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To britiske miljøaktivister bliver fundet myrdet efter et grindedrab i Tórshavn. Nyheden spredes som lynild over hele verden, og en lang række dyreværnsorganisationer blæser til kamp mod færingernes grindedrab. Organisationen Guardians of the Sea vil have Hannis Martinsson til at opklare mordet på deres to medlemmer. Han siger kun modstræbende ja til opgaven, da han ikke er tryg ved at skulle arbejde for udenlandske grindedrabsmodstandere.

“Quella mattina, le mani comodamente affondate nelle tasche dei jeans, saliva per una scalinatella insinuata tra piccole case bianche di pietra, abbagliata dal sole ma percorsa da una fresca brezza. L’andatura era tranquilla, contemplativa. A ogni passo il piede indugiava un po’, come per esser certo di aderire per bene a ogni piccola asperità dei gradini” ... Il commissario Prisco non può neanche godersi una meritata passeggiata, come quelle che ama fare ogni volta che ne ha il tempo, senza che si presenti l’ennesimo omicidio su cui indagare.

"Heksejagt" er den 11. bog om V.I. Warshawski. I kølvandet på 11. september påtager V.I. Warshawski sig en opgave for en tidligere klient. Hun skal overvåge et gammelt familielandsted, der står tomt, men en nat overrasker hun en ubuden gæst og styrter i guldfiskebassinet. Da hun griber ud efter noget at holde fast i, lukker hendes fingre sig om en iskold hånd. Et lig er dukket op til overfladen. Opdagelsen hvirvler V.I. ind i to store Chicago-familiers historier, hvor der tegner sig et kompliceret spil om blod, sex, penge, skandaler – og mord.

In einem treibenden Boot wird eine Frau gefunden, ein Stilett in der Brust. Die Tote hat eine goldene Münze im Mund – so wie bereits drei andere Mordopfer. Kommissar Lorenz Leuwen wird mit den Ermittlungen beauftragt, doch Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen den Toten scheint es nicht zu geben – abgesehen von der goldenen Münze. Dann erfährt Leuwen, dass seine Tochter Laura eine identische Münze gekauft hat. Kurz darauf verschwindet Laura.

Febbraio, 1956. Una coltre di neve è scesa su Roma, ma questo non impedisce ai ladri di fare il loro lavoro. Alla stazione Termini, un uomo è seduto su una panchina in attesa del treno, quando improvvisamente qualcuno alle sue spalle afferra il grande baule a rotelle che ha lì accanto e corre via. Il giorno dopo il questore Passalacqua convoca il commissario Agostino Clodoveo per affidargli un incarico delicatissimo: trovare Clara Tebaldi, moglie di un uomo ricco e importante, Fulco Tebaldi.

After narrowly surviving a vicious knife attack, gangland detective Eoin Miller thinks he’s earned a break from hunting down thieves, runaways, and stolen drug money. But when crime boss Veronica Gaines tips him off to a particularly sensitive new case, his Romani blood won’t let him say no.

A young woman has been murdered in River City. Police Detective John Tower is assigned to the case, but there are few clues to go on. As he digs into the case, he's soon picking up hints that this murder may not be the killer's first...or his last.

Max and Robin Kane are hired by an old Navy friend of Max’s, who is currently the chief engineer on the cruise ship Seaside Pleasure. If ever there was a misnomer for a ship, this would be it.

After a highly decorated police officer is found brutally murdered in the ski resort town of High Peaks, the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation steps in. Upon hearing the news, homicide investigator Noah Sutherland returns to his hometown in the Adirondacks, believing his brother's death to be more than just a cold, methodical ambush.

Mykkä tuska etsii pakotietä Tuula T. Matintuvan varmaotteisessa, viidennessä dekkarissa. Teinityttö löydetään surmattuna lenkkipolulta. Viikkoa myöhemmin samaisen polun varrelta löytyy murhattu perheenäiti, vain tekotapa on eri. Liittyvätkö tapaukset toisiinsa? Rikosylikonstaapeli Alina Mänty työtovereineen kuulustelevat Viljavainiontien asukkaita, joista erikoisin on yksinäinen kuusikymppinen Saara, läheisen maatilan naimaton tytär, joka ei ole puhunut mitään vuoden 1967 jouluaaton jälkeen. Saara viettää paljon aikaa tarkkaillen ympäristöään.

New York, 1934. The cat burglar called The Smoke turns good Samaritan. A down-on-his-luck boxer has been swindled, beat up, and tossed to the streets. Using his special skill set, The Smoke is determined to help the poor sap. But after he stumbles over the body of a fight promoter with a freshly crushed skull, the Smoke and his new boxer friend become prime suspects for murder.

When Ania Kozak hits Vegas, she’s only looking for a place to relax and lay low with her stolen cash and diamonds. But Sin City has other plans for “Annie".

Sandy Banks is the last of The Four Horsemen, a vigilante group of ex-cops determined to right the injustices of a broken court system. But now, the project is disintegrating, putting him in the middle of chaos.

Jack “Mac” McCrae is about to retire. Without children or any family, he looks back over his career and his life and finds himself wondering what, if any, impact he’s had on this world.

When disgraced former cop Stefan Kopriva is asked by an old high school classmate to find a runaway 16-year-old girl, he reluctantly accepts. Driven by guilt over a terrible mistake that drove him from the force more than 10 years earlier, Kopriva battles old injuries, old demons, and long ago memories as he unravels the mystery of the missing Kris Sinderling and seeks his own redemption.

A city councilman is dead of an apparent suicide. Ex-cop Stefan Kopriva finds himself drawn into the case, serving an unlikely client. Once involved, he discovers that things are not as they seem.

A new Nissan plant is coming to the depressed Rust Belt town of Baxter, and Captain Delia Merola has been busy cleaning up the crime-addled city ever since the deal was announced. But when the 15-year-old daughter of the lead bidder on the construction project—a wealthy out-of-towner—suddenly disappears, and it becomes clear that a professional kidnapping ring may be responsible, Delia realizes that the factory's influx of cash could bring with it an entirely new sort of danger, never before considered in this working class milieu.

El cuerpo descuartizado de un hombre es encontrado en el agua junto a las ruinas de una antigua fábrica de papel en Vargön. Todo lo que pueda ayudar a identificar a la víctima ha sido cuidadosamente eliminado, a excepción de un pequeño detalle que hace pensar a Mona Schiller que quizá sepa quién es. Si las sospechas de Mona son ciertas, todos a su alrededor están en peligro. Pero, si se lo cuenta a la policía, se verá obligada a revelar el oscuro secreto que lleva ocultando tanto tiempo.

Una mujer es perseguida por una lamentable decisión que tomó en los primeros años de su adolescencia y, ahora, se ve envuelta en una trama profundamente emocional y de tenebrosa atmósfera. Esto es lo nuevo que nos trae Sara Blædel, la gran estrella internacional de los superventas. La detective Louise Rick descansa en una playa de Tailandia cuando su padre, lleno de espanto, la llama por teléfono. Mikkel, el muy querido hermano de Louise, ha intentado suicidarse. Está desolado. Su esposa se ha ido sin decirle una sola palabra.

Tras el increíble éxito de Las niñas olvidadas y El bosque de la muerte, dos de los superventas internacionales de Sara Blædel, Louise Rick —jefa de la Agencia Especial de Búsqueda, un departamento de élite de la policía— regresa en otra novela de suspenso llena de giros... Un ama de casa se ha convertido en blanco de una serie de asesinatos tan horrendos como metódicos. El disparo de un rifle de caza atraviesa la ventana de la cocina. La mujer está muerta antes de caer al suelo.