Police procedural Books

Ein außergewöhnlich kaltblütiger Kriminalfall beschäftigt Hauptkommissar Peter Dallmayr und sein Team, Kommissarin Eva Melzer und Kommissar von Hautzenberg.Die Ehefrau des in der oberbayerischen Gemeinde Dietramszell lebenden Musikers David Kleber wird...

A family reconciling their troubled past. A new enemy emerges. Will this unsettling development ruin the O'Connell's hard-earned harmony?Will life ever return to normal? Your favorite O'Connell family is back in The Return of the O'Connells."You're my...

When two women detectives in the CID division of a large city police force, one a forty-year veteran, the other a rookie, are forcibly teamed together in an unfriendly partnership, the rookie follows the many-years-old cold case of a painting found in a...

Solving this murder might be the gravest mistake he could make.At the Northwest Federal University and Research Complex, where the community is cut off from the crumbling civilization outside its walls, tensions are rife. So when the deputy director is...

Jake and Maddie lead the Artificial Crimes Unit in pursuit of the "Baron" as he digitally resurrects history's most notorious serial killers."M.T. Bass melds the characters into a macabre tale of murder and mayhem confounded with artificial intelligence....

USA Today bestselling author Connie Shelton brings her most edge-of-seat Charlie Parker mystery to date. It’s a terrible case of mistaken identity when a gang of bank robbers think that Charlie is a famous movie star. Disappointed with their take...

Murder and greed visit the high country...Tired of spending his days fishing, Ray Pacheco takes on his second assignment with his partner Tyee Chino when the state Attorney General asks them to find out just what the hell is going on in Ruidoso, New...

"Please Mommy, can Tessa and I go play on the swing by the creek?" the little girl begs, pushing a blonde curl from her eyes. "We'll stay together, and we promise to be safe." Hours later, their mother waits anxiously for her darling girls to arrive home...

Sweat trickles down the girl's spine as she dances around her bedroom. The curtains blow open and a gust of hot, humid air comes through the window. She has no idea she is being watched from the street below. The dainty chain around her neck will soon be...

Her mother will be furious when she finds out. She knew it was risky to come here alone. But it was too hard to resist. A chance to live like a normal teenager, to have a good day for once. And now it will be her last... When teenager Leia Thompson...

One cryptic note. Five names. Two of those names are already dead.Detective Barnes has seen some horrific crime scenes. But nothing like this. The dead man is slumped against a wall, head lolling forward, hands hanging limply. He seems to be cradling...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Meet Detective Sophie Allen, head of the newly-formed Wessex Serious Crime Unit. She gets all the tricky cases, the ones no one else can handle...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Detective Sophie Allen faces her first major case as head of the newly-formed Wessex Serious Crime Unit. Will she crumble under the...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Detective Sophie Allen investigates the brutal murder of one of her own. But with her team falling apart, do they have any hope of catching the...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Detective Sophie Allen investigates a spate of ruthless crimes with ties to the government.Two victims with no pasts.A man is found stabbed to...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Detective Sophie Allen is back and ready to solve her toughest case yet!An undercover detective disappears. A retired prison guard is found dead...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Detective Sophie Allen and her team travel to Devon to investigate a string of evil crimes - ones with deadly consequences . . .A young man's...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Follow Detective Sophie Allen as she dives headfirst into a triple murder enquiry. Can she connect the cases and catch a killer?A couple is...

From multi-million-selling Joy Ellis, one of Britain's best-loved crime writers, with over twenty number-one bestsellers.Meet Detective Nikki Galena. She will stop at nothing to avenge her daughter. Under the brooding skies of the Lincolnshire Fens, she...

From multi-million-selling Joy Ellis, one of Britain's best-loved crime writers, with over twenty number-one bestsellers.Meet Detective Nikki Galena. She will stop at nothing to avenge her daughter. Under the brooding skies of the Lincolnshire Fens, she...

Her heart stutters as she draws closer. A woman's fingertips curl over the boat's edge. Dark crimson blood clashes with the faded blue peeling paint beneath. They're too late, the beautiful woman within has been dead for some time... Detective Josie...

Her eyes snap open and she takes in the snow-covered forest around her. She can't remember how she got here, and a dark figure is running toward her. She doesn't have time to scream before he's upon her...When Sheriff Jenna Alton and her deputy, David...

On a windy and blistering cold morning, Morgana Usyk, owner of one of DS Tomek Bowen's favourite haunts, Morgana's Café, visits Mulberry Harbour a little over a mile out to sea.A short while later, her body is found in the shallows, floating beside the...

The death of a school friend forces Rachel McKenzie to confront a remorseless killer in her Highland hometown... Rachel is no stranger to the darkness in the hearts of men. When the body of a young woman is found, tragically killed in her own home,...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Detective Sophie Allen teams up with Somerset's Criminal Investigation Department to solve an intricate mystery full of buried secrets.Detective...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Meet Detective Sophie Allen. To understand the present, she must dive deep into the past. But unearthing long-forgotten secrets will have...

