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From the bestselling author of A Killer’s Wife, Victor Methos’s acclaimed Desert Plains series continues with the saga of two brilliant defense attorneys and a client whose confession may not be what it seems.

The abduction of two teenagers from their Vegas wedding isn’t a case Detective Lazarus Holloway wants to take—it’s one he has to take. His only clue is a bracelet, etched with a Mayan symbol of death and vengeance—two things the detective is familiar with. With no other leads, Lazarus enlists the help of guardian ad litem Piper Danes. They’ve got a complicated history, but Piper shares his compulsion to save children in need, no matter the personal cost. Unfortunately, that cost gets higher with every new revelation.

Ett villainbrott i en förort till Göteborg slutar i ett brutalt dubbelmord. Kriminalkommissarie Carl Bergwall leder den svåra utredningen, som på många sätt avviker från traditionella brottsmönster. Polisen inser efterhand att det finns kopplingar till gamla oförrätter som skett i östblocket under 60- och 70-talet. Carl Bergwall följer ledtrådarna som leder honom till en skrämmande uppgörelse långt ute i glesbygden...

Fourteen years ago, prosecutor Jessica Yardley's husband went to prison for a series of brutal murders. She's finally created a life with her daughter and is a well-respected attorney. She's moving on. But when a new rash of homicides has her ex-husband, Eddie, written all over them - the nightmares of her past come back to life.

Retiring prosecutor Jessica Yardley can’t turn down one last investigation. This time, it’s a set of murders inspired by a series of grisly paintings called The Night Things. She’s the only one who can catch the killer, who’s left a trail of bodies in a rural community outside of Las Vegas. But the more Jessica finds out, the less clear her case becomes. Out of options, she’s forced to consult her serial killer ex-husband - to gain additional insight into the crimes and the killer’s motivations.

When a homeless man jumps to his death in Old Montreal, the police discover two wallets in his possession: one belonging to a retired psychiatrist who was murdered in a bizarre ritual, the other to a powerful corporate lawyer who has vanished. As Montreal police detective Victor Lessard and his partner, Jacinthe Taillon, work to solve the separate mysteries, a dark conspiracy begins to emerge.

Victor Lessard hat den Job bei der Mordkommission in Montréal aufgegeben und sich vorgenommen, die neue Freiheit erstmal langsam anzugehen. Doch daraus wird nichts: Zuerst muss er sich einem Geheimnis um die Vergangenheit seines Vaters stellen, und dann benötigt seine ehemalige Partnerin Jacinthe Taillon auch noch Victors Unterstützung in einem komplizierten Fall. Die Ausgangslage ist heikel: Ein bekannter Journalist ist von einem Scharfschützen brutal hingerichtet worden. Vor seinem Tod war der Reporter einer Gruppe bewaffneter Rechtsextremisten auf der Spur.

When a local criminal defense attorney turns up dead, Sheriff Billie Gray arrives on the scene. At first glance, the lawyer’s death looks like suicide. But Billie knows better: this was murder. To assist with the investigation, Billie calls on her old friend Solomon Shepard, who isn’t so eager to accept. After a traumatic attack left him mentally in shambles, Solomon is on indefinite leave from the county attorney’s office. But Billie needs him. And he can’t say no to Billie.

The Cheyenne Police Department doesn't handle many murders. So when a woman is found mutilated and crucified, detective Kyle Dixon catches a case where all the evidence has long since been destroyed. Any detective would find it a difficult investigation, but to make matters worse, Dixon is paired with Ethan Baudin: a new detective in the unit who doesn't believe the law should apply to those that chase monsters. They find that the murder is connected to a rash of fraternity rapes and the case becomes highly publicized and politically charged.

