Police Procedurals

堂場瞬一の新たなシリーズは“セレブ刑事”！「警視庁特別対策捜査官」シリーズ始動 いわゆるセレブたちが犯罪被害に遭ったとき、窓口となって各警察署との架け橋になる「警視庁特別対策捜査官」二階堂悠真。

Hogmanay. New Year's Eve. A dead teenager, another missing. One hell of a case. Meet DS Vicky Dodds. Settling down for a nice Hogmanay with her daughter and her best friend, a phone call pulls DS Vicky Dodds into work and to a deadly new case. A teenage girl, her body cooling in a cold, dark supermarket car park. Found next to her friend’s car, but the driver’s missing too — has the killer taken her? Or is she the killer?

Carmen Sanchez is a tough Homeland Security agent who plays by the rules. But when her sister is attacked, revealing a connection to a series of murders across Southern California, she realizes a conventional investigation will not be enough to stop the ruthless perpetrator. With nowhere else to turn, Sanchez enlists the aid of Professor Jake Heron, a brilliant and quirky private security expert who, unlike Sanchez, believes rules are merely suggestions. The two have a troubled past, but he owes her a favor and she’s cashing in.

Chloe Todd believes her baby daughter is sleeping peacefully in her pram in the back garden. She lifts away the blanket to check on her – and gasps in shock. Chloe's neighbor calls the police. But all is not as it seems . . . Chloe Todd is in a loveless marriage. Her husband a villain who works for a man called Dean Rawlins. Rawlins has been missing for a year. Det Superintendent Hedley Sharp arrested Rawlins just before he went missing. Something he's had to live with. Hedley is suspicious but his inspector is on Chloe's side – a bone of contention throughout the investigation.

In Paris 1940, survival means sacrifice. Like most in the city, Detective Eddie Giral has already lost so much under Occupation: the people he once loved, the job he once believed in. And his latest investigation into the murder of a black-marketeer has made it clearer than ever: Eddie is no longer just catching criminals. He's working for them. Because when a German trader is the next to die, the authorities decide it's innocent civilians who will pay the price - unless Eddie can find the killer in time.

La città di Oslo è sommersa da una spessa coltre di neve e tutti, come ogni anno, aspettano con impazienza il Natale. L'Esercito della Salvezza lavora a tempo pieno per raccogliere fondi per i tossici, i rifugiati, i senzatetto, e i bravi cittadini si affrettano a fare donazioni per sentirsi in pace con la coscienza. Solo Harry Hole non si accorge di tutta la smania di bontà che lo circonda; il suo pensiero fisso è come sempre il whisky. Quando, però, durante un concerto di beneficenza, un membro dell'Esercito della Salvezza viene giustiziato in mezzo alla folla, il commissario decide di occuparsi delle indagini.

A string of overdoses in Colorado Springs has Detectives Joe Kenda and Lee Wilson on the lookout for a bad batch of heroin that has been cut with a drug they’ve never seen before. Meanwhile, at Springs General Hospital, Dr. Blair Moreland—the notoriously unpleasant head anesthesiologist—has found a way to feed his deepening addiction to the very same powerful new drug: fentanyl. But when Dr. Moreland starts supplying the dangerous painkiller to dealer Lula Lopez, he angers a Mexican crime syndicate and sets into motion a cycle of death and violence that threatens to engulf the entire city.

The call comes early in the morning. David and Helen Tremaine have discovered a body buried in the grounds of their large Victorian manor house, Llys Faen Hall, just north of Cardiff. DI Jemima Huxley and her partner, DS Dan Broadbent, race to the scene to discover that a second body has been unearthed in a shallow woodland grave. And the forensic team working the site believe this is just the start. Jemima knows this is the biggest case of her career. But it couldn't have come at a worse time.

DCI Suzanna McLeod is a fighting fit and highly intelligent detective with brilliant analytical talents, who’s been favourably compared to Sherlock Holmes. Her Edinburgh-based team is legendary for being the UK’s best, so she has a reputation to live up to and a team to lead. Suzanna’s under pressure to catch the armed robbers before their success tempts them to more ambitious and dangerous missions. But she has to juggle two investigations when her magnifying glass is stolen. The Glass is a cherished heirloom entrusted to her care by her late great-great-uncle.

To Karl Alberg a quiet coastal town is exactly what he needs to soothe a psyche that's been battered by big-city police work. But this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets. Bees buzz among the roses, and the local librarian is attractive, intriguing, and unattached. Perhaps he has at last come in from the cold. But a murder in small town can conceal a lot of secrets—some of them bleak enough to make a man yearn for some nice straightforward urban crime.

The chin tattoo confirms the victim is Maori. The whorls of ink from her lower lip to her chin - the moko - is worn only by Maori women. So her ethnicity is a given. Finding who murdered her and dumped her body in the pool at the base of Mason's Rock waterfall is DI Nyree Bradshaw's latest case.

Sophia Reardon may work for the FBI, but she's no field agent. Her assignments are mundane—the way she likes it—until a favor for a colleague puts her in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and definitely in front of the wrong person: Cameron Branson.

Despite all her years determining the fates of families, judge Hope Willis couldn't save her own. Her daughter taken, she's frantically grasping at any hope for Krissy's return. Desperate, Hope calls upon an unconventional team of experts for help.

Two days ago, FBI Agent Val Costa came face to face with a serial killer known as the Bear. One of only two women ever to survive, she's forever branded with his signature: a curling “S” carved into her skin. Val knows it’s only a matter of time before he takes another victim. Forced home to recover, Val returns to Red Rose County, California, to be with her son. But the very next day she finds the close-knit community panic-stricken over the disappearance of blonde-haired, freckled-faced local teen, Scarlett Douglas.

