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Truck hijackings, missing families, stolen chemicals, distinctive photographs, cryptic text messages, an unimaginable hobby, and a friend with a curious dilemma. Life is never straightforward for FBI Special Agent Ellie Iverson and the Delta teams. Juggling twin toddlers and a new position as Special Agent in Charge of Delta, Ellie answers a request for help from a Missouri police officer which calls into play her extraordinary skill set and arrant determination to find the truth and protect the vulnerable.

Flu season is in full swing, surrounded by germs and illness, SSA Ellie Iverson reacts like any new mom, with hand sanitizer at the ready and a desire to keep away from anti-vaxers. Her newly hatched germaphobia escalates when Delta A is asked to investigate animal rights activists and a missing laboratory monkey. An incident in Lexington, Virginia leaves the Director of the FBI fighting for her life. A sudden violent death of a colleague in Washington, the discovery of a spate of deaths linked to the Intelligence Community, herald the arrival of an old friend from the UK with news of a potential global disaster. With biker gangs, drugs, grudges, and a plethora of 'accidental' deaths in the mix, this is no ordinary flu season.

Another day, another death, might not be unusual in FBI Agent Ellie Conway's world but a baffling series of naked, bloodless, blondes in pristine showers makes her wonder if she is dealing with a genuine vampire. Investigating the deaths of these women, Ellie is surprised when clairsentience is added to her remarkable armory of psycho-prophetic talents. Secrets emerge as she races to find a killer with a particular and gruesome agenda. Mounting bodies, escalating pressure, a sinister connection between the art world, the Darknet and the FBI, an impending wedding, peculiar liaisons, and a personal shock challenge Ellie and the Delta A team.

When information becomes misinformation, how much of what you see should you believe? Wanted for a murder she didn't commit and on the run from the FBI and Metro, Special Agent Ellie Conway has to protect an actor with close ties to Delta A from a serious threat as well as trying to clear her name. Unwittingly, whilst staying off the grid, Ellie stumbles upon a syndicate which has alarming connections to her daughter's death - and which abducts her team, with the intent of killing them, and Ellie.

If it hadn't been for the circumstances, Detective Inspector Keith Tremayne would have said the view was outstanding. Up high, overlooking the farmhouse in the valley below, the panoramic vista of Salisbury Plain stretching out beyond. The only problem was that near where he stood with his sergeant, Clare Yarwood, there was a body, and it wasn't a pleasant sight.'What happened?' Tremayne asked. He was a cantankerous man, he knew that, and he wasn't in a good mood on account of the biting wind and the squelching mud underfoot.'I found him when I came up here to check on the livestock, ' the farmhand said.'At what time?' Tremayne moved away from the body, attempting to find somewhere drier. The condition of the track up to the site was so bad that the vehicle sent to transport the dead man to the mortuary could not make it up. Even Tremayne and Clare had had to hang onto a tractor to get up the slope, and now the weather looked as if it were about to worsen.Tremayne had never been keen on farms, and especially horses, although Clare loved them. Tremayne assumed she wouldn't be so fond of the one that trampled Claude Selwood to death.'At what time?' Tremayne moved away from the body, attempting to find somewhere drier. The condition of the track up to the site was so bad that the vehicle sent to transport the dead man to the mortuary could not make it up. Even Tremayne and Clare had had to hang onto a tractor to get up the slope, and now the weather looked as if it were about to worsen.Tremayne had never been keen on farms, and especially horses, although Clare loved them. Tremayne assumed she wouldn't be so fond of the one that trampled Claude Selwood to death.

The man was not meant to die; the daggers were only theatrical props, plastic and harmless. A summer's night, a production of Julius Caesar among the ruins of an Anglo-Saxon fort. Detective Inspector Tremayne is there with his sergeant, Clare Yarwood. The assassination scene, the man collapses to the ground, Brutus defending his actions; Mark Antony's rebuke.It was meant to be high drama, not murder, but someone's switched the daggers.The man's death, in plain view of two serving police officers.They're a disparate group, the amateur actors. One's an estate agent, another, an accountant. And then there is the teenage man, the gay, the funeral director. And what about the women? They could be involved.They've all got a secret, but which of those on the stage wanted Gordon Mason, the actor who had portrayed Caesar, dead?

