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Die vierjährige Pauline wird unter mysteriösen Umständen tot aufgefunden, nachdem sie bereits seit zwei Tagen verschwunden ist. Es hat keine Lösegeldforderungen gegeben. Die Eltern verhalten sich nach der Todesnachricht merkwürdig und die Ehe scheint nicht glücklich zu sein. Beide Partner erwecken den Eindruck, als hätten sie etwas zu verbergen. Und während das Team noch ermittelt, trifft ein weiterer Schicksalsschlag die Familie. Wieder geht es um Leben und Tod.

El sargento Bevilacqua y su compañera la cabo Chamorro, atípicos investigadores de la Guardia Civil, deben esclarecer la muerte del alocado joven Iván López von Amsberg en la isla canaria de La Gomera. Se trata de un caso que, en la jerga de la unidad central, se conoce como «un asunto podrido: el principal sospechoso, un político local cuya hija adolescente salía con Iván, fue juzgado y absuelto dos años atrás. Las pistas son obsoletas, el caso está empantanado y ofrece pocas posibilidades de ser resuelto.

Around one a.m. on an early spring morning, two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice’s squares. Commissario Claudia Griffoni, on duty that night, perhaps ill-advisedly walks the last of the boys home because his father, Dario Monforte, failed to pick him up at the Questura. Coincidentally, Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy friend of Vice-Questore Patta to vet Monforte for a job, triggering Brunetti’s memory that twenty years earlier Monforte had been publicly celebrated as the hero of a devastating bombing of the Italian military compound in Iraq.

When the 19-year-old daughter of the mayor of Dallas suddenly goes missing at the height of election season, the Chief of Police has a potential political firestorm on his hands. He assigns senior detectives Rob Soliz and Frank Pierce - partners known for their unorthodox approach to investigations - to investigate quickly and quietly.

Jimmy’s relationship with the police seems to have taken a turn for the worse, but it’s not just him. Some of his associates have had strange confrontations with law enforcement. Could someone be manipulating their AugMonitor feeds?

1996 wurde ein 16-jähriges Mädchen in der Nähe des Schwarzen Wassers, einem See nahe der kleinen Stadt Weverlo, ermordet aufgefunden. Der Fall wurde nie aufgeklärt. Jetzt, fünfundzwanzig Jahre später, werden die Ermittlungen wieder aufgenommen, da die sogenannte familiäre DNA-Analyse neue Ergebnisse verspricht.

Since the publication of The Butler Did It by Sean Joseph, Johnny Butler’s life has taken on new meaning. In the sequel The Butler Really Did It, Johnny has had amazing highs and lows, albeit natural and not from alcohol and or other mind-altering substances. He now has over 14 years of continuous sobriety. He certainly enjoys emotional sobriety for the most part. As his life continues to unfold his adventure and shenanigans continue. This novel's plot twists and adventures unfold around recovery, women, sex, and scandal before Johnny is on trial again. This time his life is on the line.

¿Sabrá descifrar las pistas a tiempo para salvar una vida? Durante tres años, un asesino en serie sembró el terror en Atlanta. Cuando la temperatura se elevaba hasta máximas abrasadoras, él atacaba, siempre secuestrando a dos chicas jóvenes. A una la mataba y dejaba en su cuerpo todas las pistas que los investigadores necesitaban para encontrar a la segunda, que aguardaba… presa de una muerte lenta pero segura. La salvación era posible, pero la policía siempre llegaba demasiado tarde y nunca lograron dar con el perpetrador.

After twenty years at the LAPD Homicide Bureau, Mike Travis is finally retiring and starting over on Santa Catalina Island. In the small town of Avalon, he lives and works on his yacht, sailing and chartering scuba diving trips. There, among tourists and quirky locals, he tries to banish the residual darkness from his mind. It's not that easy, especially when the one case he never solved comes back to haunt him . . .

Empujado por el infortunio, el irreverente inspector Manuel Bianquetti se ve obligado a aceptar un traslado forzoso a la comisaría de Cádiz, un destino previsiblemente tranquilo que se verá alterado con el hallazgo del cadáver de una joven de dieciséis años. Una muerte violenta que le traerá reminiscencias de un pasado del que no logra desprenderse.

