Police procedural Books

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 Violent Crime Unit in Dorset. She is pushed to the limit in her first major case as the...

AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING BRITISH CRIME THRILLER FULL OF TWISTS.She digs up London's past crimes. Her blog is called Deadtown. Now she's dug up something that got her killed.Detective Mary Hume stares at the crime scene in confusion. She's in an empty flat...

A family is torn apart by a rushing police car. Brian Reid has been tortured for years by witnessing the tragic events. But what exactly did he see?A chance encounter a decade later prompts Brian and his sister Elizabeth to investigate what really...

The end of the world is coming... During the middle of a storm, a local radio DJ is savagely murdered in his Essex mansion. When the clouds and rain clear the following morning, DS Tomek Bowen and his team discover a crime scene that's reminiscent of...

'A thrilling addition to this compelling series. Highly recommended. I could not put it down.' Marion Todd, author of the DI Clare Mackay series.'A chillingly believable plot, great twists . . . terrifically compelling.' M.K. Murphy, Dagger-winning...

Murder or suicide? Merseyside detectives investigate...Early one winter morning, DI Jordan Carr has a nasty shock whilst travelling on a motorway near Liverpool.An unfortunate fellow has apparently jumped from a bridge and ended up under a truck.After...

An unmarked grave, an old promise and a maverick detective...When an archaeological investigation of an old prisoner of war camp turns up several bodies in unmarked graves, it should be an open and shut case for DCI John Blizzard.But, on a foggy November...

Following a murder, a community keeps shtum when detectives look for answersDI Jordan Carr has left the serious crimes division and is back policing the suburbs of Liverpool.His first case involves a woman who reports a break-in. Nothing too serious,...

Armed robbers on Liverpool's streets test police to their limits...A spate of post office robberies escalates when a member of the public who intervenes is attacked, and ultimately dies in hospital.A frantic search for the culprits is underway. But DI...

Please note this book was previously published as A Wreath for My Sister.A young woman frozen on the moors. A mother who never came home. A third woman in danger.Sharon Priest is on the moors in a flimsy red dress and high heels, but as a snowstorm...

Please note this book was previously published as Catch the Fallen Sparrow.It's a cold, grey morning when soldiers on an exercise drill find a smouldering body up on the moors.The body is scarred by cigarette burns, the hands covered in tattoos and the...

Five old school friends reunited for a weekend in Sheffield. A drunken game of truth or dare. One won't survive.The young woman is found murdered in a swanky hotel room. Detective Claudia Nunn gets the text just as she leaves her therapist's office.The...

Please note this was previously published as A Killing Coast.Suspicious lights at sea, decomposing bodies and an old flame send DI Andy Horton down a rabbit hole in this captivating crime thriller.An elderly man obsessively watches the coast from his...

Please note this was previously published as Death Lies Beneath.Detective Inspector Andy Horton is at the funeral of ex-con Daryl Woodley. He's there to keep an eye on the mourners and watch out for a big-time crook, who they suspect was involved in...

Detective Inspector Andy Horton spots a police car outside Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. He's supposed to be on holiday, but his curiosity gets the better of him and he stops to investigate.Lying face down and sprawled out in Number One Dock is the...

Evil lurks beneath the surface of the beautiful Welsh village of Leighton Meadow.A young woman is found dead in the village church. Shot through the heart with a crossbow.She thought she was safe there, but they found her in the end.DI Jemima Huxley...

The moment Jimmy's digger blade cut through the soft peat, he knew what he'd exposed.It was flesh.Human flesh.On the remote moors of Dartmoor, the discovery of a sacrificial 'bog-body' is cause for great excitement amongst archaeologists.But when it is...

They came in the dark. They took her parents. And now she is the only one who can save them.Hidden away in an isolated cabin on the edge of her farm, seven-year-old Aisling Connolly shivers as the cold night air whistles through her thin jacket...

Ein junges Mädchen wird tot aufgefunden. Ein weiteres verschwindet spurlos ... Lange Schatten tanzten über die Blechwände. Carrie Miller lag mit den Armen über der Brust gefaltet und in Plastik gewickelt in einer versiegelten Kiste. Aus ihren...

Nachdem zwei Jungen in einer Wohnwagensiedlung unter einem Baum vergrabene menschliche Knochen entdecken, eilt Detective Josie Quinn mit ihrem Team an den Tatort. Als Kind hat sie selbst in diesen Wäldern gespielt, weil sie dort glücklicher und weit weg...

Walter’s day was off to a bad start ...Walter Stillwell, superintendent of the Port Talbot Water Resource Recovery Facility, was a methodical man. Each weekday he got up at 6:30 a.m., recorded  his blood pressure and heart rate, and prepared...

The sequel to Southern Cross: A Will Bryant Thriller. Rio de Janeiro. Underneath the tanned bodies, the scorching beaches, the sex and the sounds: a seething discontent and ever present violence. While the postcard city preens as the Olympics...

