dag på afdelingen for alvorlig kriminalitet i Karlskrona. Ikke længe efter findes endnu en kvinde myrdet. Liget bliver fundet i et skur på kvindens familiegård, med brystkassen skåret op. Sonja får en mistanke om, at mordene på de to kvinder er forbundet, og da politiet pludselig modtager en videofilm, frygter de det værste; der er et lig, de endnu ikke har fundet.

Niende bind i den norske krimiserie om efterforskeren Ole Vik. Serien er en af de mest solgte krimiserier i Norge; i 2023 var Jørgen Jæger den anden mest solgte krimiforfattere i Norge, kun overgået af Jo Nesbø. Kriminalassistent Cecilie Hopen rejser til Drammen for at finde ud af, hvad der er sket med hendes kæreste Bernhard. Hendes gamle kolleger på politistationen er meget lidt samarbejdsvillige, og hun får pludselig at vide, at Bernhard har druknet sig i Drammen-elven. Men kan det passe? Den private efterforsker Ole Vik, hendes nye chef og gode ven, kommer til Drammen for at hjælpe hende.

His old life in the rearview, Del Castigliano has left Wisconsin to work homicide for the Seattle PD. Breaking him in is veteran detective Moss Gunderson, and he’s handing Del a big catch: the bodies of two unidentified men fished from Lake Union. It’s a major opportunity for the new detective, and Del runs with it, chasing every lead - to every dead end. Despite the help of another section rookie, Vic Fazzio, Del is going nowhere fast. Until one shotgun theory looks to be dead right: the victims are casualties of a drug smuggling operation.

Tess O'Rourke dreams of becoming the first female chief of police in Long Beach, California. As commander of the East Division, she is well on her way...until the night she responds to an officer-needs-assistance call and fatally shoots an unarmed teenager. Despite being cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury, Tess is so hounded by the public that she takes a job in Oregon to escape the bad press.

Detective Anna Travis is taking charge of an investigation for the very first time under the watchful eye of her boss. But with only an ominous pool of blood at the crime scene, and no sign of the victim, she cannot be sure whether this is a missing person case or something more. As Anna leads a desperate hunt for a man who has seemingly disappeared without a trace, she becomes obsessed with apparently irrelevant details and her boss fears that she is losing control. With no body and increasing pressure to make an arrest, Anna must catch a break in the case before she breaks down.

Wenn die Polizei machtlos ist, wem kannst du vertrauen? In Jütland wird das Skelett einer ermordeten jungen Frau gefunden. Polizeihistorikerin Maria Just übernimmt die Ermittlungen, denn die Tat liegt über siebzig Jahre zurück. Währenddessen wird der Leiter der Kopenhagener Mordkommission überfahren und beinahe getötet. Kommissar Mikael Dirk soll herausfinden, wer den Anschlag auf seinen Chef verübt hat und das Land destabilisieren will. Als es zu einem weiteren Attentat kommt, erhält Mikael unerwartete Hilfe von Maria.

Den israelske efterretningstjeneste Mossad har mistanke om, at en svensker holdes fanget i Rusland. Sagen havner på den erfarne Säpo-efterforskningsleder Hans Edelmans bord, og sammen med sin yngre, ambitiøse kollega, David Karlén, begynder han at grave i, hvorfor KGB skulle have tilbageholdt en svensker i årtier – og hvorfor ingen tilsyneladende ved noget om denne fange.

Wenn die Polizei machtlos ist, wem kannst du vertrauen? In Jütland wird das Skelett einer ermordeten jungen Frau gefunden. Polizeihistorikerin Maria Just übernimmt die Ermittlungen, denn die Tat liegt über siebzig Jahre zurück. Währenddessen wird der Leiter der Kopenhagener Mordkommission überfahren und beinahe getötet. Kommissar Mikael Dirk soll herausfinden, wer den Anschlag auf seinen Chef verübt hat und das Land destabilisieren will. Als es zu einem weiteren Attentat kommt, erhält Mikael unerwartete Hilfe von Maria.