Police Procedurals

In this gripping chapter in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, the detectives must sort out a save-the-planet meditation group connected to a mysterious death and a nefarious scheme targeting vulnerable indigenous people living with addiction.

NYPD Detective Declan Shaw gets a call: How fast can you get to the Beresford building on Central Park West?

A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner....

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid the in a complicated FBI case—and he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train.

SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene. But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay’s onetime partner who rose to chief of police.

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter.

Special Agent Lara Grant has finally put her life as an undercover agent in the Moretti gang behind her and started a new assignment in New York City....

Homicide Detective Eve Dallas hunts a killer who turns a wedding party into a murder scene in the next novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, J.D. Robb.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly introduces a new cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island.

For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it’s the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night.

The most beloved and enduring duo in American crime fiction is back.

When the crimes of a serial arsonist lead to murder, Sharpe and Walker need detective Eve Ronin to join the hunt in a blistering thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.

NYPD Detective Michael Bennett will stop at nothing to protect family: his wife, his kids—and his fellow officers—in the latest psychological thriller from bestselling author James Patterson.

When Nigel Baxter, a middle-aged married banker with an unremarkable past, is found dead in the bath of a plush hotel suite, his wrists slit, it looks as if he's taken his own life....

Death imitates art in the brand-new crime thriller starring homicide cop Eve Dallas from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author J.D. Robb.

Twenty miles across the North Dakota border, detective Cassie Dewell has been assigned as the new deputy sheriff of Grimstad - a place people used to be from but were never headed to....

A Karin Slaughter Will Trent thriller collection featuring Fractured, Undone, and Broken....

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from author David Baldacci....

There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, his and hers. Which means someone is always lying....

Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home....

From the New York Times bestselling author and cohost of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid comes the thrilling book two in her national bestselling series, told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and a medical examiner seeking justice.

A wealthy Washington businessman will do anything to protect a covert operation that earns him millions of dollars. But when his activities attract the attention of reservation police, his power becomes as unstable as the desert wind....

Atlanta, Georgia. Present day. A young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead. The police investigate but the trail goes cold....

On the anniversary of a teen’s disappearance, three friends face a deadly hometown reunion in this twisty suspense novel by a New York Times bestselling author.

After their last deployment, when she got shot, her fiancé, Martinez, got killed, and his bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, got depressed, soldier Mercy Carr and Elvis were both sent home, her late lover’s last words ringing in her ears: “Take care of my partner.”...

On prom night, Caroline Winterfield walked away from the ruins of an abandoned mansion called Haven Cliff and into the woods…never to be seen again. Only her three best friends know what really happened. But a secret is a secret, and a promise is a promise—even when it shatters lifelong friendships. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of that night, Midge, Kelly, and Talia reunite at Haven Cliff, now a gleaming architectural jewel. But they aren’t alone. Someone is watching.

Plagued by the unsolvable murder that ruined his glowing career, a burnt-out detective is cruising through his final weeks until retirement. Until he is hand-picked to be part of a taskforce investigating old, unsolved murders. Hand-picked because the very killer he failed to catch is still out there. Can he finally get the closure he deserves?

Als im Jahr 2018 die 26-jährige Rechtsanwaltsgehilfin Hanna Richter als vermisst gemeldet wird, können am Tatort 13 Blutspuren gesichert werden. Zwölf davon werden dem Opfer zugeordnet, doch die 13. Probe – ein einzelner Blutstropfen – bringt die Ermittlungsarbeiten an einem bislang ungelösten Fall wieder in Bewegung. Über drei Jahrzehnte erstrecken sich grausame Todesfälle, deren Spuren immer wieder an einen Ort führen: NORDEN an der niederländischen Grenze. Auch Hannas Verschwinden scheint auf unheimliche Weise mit den Verbrechen in Verbindung zu stehen.

A serial killer is rampaging across the country, tying families to chairs—arranged in puzzling tableaus—then murdering them, without leaving a trace of evidence. FBI Special Agent Lukas Stark has been hunting the Tableau Killer for eighteen months but is always two steps behind in a maze of dead ends. He has no understanding of why the killer stages the scenes so meticulously or chooses entire families. Burning out, Stark is forced to take on a new partner, Gilles Garnier.

In the comfortable English Dorsetshire village of Anneypenny in the 1930s, fruit farmer Douglas Sewell–narrator of the story–sees his friend John die in agony. The death certificate states gastric ulcers but the post mortem’s revealing of poison punctures Anneypenny’s idyllic backdrop. Soon every friend and neighbour seems to harbour something suspicious. Douglas challenges his readers, or listeners, to answer the key questions before throwing out several scenarios and turning them upside-down in a tantalising path to the truth.

