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When an old man dies a seemingly natural death in a parking lot, only Inspector Michael Green finds it suspicious. Something about the closed case has caught his eye - why did the victim have a mysterious gash on his head, inflicted around the time of his death? Talking to the man's family only increases Green's curiosity. They are obviously hiding something about the old man, who lived in isolation as though avoiding painful memories. A search of his house turns up an old tool box with a hidden compartment containing a German ID card from World War II.

Nella notte di Halloween, i nove residenti di Black Gale si riuniscono per una cena. Mangiano, bevono e ridono. Giocano e scattano foto. Le foto saranno l’ultimo ricordo di ciascuno di loro. La mattina seguente, infatti, l’intero villaggio sembrerà svanito nel nulla. Senza cadaveri, prove o indizi, il mistero di cosa successe al Black Gale rimane irrisolto per i successivi due anni e mezzo.

Dopo la morte di sua moglie, portata via da un tumore improvviso, l'ex reporter David Raker cerca di rimettere insieme i pezzi della propria vita risolvendo su commissione i casi di persone scomparse. Il caso di Alex Towne è uno di questi. Ma Alex Towne non è semplicemente scomparso: Alex Towne è morto in un incidente d'auto, così brutalmente che gli inquirenti hanno dovuto identificare il suo cadavere dall'impronta dentale.

Interno notte. Le luci accese, la cena pronta, una tazza di latte rovesciata, forse nel corso di una colluttazione. Questa la scena che si presenta agli occhi di Emily Kane quando entra nell'appartamento di sua sorella Carrie. Della donna, invece, non c'è traccia. E insieme a lei sono scomparsi anche il marito e le due figlie. Un'intera famiglia cancellata, come non fosse mai esistita. I mesi successivi a quella maledetta notte vedono le indagini arrivare a un binario morto.

Londra, 16 dicembre. In una mattina apparentemente simile alle altre, Sam Wren sale sulla metropolitana, ma non fa più ritorno a casa. Nessuno lo ha visto e non è rimasta alcuna traccia del suo passaggio, nemmeno nei filmati delle telecamere di sicurezza. Dopo sei mesi di angoscia, la moglie Julia decide di rivolgersi a David Raker, che già in passato ha fatto luce su altri casi di scomparse misteriose.

Megan Carver, diciassette anni, è una studentessa modello di una normale famiglia di Londra. La sua è una vita tranquilla, senza frequentazioni pericolose. Ma un giorno scompare. Nessun indizio, nessun testimone. Dopo sei mesi, le indagini della polizia sono a un punto morto. La famiglia, disperata, decide di rivolgersi al detective David Raker.

L’inspecteur Jean-Sébastien Héroux et son équipe de la police de Trois-Rivières sont sur un pied d’alerte : un prédateur s’en prend à des jeunes femmes dans ce qui ressemble à un rituel chorégraphié et savamment planifié. Malgré les témoignages des victimes et les preuves matérielles recueillies sur les scènes de crime, les fausses pistes s’accumulent. La tension monte !

Sechs Tote in einem Wald bei Lübeck werfen Fragen auf, die tief in die Vergangenheit reichen. "Verliebt, verlassen, vergraben" ist die vierte Folge des Audible-Original-Krimis "Herma und Jan" ermitteln von Anja Goerz und Eric Niemann. Jan ist als Hauptkommissar in seine alte Heimat Lübeck zurückgekehrt, während sich Herma Zeit für ihre überraschend aufgetauchte Tochter Katja nimmt. Doch die Ruhe währt nur kurz: Sechs Leichen im Wald fordern den Spürsinn des Ermittler-Duos. Im Visier: ein ehemaliger Mitschüler. Doch die Vergangenheit holt nicht nur Jan ein, auch Herma muss schmerzhaft erkennen, dass der Schein trügt.

Bereits zum dritten Mal ermitteln Herma Bahnsen und Jan Tesdorp mit viel norddeutschem Charme. Obwohl Herma und Jan mittlerweile getrennte Wege gehen, bringen ihre Fälle sie doch wieder zusammen - dabei haben sie auf den ersten Blick gar nichts miteinander zu tun. Gesprochen wird der spannende Krimi des Autoren-Duos Niemann & Goerz erneut von Tim Gössler. Eigentlich wollte Herma Urlaub machen. Und Jan bei seiner neuen Stelle in Lübeck glänzen. Eigentlich. Denn dann kommt alles ganz anders: Während der Überfahrt nach Sylt, wo Herma mit ihrem Partner ein entspanntes Wochenende verbringen will, geschieht ein Mord.

Die Kommissare Herma Bahnsen und Jan Tesdorp ermitteln unverhofft im selben Fall. Zweiter Teil der norddeutschen Krimireihe von Niemann & Goerz. Gesprochen von Tim Gössler - und exklusiv bei Audible. Stefan Freitag wurde während einer Stadtführung hinterrücks erschlagen. Nun soll Herma Bahnsen den Mord für die Kripo Flensburg aufklären. Da meldet sich Hermas Kollege Jan Tesdorp aus Pinneberg: Er sucht einen Mann namens Stefan Jütland, der dem Mordopfer verblüffend ähnelt. Führte der Tote ein Doppelleben?