Eine späte Nacht. Eine vereiste Straße. Ein Auto um einen Baum gebogen.Als Detective Liz Moorland in die leblosen Gesichter der Tochter und des Schwiegersohns ihres ehemaligen Kollegen blickt, weiß sie, dass dies genug ist, um Vince Carter über den Rand...

She's a crack shot. A once-famous artist. And missing.DS Liz Moorland's world changed with the last case. Breaking the rules was a first for her but it got the result she needed and brought her to the attention of a new covert team. Now she has the...

The beautiful town of Llangollen is rocked by the brutal shooting of a local farmer, Aaron Jenkins. DI Ruth Hunter is called in to track down the murderer. When she and the CID team discover that both Aaron and his wife were having affairs, their focus...

She survived one serial killer; can she defy all odds and survive another?Detective John Walters resumes his role as homicide detective in Appleton, Wisconsin, a town that has finally found peace after his explosive showdown with the bone-breaker killer...

A police officer is murdered after a demonstration in Vancouver. Detective Robert Lui identifies suspects and travels to Raven Island, on BC's coast. He's looking for motive but finds danger. When more people are murdered, Robert realizes his assumptions...

Chameleaby D.H. RobbinsAnguished voices gnaw through the subconscious of a schizophrenic like termites of the psyche. There is nowhere to turn as the commanding voices conjure up a will to murder. Such is the case with Reverend Thomas Barragan Deavers as...

Life is never the same after shots are fired.  When a teenage girl is fatally shot by LAPD officer Brian Culpepper-an idealistic veteran of combat in Afghanistan-the media explodes with outrage. Protests ignite, social networks buzz with anger,...

An eyewitness to a murder calls the Pittsburgh police from one of the city's 446 bridges, then disappears. To solve the case, the police must find the bridge. But where to start? Detective Branko Radic and Officer Kathleen Mulroy seek help...

She wanted to avenge her father. She needed to save herself. When Detective Callie Forde is called to the home of a missing teenaged girl, she doesn't initially suspect foul play. Hampstead is a quiet college town. It's safe-if you don't count the...

The murder of an American marine biologist on the remote island of Atauro, north of East Timor's capital of Dili, turns a tropical paradise into a hotbed of intrigue. FBI agent Sara Carter, on secondment to the local INTERPOL mission, is sent by her...

“A jaw-dropping work of contemporary California noir. Fans of James Ellroy will fall hard for Casey Dorman.” –Best ThrillersWhen a woman is murdered, her wealthy husband and his troubled psychiatrist both become suspects. The dreams of...

An innocent bike ride on Nantucket leads Detective Nia D'Amato to a quiet street where painful cries erupt from a nearby backyard. She discovers a mother and daughter pinned beneath a fallen dead tree. Firemen arrive working frantically to free them and...

A Geologist Lies Comatose in a Portland, Maine Hospital in A World of Deceit, a Detective Joe Burgess Thriller by Kate Flora--Portland, Maine--Unable to awaken her father--eminent geologist, Ted Gabbro--nine-year-old Arielle approaches the vacationing...

Ernie, an experienced logger from rural Washington State, loses his job when the logging operation he works for is shut down due to the spotted owl. When he goes in to apply for unemployment, Ernie is persuaded to take a job out of state as a temporary...

It’s just another day in paradise for US Coast Guard Lieutenant Joe Traynor, stationed in the Florida Keys…until he gets a call from his boss, Rear Admiral Jake Barnes. Barnes suspects that some Coast Guard members in Miami have been selling...

When is a burning vehicle at the bottom of a ravine not a traffic accident but an attempt to cover up a murder? When the vehicle involved has been pushed into the ravine and the crispy critter who was the driver of the vehicle is discovered to have a...

The play's the thing to catch the attention of Astreiant...especially when it includes murder, mystery and magic.It's ghost-tide in the city and the dead walk the streets, haunting those who meant something to them in life. The theaters of Point of...

In the stifling August heat of the summer of 1661, an aged French priest vanishes without a trace in the wilds of Wisconsin. In the present, two hunters discover his remains perfectly preserved in a peat bog near Medford, Wisconsin. As Le Père's journey...

In the small, seemingly idyllic town of Willow's End, a dark undercurrent flows beneath the surface. Detective Ian Mercer and his partner, Sarah Langley, are thrust into the center of a complex and dangerous investigation when a series of crimes exposes...

"The Last Testimony: A Race Against Time" is a gripping story about an unlikely trio seeking vengeance against the corrupt forces controlling their city. It explores moral dilemmas, the relentless pursuit of truth, and the complexities of courage.Alex is...

A policeman about to retire. A series of corpses that pile up and challenge his ability in what must be his last case. The appearance of an unknown twin. The discovery of the true origins. More and more corpses, along with a paid vacation in Melilla...

The intense search begins to find who is exacting vengeance on the Coon Rapids Police Department with such devastating consequences. As various officers experience the extreme punishment assigned by the killer, they must find new ways to protect...

Un policía a punto de jubilarse. Una serie de cadáveres que se amontonan y desafían su habilidad en el que debe ser su último caso. La aparición de un gemelo desconocido. El descubrimiento de los verdaderos orígenes. Más y más cadáveres, junto con unas...