Lana Burrell grew up on an idyllic Napa Valley vineyard with her best friend Jess—until Jess mysteriously disappeared and Lana’s father was falsely accused of her murder. Over twenty years later, he’s still serving a life sentence, but Lana knows he’s innocent, just like she knows Jess’s real killer is still out there. Now, as a seasoned FBI agent in the San Francisco field office, Lana figures she can handle just about anything—until a killer strikes the Valley again and those old wounds come bursting open.

While Captain Anjulie Zarate y Salazar faces a crisis of loyalty at home, Malcolm Khalaji faces another crisis in Los Angeles. And that crisis is named Yoon Eun-Ji. When mandatory mental health leave turns into a not-particularly-optional dinner invitation from Seong-Jae's parents, Malcolm finds himself thrust into chaos. Multilingual mortification. Sassy sisters. Spicy steak. And intimate moments that are exactly what Malcolm needs to distract himself from the building trauma inside him, threatening to break and crash at any moment.

DCI Kelso Strang is led to believe that something very odd is going on around the prosperous fishing port of Tarleton on Scotland’s south-east coast. Firstly, a young Detective Inspector is traumatised after witnessing a doctor throwing herself off a cliff, and accusations of extortion have riven the local community. And when the ugly death of a young farmer sets off a murder investigation, Strang finds himself caught in a spider’s web of criminality.

Detective Ryan Boone just can't let this case go. While the mystery behind the robbery and murders in Twisted was uncovered a few months back, there is still a very large loose thread that Boone desperately wishes to tie up. He convinces his superiors to allow him to travel to Ottawa, where he's uncovered a lead into a conspiracy that hints what happened in Toronto has nationwide, and horrific, implications. Former detective Cora Porter has moved to forensics, but when a strange case hits close to home, she squeezes her way into the investigation.

With things finally back on track after the death of her husband, Ally is ready for a break and to settle down to a quiet, conventional life with her new boyfriend... But those hopes are shattered with the appearance of a new ghost... begging for her help with a cryptic message about some place called White Haven Manor, a stately home from the early 1800s but now a long-abandoned ruin with a terrifying reputation.

Der packende neue Thriller von Bestsellerautor Elias Haller. Jemand wie ich verdient die Hölle. Dabei bin ich weder böse noch gut. Aber die Hölle ist heute nicht mein Problem, sondern ein siebenjähriges Mädchen. Er tötet Frauen und entstellt ihre Körper. Die Presse nennt ihn den Fotografen. Seit neun Jahren jagen ihn die Ermittler des BKA. Jedes Jahr ein Opfer, von dem er stets nur ein einziges Foto macht und an den Meistbietenden verkauft. Das ist seine Art von Kunst, die niemand begreifen kann. Er ist ein Phantom und will es bleiben, bis seine Mission erfüllt ist.

The chaotic carnival atmosphere of wholesale produce market operating in early morning darkness collides with an expanding network of organized crime. Jake Essenger tries to protect his family and legacy business against the onslaught of crooked politicians, extortion, and murder by the dark underbelly of organized crime.

Written by a Police Detective who has been there, done that, walked the beat and has witnessed the worse of the worst! Who brutally murdered Claudine Bresson and what dark secrets were worth killing for? Detective James Pierce is determined to uncover the truth, but the closer he gets, the deadlier the game becomes. Paris is drowning in secrets. Beneath the city’s dazzling lights and historic landmarks, something sinister lurks in the shadows. When a string of brutal murders shakes the French capital, each crime is steeped in symbolism, tied to the city’s most revered cultural icons. ...

Welcome to the 509 Crime Stories! This police procedural series is set in Eastern Washington and features revolving lead characters. Each novel is a standalone tale that can be listened to in any order. You’ll get the first, second, and third books in this box set collection.

Neugier kann tödlich sein! Von ihrem Freund für eine Jüngere verlassen, kommt Kommissarin Anne Kirsch ein Mordfall gut gelegen: In Bontkirchen im Sauerland wird Jürgen Gruber erschossen aufgefunden. Bereits wenige Wochen zuvor war im selben Dorf die Rentnerin Luise Steinmetz an einer Knollenblätterpilzvergiftung gestorben. Gibt es eine Verbindung zwischen den Mordfällen? Und wo ist Luises Katze? Anne beginnt auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln und begibt sich dabei unwissentlich in Lebensgefahr.

