Historical Police Fiction

Detective Inspector Arthur Gredge of Scotland Yard is a changed man, and not for the better, it seems. The prime suspect in a terrible crime he did not commit, Gredge launches an impassioned defense. The problem is that he does not know if he is guilty or innocent. Midnight Gunn must uncover the cause of Gredge’s unsettling behavior before the inspector loses his mind, his job, or very possibly his life. It is a task that must be conducted with the utmost caution, as Midnight’s own conduct comes under close scrutiny from all directions, putting him and those he loves at risk.

Already suffering the privations of the 1930s Dust Bowl, an Oklahoma town is further devastated when a passenger train derails—flooding its hospital with the dead and maimed. Among the seriously wounded is Etha, wife of Sheriff Temple Jennings. Overwhelmed by worry for her, the sheriff must regain his footing to investigate the derailment, which rapidly develops into a case of sabotage.

The year is 1861, the eve of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration. For Kate Warn, the first female private detective in American history, the only assignment tougher than exposing a conspiracy to assassinate the new president is training her new mentee, Hattie MacLaughlin, in the art of detection. The two women’s mission to save the president takes them from the granges of rural Maryland to the heart of secessionist high society, and sets them on a collision course that could alter the course of history.

August, 1900. William Holt, a reclusive millionaire businessman, has been kidnapped from his grand Coney Island home after the brutal murder of his two bodyguards. Soon, a huge ransom is demanded, and the victim’s two sons are given just days to find the money. Inspector Sam Blackstone, now seconded to the New York Police Department, and his partner, Alex Meade, are charged with solving the case, but they’ll need to keep their wits about them if they are to solve it in time...

El protagonista de esta última novela de Andreu Martín, un chico bien de la Barcelona de finales de los años 60, pretende rebelarse contra su entorno: un mundo hostil e incomprensible que él no ha elegido para vivir y que los adultos son incapaces de cambiar. Para ello, lo primero que debe hacer es romper con la vida que ha llevado y enfrentarse a la figura del padre.

Ada Hobbes has cleaned for Dr Tindall for many years and begins the morning like any other day. But the house is not empty after all. The blood-covered George Tindall is sprawled across the floor. Detective Inspector Harvey Marmion and Sergeant Joe Keedy arrive to a horrific scene. Someone enjoyed killing Tindall, without a doubt. Their investigation takes them out of London and on the trail of three different women as it emerges that Dr Tindall was not the respectable local GP after all, but a bigamist whose third wife had some very interesting connections in the crime fraternity.

Berlin 1919 - Kriminalkommissar Paul Morgenthal hat während des Krieges viel erlebt, dennoch lassen ihn die Taten des Berliner Schlächters, nach dem seit Jahren erfolglos gefahndet wird, nicht kalt. Der Gesuchte schneidet jungen Frauen große Stücke der Haut ab, legt danach die verstümmelten Opfer mitten auf die Straße und deckt sie mit einem Tuch zu. Gemeinsam mit der Stenotypistin Ruth Falkenburg sucht Paul Morgenthal Rat bei Gerichtsmediziner David Hornoff, der einen fast schon krankhaften Wissensdrang in Bezug auf die menschliche Psyche hat

While transporting a woman to an insane asylum, Deputy Kopp discovers something deeply troubling about her story. Before she can investigate, another inmate bound for the asylum breaks free and tries to escape. In both cases, Constance runs instinctively toward justice. But the fall of 1916 is a high-stakes election year, and any move she makes could jeopardize Sheriff Heath's future - and her own. Although Constance is not on the ballot, her controversial career makes her the target of political attacks.

Oakland, California, 1983: a city churning with violent crime and racial conflict. Officer Hanson, a Vietnam veteran, has abandoned academia for the life-and-death clarity of police work, a way to live with the demons that followed him home from the war. But Hanson knows that justice requires more than simply enforcing the penal code. He believes in becoming a part of the community he serves - which is why, unlike most officers, he chooses to live in the same town where he works. This strategy serves him well...to a point. He forges a precarious friendship with the drug king of East Oakland.

Berlin jagt den ersten Serienmörder der Stadtgeschichte. März 1856. An der Königsmauer, der berüchtigten Bordellgasse Berlins, wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau aus gutem Haus gefunden. Auf den ersten Blick ist klar: Sie wurde stranguliert. Der Leichenbeschauer entdeckt jedoch seltsame Kerben am Schienbein, die er bereits bei drei anderen Opfern nachgewiesen hat. Sie alle waren Prostituierte, keiner der Morde wurde aufgeklärt.