Ein ungemein spannender Polizeikrimi. Die Jagd nach einem besonders perfiden Mörder beginnt – Warum nur schmückt er seine Tatorte mit grausigen Graffiti-Bildern und einer seltsamen Figur namens "Santa Claus"? Detective Sergeant Victor Lessard und sein Team tauchen ab in ein schwarzes Labyrinth voller Rätsel.In Abwesenheit seines für die Einheit Schwerverbrechen verantwortlichen Vorgesetzten muss Victor Lessard mit seinen Kollegen den Tod eines hochrangigen Polizeibeamten aus Montreal untersuchen, dessen Kopf in einem Müllcontainer gefunden wurde.

A senior administrator is stabbed to death in his office at the Montreal General Hospital. In the east end of the city, a dead man is found in the trunk of a stolen BMW. A young woman is hospitalized after an apparent hit and run, but despite her doctor’s objections, she refuses treatment and sets off on a desperate search for the man who helped her.

When a young Montreal family dies in an orgy of bloody violence, all signs point to a rampage by the father. But Victor Lessard isn’t convinced. The brilliant, brooding detective suspects that others were involved in the killings. But who? And why? As Lessard struggles to solve the puzzle, the discovery of a nightmarish chamber of horrors seems to confirm that the murders are part of a wider pattern. Meanwhile, in the Major Crimes Unit, Jacinthe Taillon is investigating the strange kidnapping of Laila François, a former street kid turned webcam girl.

This is Reaper speaking. So begins an anonymous letter published in a Utah newspaper after a young couple is viciously murdered. Tooele County sheriff Elizabeth Gray leads the investigation into the double homicide, which is eerily reminiscent of a string of brutal killings years ago. When the letter leads detectives to yet another body, Gray calls on an old friend for help.

After a traumatic injury took him off the job, prosecutor Solomon Shepard is back to work, teaming up with Sheriff Billie Gray to hunt down Utah’s most dangerous criminals. Shepard has spent years away from crime scenes and courtrooms, but one of those criminals still holds a grudge. Alonso Hafeez is out of prison after eleven years, and he’s determined to prove that Shepard tried him for a crime he didn’t commit. And he’s got something special planned: kidnapping Shepard and forcing him to revisit Hafeez’s case in an elaborately staged retrial.

Montreal, heute: Am Tag vor Weihnachten wird Judith Harper, eine renommierte Psychologin, auf grausame Weise umgebracht. Zur gleichen Zeit verschwindet Nathan Lawson, ein angesehener Anwalt, nachdem er in Panik Dokumente auf einem Friedhof vergraben hat. Wenig später stürzt sich ein Obdachloser von einem Wolkenkratzer. Im Mantel des Obdachlosen: die Brieftaschen von Harper und Lawson.

Marsella, 1973. Una oleada de terrorismo racista sacude toda Francia. Su epicentro es Marsella y su objetivo los inmigrantes argelinos. En seis meses, más de cincuenta son abatidos a tiros, a veces incluso en plena calle, con total impunidad. El comisario Théo Daquin, joven, parisino, elegante...

As a sergeant for the Apache Tribal police, Al Victor considers it his responsibility to protect traditional Apache culture while enforcing the law. But now those two duties are coming into direct conflict as he tracks a vagrant medicine man onto sacred ground.

Sgt. Bren Allred has seen all manner of criminality in beautiful Graham County, Arizona. He has managed to keep the worst of it from his wife, Monica, who is having a troubled pregnancy. But it will be difficult to keep the devils at bay as a new kind of trouble erupts across the region . When deputies Sanchez and Haley go undercover to investigate a rash of copper theft, they unwittingly stumble across a shadowy spy network. Meanwhile, Apache Police Sgt. Al Victor is confronted by a murder case involving a diplomat as he grapples with the ever-present problem of alcohol on the reservation.

The lands of southern Arizona hold many secrets, some of which are worth killing for. When an archeology student is found dead, it seems like a tragic case of senseless violence. But when a second victim is targeted, Apache Tribal Policeman Al Victor realizes something far more sinister is afoot.

Seventeen-year-old Mariana Villalobos's mystic gift creates a sensation in northern Mexico as hundreds of people undergo a personal religious epiphany. Even gangsters reject crime. Seeing revenues tumble in the drug trade, the Liones cartel issues a hit order on the girl.