Police Procedurals

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.

Dimpson McCabe - Dimpsie - has invited his closest friends of the theatre world to join him for Christmas at his castle on a private island some hours' drive from Edinburgh. The festivities have barely begun when Dimpsie is found draped atop the Christmas tree, electrocuted by the lights. It's labelled Accidental Death, but in the swirling snow suspicion is dancing among the flakes. The dogged Inspector Smith begins to circle, seeking to find the leading man or prima donna responsible.

Julia Miller puts her teenage daughter on a plane, secure in the knowledge that she will see her again in a few days. But when the plane lands, Anna is nowhere to be seen. She definitely got on the flight, but then she just…vanished. Julia’s world is about to be rocked. Because when the truth comes about what’s really happened to Anna, nothing will ever be the same again. And time is running out to save her daughter…

FBI Special Agent Avril Dahl has spent a decade chasing shadows—the Frost Killer, a meticulous murderer who stole fifty-three lives, including her mother's. Now, after years of silence, Avril returns to her childhood home in the snowy streets of Täby, Sweden, desperate to leave the hunt behind. But as she sorts through the remnants of her past, she discovers eerie signs that the killer is not only alive but watching her.

In Poirot Investigates, Agatha Christie presents eleven riveting short stories featuring the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. From high-stakes jewel thefts to baffling murders, Poirot faces a variety of complex and puzzling cases that challenge his remarkable intellect and investigative prowess. In these tales, Poirot must unravel a web of deception involving missing persons, secret identities, and shocking crimes, using his keen observation and logical deductions to reveal the truth.

Los hermanos Carl y Roy Opgard han triunfado en la vida. O al menos lo han hecho partiendo de las ínfimas posibilidades que les brinda un pueblo pequeño como Os. Carl dirige el ostentoso balneario, mientras que Roy sigue a cargo de la gasolinera y sueña con un parque de atracciones a lo grande...Sin embargo, cuando el estado recupera los planes para construir una nueva autopista en la región, van a ser precisas acciones contundentes si quieren salvar sus proyectos de futuro. El alguacil de Os está a punto de dar con nuevas pruebas que demuestren la culpabilidad de los hermanos.

It was just an ordinary Wednesday lunchtime when Detective Martha Munro's life changed forever. Her sergeant is speaking, but she barely hears what he's telling her. Your mother has been shot dead. Your four-year-old daughter has been taken. There are no leads. Who would want to hurt her family? Martha realizes it's time to ask herself some hard questions about her late father. He led the anti-corruption squad at Scotland Yard. It's rumored he kept a list of everyone who worked for him, from coppers to criminals. And just being on the list was a sure-fire way to lower your life expectancy.

The body of a young woman is found in Chinatown. She's been beaten, tortured - and tattooed with the image of a sun. Called to the scene, Sergeant Jackie Rose asks herself whether this was a drug murder, or something else. But before her investigation can get under way, she is ordered to hand the case over to the Australian Federal Police.

Le commissaire Brunetti n’aime pas mêler travail et famille, alors quand son beau-père le comte Falier lui demande une faveur, il est bien tracassé. Un de ses meilleurs amis, Gonzalo Rodríguez de Tejeda, a l’intention d’adopter son jeune amant, afin de lui léguer son immense fortune le jour venu. Méfiant, le comte exhorte son gendre peu motivé à mener l’enquête sur le jeune homme. C’est alors que Gonzalo s’écroule raide mort dans la rue. Peu de temps après, une de ses amies, tout juste arrivée à Venise pour lui rendre hommage, est retrouvée étranglée dans sa chambre d’hôtel.

They’ve been murdered, their bodies bound to wooden crosses and left floating in a lake. They aren’t the only ones... After three female bodies are discovered in a Traverse, Michigan lake, FBI Special Agent Lexi Stone and her partner are called in to assist with the investigation. When another body surfaces, Lexi’s fiancé, Adam Quinn, a reporter with the Traverse Record becomes the prime suspect. Refusing to believe the man she plans to marry is a serial killer, Lexi is determined to prove it.

Detective Emily Novak is no stranger to difficult cases, but when she’s assigned to investigate the disappearance of a young woman, what starts as a routine missing person inquiry quickly spirals into something far darker. As Emily delves deeper into the case, she uncovers a horrifying truth: the victim was entangled in an underground human trafficking ring, operating in the shadows of the city.

"Llais newydd hyderus ym myd sgrifennu ditectif Cymraeg." Jon Gower Nofel dditectif boblogaidd gyfoes a thywyll wedi ei lleoli yn Aberystwyth. Mae'n adleisio storïau dirgelwch a chyfresi teledu Sgandi poblogaidd. Ar ôl i gorff gael ei ddarganfod yn y twyni mae dau dditectif, Taliesin ac MJ, yn mynd ar drywydd y llofrudd.

Ein atmosphärischer Frankreich-Krimi. Sainte-Valérie, ein idyllisches Dorf in der Provence inmitten von Weinbergen und Olivenhainen. Der ehemalige Pariser Kommissar Pierre Durand würde den Spätsommer in seiner Wahlheimat genießen, wenn ihn nicht gerade seine Freundin verlassen hätte. Doch auch mit der dörflichen Ruhe ist es plötzlich vorbei: Der Lokalcasanova wird ermordet in einem Weinkeller aufgefunden – neben einem Rezept für ein Coq au vin. War es ein makabrer Racheakt eines gehörnten Ehemanns? Die Dorfbewohner halten fest zusammen.