Die Highlands 1889. Als der junge Erbe der betuchten Familie Koloman eine Todesdrohung erhält, reisen Inspector Frey und sein Kollege McGray unverzüglich zum nebelverhangenen nördlichen Zipfel des Landes. Dort, am abgelegenen Loch Maree, kommen sie im unheimlichen Herrenhaus der Kolomans unter. Die nahegelegene Insel ist von Fledermäusen befallen, und jeder der Bewohner scheint etwas zu verbergen. Als kurz darauf ein grausamer Mord im Wald geschieht, ist den Ermittlern klar: Um die Geheimnisse des mysteriösen Loch Maree zu wahren, geht jemand über Leichen.

September 1878. One night, as the pleasure boat The Princess Alice makes her daily trip up the Thames, she collides with the Bywell Castle, a huge iron-hulled collier. The Princess Alice shears apart, throwing all 600 passengers into the river; only 130 survive. It is the worst maritime disaster London has ever seen, and early clues point to sabotage by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, who believe violence is the path to restoring Irish Home Rule. For Scotland Yard Inspector Michael Corravan, born in Ireland and adopted by the Irish Doyle family, the case presents a challenge.

November 1925: Eine Leiche wird aus ­einem Berliner ­Kanal gezogen. Das Mordopfer ist ein ­Journalist, der für den "Völkischen ­Beobachter" geschrieben hat. ­Während Spiro zweifelhafte Kontakte nutzt, um eine Spur zu ­finden, bewegt sich Nike in den spirituellen Kreisen von Berlin und nimmt an Séancen teil. Plötzlich taucht der Ausweis eines Jungen auf, der in Verbindung zum Toten stand. Aber der "blonde Hund", wie er genannt wird, ist in ­München untergetaucht.

London 1889. Nach der Aufführung von "Macbeth" wird eine mit Blut geschriebene Botschaft aufgefunden: In Edinburgh, der nächsten Station der berühmten Theatertruppe, soll jemand grausam zu Tode kommen. Der Fall ruft die Inspectors Ian Frey und Adolphus McGray auf den Plan. Während der vernünftige Engländer Frey die düstere Ankündigung für reine Publicity hält, ist McGray von einem übernatürlichen Phänomen überzeugt, da Besucher eine "Todesfee" vor dem Theater gesehen haben wollen.

Little Marcus Fallbrook was kidnapped in 1976 and, when he never returned home, his grieving family assumed the worst. Now, 30 years later, teenager Leah Wakefield has disappeared and DI Wesley Peterson has reason to suspect that the same kidnapper is responsible. As Wesley delves into the case, his friend, archaeologist Neil Watson, discovers a mystery of his own when he exhumes the dead from a local churchyard. A coffin is found containing one corpse too many and Neil believes it may be linked to a strange religious sect.

When a woman is burned to death in Grandal Field in Devon, it seems like a case of mistaken identity. Until DI Wesley Peterson learns of a legend involving a French woman who burned to death there in the 13th century. And when he discovers that records of a previous excavation on the site have vanished, and that two archaeologists involved in that dig died in tragic circumstances, Wesley starts to investigate the possibility of a link between the legend and recent events.

Movimenti sospetti nella notte a Bellano: forse allucinazioni, forse faccende private, forse non proprio reati. Forse. "Un uomo in mutande?" chiese il maresciallo Ernesto Maccadò. Nessuna traccia di sorriso. Anzi, un'espressione che valeva un punto interrogativo. Il Misfatti l'aveva messa sullo scherzo, ma quello, niente, aveva preteso i dettagli invece di riderci su. "Si spieghi meglio, appuntato", disse il Maccadò. "Dicevo tanto per..." annaspò il Misfatti. "L'ascolto comunque", insisté il maresciallo.

When Tokyo falls victim to a deadly terrorist attack, Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro knows who is responsible, even if she doesn't have proof. She urges her commanding officers to arrest the perpetrator - an insane zealot who was just released from police custody. When her pleas fall on deaf ears, she loses her temper and then her badge as well as her best chance of fighting back.

West Berkshire, the 1970s. PC Don Barton is convinced that life has taken a turn for the better when he passes his promotion exam and becomes an acting sergeant. Things take a turn for the worse after a violent altercation with a local thug. Soon after, Don finds himself investigating a hit-and-run case. Somehow, international drug smugglers and the London gangland all seem to be involved. Don is determined to find out the truth, but the more he uncovers, the greater the danger becomes. Can he crack the case before more lives are lost?

Eine gefährliche Raubmörder-Bande treibt ihr Unwesen in Berlin, als im Herbst 1932 die 75-jährige Frau eines Markthändlers in ihrer Wohnung überfallen und umgebracht wird. Die Spur führt Kommissar Gennat zum Ringverein „Felsenfest“. Doch die Ermittler stoßen dort auf eine Festung des Schweigens. Gennat bittet seinen Freund, den Polizeireporter Max Kaminski, um Hilfe. Der fürchtet allerdings, von den Ringbrüdern schnell enttarnt zu werden. Kaminskis Frau Lissy hat die zündende Idee: Mit falscher Identität sucht sie den Kontakt zu den Frauen und Freundinnen der Ringbrüder.