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First-year detective Kathleen Doyle is a plucky Irish redhead of humble origins and modest means. Chief Inspector Michael Acton is her antithesis: a British lord turned cop. He's tall, handsome, and enigmatic - to a fault. He also has a knack for solving London's most high-profile crimes. Acton selects Doyle out of the newbie squad to partner with him on a series of investigations because she always knows when someone is lying - a trait that comes in handy when interviewing suspects and witnesses.

DCI Whitney Walker’s in trouble. She’s threatened with demotion if she screws up another case. So, when a killer starts murdering female students, it’s a chance to redeem herself. Forensic psychologist, Dr. Georgina Cavendish, has spent her life inside the university walls, but when one of her students is murdered, she steps out from behind the text books and puts her skills to the test.

Kelly Roth, FBI profiler, returns home to Syracuse to stop a sadistic serial killer. Three murders in three separate jurisdictions in central New York State have the same pattern: women killed by fatal headshots from a hunting rifle. Kelly Roth is sent from Virginia to help the local police. Each victim was found murdered in a remote area or in a quiet park. The media call him “The Park Killer.” But Kelly doesn’t think the killer lurks in the bushes. She thinks he hunts his victims somewhere else.

Im dritten Berlin-Krimi um Kriminalhauptkommissarin Mara Eisfeld ermittelt die 9. Mordkommission im Umfeld einer Fleischerei-Dynastie – filmreif, düster, mit starker Sogwirkung und reichlich Action! In Berlin stimmt man sich auf Weihnachten ein, als Mara Eisfeld zum Schauplatz eines brutalen Mordes gerufen wird: Magnus Haub, Sohn der einflussreichen Fleischerei-Unternehmerin Heidemarie Haub, liegt tot in seinem luxuriösen Penthouse. Erste Spuren führen zu der Tierschutz-Aktivistin Lena von Bülow, die mit spektakulären Aktionen gegen den Haub-Konzern Schlagzeilen machte.

From a young age, 28-year-old Embla Nystrom has been plagued by chronic nightmares and racing thoughts, but she has learned to channel most of her anxious energy into her position as Detective Inspector in the mobile unit in Gothenburg, Sweden, and into sports. A talented hunter and prize-winning Nordic welterweight, she is glad to be taking a vacation from her high-stress job to attend the annual moose hunt with her family and friends. But when Embla arrives at her uncle's cabin in rural Dalsland, she sees an unfamiliar face has joined the group.

Sharon Davis, tenacious NYPD homicide detective, is determined to catch a ruthless serial killer who disfigures the faces of beautiful, young women before killing them. Sharon's pursuit of the elusive killer leads her to the glamorous fashion world and threatens to unveil the dark secret of an influential socialite in New York's elite. The detective uncovers the involvement of a famous supermodel gravely unaware of the great danger lurking. The more she investigates, mind-taunting discoveries begin to scratch the surface.

Brill Jessup just became the first female police chief in Sophie Trace, Tennessee, and is riding on the credentials of a stellar 18-year career on the Memphis police force. She may be a pro at finding clues, but she tends to ignore the obvious in her personal life. Her husband, Kurt, is weighed down by her unrelenting anger as he struggles to let God redeem the stupidest mistake he ever made.

Danutia is observing a youth rehabilitation program in England when Arthur returns to the Peak District to attend his mother’s funeral. Suspecting foul play in her death, Danutia and Arthur question the feuding village. They soon discover that the practice of ancient Celtic rituals persists and has evolved into a dangerous and deadly ceremony....

Cecil Younger, local Alaskan investigator, is neither good at his job nor great at staying sober. When an old Tlingit woman, unimpressed by the police's investigation, hires him to discover why her son, a big-game guide, was murdered, he takes the case without much conviction that he'll discover anything new.  

Un matrimonio, bajo los efectos de una nueva droga, ha cometido la mayor atrocidad de sus vidas. El caso se vuelve mediático y muchos interrogantes se abren durante la investigación, repleta de trabas y obstáculos. Marta está decidida a impartir justicia, aunque no imagina a quién deberá enfrentarse.

