International Police Procedurals

Ein mörderischer Segeltörn auf der Flensburger Förde – der fünfte Fall für Boisen & Nyborg von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Anette Hinrichs. Dauerregen und Starkwind über der Flensburger Außenförde. Während eines Kundenevents auf einer Segeljacht geht die junge Bankerin Saskia Niekamp bei einem Wendemanöver über Bord. Wenige Tage später wird ihr Leichnam in Sønderby an der dänischen Küste angespült. Was zunächst wie ein tragischer Unfall aussieht, erweist sich als heimtückischer Mord.

A famous Hollywood director arrives in Bologna to remake a cult film and the city's renown cinema archive decides to mark the occasion with a screening of the original, only to discover it has disappeared. After English detective Daniel Leicester follows the trail of Love Upon a Razorblade to an apparent murder-suicide, he begins to suspect there may be more at stake than missing negatives—could the film contain a clue to one of the city's most enduring mysteries?

In England's shadowy corners, from misty woods to ancient university halls, criminal psychologist and head of the Ritualistic Behavioural Crime unit Dr Harrison Lane, confronts the country’s most challenging crimes. A boy's body with cryptic messages. A man pinned down by horseshoes. A student etched with strange symbols. Each scene is a piece of a terrifying puzzle only Harrison can solve. As he unravels these ritualistic killings, Harrison digs up long-buried secrets that shake quiet towns to their core. But the deeper he delves, the more his own past threatens to engulf him.

Bei einem verbotenen Ausflug in die Dünen vor St. Peter-Ording entdecken Urlauber zwei leblose Körper. Aus Angst, selbst in Schwierigkeiten zu geraten, wenden sie sich statt an die Polizei lieber an Torge Trulsen, den Hausmeister der Weißen Düne. Der stellt den Tod der beiden Teenager fest und erkennt in dem weiblichen Opfer die Tochter einer Kollegin. Jessi Kramer ist attraktiv, selbstbewusst und unabhängig - darüber hinaus auf ganz Eiderstedt für ihre zahlreichen Männerbekanntschaften bekannt, wogegen ihre alleinerziehende Mutter machtlos ist.

Eine Serie von Morden, bei denen die Opfer mit seltenen Blumen „verschönert“ und dann begraben werden, erschüttert die ganze Stadt. Für Kommissarin Katharina Winkler und ihren Kollegen Sebastian Fischer beginnt damit ihr erster gemeinsamer Fall, der an Wahnsinn kaum zu überbieten ist. Zusammen enthüllen sie nach und nach eine verstörende Verbindung zwischen den Mordopfern und verschiedenen Blumenläden vor Ort.

Un detective experto en celos que debe dar caza a un hombre sospechoso de haber asesinado asu hermano. Un padre afligido que se plantea cuál es el lugar de la venganza en una sociedad que ha sucumbido a los más bajos instintos. Dos amigos que, de camino a los Sanfermines en Pamplona, se enamoran de la misma chica. Un basurero que, mientras se recupera de una profunda resaca, tiene que averiguar qué pasó exactamente la noche anterior. La historia de dos pasajeros en un avión entre los que surge la chispa del amor... o quizá un sentimiento más siniestro.

Costa cantábrica, 1970. Después de tres días desaparecida, el cuerpo de Alma Mateo, de trece años de edad, es encontrado en la orilla del mar a los pies de un acantilado. Aún llevaba puesto el uniforme del internado El Bosque donde cursaba sus estudios de verano. La investigación oficial llevada a cabo por la Guardia Civil establece en su informe final, que el fallecimiento de Alma pudo deberse a un suicidio o a algo más simple: un fatal accidente. Sin embargo, todo apunta a que las causas reales fueron otras bien distintas.

The body of an unidentified woman has been discovered in a remote forest. A large, unique scar on one side of her face should make the identification easy, but nobody has reported her missing. When a photo of the victim is released to the media, a woman recognizes the victim as Lisemette, a child she cared for in the state mental institution many years ago. Lisemette was a "forgotten girl", abandoned by her family and left behind in the institution. But it's soon discovered Lisemette had a twin, and both girls were issued death certificates more than 30 years ago.

Detective Inspector Karen Eiken Hornby is not the only person to have returned to her native island nation, Doggerland, after years abroad. Following a ten-year hiatus, Luna has chosen to secretly record her comeback album where she was born and raised. Spirits are high among her team at the wrap party, though Karen is less than impressed with the simpering singer. The next morning, Luna is nowhere to be found. Nothing goes unnoticed in the tight-knit community—certainly not the arrival, or disappearance, of a world-famous singer.