Spring 1941. It is the third year of war, and when the siren sounds the people of Cambridge trudge to the city's public bomb shelters. Crowded, smoky, often raucous, the shelters have become a way of life for the poor. At dawn the body of a young man is found in a shadowy corner of the Trinity Shelter, one of three on the city's great open space—Parker's Piece. Detective Inspector Eden Brooke searches the body and finds no wallet or papers, save for a cinema ticket dated six months earlier.

When King Elsher’s murdered partner falls in Scarlett Beam’s path—literally—the DEA agent and security expert find themselves in a deadly cartel’s crosshairs. The message is clear: stop interfering with their business or they’ll be the next victims. The past taught King to keep professional and personal separate. But Scarlett’s wit and determination tempt him to break his code. And then his son is kidnapped, raising the stakes even further. One wrong step can get them killed. Can King get justice…and keep them all alive?

In StreetWhys, underground detective Dickie Cornish faces a vindictive murder rap from his past if he doesn’t agree to help prove that the fentanyl ravaging the streets of DC is bankrolled by shadowy donors of a certain former president. Broke and desperate, Cornish soon finds himself on a collision course with shady public defenders and corrupt police officers, forcing him to use his street connections to flip their plan. Or die.

Esther Paul is 12 years old. She is reported missing on Vanuatu local radio. Two days later her body is found floating in the sea. Senior Constable George Wong of the Vanuatu National Police Force drops his current case to investigate her disappearance and tragic death. Limited forensics in Vanuatu means George and Probationary Constable Jayline Oli do not know if they are looking at a murder or an accident. The wound to Esther’s head suggests the later.

The Prequel to the Stockholm Sleuth Series A short crime story about Lars, one of the private eyes in the series. In this story he is still working as a policeman. Together with his partner Kalle, Lars is called to a house where neighbours report a quarrel. This case will change Lars' career forever.

When a woman is found dead on her doorsteps—shot through the heart with an arrow—Clint Wolf and Susan Wilson go to work trying to track down the sadistic killer. On the very next day, a second victim is murdered in his driveway (killed in the same manner) and it's now a race against time to uncover the motive behind the killings and identify the murderer. What they know so far is that he's a skilled archer preying on human targets, and they have no clue where he'll strike next.

Cosy Crime und Culture Clash in St. Peter-Ording: der 2. Fall für Massimo Marconi, Italiener im hohen Norden. In einer Julinacht verschwindet der Naturschützer Piet Lorenzen. Schnell drängt sich der Verdacht auf, dass die Tat in Verbindung zur umstrittenen Ölbohrinsel "Mittelplate A" steht, die vielen Anwohnern von St. Peter-Ording ein Dorn im Auge ist. Doch dies ist nicht die einzige Spur, der Marconi und sein Team – wieder einmal auf eigene Faust – nachgehen.

È un romanzo composto da una serie di dodici racconti legati da un filo narrativo e interdentale. A causa di un ascesso terribile, un uomo si reca al Pronto Soccorso dentistico notturno. Sulla poltrona il protagonista della storia, mentre sta cercando di vincere il dolore del trapano, fa volare la fantasia. Ecco allora le storie raccontate da Pinketts: dall'horror al noir, dal surreale al fantastico, i racconti si muovono tutti sul livello del paradosso e della metafora. Per ogni dente un racconto, in un caleidoscopio di immagini, di giochi di parole, di invenzioni fantastiche.

Drei Elsasskrimis von Jules Vitrac in einem Hörbuch. Mord im Elsass. Im malerischen Eguisheim wird auf dem Marktplatz eine Leiche gefunden – in einem Sauerkrautfass. Kurz darauf findet man eine Tote in der "Bäckertaufe", einem Eisenkäfig am Eingang des Heimatmuseums. Schnell wird ein Muster klar: mittelalterliche Bestrafungsmethoden. Doch wer ist der Täter? Und wie wählt er seine Opfer aus? Noch bevor es eine Spur gibt, geschieht ein dritter Mord. Der schlimmste von allen ... Das ungleiche Ermittlerteam Céleste Kreydenweiss und Luc Bato steht vor einem Rätsel.

Oak Hill, North Carolina is a sleepy community where nothing exciting ever happens, a town so tiny it has no room for secrets. So when a stranger is found murdered in a cornfield, Detective Grace Bingham is forced to partner with Jack Sawyer—a big city detective who broke her heart and fled the town years prior—in order to uncover the explosive truth.