Police Procedural Cozy

When the curtain falls, the show is over. Unfortunately, it was opening night, and when it fell, it was definitely over for Angel Bridges! Affairs and jealousy, not to mention old resentments, are all good motives for murder. But just which one brought the curtain down on Angel? Join old friends from the Seattle area - DeeDee, owner of Deelish Catering; her husband, Jake, a private investigator; Cassie, a food critic for the leading Seattle newspaper; and her husband, Al, a reformed Mafioso with a sometimes questionable way of handling things, as they search for the murderer.

Dare you close your eyes for even a few seconds? One, two, three... Lisa Dale shuts her eyes and counts to 100 during a game of hide-and-seek. When she opens them, her four-year-old daughter, Ella, is gone. Disappeared without a trace. The police, the media and Lisa's family all think they know who snatched Ella. But what if the person who took her isn't a stranger? What if they are convinced they are doing the right thing? And what if Lisa's little girl is in danger of disappearing forever?

Cold case murder investigations are a lot harder to solve than current murder cases. Particularly when the murder occurred over 15 years ago. But when a friend asks Brigid to investigate a cold case for her in New Mexico, Brigid feels she has to at least try. What she hadn’t taken into consideration were old grudges, a small town that kept secrets, and people who were willing to commit hate crimes to keep those secrets.

There’s just something about “bad boys” that fascinates people. But there’s a reason they’re called “bad boys”. Is that why Kade, the one with the “bad boy” reputation, was murdered? Of course, there were a lot of people who had a reason to want him dead. Like Harper, his ex-girlfriend, whose parents told her no more partying with him and put her on a short financial leash.

A computer app that was going to bring in millions, developed by four young techies, the founder of the group is murdered, but was it murder or a burglary gone terribly wrong? Even though Liz vows not to become involved in the case, when the new chief of police and his assistant both come down with pneumonia, she has no choice, because the killer may get away. And could the murderer be one of the guests staying at her Red Cedar Lodge and Spa?

Ever consider betting $25,000 on a poker hand? High rollers at an exclusive card room in a Palm Springs casino do. And when the same person wins night after night, that person becomes a threat to their livelihood. A threat that needs to be taken care of – like in murder. Join Marty and her husband, Detective Jeff, as they investigate the lives of the casino high rollers to find out which one was the murderer. And if you like dogs, you must meet Miss Olive and Miss Simone!

Niralya May, a wealthy socialite who never strayed from her rigid calendar, was scheduled to be on the east side of the lake collecting rent from her cottage tenants. Instead, she was found face down in a ditch - on the opposite side of the lake - murdered. According to her handsome trophy husband, Mrs. May wouldn’t be caught dead on the west side of the lake on a Tuesday! Yet she was, and it’s no mistake that she is well and truly dead.

Kim, détective amateur de vingt ans, revient d’une fête de Noël bien méritée, certainement un an plus âgée mais pas beaucoup plus sage. Ses affaires semblent bien se passer, mais elle manque le défi et le frisson d’une bonne affaire à résoudre. Alors qu’elle s’ennuie vraiment à administrer ses entreprises, un cas fascinant se présente et elle est appelée à l’action par son fiancé dans les carabiniers.

An Amish woman is attacked. She's left for dead. The community remains closed-lipped. Detective Kelly turns to Ettie Smith to ask questions within her secretive community. When an arrest is made, Ettie is convinced the person is innocent, but will the detective believe it? Kelly finally concedes, but with Paula hovering between life and death, the pressure is on the detective to find the perpetrator.

Grab a script with the cast and crew and take the stage on the next adventure at The Sheffield Bed and Breakfast! Brenda Rivers has her hands full with an entire acting troupe checking into her beloved establishment The Sheffield Bed and Breakfast, with many other esteemed guests - including a physic - filling her rooms weeks in advance! When all of Brenda’s guests arrive, the atmosphere is lively and amicable - until one evening when the cast head down to the idyllic beach for an after-show performance of Mystery of the Nile.