Discover a series of British crime mysteries set on the Dorset coast from bestselling author Michael Hambling.Meet Detective Sophie Allen. Her last case almost broke her. Now she's back, but is she really in control?Two women go away for the weekend to a...

Something is amiss at the local village school.A man is seen lingering outside the gates - and parents and teachers are getting worried . . .Joshua Baldwin doesn't think he's doing any harm. With no family of his own, he just gets a bit lonely.Piercy...

An isolated house with a terrible past. Is history repeating itself for the new family living there?Holly Stewart moved into Solace House wanting a fresh start for her and her family. She knew the property was cheap because a tragic murder had taken...

Five skeletons are unearthed on Rat Island, an uninhabited island owned by the Ministry of Defence. Among them are the remains of a woman dubbed 'Quintessa' by the detectives, who was murdered sometime in the 1980s.Then Horton receives a mysterious phone...

Detective Inspector Andy Horton is in Guernsey when he receives an urgent call from his friend, Inspector John Guilbert: 'A woman's been found dead on the ferry which sailed from Portsmouth this morning.'She's discovered in her cabin lying face down in...

Just before midnight, Mandy is woken by a frantic knocking at the door. It's her ex-husband. Drunk. Again. At that moment her new partner James gets home from work. Mandy hears raised voices. Then a dull, smacking sound. Followed by a sickening crunch . ...

Please note this was previously published as Death Surge.Detective Inspector Andy Horton is on a sailing trip to France when he gets the news: Sergeant Cantelli's nephew, Johnnie Oslow, is missing.Johnnie was due to take part in the Cowes Week yacht...

Florence Winslow wakes up in hospital. The nurse tells her she's killed a man.All she remembers is that she was driving down a deserted country road in northern Connecticut late at night on her way to visit her in-laws. A car hurtled out of nowhere and...

In einem verschlafenen Bergdorf starrt die Witwe Cheryl Coleman ängstlich aus ihrem Küchenfenster, während draußen ein Sturm tobt. Als es an der Tür klopft, blickt sie noch einmal zurück zu ihren Töchtern, bevor sie sie mit zitternden Händen öffnet .....

Die dunkelsten Geheimnisse verbergen sich oft vor aller Augen ...An einem einsamen Pfad hoch oben an einer Klippe wird die Leiche einer ermordeten Jugendlichen gefunden, ihr engelsgleiches Gesicht ist der aufgehenden Sonne zugewandt. Nachdem ein...

A DEVOTED WIFE. THE PERFECT MOTHER. A DARK PAST SHE'LL DO ANYTHING TO OUTRUN. MEET DETECTIVE JEN GARNER.The past won't stay buried . . . and neither will she.Jen Garner's life is a delicate balancing act between her past as an undercover police officer...

Nothing that is secret can remain secret forever. But is it possible that some crimes are better left undiscovered? Join Holmes and Watson as they travel from London to storm-wracked Bedfordshire, where the Great Detective finds himself uncovering the...

When defense attorney Sally Castle agrees to do a favor for an old friend she thinks the case will be simple: present the appeal for a murder conviction and the work is already done. But the more Sally looks into the facts of the case, the more problems...

The body of a young woman is found by a river outside Belfast and Detective Sergeant Ryan McBride makes a heart-wrenching discovery at the scene, a discovery he chooses to hide even though it could cost him the investigation-and his career.The victim was...

Sheriff Jim Sheppard and Sgt. Dee Jackson find Bailey Braden nearly frozen to death, along with the body of a murdered woman. They have to save Bailey's life, preserve a crime scene, and find a murderer while Florida is shut down by temperatures in the...

It's been five years since Detective Vic Lenoski took early retirement to help raise his granddaughter. But the shooting of an elderly man outside a cemetery reawakens his detective instincts. The victim is famous for a string of brazen armed robberies...

"A strong mystery that clearly shows some secrets, like a few bodies, can't stay buried." -Kirkus ReviewsAfter a kidnap-for-hire plot results in the death of a young boy, Burr police chief Emmett Hardy blames himself and has an alcohol-fueled breakdown...

Foreword's Book of the Year IndieFab Finalist"An engaging and uplifting tale, Climbing the Coliseum will appeal to mystery lovers who enjoy characters with depth." -Foreword Clarion ReviewHe's teetering on the edge of suicide. She's a reminder of his...

A Girl's Mutilated Body is Found on a Portland, Maine Hiking Trail in A Child Shall Lead Them, a Murder Mystery Thriller by Kate Flora--Portland, Maine--When a jogger discovers the brutalized body of a young girl along a park trail, the ever cranky...

Grover Moss is bored. A former big-city detective, he misses the mind-numbing parade of bums, drug dealers, prostitutes, murderers, and violence only big cities can provide. He has followed the beautiful but capricious Chantal West to her home town...

Los Angeles attorney, Alex Carreras, has it all—a position with a prestigious law firm, an engagement to the boss’s daughter, and a budding political career—until the night he stops to help a murdered girl in a battered Chevy van. Now...