Showing results for "Wild" in Police Procedurals

It's the hottest summer on record. Norfolk is parched. One steaming night an old thatched barn at Wild Thyme Farm is torched. The battle to put out the blaze rages. Detective Sara is on the scene when there's a horrifying discovery: there's a body in the embers. Sara and her team have been investigating a series of fires breaking out all over the county—but this is the first body. Accident or murder?

One foggy morning on the banks of the Murray River, a body is found in a burnt-out area of grassland. The heavily tattooed victim, who has suffered two bullet wounds to the head, is identified as Freddie Jones, a bikie from Moama. Detective Sergeant Zoe Mayer is on the case, alongside her trusty service dog, Harry. Although Zoe is determined to track down the murderer, she finds herself stonewalled at every turn—by Freddie's family, his associates and even the local police. But then a second body is discovered, and soon all bets are off…

When San Remo County Acting Sheriff Buddy Steel is deputized by the California Coastal Commission to investigate a reclusive Russian billionaire who has repeatedly violated state law by obstructing public access to his vast beachfront property, he makes a shocking discovery. This makes Buddy, a former LAPD cop dragged home by his Sheriff father's ALS diagnosis to "temporarily" head the department, dig in his heels and face down the Russian's imported goon squad.

A DS Glyn Capaldi Mystery DS Glyn Capaldi is in hospital recuperating from concussion and the after-effects of a car crash. But, worse than that, a young woman is dead. She was the passenger in the car, whom he was bringing in for questioning following a night operation in a remote rural...

While her colleagues enjoy the seasonal festivities, DI Karen Hornby is called to investigate a suspicious death on the northernmost island of Doggerland. But how close to home is the truth of the case.

Nach einer Suspendierung wegen diverser Fehlentscheidungen ist Armand Gamache zurück bei der Sûreté du Québec, allerdings nicht als Chief Superintendent, sondern nur als Chief Inspector der Mordkommission – womit er und Schwiegersohn Jean-Guy Beauvoir jetzt gleichgestellt sind. Die Luft ist zum Zerreißen gespannt an Gamaches erstem Arbeitstag, in den sozialen Medien fällt man über ihn her, und sein neuer Fall hat es in sich: Eine junge schwangere Frau ist verschwunden, womöglich gar ermordet worden. Verdächtigt wird ihr Ehemann, der ihr gegenüber schon mehrmals handgreiflich geworden ist.

A remote shoreline. A lethal killer. As lone visitors disappear from the rural northwest of Scotland, campsites are becoming crime scenes. The Wild Coast is the seventeenth book in Lin Anderson's forensic crime series featuring Rhona MacLeod. 'One of the most satisfying characters in modern...

Süße Trauben, bittere Geheimnisse: Im idyllischen Sauternes im Garonne-Tal wird der edelste Süßwein der Welt angebaut - und ausgerechnet hier wird mitten in der Erntezeit eine junge Winzerin tot in ihrem Weinkeller aufgefunden. Das bei der Vergärung entstehende giftige Gas hat sie umgebracht. Aber ist das schon die ganze Wahrheit? Während die örtliche Polizei von einem Unfall ausgeht, verlässt sich Commissaire Luc Verlain auf sein Bauchgefühl und setzt Ermittlungen durch. In der kleinen Gemeinde aber stößt er auf eine Mauer des Schweigens.

Twenty-three years ago, Maggie D'arcy's family received a call from the Dublin police. Her cousin Erin has been missing for several days. Maggie herself spent weeks in Ireland, trying to track Erin's movements, working beside the police. But it was to no avail: No trace of her was ever found. The experience inspired Maggie to become a cop. Now, back on Long Island, more than 20 years have passed. Maggie is a detective and a divorced mother of a teenager. When the Gardaí call to say that Erin's scarf has been found and another young woman has gone missing, Maggie returns to Ireland.

While on a much needed camping vacation with her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, Casey hears a baby crying in the woods. The sound leads them to a tragic scene: a woman buried under the snow, murdered, a baby still alive in her arms. A town that doesn’t let anyone in under the age of 18, Rockton must take care of its youngest resident yet while solving another murder and finding out where the baby came from - and whether she's better off where she is.

