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En kvinna hittas med trettiofem piskrapp över ryggen i en lägenhet med elektroniska lås. En man blandar tvättmedel och amfetamin medan vener fräts sönder. Snart ska en av dem åka nerför trappan i rullstol, med ansiktet in i en vägg. Den andra ska ta hissen ner till bårhuset, peka med en pistol, ta döda och levande som gisslan. Kriminalkommissarie Ewert Grens och kriminalinspektör Sven Sundkvist leder plötsligt två olika brottsutredningar från en operationssal på akutintaget. Har döda människor rätt att tala? När ett brottsoffer blir en brottsling–är hon då god eller ond?

Un thriller oscuro y sangriento que desatará los secretos inconclusos del pasado de Zoe Natan. Zoe nunca se ha recuperado de la muerte de su hermano, asesinado diez años atrás. Pero cuando empiezan a aparecer hombres muertos y ahorcados, el pasado parece volver a ella con la fuerza contundente de un tsunami. La policía tendrá que investigar lo que está sucediendo y pronto verán el nexo en común entre los diferentes hombres muertos: todos acababan de salir de la prisión.

Røveri mod et dansk ægtepar på ferie i Frankrig og en tilsyneladende harmløs københavnsk edb-hacking sætter kriminalassistent Allan Markussen på sporet af en pengeafpresningsaffære, hvor der er milliardbeløb på højkant. Brøndby Idrætsforening, Danmarks Radios sportsredaktion og verdens mest berømte fodboldarena - Real Madrids hjemmebane Estadio Santiago Bernabéo - inddrages i et nådesløst kriminaldrama. Erik V. Krustrup (f. 1934), dansk forfatter.

Former Detective Hillary Greene and her cold case team are sweltering in their stuffy basement office on the hottest day of the year when they are handed an impossible case. Fifteen years ago, Imelda Phelps was battered to death in the hallway of her home. The brutal crime shocked the residents of the pretty market town of Chipping Norton. The killer was never caught. The motive for the murder remains a mystery. Could the happily married mother-of-two’s stunning good looks have played a part in her death?

Read by Daniel Weyman (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) and featuring an author's note read by Peter James 'What a fool I've been not to have read Peter James until The Hawk Is Dead! A great story' – James Patterson, bestselling author of the Alex Cross series Roy Grace never dreamed...

October, 2010, Sally Jones had been stabbed in the heart in her apartment on Commonwealth Avenue, in the Bronx. Her coat was on the back of her chair. Her shoes were beside her bed, her clothes were neatly folded, and she was dead under the sheets.

21. The Bearer of God: Holmes, Watson and Lestrade reach a closed off room via the secret corridor. In it somebody is kept against their will. Their identity and reason for imprisonment lead to disturbing findings.

Holmes, Watson und der Kommandant der Schweizergarde finden das geheime Versteck der Verschwörer und planen einen Überraschungsangriff. Es kommt zu einem Feuergefecht im Keller des Hauses - mit tödlichem Ausgang.

DSI William Lorimer and his wife Maggie are taking their first extended holiday for the first time in years, and they're looking for an adventure. What better place than Zimbabwe, with its bustling cities and beautiful scenery? Back in Glasgow, PC Daniel Kohi, former inspector with the Zimbabwean police, finds himself uncomfortably close to a murder investigation. Why did the murdered man appear at Daniel's house just hours before he was killed? And how he is connected to the troubled family history of Netta Gordon, Daniel's dear friend and lodger?

A storm is coming for Sean Dillon & company in the mesmerizing new thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author. It begins with the attempted assassination of the ex-President of the United States. Only the presence of Sean Dillon and the fellow members of...

Holmes, Watson and Lestrade reach a closed off room via the secret corridor. In it somebody is kept against their will. Their identity and reason for imprisonment lead to disturbing findings.

Holmes, Watson and Lestrade reach a closed off room via the secret corridor. In it somebody is kept against their will. Their identity and reason for imprisonment lead to disturbing findings.

Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalender 21 (Die Gottesgebärerin): Über einen weiteren Geheimgang erreichen Holmes, Watson und Lestrade einen Raum, in dem eine Person gegen ihren Willen festgehalten wird. Deren Identität und der Grund für die Einkerkerung führen zu verstörenden Erkenntnissen.

Die einundzwanzigste Tür des "Sherlock Holmes-Adventkalenders": Nach Sallahs Verschwinden verlassen Holmes und Watson Jerusalem über einen geheimen Tunnel. Dies bringt sie jedoch in höchste Gefahr.

When Agent Dillon Savich saves Kara Moody from a seemingly crazy man, he doesn't realize he will soon be facing a scientist who wants to live forever and is using "John Doe" to help him. But when the scientist, Lister Maddox, loses him, he ups the stakes and targets another to take his experiments to the next level. It's a race against time literally as Savich and Sherlock rush to stop him and save both present and future victims of his experiments. In the meantime, Cam Wittier and Jack Cabot must track a violent criminal through the Daniel Boone National Forest.

A man is found dead, lying at the bottom of the stairs to his flat, his body blocking the door of the elderly woman who lives downstairs. The worried landlord who finds the body seeks advice from his friend's wife—now Detective Inspector Ariadne Moralis. Something in his demeanour hints at a hidden secret. When it becomes apparent that the body has been moved, it is clear the man's death was not an accident.

Året er 1996, og Reacher er stadig i hæren. Om formiddagen giver de ham en medalje, og om eftermiddagen sender de ham tilbage på skolebænken. Om aftenen befinder han sig under radaren. Ude af øje, ude af sind. Der sidder også to andre i skolestuen - en agent fra FBI og en analytiker fra CIA. De er begge fremragende til deres fag, har lige gennemført en stor mission og undrer sig over, hvorfor fanden de er der.

Like father like son....But heredity seems to have gone a gene too far when Pal Maciver's suicide in a locked room exactly mirrors that of his father 10 years earlier. In each case, accusing fingers point towards Pal's stepmother, the beautiful, enigmatic Kay Kafka. But she turns out to have a formidable champion: Mid-Yorkshire's own super-heavyweight, Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel.

Im Krankenhaus weichen Watson und Holmes nicht von Marys Seite, während Lestrade den verhafteten Sommerset ins Polizeigefängnis überstellt. Als Mary endlich das Bewusstsein wiedererlangt, kann sie sich an nichts erinnern.

When the body of a talented photographer is found on the rocks beneath the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, DCI Ryan and his team of detectives immediately suspect the worst. But, since none of their potential suspects seems to have a motive, the case runs cold. Then, when another body is found dead on a lonely stretch of road near Hadrian’s Wall and their only suspect has an airtight alibi, the team are faced with another crime without a perpetrator.