In the desert landscape of northern Baja, a vacation turns deadly when a family man is brutally murdered on the peaceful pickleball courts of San Amaro. Detective Sergeant Julia Garcia is thrust into a web of lies, deceit, and hidden motives. As the suspects weave intricate alibis, Julia and her partner, Ricardo, must navigate the shadows of this close-knit community to unveil the chilling secrets that lie beneath the surface.

Sarah Hunter is a detective supervisor in a Montana Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) office in Missoula. She is 32 years old, divorced with no children. Her senior detective is Allen Dickson, 29 years old, married and father of two young girls. They have been investigating a series of disappearances of young women that began over a year ago. They seemed to have occurred in Seattle, Spokane, Missoula, Butte, Bozeman, Billings and Rapid City. All of these disappearances seemed related, as there has been no evidence of foul play. Also, it is believed, since there has been no trace of any of the kidnapped women, the same person or group is likely responsible for all the abductions. No evidence that the women are dead has been discovered, and yet their being alive seems to be too much to hope for. The kidnapping occurred in cities far apart and at different times of year. One occurred during the dead of winter. Although no evidence existed, the investigators from the various locales agreed that it was highly probable the same person did the kidnappings. Suspicion soon went to truck drivers on Interstate I-90. Sex trafficking and murder was often reported along the heavily trafficked I-80. However, I-90 had much less truck traffic and thus made investigators wonder why the kidnapper chose this route.

Was ist faszinierender als die Welt der Ermittlungen und der Geheimdienste? Oder die Welt der Geheimagenten? Was könnte besser sein, wenn uns jemand ein wenig von dieser Welt erzählt, der die dritte Generation einer Familie berühmter Ermittler repräsentiert und diese Welt tatsächlich erlebt und kennengelernt hat? Der Großvater war Präsident des Weltverbandes der Detektive und hatte während seiner Arbeit Gelegenheit, prominente Persönlichkeiten wie König Juan Carlos von Spanien und den Generalissimus Francisco Franco zu treffen. Der Autor Marco Manzini, Enkel des Gründers, ist aufgewachsen und hat jeden Tag das Wesentliche dieser ganz besonderen Realität erlebt. Er selbst leitete und leitete dann 15 Jahre lang die renommierte Familien-Detektei und erlebte so viele dieser faszinierenden und fesselnden Ereignisse, die typisch für diese Kontexte sind, auf konkrete und reale Weise. Die bedeutendsten davon wurden in diesem Band zusammengetragen. Es bleibt nur noch, die Seiten zu durchblättern und sich in über 70 Jahre Ermittlungs- und Geheimdienstarbeit auf höchstem Niveau zu stürzen. Als abschließendes Highlight wird den Lesern dann zum allerersten Mal eine äußerst originelle, interessante und geheime Theorie über ein schwerwiegendes Ereignis in Paris offenbart und geschenkt, das das Publikum auf der ganzen Welt fasziniert hat.

71 - Un corps retrouvé à Poitiers, au Jardin des Plantes !SEXE, POUVOIR, ARGENTUn crime prévisible...

DCI Harry Morgan runs a team of detectives in the seaside town of Bournemouth. Their first case is a murder of a prostitute but there are factors to the murders that make it out of the ordinary. Tracking down the killer, who uses voodoo to rule his drug empire, puts Harry and one of his detectives in harm's way.With success, Harry is ordered to run a task force for serious crime and is sent out to investigate some high-end burglaries in the wealthy districts of Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs. The case proves more complex than it first seemed and Harry has to deal with the surprise.In the third case, the murder of a financial expert brings Harry back to Sangeeta, a woman he met during his first case and investigating the death in the company where she works.Along the way, Harry discovers truths about himself and his past that turns his world upside down.