Der Helgolandkrimi bildet den Auftakt einer neuen Hörbuchreihe, für die Krimi-Autorin Anja Goerz und Hörspiel-Autor Eric Niemann erstmalig zusammenarbeiteten. Exklusiv bei Audible. Der erste Fall von Jan Tesdorp und Herma Bahnsen führt die Kommissare aus Flensburg und Pinneberg nach Helgoland: Krimiautor Christian Gröger wurde ermordet. Die gemeinsamen Ermittlungen mit Inselpolizist Bastian Lürssen führen sie mitten in den engen Kosmos der Nordseeinsel, auf der jeder jeden kennt.

The murder of the young princes in the Tower of London in 1483 is the most notorious crime in English royal history. The prime suspect has long been Richard III, portrayed as a monster by everyone from early propagandists writing immediately after Richard’s death to Shakespeare himself. In this, the book repeatedly voted one of the best mystery novels of all time, queen of Golden Age crime Josephine Tey tackles the question of Richard’s guilt via her own celebrated detective.

On the muddy banks of the Calumet River, a body has been found posed next to a series of mysterious glyphs and bearing wounds from a ritualistic slaying. Chicago detective Addie Bisset knows only one man who can decipher the message left by the killer: her friend Dr. Evan Wilding. A brilliant forensic semiotician, Evan decodes the etchings as Viking Age runes. They suggest either human sacrifice or righteous punishment. But to what god? And for what sins? Only one thing is clear from the disturbing runic riddles: there are more victims to come.

Anna Cameron is a new sergeant in the Flexi Unit. On her first day in the new job, she discovers she'll be working with her ex, Jamie. In at the deep end emotionally, she's also plunged headlong into the violent underworld of Glasgow's notorious Drag – the haunt of working girls, drug dealers and sad, seedy men. When Cath attempts to get involved in a situation she is no longer equipped or entitled to tackle, the consequences for both women could be far-reaching.

Freshly trained detective Johannes "Hannes" Niehaus is brand new to the Criminal Investigation Department. And his partner, unconventional veteran detective Fritz Janssen, isn't the least bit thrilled to train a rookie. When a woman's body washes up on the nearby shores of the Baltic Sea, Hannes gets his first taste of real crime - and a chance to prove himself. Quickly the investigation pulls him and Fritz into a whirlpool of dangerous, decades-old cover-ups.

Ein Mord. Ein altes Foto. Und eine Wahrheit, die sechzehn Jahre verborgen blieb. Als Hauptkommissar Toni Sanftleben zu einem Mord in die Potsdamer Innenstadt gerufen wird, geht er zunächst von einem Routinefall aus. Doch dann findet er in den Sachen des Opfers das verblasste Foto einer weinenden Frau – es ist seine Frau Sofie, die vor sechzehn Jahren auf dem Baumblütenfest in Werder spurlos verschwand. Sanftleben ist wie elektrisiert. Wird er endlich herausfinden, was damals wirklich geschah?

When tribal police officer Bernadette Manuelito arrives to speak at a program for at-risk teens, she discovers chaos. Everyone is concerned about a beloved instructor who went out into the wilds of the rugged lava wilderness bordering Ramah Navajo Reservation to find a missing girl. The instructor vanished somewhere in the volcanic landscape known as El Malpais. The instructor's disappearance mirrors a long-ago search that may be connected to a case in which the legendary Joe Leaphorn played a crucial role.

Ved et brutalt røveri i Brighton bliver en gammel kvinde myrdet, og der forsvinder antikviteter til en værdi af 10 millioner pund. Til kriminalkommissær Roy Graces store overraskelse er de pårørende dog kun optaget af at få et gammelt lommeur tilbage. Det er de til gengæld også villige til at gøre hvad som helst for at få tilbage i familiens eje. Efterforskningen fører Roy Grace fra Brightons luskede antikvitetsforretninger til et forbrydernetværk på det europæiske fastland og videre til et bandeopgør i 1920'ernes New York.

When a mutilated body washes up on Sennen Beach, DS Liam Kilshaw is plunged into a case as dark and unforgiving as the Cornish winter. With the victim’s face so severely disfigured that identification is impossible, whispers of a local superstition begin to surface—the killing bears a chilling resemblance to the legend of Bucca Dhu, a vengeful sea demon said to demand human sacrifice.

Hot on the heels of her podcast debut, Jess Keeler looks for another unsolved crime to investigate—this time with a documentary crew in tow. But she can’t seem to find the right case…until a handsome stranger approaches her in a bar in Lake Castor, Virginia, with an incredible story about wrongful conviction. The Lake Castor sniper struck in 1984. Terrorizing the historically Black part of the old mill town, the killer claimed five lives. No one seemed worried about the first four victims. But when journalist Hal Broadstreet was killed, the police were suddenly interested.