It was Beth Katz’s serial killer father who made her like she is: a successful FBI agent and an unstoppable vigilante dedicated to hunting down murderers who have evaded capture. Beth will push herself to the limits to deliver justice. Even if it means killing those who deserve to die.

Wisconsin. Summer. Late at night. Two teenage girls are picked up by two boys, who invite them back to their place to party. But an innocent mistake turns the party into a nightmare, where nothing is what it seems....

Detectives Harry Lennox and Jess Wilde have never seen anything like it. The dead woman is dressed up like a Victorian doll. She’s wearing a long white dress, a bloodstained blonde wig and a mask with red cupid-bow lips. Beneath the mask, her face is beaten so badly, it’s unrecognisable. DNA identifies the victim as Lori Lansing, who was kidnapped three weeks ago. Her wealthy husband paid half a million pounds to secure her release – but he never saw his wife again. Then another young woman is reported missing.

Deadly fires are lighting up Brighton, and the latest case is alarmingly close to home for DC Eve Starling. The blaze was deliberately set, and a mother and daughter didn’t make it out of the smoke. Eve’s investigation takes her deep into her own uncomfortable past. When her key witness disappears, and with the killer always one step ahead, Eve is desperate to solve the case – whatever the cost. But Eve has no idea how close she is to the flames, and playing with fire can get you burned…

DSI Billie Wilde’s romantic relationship is intense—but it’s nothing compared to the pressure of her latest case, especially since the new chief of police is gunning for her squad. If they don’t get a handle on a series of deaths—which seem to have a connection to Alice in Wonderland—they could wind up being demoted. And the identity of one of the victims has made things devastatingly personal for Billie.

DSI Billie Wilde is on a mission to catch the killer responsible for a horrific showcase of murders, in order to prove that she’s still at the top of her game. But when hidden skeletons come out of dark corners, she is forced to confront her past and face the truth—that she is the ultimate target. As Billie grapples with her past, and learns she isn’t who she thought she was, she uncovers devastating childhood links to each of the victims. The past refuses to stay buried and Billie soon finds herself wondering if she knows who’s behind the brutal murders.

Nur mit Mühe gelingt es Irene Adler und Oscar Wilde, ihren Verfolgern in Stratford upon Avon zu entkommen. Doch können sie nicht ahnen, dass Teile des Zirkels bereits eine tödliche Falle für sie vorbereitet haben. Nach einigen Fehlschlägen ist es Aleister Crowley gelungen, einen schon in kleinen Mengen hochwirksamen Sprengstoff herzustellen. Die Sprengung des englischen Parlaments und des Buckingham Palast steht unmittelbar bevor und diesmal sieht es tatsächlich so aus, als würde niemand mehr die Katastrophe verhindern können...

Oscar Wilde und Irene Adler erfahren, dass William Shakespeare eine noch unbekannte Fassung des Stückes Macbeth hinterlassen haben soll, die angeblich brisanten Informationen über das Königshaus enthält. Es gibt einen Hinweis, dass das Schriftstück in Cawdor Castle versteckt liegt. Oscar Wilde und Irene Adler machen sich auf die Reise nach Inverness, ohne zu ahnen, dass Teile des Zirkels der Sieben schon längst über die Existenz des Manuskripts Bescheid wissen und sich selbst auf die Suche danach begeben haben.

Irene Adler tritt auf einem Shakespeare Festival in Edinburgh auf. Nigel Franklin, der Organisator des Festivals und glühender Verehrer der Werke Shakespeares, lädt Irene Adler für den Abend zu einem privaten Treffen ein. Er hat eine sensationelle Entdeckung gemacht, von der er ihr unbedingt berichten will. Oscar Wilde, der sich privat in Edinburgh aufhält, lässt es sich nicht nehmen, Irene Adler zu dem Treffen zu begleiten. Doch die beiden finden Nigel Franklin erschlagen in seiner Villa.

Twenty-nine-year-old Cynthia Galbraith is serving a life sentence for murder, and struggling with the traumatic past that put her behind bars. When the prison counsellor suggests Cynthia write a personal journal exploring the events that drove her to murder, she figures she has all the time in the world and very little, if anything, to lose. So she begins to write, revealing the secrets that haunt her and the truths she’s never dared tell.