When a serial killer targets the North Beach neighborhood in San Francisco, the entire community must band together to help the homicide inspectors catch a killer or risk the tragedy that he will kill again. Lucia is a good girl; she's an eighth grader at the local parish school who gets great grades, helps her parents around the house, and loves her siblings. As she waits after school, a stranger - hands laden - asks for help getting into his van. Before she knows it, Lucia's shoved into the van, knocked unconscious, and she's never going home again.After her mother reports her missing, Lucia's firefighter father, as well as other community members, manage to elevate her missing person's report all the way to the Homicide Bureau.So begins a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat narrative of a community connected through more than just the streets they live on to catch a killer and bring a grieving family peace.Two homicide teams, made up of Inspectors O'Neill and Donnelly and Inspectors Gibson and Sullivan, work against the clock and side-by-side with other agencies to bring the criminal down.Chock-full of twists, turns, romance, murder, and community, hiding in plain sight is a can't miss mystery read for crime novel enthusiasts, San Francisco natives, and readers who love a good thriller.Readers will feel immersed in the investigation as they struggle to solve the web of covered tracks alongside investigators. Feel the heart-pounding race against the clock as sands drain from the hourglass and the suspect gets farther away.Written to entertain and engage adult crime novel readers, hiding in plain sight combines the action, adventure, and thrill of books from authors like Michael Connelly, Lee Child, and Sheldon Siegel with the author's passion for San Francisco and its stories.

Grands amateurs de jeux à sensations fortes, plusieurs femmes et hommes se réjouissent de participer à une Murder Party d'un nouveau genre. D'abord excités par cette aventure inédite et perverse, l'angoisse et la peur les rattrapent peu à peu. Jusqu'au dénouement final qui ne se passe pas comme prévu. Dès lors, les principaux candidats vont se retrouver entraînés dans un jeu de dupes diabolique, dont ils risquent de ne pas sortir indemnes.

A TOTALLY GRIPPING BRITISH CRIME MYSTERY FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JANICE FROST.It begins as a Halloween prank. It ends in cold-blooded murder.Halloween. One of the busiest nights of the year for Lincolnshire police. Special Constable Jane Bell is called out to reports of someone in a Dracula mask terrorising the residents of a nearby estate with a replica knife. She races to the scene - but the man in the mask flees into the night.The next morning, Detective Steph Warwick turns up on Jane's doorstep. There's been a murder. Dracula went on to attack two women, retired schoolteacher Susan Gedney and her daughter Gina. Susan died at the scene, Gina survived. The knife turned out to be all too real.Then another young woman disappears from the picturesque village where Susan and Gina lived. She was last seen out on a country walk - but she never returned.Three woman targeted from the same small village. This is no coincidence.Detectives Steph and Jane are faced with the most baffling case of their careers.This unputdownable mystery full of twists is the perfect read for fans of Angela Marsons, Helen H. Durrant, Rachel McLean and Michael Hambling.

MEET DETECTIVE HEDLEY SHARPE IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW CRIME SERIES FULL OF STUNNING TWISTS.A brand-new mystery from #1 bestselling author Helen H. Durrant that will have you gripped from start to explosive finish.Day 1. 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 neighbour calls the police. But all is not as it seems . . .Day 2. Superintendent Hedley Sharpe is called to a murder scene in the city centre. A body is discovered in a cellar beneath an empty shop. A single shot to the head. The victim has been dead at least a year.Day 3. A second body is found in the cellar next door. Again a single bullet wound in the head. But this time the body is fresh.Hedley Sharpe doesn't believe in coincidence. The two murders must be linked. Then he uncovers a connection to young mother Chloe Todd - and the case takes an extraordinary twist.Hedley's investigations will unearth a series of dark secrets. Secrets that reach back into his own troubled past.Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Rachel McLean, Joy Ellis, J.D. Kirk, Rachel Abbott, Elly Griffiths or J.M. Dalgliesh.