Detective Inspector Sam Berger's life has been turned upside down. He is suspected of a murder and his partner, Secret Service agent Molly Blom, is in a coma. Meanwhile, a terrorist attempt is threatening Stockholm and a wanted murderer is on the loose. Berger escapes to the Stockholm Archipelago while he waits for orders from the Swedish Security Service's chief executive. But is he the solution, or is he part of the problem?

During a stifling summer in Sydney, the body of a chaplain’s daughter is found wrapped in black plastic on the deserted grounds of an elite boarding school. Is it the work of the killer who’s been stalking the privileged neighborhoods along the Parramatta River? Gut instinct tells Detective Sergeant Rose Riley something even more devious might be at play.

Polizeioffizier Milo April wird an der Kapstädter Waterfront erschossen. Könnte ein SAPD-Offizier dahinterstecken? Und hängt dieser Mord mit den geheimnisvollen Briefen zusammen, die die geschassten Ermittler Bennie Griessel und Vaughn Cupido erhalten haben und die auf einen neuen Fall von Staatskorruption hindeuten? Wenn es ihnen gelänge, diesen Fall aufzuklären, wäre ihre Ehre wiederhergestellt. Doch sie müssen heimlich ermitteln, mit dem Risiko, endgültig ihre berufliche Zukunft zu verspielen. Griessel und Cupido halten sich an ihre bewährte Strategie: nicht die Nerven verlieren.

In a quiet village surrounded by ancient woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a man is found naked with his eyes gouged out. It is the first in a string of gruesome murders. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a detective with a background in criminal profiling, is called to investigate. Battaglia is in her mid-60s, her rank and expertise hard-won from decades of battling for respect in the male-dominated Italian police force. Soon she finds that buried deep in these mountains are whispers of a dark and dangerous history, possibly tied to a group of eight-year-old children.

Special Agent Stan Powell of the Portland, Oregon office of the FBI is brought in to consult on a case involving human remains discovered in the remote wilderness near Mount Hood. Little does Powell know, but what follows is the case of his young career and a roller coaster ride through the dark underworld of the tennis industry, with more twists and turns than he can count.

Constable Jenny Williams moved to an outback mining town to find her missing cousin. The cold case is finally warming up, but it appears the remote, desolate desert community is hiding more secrets. When a car crashes into the local motel reception, Jenny jumps in to help dig the owner from the debris—only to find tragedy. A woman’s corpse is discovered hidden in the carnage, turning the crash scene into a crime scene. Jenny starts digging, but quickly discovers the prime suspect is her friend, the woman who’s been her rock since she came to town.

En lo alto de una montaña, en los páramos de Noruega, hay un viejo caserón habitado por un hombre solitario. Se llama Roy, es experto en pájaros, lleva la gasolinera del pueblo y en cada casa corre un rumor sobre él. Su vida gris se reabre con la vuelta de Carl, su hermano pequeño. No se ven desde que se fue a estudiar a Estados Unidos hace quince años, tras la muerte trágica de sus padres en un accidente de coche.

Novela clave en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo veintiuno, Vivir abajo es un audiolibro de aventuras, un relato de horror, un misterio policial, una historia hecha de mil historias y una crónica de viajes por los territorios de la locura y el espanto. También es una novela de humor quijotesco, poblada por artistas enloquecidos, espías eruditos, poetas fantasmales y venganzas equivocadas. Comienza en Perú, cuando un cineasta americano comete un tenebroso homicidio en el sótano de una casa el día de la captura de Abimael Guzmán, líder de Sendero Luminoso.

Un nuevo hito, la novela más esperada y ambiciosa de Camilla Läckberg. Fíjate bien. Nada es lo que parece. No te fíes del título, de la portada ni de la sinopsis. La última novela de Camilla Läckberg tampoco es lo que parece. Resuelve el enigma de La bruja.

Under the dark cover of night, a figure climbs over the wall of the Botanical Garden with a bag and a metal detector. It's a dicey location in the populous city center, but they're on the hunt - and while most of what they find will be worthless, it takes only one big reward to justify the risk. Only this time, the nighthawker unearths a body....

Año 2000. En Oslo aparece en plena calle el cadáver degollado de un viejo militante nazi. Harry Hole, que tras cometer un grave error ha sido reasignado a los servicios secretos, percibe los puntos en común entre este crimen y el contenido de un informe de los muchos documentos aburridos que pasan por sus manos a diario: alguien compró un rifle Märklin, un arma extremadamente cara y precisa usada por grupos neonazis.