Modern Detectives

When a man is spotted bound to the tracks, the tranquil nostalgia of the North Norfolk Railway is shattered. To add to the disquiet, while the police are investigating the kidnapping, another man is found dead on a steam train. A pattern of fear is emerging on the Poppy Line and the pressure is on DI Ashley Knight's struggling team to deliver answers. With the body count rising along the once peaceful coastal route, Knight must find a way to stop a killer before they reach their final destination. Because Ashley knows if she doesn't, for someone it's the end of the line.

DCI Bill Slider and his team are plunged into a city-wide manhunt when the body of a police officer is found dumped in a canal. Colleagues say PC Peter Bentley was a quiet bloke who kept himself to himself. But as Slider and Atherton dig deeper, it becomes clear that this likeable bobby had secrets. Was he involved in something that got out of control or had something from his past come back to bite him? Soon, the hardships of 'the Job' and the office politics at play make for an intriguing mystery that, this time, feels too close to home...

Reality TV and pop superstardom are billion-dollar industries built on image, ego and ruthless ambition. When former chart-topping pop star Jillian Moore launches a hit reality show designed to create the next music sensation, the spotlight burns hotter than ever… and attracts dangerous attention. Threats begin to surface cryptic warnings, unexplained sabotage, and signs that someone wants Jillian’s comeback stopped permanently. With her newly reborn career hanging in the balance, she turns to Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis for protection.

The exhilarating third installment in the Detective Martha Munro series.

From the New York Times–bestselling author of the Dexter novels: "A game of cat and mouse that builds to an utterly terrifying climax on the high seas" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Ex–cop Billy Knight wants to ride out Key West's slow season with the occasional fishing charter and...

Martha Strangeways has settled into a quiet life in Strathbran, after the horrific events that traumatised the village a year earlier: her son, Dougie is at university, her friend Orla will give birth at any minute, and she's becoming ever closer to her ex, Jamie. But all this is turned upside down when her friend at Glasgow CID, DI Derek Summers, calls on her to help with a truly disturbing case: a human ear, with an unusual Celtic earring, has been found next to a railway line in the Highlands.

A body underground. An ancient ritual. A killer in the shadows. The real game is just beginning... When a body is found in the depths of Mary King’s Close, DCI 'Mac' McNeill is thrust into a case involving the burden of sins and an old ritual tied to absolution. With each clue, he is drawn...

I et stille køkken, hvor to krus venter ved kedlen på at blive fyldt, ligger Sheryl Hawne i en blodpøl. Hendes eneste datter, Katie, bliver fundet ved hendes side, stadig med mordvåbnet i hånden og tilsyneladende ude af stand til at tale. For kriminalkommissær Kim Stone virker det som en åbenlys sag. Men Katie er ikke i stand til at blive afhørt, så Kim og teamet må grave dybt for at forstå, hvad der udløste den brutale handling. Snart finder de ud af, at Katie deltog i skønhedskonkurrencer som barn.

Un corps au pied d'une falaise. Un mot glaçant : La mort n'est pas la fin. Dans la petite ville côtière de Weston-super-Mare, l'inspectrice Louise Blackwell est confrontée à une série de morts qui ressemblent à des suicides... mais dont la mise en...

“The ever-incredible Leon’s twenty-fourth stunning entry in her stellar mysteries . . . brings the series full circle.” —Library Journal (starred review) In Death at La Fenice, the first novel in her beloved series, Donna Leon introduced readers to the glamorous and cutthroat world of...

Für DI Declan Walsh kehrt das Leben endlich zur Normalität zurück. Declan hat bei DCI Alexander Monroes "Last Chance Saloon Crime Unit" ein Zuhause gefunden und erholt sich langsam von den Nachwirkungen des letzten Falls, während er das Haus seines verstorbenen Vaters ausräumt, um dort...

Il a suffi de quelques jours au charismatique révérend Charles Jacobs pour ensorceler les habitants de Harlow, dans le Maine. Et plus que tout autre, le petit Jamie. Car l'homme et l'enfant ont une passion commune : l'électricité. Trente ans plus tard, Jamie est un guitariste de rock rongé par l'alcool et la drogue. Il va croiser à nouveau le chemin de Jacobs, et découvrir que le mot « renaissance » peut avoir plus d'un sens. Addiction, fanatisme, expérimentations scientifiques… Un roman électrique sur ce qui se cache de l'autre côté du miroir.