It gets lean between cases, so when Punk Rock Private Eye, Nick Paras gets handed a soft side-quest escorting a VIP on a spooky season tour of the LA punk scene, the last thing he expected is a tour down the dark side of the soul.

Blutrotes Spiel – Der Einsatz ist dein Leben. BND-Agent Martin recherchiert mit Helena Groß und Maximilian Storm den Suizid eines Kollegen dessen letzter Einsatz in einem Massaker endete. Kurz darauf jagte sich der Agent eine Kugel in den Kopf. Bei ihren Ermittlungen stößt Helena auf einen USB-Stick mit dem überaus blutigen Tagebuch eines psychopathischen Triebtäters. Der Killer bringt Frauen in seine Gewalt und lässt sie qualvoll sterben. Doch von den Opfern fehlt jede Spur.

Un uomo di mezz’età si presenta nell’ufficio di Bacci Pagano. Si esprime in un italiano ricco, con marcato accento genovese. È timido e cortese, ma un fatto sconcerta il navigato detective: Mario Canepa è un uomo di colore…Figlio adottivo dei Canepa, Mario è ora titolare della ditta di famiglia, che importa caffè dal Corno d’Africa. "Ritrovi mio figlio dottor Pagano. Si chiama Giovanni, ha vent'anni e non vuole parlare con me!”. Inizia così per Bacci un'inchiesta velata di malinconia, nella quale il suo senso di giustizia, lo spinge ad andare con determinazione oltre il proprio mandato.

Dirk De Graaf has kept his deadly secret for twenty-three years. Not one person on the planet knows. Until today. A chance encounter in the street threatens to expose everything and topple an empire he built with little more than ruthless cunning. But it's just one man. One old man. And one old man can be dealt with easily enough. Or so Dirk De Graaf thinks.

Una nuova indagine per William Warwick. QUATTRO CASI. QUATTRO ASSASSINI. E UN SOLO UOMO IN GRADO DI FERMARLI. Londra: la Polizia Metropolitana istituisce una nuova squadra speciale che si occupa di casi irrisolti, la Unsolved Murders Unit, con l’obiettivo di catturare i criminali più inafferrabili. Quattro omicidi. Quattro assassini a piede libero. Ginevra: Miles Faulkner, un ricchissimo collezionista d’arte condannato per furto e contraffazione è stato dichiarato morto da due mesi. Ma allora perché il suo losco avvocato lo rappresenta ancora?

È gennaio e Antonio Mariani è ancora in congedo per malattia a causa dell'incidente di novembre quando ha rischiato di morire travolto dall'esondazione del torrente Cerusa. Trascina le giornate nell'apatia, sente e patisce la freddezza della moglie Francesca, evita anche di girare per la città che ha sempre amato. Accetta quindi, con un senso di liberazione, la richiesta di sua madre Emma di andare a Nizza Monferrato per parlare con Giuditta, la figlia di Noemi, deceduta nell'inverno.

Greg Bowker is a young senior constable forcibly transferred to a one-officer station in a remote and dying Mallee town. Welcomed by a brutal combination of heat, dust, isolation and primitive amenities, the new officer expects to waste years of his career in 'purgatory'. He is greeted with warmth by the community but becomes increasingly worried by the behaviour of two delinquent teenagers, one of whose family history hides a secret he can't resist investigating.

Dante “Drifter/Gianni” Giovanni is an agent for the Glenn and Sons agency. He is stationed in Arlington, Virginia with his handler Venus. Giovanni will have to fight anyone and everyone to make people pay for their terrorist actions. Gianni loves the United States of America and protects it by any means necessary. Whether it is teaming up with his friends in the agency, or trying to avoid his enemies. Danger lurks around every corner on his way to the top of the food chain.

The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hit man into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one—why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful young librarian dead? And why in hell does he care?

A las tierras más al norte de Noruega, donde nunca se pone el sol, ha llegado un sicario rebelde. Huye de su pasado y es un hombre sin futuro. Pongamos que se llama Jon y acaba de traicionar a uno de los reyes del crimen organizado de Oslo, El Pescador. En esta aldea remota de Finnmark viven los integrantes de una secta cristiana y Jon traba amistad con Lea, la hija del líder local. Ella le proporciona un lugar en el que esconderse, una cabaña de cazadores, y un rifle, además de alimentos.