¿Quieres unirte al equipo de investigación que tratará de atrapar a Caronte, el asesino en serie que enamora a adolescentes tímidas y solitarias a través de Internet? Los cadáveres brutalmente mutilados de varias adolescentes aparecen abandonados en parajes apartados de Vizcaya. No hay pistas sobre el asesino, nadie sabe nada del misterioso asaltante y lo único que tienen en común todas las víctimas es que son jóvenes solitarias. La investigación lleva a la joven forense Natalia Egaña y al inspector de homicidios Carlos Vega a descubrir que el asesino contacta con sus víctimas a través de Internet.

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the new compelling novel from Sunday Times bestselling thriller writer, James Patterson... My name is Elinor Gilbert. And I am the Invisible Woman. Elinor Gilbert was once a young woman with a thriving career at the FBI. Now, decades past solving crimes with...

When a young woman is found strangled to death and left on a park bench in Santa Rosa, California, Detective Eddie Mahler and his Violent Crime Investigations (VCI) Team are called to the scene. The crime immediately flashes Mahler back to two unsolved homicides - young women who were also strangled - that took place at this same location a couple of years earlier. His inability to find evidence against the man he knows was responsible for their deaths has haunted him since.

La inspectora Marta Escudero se dispone a celebrar su cumpleaños con su hermana, recién salida de prisión. Sin embargo, el destino tiene otros planes para ella: un cuerpo ha aparecido sin vida en la playa de Muchavista. La lucha de poder entre bandas, donde la violencia se paga con violencia, sacude los cimientos de la tranquilidad en una ciudad colmada de turistas. Mientras tanto, el mundo personal de la inspectora se tambalea ante amenazas que la acechan.

Her marriage over and career gone bust, Arly Hanks flees Manhattan for her hometown: Maggody, Arkansas. In a town this size, nothing much ever happens, so Arly figures she's safe as the town's first female chief of police - until the husband of one of the local barmaids escapes from state prison and heads for town. And that's not all. An EPA official with ties to polluting the local fishing hole has suddenly vanished off the face of the earth.

A British journalist is invited to Malmö to interview an old university friend who is now one of Sweden's leading film directors. When he discovers the director's glamorous film-star wife dead in her apartment, the Skåne County Police are called in to solve the high-profile case.

Officer Luz is lucky she still has a job after tasering a male colleague where it counts the most. Sure, he had it coming - which is why the police chief is giving Megan a second chance. The catch? Her new partner can't carry a gun, can't drive a cruiser, and can't recite the Miranda Rights. Because her new partner is a big furry police dog. So that's what the chief meant when he called Megan's partner a real bitch...With Brigit out on the beat, Megan is writing up enough tickets to wallpaper the whole station.

Wenn er dich bewundert, dann will er dich für immer! Auf einer riesigen, kunstvoll bemalten Leinwand liegt eine Frau. Ihr Blick ist starr in den Himmel gerichtet. Sie atmet nicht mehr. Spezialermittlerin Laura Kern kann kaum die Augen von dem bizarren Fund abwenden. Jemand hat sie in ein Abendkleid und knallrote High Heels gezwängt, um sie in seinem Kunstwerk zu verewigen.

Her ex’s mysterious death …is now theirs to solve. When Brenda Devers sees her estranged—and recently deceased—husband, Scott, at the airport, she reels in shock. She’d buried him three weeks ago—hadn’t she? Only now his business troubles have thrust Brenda and her young daughter...

Was passiert, wenn du aufwachst und dein Alptraum erst beginnt? Im dritten Teil der Insel-Krimi-Reihe "Norderney" von Barbara Wendelken muss Ella die Unschuld ihres Bruders Malte beweisen. Dabei stößt sie auf einen dubiosen Reederei-Erben und ein Geheimnis aus ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit. Malte erwacht nackt und ohne Erinnerung in einem blutdurchtränkten Bett. Seine Freundin , die Inselbloggerin Larissa, liegt neben ihm – brutal erstochen. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass der junge Polizist die grauenhafte Tat selbst begangen hat.