Police Procedural Cozy

Es hätte ein ereignisreicher, aber friedlicher September werden sollen für Leander Lost und Soraia: erst der Umzug in ein neues Haus, dann ihre Hochzeit. Doch die Nachsaison bringt keine Ruhe nach Fuseta. In einem Golfteich wird eine tote Frau gefunden. Kurz darauf kommt es zu einem brutalen Überfall auf einen Geldtransporter, der dunkle Erinnerungen weckt an einen alten ungelösten Fall... Sieben Jahre zuvor ist Elias, Graciana Rosados Bruder, bei einem ähnlichen Überfall ermordet worden. Ihr Vater wurde schwer verwundet. Nun erleben beide ein düsteres Déjà-vu.

When Cassidy Livingston finds a journal hidden deep in the recesses of her ice cream truck, her curiosity kicks into high gear. Islanders suspect that Elsa, the journal's owner, didn't die accidentally. Her final entry indicates their suspicions might be correct and that what Elsa observed on her final night may have led to her demise. Against the advice of Ty Chambers, her former Navy SEAL boyfriend, Cassidy taps into her detective skills and hunts for answers. But her search only leads to a skeletal body and trouble for both of them.

Die Angst geht um in der Camargue. Während Pierre Durand in einem Hausboot durch das Rhônedelta fährt, um über seine berufliche Zukunft nachzudenken, verbreitet sich ein Kettenbrief mit einer Weissagung, die den Tod dreier Sünder ankündigt. Tatsächlich wird kurz darauf ein Toter mit geschwärztem Gesicht aufgefunden. Es handelt sich um einen Kriminalbeamten, der verdeckt im Millieu der "gens du voyage" ermittelt hatte. Doch es gibt einen Zeugen, der sich an Bord von Pierres Hausboot versteckt und behauptet, sein Gedächtnis verloren zu haben.

The guys go away for a fishing weekend, only to get caught up in the murder of a journalist investigating fraud at a timber company. Meanwhile, the ladies are spending the weekend in the presidential suite at a posh resort, where Jessica Faraday is to accept a lifetime achievement award for her late grandmother at a murder mystery writers conference. But before they have time to get their facials, they get wrapped up in their own real mystery when an up-and-coming author ends up dead!

Malerische Weinberge, alte Châteaus und eine Reihe mysteriöser Todesfälle - ein neuer Fall für den liebeswerten Ermittler Pierre Durand! Es ist Spätsommer in der Provence. Pierre Durand will seiner Charlotte einen Heiratsantrag machen und plant hierfür einen Ausflug in die malerische Weinregion Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Doch der romantische Kurztrip verläuft anders als erwartet. Wegen der Kochshow, die in dem Schlosshotel gerade aufgezeichnet wird, herrscht dort großes Chaos.

Die spektakulären Salzgärten auf der Guérande-Halbinsel. Der Veilchenduft des Fleur de Sel in der Erntezeit, von dem die alten Salzbauern erzählen, er erzeuge bisweilen Hirngespinste. Das glaubt auch Kommissar Dupin, als er in den Salinen aus heiterem Himmel angegriffen wird. Eigentlich war er froh, dem leidigen Papierkram zu entkommen und einen Ausflug ins "Weiße Land" zwischen tosendem Atlantik und idyllischen Flüssen zu unternehmen. Doch als er sich dort für Lilou Breval, eine befreundete Journalistin, nach mysteriösen Fässern umsieht, gerät er unversehens unter Beschuss.

When Homicide Detective Cameron Gates befriends Dolly, the little old lady who lives across the street, she is warned not to get lured into helping the elderly woman by investigating the unsolved murder of one of her girls. "She's senile," Cameron is warned. "It's not a real murder." Such is not the case. After Dolly is brutally murdered, Cameron discovers that the sweet blue-haired lady's "girl" was a call girl who had been killed in a mysterious double homicide.

Police Chief David O'Callaghan and Chelsea Adams' wedding day is fast approaching. Unfortunately, at the last minute, David discovers that there is one small problem to be taken care of before he can walk down the aisle - divorce his first wife!

In this fourth mystery on Deep Creek Lake, Mac Faraday finds himself up to his eyeballs in mobsters and federal agents. Mac Faraday believes he has his work cut out for him in protecting his lady love from one of the most dangerous leaders in organized crime; but when bodies start dropping in his lakeshore resort town, things may be hotter than even he can handle.

