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Times are tough in L.A. and Robert Klayman, substitute teacher, attempts to solve his money woes along with a mid-life crisis by trying on a new career as a private detective. His efforts and schemes to find a murderer take him on a spine tingling journey through the violent underworld of private detection.

Mitten am Tag wird die sechsjährige Franziska aus einer wohlhabenden Wohnsiedlung entführt – praktisch unter den Augen ihrer Mutter. Der Entführer fordert Lösegeld, und dass ihm dieses von der Mutter persönlich überbracht wird. Seine Drohung: Wenn die Eltern die Polizei hinzuziehen, stirbt ihr Kind … Einen Tag später taucht das Mädchen wieder auf und berichtet völlig verstört von dem Täter, der sie absichtlich wieder laufen ließ. Doch von der Mutter fehlt weiterhin jede Spur.

Quando la figlia muore in quello che la polizia definisce un semplice incidente, secondo l'agente speciale e profiler dell'FBI Pierce Quincy rimangono troppe domande senza risposta. È convinto che qualcuno abbia ucciso sua figlia ed è disposto a rischiare tutto per scoprire cosa sia davvero successo. C'è solo una persona disposta ad aiutarlo: la sua amica ed ex agente di polizia Rainie Connor. Ma la persona che cercano è diversa da qualsiasi altro killer che i due esperti professionisti abbiano mai incontrato prima.

In Depression-era Chicago, private eye Nathan Heller is caught between the Mob and City Hall in a battle for control of the 1933 World’s Fair while he attempts to find a lovely actress’ missing brother. Along the way, Heller meets an array of famed heroes and villains from Eliot Ness to Al Capone, climaxing with the detective dangling off a beam of the Fair’s sky tower.

Private investigator Harry Starke owes his career to Frank Callahan, the tough-as-nails detective who trained him as a young cop. But when Frank is found brutally murdered in his own home, Harry can’t let it go. The crime scene reveals a chilling connection: photos from the unsolved Riverside Strangler case—ten women killed along the Tennessee River a decade ago. Frank had spent his retirement obsessed with the case, convinced something vital had been overlooked. His final note left Harry reeling: “Catherine Wells is still alive.” Wells was supposed to be the fourth victim.

Carson Ryder thought he'd seen everything.… A specialist in twisted crimes, Detective Carson Ryder thought he'd seen the lowest depths of human depravity. But he's barely started his new job in Miami when called to a horrific scene: a concrete pillar built of human remains, their agony forever frozen in stone. Finding the secret of the pillar drags him into the sordid world of human trafficking, where one terrified girl holds the key to unravelling a web of pain, prostitution, and murder. 

From the best-selling author of Her Last Scream, a chilling tale of ritual murder and corruption, featuring Detective Carson Ryder. The Reverend Honus Schrum, a nationally renowned minister and owner of a broadcasting empire, tells the media he has come home to Key West to die. Meanwhile, Detective Carson Ryder is investigating the ritualistic murders of young women with chequered pasts, discovering the killings have religious overtones.

Tracy Whitney never wanted to settle down. Responsible for some of the world's most astounding heists with her brilliant, charming partner Jeff Stevens, she's enjoyed the danger and relished the intensity of life on the wild side. But she's had enough of conning the rich and corrupt out of their ill-gotten fortunes. The one thing that would make her life complete now is marriage and a child with Jeff. But first, Tracy must finish one last job.

Constable Paul Hirschhausen runs a one-cop station in the dry farming country south of the Flinders Ranges. He’s still new in town but the community work—welfare checks and working bees—is starting to pay off. Now Christmas is here and, apart from a grass fire, two boys stealing a ute and...

Chief Sam Mason needs hard evidence to nail elusive drug dealer Lucas Thorne. Mayor Harley Dupont offers to provide it. But Dupont is murdered before he can talk. Sam and Sergeant Jody Harris don’t know who they can trust aside from their loyal K-9, Lucy. When the FBI comes sniffing around, their past actions come back to haunt them. Just as Sam’s strongest clue appears to be a dead end, a surprise twist reveals the truth behind Dupont’s murder as well as the mysterious death of officer Tyler Richardson, and Sam learns that what he thought was a betrayal of trust was something else entirely.