Predlagaem vashemu vnimaniyu audioknigu ZH. Simenona "Megre i stroptivye svideteli". Komissar Megre nosit davno vyshedshie iz mody kotelok i pal'to, ne rasstaetsya s trubkoj, predpochitaet dozhdlivuyu pogodu, obozhaet gret'sya u ognya i hodit', zalozhiv ruki za spinu. Mrachnyj, nemnogoslovnyj, on obladaet redkim darom vnushat' doverie, emu izvestny tajnye pruzhiny chelovecheskoj dramy. Razgadyvaya samye slozhnye prestupleniya, rasputyvaya samye prichudlivye intrigi, Megre rukovodstvuetsya odnim bezotkaznym principom.

Fresh off a new, high-pressure publishing contract and another solved cold case under her belt, Agatha Harley tempts Hank with an arson case that might have landed an innocent man in prison for murder. All the clues lead to those at the top, but money and power make it easy to get away with murder. Cracking this case won't be easy, but Hank and Agatha are on the job. After all, solving a crime is much easier than meeting a deadline or being retired.

A Fort Worth detective finds contentment as a small-town police chief. Orin Cage left a 15-year career with the Fort Worth PD to become Chief of Police in the small North Texas town of Rather. Glad to have escaped the high-pressure of the Metroplex crime scene, Cage takes a laid-back, but still effective, approach law enforcement.

So hatte sich Janna Berg das Weihnachtsfest nicht vorgestellt! Da sie sich seit ihrem letzten gemeinsamen Abenteuer etwas besser verstehen, besucht sie ihren Geheimdienst-Partner Markus Neumann am Heiligen Abend in dem kleinen Irish Pub HellHole, um ihm ein wenig Gesellschaft zu leisten. Leider ist die Agentin Alexa auf die gleiche Idee gekommen, was der weihnachtlichen Stimmung nicht unbedingt förderlich ist. Zu allem Überfluss wird Alexa dann auch noch vor Jannas Augen von einer Gruppe verkleideter Weihnachtsmänner entführt.

They're back! The question is has Santa himself been naughty or nice? Fresh from the resolution of their first case worked together as part of New Jersey PD's Holiday Crimes Unit, Patrick Holling and Julian Ives – known to their coworkers as Holly and Ivy – find themselves grappling with an even more difficult case as they struggle to make their forced partnership work. While the citizens they are pledged to serve are baking gingerbread and stringing forever-tangled lights on trees in preparation for family Christmas's to come, the two detectives slog through dirty snow, spend time in the morgue, grapple with the mob, and attempt to outsmart the Feds.

Solomon McCain has long been the sheriff around Fairmont, and even though it's a small town, there's always a bit of trouble here and there. And while he's helped put away criminals, both petty and professional, nothing prepares him for the morning of the Fairmont Pie Contest. What should have been an easy, fun-filled day is suddenly filled with accusations of murder, cheating, assault, and more—and all from individuals he'd known and worked alongside for years. Solomon knows there will be hell to pay if he authorizes a formal investigation.

There was no doubt at all that the girl was dead. The front of her skull and her facial bones had been splintered like the cracked shell of an egg. What made it even more shocking was the setting of the murder - an idyllic corner of the Scilly Isles where violent crime was almost unknown.

Wycliffe takles a case which reaches back down the generations.... When Cedric Tremain is charged with murdering his father by booby-trapping his fishing boat, all the locals are agreed that he is an unlikely murderer. But the case against him is strong: he has the motive, the opportunity, and the know-how; not to mention the fact that there is some hard circumstantial evidence against him.

Joe was born in poverty, but he married well. And he was smart. Smart enough to become the darling of Wall Street. But something was missing, and the Desert Ashram, a spiritual refuge, provided it for him. Too bad his wife didn’t agree. Too bad his brother didn’t agree. Too bad his father-in-law didn’t agree. Too bad Joe was murdered. Was it out of greed, revenge, or just plain jealousy? Lots of players. Lots of suspects. And it’s up to Detective Jeff, with a little help from his wife, Marty, and their psychic dog, Patron, to figure it all out.

What part did mollies and Fireball whiskey play in a murder at a country music festival held outside of Palm Springs, California? Why was the celebrity chef, Jacques Rushon, owner of the French Food Obsession food truck murdered? The suspects at the top of the sheriff's list are Marty Morgan's friends John, the owner of The Red Pony food truck, and his assistant, Max.