When a promising local artist disappears, the victim's brother begs Detective Tara Thorpe to take the case. It seems there's no evidence of foul play...he simply disappeared without a trace. Tara agrees to do some digging...never mind that her unorthodox approach to policing has got a few of her colleagues' backs up. Amongst them is her former supervisor Detective Patrick Wilkins...he's had enough of Tara calling the shots and will do anything to knock her down. She must be careful.

When Detective Anarchy Jones investigates a friend's husband's murder, Ellison can't help but get involved. Now she's waist-deep in toxic gossip, struggling with the soaring heights and nocuous lows of her teenager's mood swings, fending off the advances of her first love, planning a wedding, and (of course) tripping over fresh corpses. With her life a whirlwind of conflict, can Ellison unmask a devious killer, or will death poison her future?

Am äußersten Rand der Bretagne, inmitten der Urgewalten des Atlantiks, liegt die wildschöne, tiefgrüne Insel Ouessant. Dort soll Kommissar Dupin ausgerechnet im Spezialauftrag des Präfekten einen mysteriösen Tod aufklären. Ein mittelloser keltischer Musiker wird kurz vor dem wichtigsten Festival des Jahres tot am Ufer angeschwemmt. In seinem Haus entdeckt die Polizei einen Hinweis, der mit einem uralten dunklen Ritus in Verbindung gebracht wird.

The Kemps were a Cornish Catholic family who had held on to Kellycoryk, their family home, for almost five hundred years. But it was beginning to look as though the present century would be their last. Roger, head of the shrinking clan, was desparate to save the house and land. His second marriage, to the shrewd and tough businesswoman, Bridget, offered a way out.

When Octavia Garamond passed away, she left explicit instructions in her will: The police must be present at her funeral, and the coroner should be exceptionally thorough when examining her body. Amelia Kennerly is perplexed to find herself the sole executor of her great-aunt's will, as she barely knew her. Further questions arise when the local parson is anything but happy to conduct Octavia's service. Then someone breaks into Octavia's home and tears the house apart. It seems the old lady's words may have been eerily prescient: "Hell is empty, and all the devils are here."

When Detective Kate Rosetti is handed her latest case - a dead body covered in leaves along the side of the road - there’s something peculiar about it: A broken heart is carved into the man’s arm. It seems to be a foreboding warning that love can be deadly. The deeper Kate gets into the investigation, the more she’s forced to face love and murder like never before.

The August bank holiday is approaching, and after two extremely high-profile murder cases, Constable Twitten is eagerly anticipating a quiet spell at work. But then they find the bodies - and the milk bottles. Three seemingly unconnected victims - a hard-working AA patrolman, a would-be beauty queen, a catty BBC radio personality - have all been killed with the same highly unusual murder weapon.

Police photographer Sukey Reynolds is looking forward to a quiet weekend gardening at home, when she gets a call that there has been a shocking break-in at a local manor house. Once she begins to gather evidence, Sukey realises that this is the latest in a spate of well-crafted burglaries in the Cotswolds. Someone is targeting expensive houses with valuable art collections. Thankfully, the police soon have a suspect in custody. But, during questioning, he suddenly catches a glimpse of Sukey, turns deathly pale and calls out to her. Sukey is sure she has never met this man before.

Sukey Reynolds is invited to an evening at her local library to hear Jennifer Cottrell, a noted novelist, speak about her latest book. But instead of an interesting event attended by the author’s fans, a woman in the audience, Wendy Downie, accuses Jennifer of killing her lover. Before a shocked Sukey can go after her, she flees into the night. The very next day, Jennifer is found dead.... The police chase after Wendy, convinced she must have attacked Jennifer. But they find that she too has been killed - in the grounds of Jennifer’s beautiful manor.

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.

That brash decision lands Pegasus Quincy in the midst of a hostile murder situation. She alienates her new partner and almost gets him killed. She ignores regulations and jeopardizes an ongoing investigation. Just when she thinks things couldn’t get worse - they do! She encounters the Nettle family: an insanely jealous wife, a banished son, and a sister whose little girl has been traumatized by an explosion at the illicit family whiskey still.