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Eine tote Schauspielerin, ein dubioser Beleuchter und ein erpressbarer Kölner Bürgermeister: Gereon Rath gerät selbst in Gefahr. Berlin 1930: Der Tod der gefeierten Schauspielerin Betty Winter führt Gereon Rath in die Studios der Filmmetropole Berlin. Der junge Kölner Kommissar in der Berliner Mordinspektion lernt schnell die Schattenseiten des Glamours kennen und erlebt eine Branche im Umbruch. Der Tonfilm erobert die Leinwände, und dabei bleiben viele auf der Strecke: Produzenten, Kinobesitzer – und Stummfilmstars.

Don't miss the latest installment in Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author L.T. Ryan's Mitch Tanner suspense thriller series! When Tanner’s search for his son leads him to Denver, Colorado, an old friend is ready to help out. But things go sideways when Bridget Dinapoli is assigned a similar case. Nothing is as it seems as Tanner and Bridget race to stop a suspect. But when the trail goes cold, they find themselves being pulled into something much more sinister. It will take everything they have to save Tanner’s son, and themselves.

Detective Chief Inspector James Hardy’s caseload is bursting at the seams. A serial murderer dubbed The Angel Killer is stalking young women in and around London, and an assassin is picking off high-profile political figures one by one, with his ultimate target being the prime minister herself. Both cases land squarely on Hardy’s desk even as he struggles to rebuild a stable home for himself and his two young daughters after the senseless murder of their mother.

When a bloody corpse is discovered in a North London park, Detective Inspector Daniel Graves is the man tasked with finding the killer. However, with no clues and no suspects, the case seems like a dead end. Then another body turns up—and this time, it looks like it could be Graves’s fault. Has his investigation caused the murderer to strike again? As the case gets ever more complicated, a report comes in of another suspicious death—but this is nothing like any other Graves has dealt with. All involved are convinced that something supernatural is to blame: a demon.

Siamo nel 1950. In una Genova uscita a fatica dalle miserie della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, fa ritorno il commissario Damiano Flexi Gerardi, dopo un lungo periodo di confino sardo a causa dei precedenti conflitti con l’ormai defunto regime fascista. Ospite a casa del fratello Vincenzo e della cognata, il commissario si ritrova fin da subito a indagare su uno strano caso. Ermete Cicala, modesto sarto di abiti ecclesiastici, viene trovato morto nel suo laboratorio.

Seconda indagine per il commissario capo Damiano Flexi Gerardi, soprannominato il Becchino, già protagonista dell’acclamato "Il mandante" (2019). Nella Genova degli anni Cinquanta, Damiano è stato convinto dal questore a ritirare le proprie dimissioni. Afflitto da rupofobia e afefobia, il commissario è un’anima tormentata, ma il nuovo caso affidatogli lo costringerà a un duro bagno di realtà. Le vittime innocenti dell’omicidio, questa volta, sono due piccole ospiti di un orfanotrofio. Chi mai potrebbe aver ucciso quelle due bambine innocenti?

Within this compilation, you will hear that Mac continues to bring cases to conclusions—while he continues to jump to conclusions. Mac Danger—the up-front, in-your-face gumshoe—confronts the electronic clutter of a modern world—filled with its video conference call users—mocha lattes at their side, with his common sense two-tin-cans-tied-together-with-a-string methods. And all of it is accomplished with the help of the never-empty-glass of his liquid forebear, Old Grand Dad.

NY Times and USA Today best-selling author Lorhainne Eckhart brings you a new crossover series! The social worker and the cop, an unlikely couple drawn together on a small, secluded Pacific Northwest island where nothing is as it seems. Protecting the innocent comes at a cost, and what seems to be a sleepy, quiet town is anything but. Includes The Children, The Last Stand, and The Charity.

En el archipiélago de Estocolmo aparece una embarcación privada. Dentro, se halla el cuerpo sin vida de una mujer. Su pelo, su piel, sus ropas están secos. Y, no obstante, la autopsia revela que los pulmones están llenos de agua. La víctima murió ahogada. Al día siguiente, otro cadáver aparece en la ciudad, y también este encierra un misterio.

Police Chief Mark Friessen along with his wife, social worker Billy Jo McCabe, keep a watchful eye on their small island town in the Pacific Northwest. As the couple come to grips with the hub of crime by the political elite that had turned what they’d believed to be a quiet sleepy island into a playground for the rich and powerful, a young executive of a major international charity moves to Roche Harbor. Mark and Billy Jo once again find themselves digging deep into the secrets and lies that seem to trail this man.