Guardando la sua amica trascinata via in manette, Josie non riuscì a credere nemmeno per un secondo che Gretchen avesse ucciso quel povero ragazzo. Confessione o no, qualcun altro era coinvolto. Avrebbe scoperto chi... Quando il corpo di un giovane studente viene trovato sul vialetto di una casa di Denton, con una fotografia appuntata al colletto, la Detective Josie Quinn è la prima ad arrivare sul posto. La casa appartiene a Gretchen Palmer, un importante membro della squadra di Josie, scomparsa da ventiquattro ore. Lavorando 24 ore su 24, Josie si ritrova bloccata quando Gretchen si consegna alla polizia. Sa che è impossibile che Gretchen sia un'assassina, quindi perché dovrebbe confessare un omicidio che non ha commesso? Scavando a fondo nella vita segreta di Gretchen, Josie scopre un legame tra il ragazzo, la fotografia e un caso devastante nel passato di Gretchen. Ma proprio quando Josie pensa di aver capito tutto, i corpi di una giovane coppia affiorano dall'altra parte della città. Riuscirà Josie a scoprire la verità in tempo per salvare la sua amica da una vita in prigione o da una morte certa? Assolutamente avvincente, questo imperdibile thriller di un'autrice bestseller di USA Today e Wall Street Journal vi lascerà senza fiato. Una lettura perfetta per i fan di Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni e Rachel Caine. Cosa dicono i lettori di La confessione finale: "Avvincente ed emozionante... Mi ha catturato immediatamente... Ne ero ossessionato, non riuscivo a smettere di leggere... quando pensi di aver capito tutto, arriva un'altra palla curva dritta su di te. È stata una lettura incredibile... Altamente consigliato a tutti gli amanti dei thriller crimini, ti prometto che amerai questa serie." Recensore di Goodreads, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Questa serie migliora sempre di più... Josie Quinn deve essere uno dei miei personaggi principali femminili preferiti... una storia eccellente... Ho adorato questo libro. Inutile dire che La confessione finale merita cinque stelle su cinque." Recensore di Goodreads, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Ho letto oltre l'orario di andare a letto per finire questo libro perché non riuscivo a smettere. Questa serie continua a migliorare sempre di più. Non vedo l'ora del prossimo caso di Josie." Recensore di Goodreads, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Oh mio Dio! Questo libro è stato il modo perfetto per trascorrere una domenica pomeriggio. Lisa Regan diventa sempre migliore (il che è incredibile perché pensavo che i suoi ultimi due libri fossero fenomenali)... la trama/mistero è coinvolgente. Così tanti colpi di scena lungo il cammino... Sicuramente uno dei miei libri preferiti dell'anno." Annette Thornton, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Coinvolgente... fa girare la testa... Uno che non vorrete perdere... Sono completamente dipendente da questa serie." The Book Nurse, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

She can hear the faint lapping of waves nearby as she tries to open her swollen blue eyes. But all she can see is darkness, there is nothing but the suffocating sand that surrounds her. As her consciousness fades, she wishes she had never trusted him... When Ruby Evans is abducted on her way home from volunteering at a nursing home in North Carolina's Outer Banks, Detective Casey White's heart breaks for the inconsolable mother. Terrible memories flood back of when her own darling daughter was taken twenty years ago. Pushing her own pain aside, Casey vows to find Ruby and bring her home. After desperately searching the road where Ruby was last seen, Casey receives a letter from someone claiming to be the kidnapper. In cursive red letters, she is warned that she has less than twenty-four hours to find Ruby alive. And when forensics reveal the letter was written in blood, Casey knows this isn't a hoax. Working around the clock, Casey is devastated when her team hit another dead end, and she's shattered when Ruby's body is discovered buried on the beach-she's too late. Now looking for a twisted killer, Casey is shocked when she receives a call from an evil predator she put behind bars ten years ago. He says he knows who the killer is, and will help Casey in exchange for his freedom. Casey refuses, but when she receives another letter, she is forced to reconsider. Because the killer promises the next victim will be someone much closer to her, and the clock is ticking.With only hours left, Casey has to decide if she's prepared to free one evil monster to catch another, and if she doesn't, will her loved ones pay the ultimate price? An absolutely addictive crime thriller that will have you racing through the pages! Fans of Robert Dugoni, Lisa Regan and Kendra Elliot will be totally hooked. Read what everyone's saying about B.R. Spangler: "Oh my God what a read!!!! I devoured this book in one sitting and finally turned the last page in the wee hours. Oh yes this book is that good!!!!... Heart-stopping... had me holding my breath. A nail-biting read that is full of twists and turns." Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Theories that thrill. Realities that kill. A ticking clock. When an esteemed criminology professor is found lifeless at an international conference, it's up to DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr Georgina Cavendish to unravel the mystery. The professor had unveiled 'Death's Shadow' - a ground-breaking but unsettling theory that could redefine the understanding of serial killers. The theory captivated and unnerved scholars, leaving a lingering air of dread within the conference halls. When another delegate meets a gruesome end, it becomes horrifyingly clear: the conference has become a hunting ground. Is Death's Shadow serving as a blueprint for a real-life killer, or has the professor's intellectual arrogance unwittingly unleashed a monster? Time is running out. As the conference draws to a close, Cavendish and Walker must decode a mind warped by twisted logic. Lives hang in the balance - can they crack the case before Death's Shadow strikes again? For fans of Rachel Abbott, Angela Marsons and M.A. Comley, Death's Shadow is the thirteenth book in the Cavendish & Walker crime fiction series. What readers are saying about this series: 'Brilliant read. This is a must if you love a good story. I've read all the Cavendish & Walker books, all well written and brilliant plots in all of them.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Clever, exciting and gripping from the start... this is possibly the best so far! I love the twists and turns in the plot. Sally is a master at this.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I don't want to read another series until I've finished this. Brilliant read. Next one please.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'You've done it again, Sally... I really couldn't put this one down.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The woman falls. Her body begins to shake. Her brown eyes turn upwards, showing a mix of panic and desperate hope. She takes a deep breath and says one word: "Blake." Then her eyes close, her face pales, and she goes still forever...The victim: Shannon, a woman who went out of her way to help the lost and hopeless, left abandoned to die by the side of the road. Where was she in those last few days before her death, and why was she so frightened?The avenger: Blake Claremont, who knows only too well how it feels to be alone on the streets of a big city. Blake survived, thanks to Shannon. She's determined to find out who killed her friend, and why.Before she died, Shannon was searching for answers. She knew that people were going missing... never to be seen again. Now, with the help of Detective John Byron, Blake must take up Shannon's investigation. She knows these streets and the predators who walk in the darkness. She will follow in Shannon's footsteps until she finds her target: the ruthless men and women who steal people's lives and will do anything to protect their secrets.And then, they will pay.Prepare to be gripped by this unputdownable crime thriller, the second in the brilliant new series from the bestselling author of the Charlie Fox books. Fans of Karin Slaughter, Kendra Elliot and Cara Hunter won't be able to put this down.Readers are hooked by the Blake and Byron Thrillers: 'Oh My GOD. What is this book I could not put it down!... Kept me up until the wee hours! Read this!' LauraReviews88, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Wow!! Just wow!!... This book is brilliant! More than brilliant, amazing!!!... Absolutely gripping, addictive and captivating... I was absolutely hooked from the first page to the last. I had a complete shock at the twists... Love, love, loved all the characters!!!' NetGalley reviewer'Incredible...It blew my socks off... Full of tension and suspense, I couldn't think about putting it down, I had to know what happened.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