Die schockierende Wahrheit über ihre Vergangenheit erschüttert Anna Greenwoods Welt in ihren Grundfesten und stellt alles in Frage, was sie über ihr Leben zu wissen glaubte. Die Informationen, die sie entdeckt, veranlassen sie dazu, einen Mann in einer einflussreichen Position, der durch seinen Status geschützt zu sein scheint, zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen. Annas Bemühungen scheinen jedoch vergeblich zu sein – bis Hilfe von unerwarteter Seite kommt. Annas Reise bringt sie an den Rand einer Tragödie und führt letztendlich beinahe zu ihrem Tod – und dem Tod einer anderen unschuldigen Frau.

Three years ago, after an undercover police operation went disastrously wrong, CID officer Joe Clayton lost his career and his family. Forced to adopt a new identity, he lives under the radar, taking whatever jobs he can find. Always looking over his shoulder, always hunted. Now living on the tiny south coast island of Terror's Reach, home to rival business tycoons Robert Felton and Valentin Nasenko, Joe works as a bodyguard to Nasenko's wife, Cassie, and her two children. But when a burning summer's day explodes into violence, and a murderous gang targets the ultra-exclusive community...

Commissario Guido Brunetti must question his own assumptions about culture, virtue, and class in order to solve a shocking case of rare book theft from a Venetian library. Donna Leon’s critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has attracted readers the...

The killer is on death row. So why are women still disappearing? Five years ago, Kara Ellison vanished without a trace. Her car was found on a remote stretch of highway. No body was ever recovered. A local man, Carter Lyle, was convicted. In two weeks, he'll be executed. Now another young woman has disappeared the same way. Her car left behind, no sign of her. Weeks later, her body is found in the Adirondack woods. She's wearing a jacket that doesn't belong to her. In the pocket is Kara Ellison's university ID. An object that should no longer exist.

Martina Monroe knows some cases leave scars that never heal. After a year that nearly destroyed her life and threatened her family, she’s sworn off anything that could pull her back into danger. That is, until a desperate and heartbroken father walks into her office. His twenty-three-year-old daughter, Lena, is missing. The police are stalled, and he believes time is running out. Martina tries to hand the case to another investigator, but the father refuses to give up.

ウフコックと再会したバロットは、ガス室から救出を試みる。一方〈クインテット〉は、ハンター不在という異常事態に当惑していた

When a Colorado cannabis billionaire is assassinated, retired Denver homicide cop Woodrow “Mountain” Bell is pulled back into the inferno—one that sparked half a century earlier at a vanished hippie commune called Jericho. As Bell digs into the ashes, he uncovers links between the mogul and a charismatic killer who once fled those same mountains. Now, with the old codgers of “Deaf Row” at his side, Bell must face ghosts, secrets, and the unholy marriage of idealism and greed before the past burns the living one last time.

Un thriller adictivo que entrelaza los rituales de un asesino en serie con los secretos más oscuros de una élite privilegiada. Si nadie lo impide, volverá a ocurrir. Junio de 1996. Playa de Zurriola, San Sebastián. Una escultura de arena oculta el cadáver de una joven estudiante. En la...

Chiara Santiagani est la fille d'un des plus grands mafieux du pays et ferait n'importe quoi pour sa sœur Carmen. À l'origine d'un drame survenu pendant son enfance qui a brisé le cœur de cette dernière, elle est prête à tout pour recouvrer l'amour et la confiance de son aînée. Aussi lorsque Carmen la met au défi de se rendre au Démon's, afin de se mettre un peu en danger, Chiara accepte sans savoir ce qui l'attend. Elle va bientôt se retrouver entre les mains de Vennie Verratti, le tueur à gages officiel du clan Bullare.

DESCUBRE A YRSA, PREMIO BEST NOVEL VLNEGRA 2025. «La reina islandesa de la novela negra.» The Guardian MÁS DE 5.000.000 DE LECTORES. En 2006, un grupo de niños entierra una cápsula del tiempo en una escuela islandesa. Diez años después, esa cápsula es desenterrada, junto con una carta...

By the time the night staff realizes what's happening, the witness is already on the floor and the blood is spreading beneath the chairs. Inside a locked psychiatric hospital in Tacoma, a buried federal witness is nearly beaten to death by a patient who should never have been able to reach her. It looks like random madness. Gavin Marks knows better.

By the time the police arrive, the rain is already working on the blood. It disappears into the cracks like the ground is trying to swallow what happened. Outside South Barrow High, two boys lie under silver emergency blankets while sirens cut through the dark. A third boy is missing. On the pavement: a chalk warning, a black velvet pouch, and the first ugly hint that this wasn't random violence.

Llega el autor de novela negra que arrasa en Europa, en la estela de Jo Nesbø y Camilla Läckberg. Son los peores policías, los perdedores, los expulsados, los marginados. Son la Unidad de Casos Perdidos. Y sólo ellos pueden resolver el caso más difícil de la historia de Suecia. La...