Second day back at work. Detective Chief Inspector Janine Lewis drops off her seven-year-old son at school. As she drives off, a car breaks fiercely with a squealing sound. Janine sees the child flung to one side, the small body flying limp like a puppet, then landing hard. With a sickening feeling, Janine recognizes her as Tom’s classmate—Ann-Marie Chinley. Janine gives chase, but the hit-and-run driver gets away. When she finally gets to work she hears a body has been fished out of the river. The victim is in her early twenties, newly pregnant, malnourished as a child.

Briar County is in Southern Ohio—the gateway to Appalachia. People there move at their own pace. They hunt, they fish, they farm—but their secrets run deeper than the fishing holes that dot the countryside. And Dalton Edwards, DEA agent, is about to uncover a few after his boss sends him to Briar County on a low-priority assignment as punishment. His boss says it's a pot-growing operation, but Dalton thinks it's much bigger. Before his assignment ends, eight family members will be murdered under circumstances that Dalton knows have nothing to do with a hydroponic weed operation.

Shelton Williams' book, The Covey Jencks Mysteries: Love and Murder Deep in the Heart of Texas, is more than a collection of mysterious tales of murder and investigation. By bringing to life these characters, the author has highlighted global issues such as racism, political extremism, and human trafficking. In the midst of it all is our interracial protagonists, hell-bent on discovering the secrets lurking in the dark shadows of Odessa, Texas.

Skrupellose Freunde: Manipulativ scheffeln Immobilienmakler Daniel Morgenroth und Kreditabteilungsleiter Bastian Talmann Geld in die eigene Tasche. Wer nicht zahlen kann, ist ruiniert oder wird zu Sex erpresst. Dass die Frauen dabei zerbrechen, kümmert sie nicht. Dann entzweien mörderische Ereignisse die beiden Freunde. Aus Vertrauen wird tödliche Angst und ein falsches Spiel, das nur Verlierer kennt. Die örtliche Polizei findet zwei Frauenleichen, hat aber keine weiteren Spuren: ein Fall für den exzentrischen Sonderermittler Ruben Hattinger.

Mike Lanson was the ace crime reporter for the Gazette, so it was natural that he heard about the kookie wino who had reported eavesdropping on two men plotting a murder. So, it was also natural that he got on the case after one of the two plotters was found dead. Mike, like all reporters, was looking for an answer. But when he filled in the five W's on the next victim, he came up with this: Who: Mike Lanson. What: His own murder. When: As soon as that fire reached the explosives. Where: In a deserted storehouse. Why: Because he knew too much.

Miranda is back. She's escaped from Death Row, and her thirst for murder is stronger than ever before. Detective Henry Swales has other ideas. But will he be able to stop the woman who has caused him more heartache than anyone else in his life? As the sun sets on Death Row and the bodies continue to pile up, Miranda's bloodlust grows. Nobody seems able to stop her. Then she makes a mistake and is caught. And just when Detective Swales thinks it's all over, he finds himself involved in the most bizarre judicial farce imaginable.

Mac Danger is a 1930s-style private eye in a modern world. He’s a tough-talking, no-nonsense kind of discount detective—solving mysteries to make rent, and sometimes having to restrain himself from getting physical with his clients who have—let’s call them, issues. Danger Is his middle name—and his last name, too. You can look it up on his birth certificate. Mac Danger Danger. Kids made fun of him in school because of it. During every PTO conference, he wanted to punch his parents in the face.

An expert falconer is shot in the back in the wilds of West Virginia. The police believe he was the victim of a hunting accident, but PI Frank Pavlicek, a falconer himself, isn’t buying the story. Beatings, bombings, warnings from the FBI, and the arrest of his best friend on trumped-up charges only strengthen Pavlicek’s resolve to follow a bloody trail of lies and corpses that leads to a chilling terrorist conspiracy.

After a botched debt collection turned double murder, Eddie splits, desperate to avoid his employer, notorious L.A. crime boss Saul Benedict, and his men (and Eddie's ex-partners), Floyd and Sawyer, as well as the police. Soon he becomes entangled with the clever and beautiful Dakota, a Native American woman fresh in the City of Angels to find her missing friend—someone Eddie might know something about. Meanwhile in Texas, ex-assassin Rufus, seeking vengeance for his murdered brother, takes up his beloved daggers one final time and begins the long drive to L.A.

Judith, jeune lycéenne de banlieue à l'enfance atypique, rencontre un chef de bande et plonge dans un univers cruel et brutal. Elle évoque son histoire le temps d'un voyage en bus, fil rouge qui nous entraîne dans une histoire d'amour fou, d'amitié et de violence. Un portrait sans concessions de la banlieue et de ses pièges, et des conséquences de nos actes. Oserez-vous monter avec elle dans ce bus ? Un roman sombre et hypnotique qui vous hantera longtemps. Auvergnate d'adoption, Céline Saint-Charle vit au milieu des volcans.