FBI handler Meg Jennings and her K-9 partner, Hawk, vie to rescue plane crash survivors from a Colorado mountain--and contend with a hijacker determined to stop them. For fans of harder-edged crime fiction by authors like Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot, Iris Johansen, and Robert Krais. As long as there's hope of finding life, no mission is too dangerous for Meg Jennings and her colleagues in the FBI K-9 unit. But locating the wreckage of a hijacked private plane high in the Elk Mountains of Colorado is treacherous in a multitude of ways--some of them impossible for even a seasoned team to predict. The plane, carrying the board of directors of Barron Pharmaceuticals, crashed on a rocky peak and was cleaved in two. Perilous weather means the rescuers have to ascend on foot, with their dogs unleashed in case of falls. It takes hours to locate the wreckage, but miraculously, Meg and Hawk find half a dozen passengers and crew still alive. The hijacker also survived, and has fled into the wilderness with the CEO's son in pursuit. As soon as day breaks, the K-9 teams set out to find both men, and the dogs quickly pick up a scent trail. Meg has used her connections with an investigative reporter to learn as much as she can about the hijacker, hoping to use it when they apprehend him. But first, they must contend with the mountain's savage fury, and an adversary who will destroy as many lives as possible rather than face justice . . .

Sgt.Garland Flowers, a homicide detective for the Los Angeles County Sheriff´s Department, has a dilemma. He loves his wife and he loves his job, but his two loves are not compatible. This conflict is causing the breakup of his marriage and any hopes for a normal home life. The long hours, constant demands of the job, and Garland´s preoccupation with his cases have caused the couple to separate. The turmoil in his personal life, though, does not compare with what is in store for him in his latest case. Garland and his partner, Archie Penner, are called to investigate a murder in a ghetto community adjacent to the city of Los Angeles. The scene they encounter resembles a disaster area. "The place looks like a cyclone went through it" is how the deputy at the scene describes it. A triple murder, including a pre-adolescent girl, has been perpetrated. The apartment has been left in shambles, with furniture thrown about as if by a raging storm. Two of the victims, a man and a woman, are in the master bedroom. The man´s neck is broken and the woman has been strangled. Both appear to have been dispatched by an incredibly powerful assailant. In the other bedroom is their child, the product of a racially mixed marriage. The body of the child is neatly laid out in repose. She has been smothered. No items in the room have been displaced ... quite a contrast from the other rooms. Further assessment of the crime scene rules out robbery as a motive. Could this crime have been racially motivated? The crime has all the earmarks of an act of personal rage. With little to go on, no fingerprints, no witnesses or other clues as to the perpetrator´s identity or motive, the detectives have no place to turn. That is, until another multiple homicide two weeks later gives Flowers his first break. A thumbprint has been lifted from the second crime scene. The fingerprint identifies the suspect as a man by the name of B.C. Jones, a recent parolee from Soledad Prison. Jones is six feet six inches in height and weighs 280 pounds, and none of it is fat. His chest and arms are massive. For six years he has been lifting weights in prison, where he was sent for killing his father. He committed the crime with his bare hands. Jones is a mulatto, the product of a black father and a white mother. He is also simple-minded, having endured a childhood of constant physical abuse. He is a social outcast, and is extremely bitter about his racially mixed blood. In his mind, his lack of racial identity is the root of all of his problems, and he feels compelled to do something about it. During the course of the investigation Sgt. Flowers pieces together the psychological puzzle that motivates Jones to commit these murders. Meanwhile, Jones discovers that he has been named as the suspect in these crimes and flees to the home of his only known relative, an aunt who lives in Gulfport, Mississippi. While staying with her he is arrested for a minor offense. A routine record check is made, and the Gulfport Police Department learns that Jones is wanted for murder in Los Angeles. The L. A. County Sheriff´s Department is immediately notified. Sgt. Flowers is assigned the task of traveling to Mississippi to pick up the prisoner and return him to Los Angeles for trial. The Deep South is not a place Flowers has ever given any thought of visiting. After all, this is 1969, and desegregation is still new to these parts ... and Garland Flowers happens to be black. Born and reared in California, he has heard horrifying stories of how blacks are treated in the South, and is concerned about the kind of cooperation and assistance he will receive from the Southern law enforcement officers. But his reception is not what he expects. The absence of racial prejudice that he encounters upon

IN A WORLD WHERE JUSTICE HANGS IN THE BALANCE, ONE MAN'S JOURNEY TAKES HIM FROM THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR TO THE HEIGHTS OF RENEWAL. JOIN MAJOR ADAM SCOTT AS HE EMBARKS ON A RIVETING ODYSSEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND HEALING. WITH TWISTS AND TURNS AT EVERY CORNER, THIS IS A TALE OF COURAGE, RESILIENCE, AND THE UNBREAKABLE SPIRIT OF THE HUMAN SOUL. PREPARE TO BE CAPTIVATED FROM BEGINNING TO END IN THIS GRIPPING SAGA OF REDEMPTION AND REBIRTH.

Simon Crofts is a Crime Scene Manager working at major incidents and overseeing the Scenes of Crime Officers under his command.Their job is to deal with all types of crime from burglary to murder, in the seaside towns on the south coast.A quiet festive period is interrupted by a call to the suspicious death of a baby. The traumatic scene and the subsequent post-mortem are all in a day's work for the SOCO's.As their examination ends, they are then called to another scene, this time just as tragic.A successful businessman and his wife have been shot dead in their own home.There are no clues to who has carried out the shooting, or why.The story follows the crime scene officers as they painstakingly carry out the thorough examinations of the house looking for that one tiny piece of evidence that will lead them to the suspect.In this case it has been made more complicated, as it appears that the offender has been careful, and doesn't appear to have left any clues behind.Crofts and his team have been faced with this type of challenge before and are confident that they will solve this case.Will they succeed, or will the clever assassin get away with murder?