Spannender Auftakt zur neuen Reihe Tatort Waterkant von Bestsellerautor Thomas Herzberg. Der Mord an Hajo Petersen erschüttert ganz Nordstrand. Aber wer hat den alten Widerling auf dem Gewissen? Auf Nordstrand wird ein Urgestein der Halbinsel und allseits bekannter Mann erschossen. Verdächtige gibt es reichlich, denn Hajo Petersen hat zu Lebzeiten nichts unversucht gelassen, sich Feinde zu machen. Da kommt Verstärkung für die Husumer Mordkommission in Form von Kommissaranwärterin Michi Greve gerade recht.

Owner of a thoroughbred racing stable, Teresa Rodriguez is about to testify against her former trainer. Is he the one behind all the recent sabotage? When security expert Matt Perez joins the investigation, Teresa is grateful for the extra protection he and his K-9 offer. Now, as Matt and his dog, Butter, stand beside her 24/7, the attraction between them can’t be denied. Even as the danger escalates.

Boston homicide detective Michael Kelly is plunged into a chilling case that strikes at the heart of his old neighborhood. As he uncovers a sinister conspiracy, Kelly must navigate precarious alliances with both cops and the Irish mob. With everything on the line, he vows to bring the killer to justice, no matter the cost.

Um auf andere Gedanken zu kommen, verbringt die frisch verwitwete Evelyn ein paar Tage bei der Familie ihrer Tochter. Doch deren sonst so verschlafene Heimatstadt ist im Ausnahmezustand. Die 16-jährige Nachbarstochter ist unter mysteriösen Umstanden verschwunden, ein Verbrechen wird befürchtet. Und tatsächlich wird schon bald eine bestialisch zugerichtete Leiche gefunden. Die Bewohner stehen unter Schock, die Polizei ermittelt fieberhaft. Es ist jedoch Evelyn, die eine erschreckende Entdeckung macht.

Llygad am lygad, a dant am ddant? Ydy pobol sydd wedi tramgwyddo yn haeddu cael eu cosbi? Mae yna un llofrudd sy'n credu hynny ac mae yna gyrff yn cael eu canfod mewn amgylchiadau rhyfedd a gwaedlyd. A all Taliesin MacLeavy ei ddal cyn i fwy o bobol farw?

Der erste Teil der Gardasee-Krimireihe von Bestseller-Autor Friedrich Kalpenstein. Und wer zahlt jetzt die Zeche? Diese Frage kommt Paul Zeitler als Erstes in den Sinn, als der letzte Gast in seinem kleinen Café in Bardolino nicht mehr am Tisch sitzt. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt ahnt er noch nicht, dass er ihn kurz darauf tot im Waschraum auffinden wird. Die örtliche Polizeidirektion nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Paul Zeitler, ehemaliger Hauptkommissar aus München, hat es an den Gardasee verschlagen, nachdem er aufgrund einer Suspendierung den Dienst bei der Polizei quittiert hat.

Sommer 1986. Teresa, eine Psychologin aus der spanischen Provinz, wird seit kurzer Zeit von eindrucksvollen Träumen heimgesucht, von denen sie annimmt, dass sie eine Art Vorhersehung sind. Erschwert wird ihr Leben zusätzlich durch spontane sexuelle Blackouts, die sie in starke Bedrängnis bringen. Nach einer neurologischen Untersuchung in Madrid, beginnt für Teresa eine übernatürliche Odyssee und ein mitreißender Wettlauf gegen die Zeit.

FBI Special Agent Lara Grant had thought that she’d put her past behind her—finally—with her last case. But now a serial bomber is targeting Manhattan’s elite power players, offering them a choice between saving hundreds of lives or seeing their darkest secrets exposed. Lara is working with the Crisis Management Unit to stop the bomber, but how will she react when she’s the one who has to choose between truth...or death?

Und dann herrschte Ruhe, einfach nur Ruhe! Ein morastiger Tümpel in Ostfriesland, vier vermisste Frauen. Wurden sie etwa dort im "Schwiegermutterloch" mitten im Wald versenkt? Die Angst geht um ... Als dann auch noch Kommissarin Evers Sekretärin tot im Keller des Präsidiums gefunden wird, kommt der Verdacht auf, dass der Anschlag möglicherweise ihr selbst galt. Die Ermittlungen von Tomke Evers und Team laufen auf Hochtouren. Auch privat läuft es bei der Kommissarin nicht rund. Da machen Oma und Tant' Fienchen ihr das Leben schwer.

Die Nerven des medikamentengeschädigten Schriftstellers Toby Neumann liegen blank, als er nach der Trennung von seiner Freundin nicht einmal genug Geld für eine eigene Wohnung besitzt. Er wagt sich in eine Affäre mit einer Ärztin, bis ein Verbrechen an ihr verübt wird. Lediglich ein fremdländischer Pflichtverteidiger und eine blutjunge Kriminalpsychologin glauben an seine Unschuld... Ein Krimi, der im Knäuel der Verwirrung kurzweilig und tiefsinnig dem roten Faden folgt!

Hauptkommissar Sönke Petersen tritt seine neue Stelle bei der "Kripo Küste" an und kehrt dafür nach vielen Jahren in seine Heimat Travemünde zurück. Kaum angekommen, muss er in einem grausamen Mordfall ermitteln. Ein Taucher hat in der Ostsee eine Leiche entdeckt. Der Tote sitzt auf dem Meeresboden, angebunden an den Pfeiler eines Badesteges. Und er ist nicht der letzte Tote vom Ostseegrund. Petersen steht vor mehreren Rätseln: Was verbindet die Opfer? Was ist das Motiv des Täters? Und warum setzt der Mörder die Leichen im Meer in Szene?