It all comes down to Who is Perh Cushing, the mystery man who controls all the crime worldwide. Well, the search is on. He owns New York, Chicago, Detroit, and others. He funds Terrorist organizations, Finances every illegal origination known, and gives to charities. That's right, he is also a very charitable man, but who is? Well, that's what everyone wants to know.

Venezia. Nella notte tra Carnevale e Quaresima viene commesso un orribile delitto. L’identità del cadavere è celata da un costume carnevalesco. Anche colui che rinviene il corpo è mascherato. Chi si nasconde sotto i travestimenti? La polizia brancola nel buio. Nessuno sa dove si trovi il commissario Enzo Fellini e il questore Badalamenti prende in mano la situazione.

Parigi, marzo 1831. Non ha ancora ventiquattro anni, Valentin Verne, l’ispettore di polizia dal volto angelico ma dal cuore pieno di ombre che è il responsabile dell’Ufficio degli affari occulti, un reparto non ufficiale creato per risolvere i crimini sovrannaturali, o presunti tali. Un giorno al suo cospetto si presenta una donna elegante, Madame Mélanie d’Orval, moglie del ricco Ferdinand d’Orval che ha un peso sul cuore.

Detective Sebastian Clifford and his partner Lucinda "Birdie" Bird are about to embark on their most challenging case yet when Lady Angelica Charing tasks them with finding the son she secretly gave away when she was only sixteen. Time's running out. This long-lost son isn't just a missing puzzle piece; he's the last hope for a life-saving kidney transplant for his dying half-brother. The stakes couldn't be higher.

A tale of two crimes in the twenty-first century: In the rugged ranch country of eastern Arizona, Graham County Deputy Branden Allred and San Carlos Tribal Police Officer Allen Victor are investigating the death of a young Apache. At first it appears to be a freak accident, a conclusion the Sheriff likes, but the officers begin to suspect murder. Motive is the major missing element, and nothing makes sense until a one-hundred-year old unsolved crime comes to light.

Ein Polizist, der nicht mehr ermitteln darf, ist kein guter Polizist, sondern ein wütender! Band 5 der SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Reihe um Kommissar Alexander Blix Zwei Monate sind vergangen, seit Alexander Blix vom Vorwurf des vorsätzlichen Mordes freigesprochen wurde. Doch sein Leben liegt in Trümmern: Er kann nie wieder als Polizist arbeiten und fühlt sich, als würde ihn jemand auf Schritt und Tritt verfolgen. Dann wendet sich Blix' dementer Vater an ihn, weil dieser glaubt, jemand versuche, ihn zu vergiften.

È la metà di aprile e il commissario Antonio Mariani non si è ancora ripreso dal grave incidente d’auto che lo ha coinvolto sulla tangenziale di Milano. Ha rischiato di perdere la capacità di camminare e ora si trascina in uno stato di apatia. È la moglie Francesca a metterlo davanti a un utlimatum: o si dà una scossa cercando di scoprire la verità sull’ispettrice Petri, accusata di omicidio, o lei lo lascerà. È trascorso ormai più di un mese dall’omicidio di cui è accusata l’ispettrice e ricostruire l’accaduto non è semplice, ma poco per volta Mariani trova qualche traccia.

In the winding, enigmatic streets of San Marino, private investigator Luigi Ferro leads a life steeped in routine and solitude, until a desperate Romanian father steps into his world, clutching an envelope of savings and a story that tugs at Ferro's seasoned heart. His daughter, an aspiring dancer, vanished into the vibrant labyrinth of Venice, leaving behind nothing but a cryptic text about a mysterious agent in Rimini.

Chatou. Fin des années 1990. Deux nouveau-nés sont trouvés et confiés à l'Assistance publique. Des jumeaux que l'existence va vite se charger de séparer. Trappes. 2020. Ballotté de foyers sordides en familles d'accueil, Antoine, dit "Tony", s'est construit tant bien que mal avec l'idée que la vie est un combat. Il lutte pour mener de front études de droit et petits boulots, et qui sait : dépasser sa condition. Alors que tout ce qu'il réussit à faire est d'accumuler les dettes, se préésente un beau jour à sa porte un certain Raphaël.

The dust has settled on Savage's tainted past as he puts to rest the demons of his previous life. Putting the mile-high city in his rearview, he returns to the place he now calls home to care for his budding family and the town he serves. Unfortunately, for the stalwart lawman, nothing is ever that simple. A trail of blood on the icy ground leads to a gruesome discovery.