Octogenarian former sheriff Bill Gastner and Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman investigate a puzzling double murder in this twisty, page-turning instalment in the critically acclaimed Posadas County mystery series "If you haven't yet discovered these wonderful mysteries, you are in for a treat!" Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author The morning after his eighty-seventh birthday bash, former Posadas County sheriff Bill Gastner drives past a couple of vehicles stopped on the highway shoulder. It's not an unusual sight: a sheriff's patrol unit, emergency lights ablaze, pulled in behind a pickup truck. The female deputy hasn't radioed for backup. But there's something about the scene that makes him feel uneasy. The next day, Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman is called to a rather more dramatic and disturbing roadside scene, with the same truck the star of the show. But this time, its occupant is in no fit state to talk - his dead body stabbed through the chest with a Ka-Bar, a second corpse in the ditch beside the car. What happened to the two men? And what were the dead man and the deputy discussing in the quiet of pre-dawn the previous day? The truth is more twisty and complex than even Estelle and her long-standing friend and former colleague Bill are ready for, and it will take all their combined years of experience to untangle the sorry tale and ensure justice is served. Fans of CJ Box, Anne Hillerman and Terry Shames will love this thrilling, small-town Western mystery set in New Mexico, as will readers who love strong female protagonists and retired sleuthing heroes.

A young woman is missing, but has she run away - or been captured? A dying cop asks DCI Christine Caplan to fulfil her last wish: to investigate a cold case that's still preying on her mind. The naked body of a young man that was found in a lonely wood, dismissed as a down and out by her superiors. Caplan connects the case to other victims left to die in the bleak Scottish forests, injured and unable to escape. As the scent grows stronger, the cold cases seem suddenly dangerously hot. In this thrilling hunt for the missing girl, Caplan must trace where love and control get out of hand, and question where power lies in any relationship. Meanwhile, the dark nights of Scotland conceal a terrifying game of cat and mouse . . . This gripping Scottish police procedural meets twisted psychological thriller, featuring a complex and fascinating female protagonist, is a perfect choice for fans of tartan noir and authors Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and William McIlvanney.

An amateur female sheriff tries to fill her late father's boots and be the sheriff her small Washington State mountain town needs as a deadly snow storm engulfs the town, in this dark, twisty mystery. The world felt pure. Nature made the location pristine again, hiding the scene from prying eyes. As if no one had died there at all. In the months since Bet Rivers solved her first murder investigation and secured the sheriff's seat in Collier, she's remained determined to keep her town safe. With a massive snowstorm looming, it's more important than ever that she stay vigilant. When Bet gets a call that a family of tourists has stumbled across a teen injured in a snowmobile accident on a mountain ridge, she braves the mounting storm to investigate. However, once she arrives at the scene of the accident it's clear to Bet that the teen is not injured; he's dead. And has been for some time . . . Investigating a possible homicide is hard enough, but with the worst snowstorm the valley has seen in years threatening the safety of her town, not to mention the integrity of her crime scenes - as they seem to be mounting up as well - Bet has to move fast to uncover the complicated truth and prove that she's worthy of keeping her father's badge.

When the body of young Ben Harris is found after a Colorado snowstorm, Detective Nick Severs is drawn into a missing child case that went cold twenty years ago. As he and his hacker girlfriend Claire begin the investigation, every dark turn takes them deeper into the underworld of child trafficking and cybercrime, where danger is real, stakes are high, and where they each must decide what lines they are willing to cross in order to find justice.

Un père cherche sa fille avec obstination alors que la police a classé le dossier. Pour la retrouver, il fait appel à Laurent Gratiol qui devra assembler les nombreuses pièces d'un puzzle plutôt étrange. Tâche difficile quand la vérité est masquée par de curieuses énigmes, des situations effarantes et des amours improbables. Qui est cette mystérieuse inconnue au passé incertain ? Pourquoi un chalutier rentre-t-il parfois de la pêche sans rapporter de poisson ? Et cette vague d'assassinats parmi les truands du milieu nîmois ? Le voyage de quatre femmes vers leur destin... Une enquête singulière où cohabitent espoirs contrariés et violence terrifiante.

"Secrets Among The Stones", the reviting 4th book in "The Pineworth Chronicles" series, is a story set in the small town of Pineworth. Detective Alex Bennett gets caught up in a complicated situation involving secrets, lies, and a murder. After a well-known resident named Henry Winters is discovered dead, the once-peaceful town is thrown into chaos. The story takes unexpected turns as Alex follows leads and uncovers hidden connections while navigating the complexities of small-town dynamics. With each chapter, the tension rises, culminating in a thrilling chase, a surprising arrest, and a revelation that shakes the town to its core. It is a compelling mystery novel that combines suspense, intrigue, and a touch of small-town charm. It weaves elements of detective work, family drama, and historical mysteries, creating a captivating tale that keeps readers on the edge of their seats until the end.