Ein verlassenes Auto am Rand der nächtlichen Landstraße bei Schleswig wirft Fragen auf: Hier hat sich offenbar ein brutales Verbrechen abgespielt. Die Besitzerin wird am nächsten Morgen grausam zugerichtet im Wikingermuseum Haithabu gefunden. Als sich in der nächsten Nacht in der Eckernförder Bucht ein weiterer schrecklicher Mord ereignet, glaubt zunächst niemand an einen Zusammenhang. Nur Kristin Voss, die neue Ermittlerin beim K1 der Polizeidirektion Flensburg, hat einen Verdacht. Doch der Mörder scheint ihr immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein.

Als im Bahnhof Zürich-Enge eine Frau vom Zug überfahren wird, ahnt Rabbi Klein, dass es weder Selbstmord noch ein Unfall war. Er hat die Tote gut gekannt. Carmen Singer war ein aktives Mitglied der Cultusgemeinde, aber auch eine mehr als anstrengende Frau. Nach ihrem gewaltsamen Tod gerät Rabbi Kleins engstes Umfeld ins Visier der ermittelnden Kommissarin Bänziger. Doch auch Klein ist dem Verbrechen auf der Spur: Hat der langjährige Präsident der Gemeinde etwas zu verbergen? Und was hat die wohlhabende Julia Scheurer mit der Sache zu tun, deren Vater Liebesbriefe an eine Tote schrieb.

In einem verlassenen Gebäude in Berlin, einst ein Heim für schwer erziehbare Jugendliche in der ehemaligen DDR, wird die Leiche eines Franzosen entdeckt. Der Fund wird zum ersten Fall für das von Europol ins Leben gerufene Cold-Case-Team um Sophie Steinbach und David Martin, die am Tatort Schockierendes enthüllen: In einem zugemauerten Keller liegen die Überreste zahlreicher Menschen begraben. Sophie, David und ihr Team tauchen in die düstere Vergangenheit des Erziehungsheims ein. Die Spur führt sie zu geheimen Stasi-Akten und unaussprechlichen Grausamkeiten des damaligen Regimes.

Alors que des nuages noirs s'amoncellent au-dessus d'une île au large de la Suède, la commissaire Sanna Berling découvre un jeune homme mourant dans une ferme abandonnée. L'image de son corps couvert de blessures et ses derniers mots se gravent dans sa mémoire : " La fille... " L'enquête plonge Sanna et sa partenaire Eir Pedersen dans un monde violent, sous l'emprise d'adolescents délaissés, qui terrorisent les habitants de l'île et font ressortir les fantômes du passé.

Vinteren raser i Storbritannien, da Brightons politi bliver presset til det yderste. Et voldsomt regnskyl afslører en primitiv grav på en bakkehøj, alt imens en teenager terroriserer et supermarked med et haglgevær, og et tragisk røveri udspiller sig i én af byens eksklusive butikker. De har desperat brug for ledetråde, men kan de stole på Ciara O’Cleary, røveriets eneste levende vidne, som intet så, men alligevel kan dele afgørende viden om forbrydelsen? Den unge irske kvinde gemmer nemlig på en hemmelighed, for hun har en lugtesans som de færreste.

Detective Trent Williams comes home to find his daughter taking a nap...but he can't find his wife Molly. She would never leave her family and friends, yet the whispers say she did before. For the second time, his reputation and career are on the line. He can’t lose Molly again. Trent launches the most important investigation of his life. The hours add up but the clues don’t. Did her amnesia come back or did someone take her?

Multiple murders in a quiet midwestern town had Detective Riley Willoughby's mind constantly spinning. There had not been murders like this in decades in the town of Woodlake. With the help of her partner, Jake Maxwell, they are on the journey of hunting down a killer. All the victims are women, and the killer begins leaving sinister notes with the bodies that are directed at Riley.

In an elite suburb of New York City, girls are dying. That doesn’t happen in Greenvale, with its immaculate lawns, exclusive yacht clubs and multi-million dollar mansions. But behind its perfect façade, its trimmed hedges and luxury cars, a darkness lies. Girls, dependent on Adderall, outmaneuver each other to get into top colleges, while the mothers’ need to live vicariously only makes it worse.

Someone had axed Fred Hunter, The Trib's resident muckraker, and his whole family. And I was suspect #1. I'm Dan Warden, newly deposed police chief of Oregon City. It was one of Fred's columns that led to my resignation in scandal. The prosecutor needed a trophy for the next election and my head was his prize.

Randolph Carter narra a la policía las circunstancias en que desapareció en el cementerio su amigo Harley Warren. Esa noche, Warren bajó a una tumba, y Carter lo esperó afuera, permaneciendo conectados por unos intercomunicadores.

In the village of Castle Farthing a mean-spirited, spiteful, curmudgeonly old man is found drugged and strangled in the kitchen of his cottage, with no obvious clues to the perpetrator of the crime. DI Falconer and Acting DS Carmichael are summoned from the police headquarters in the nearby town of Market Darley and begin to uncover a web of grudges against the old man and a sea of familial connections between those who knew him.

On opening day of dove season in Blanco County, Jimmy Ray Gladstone is confronted, then shot, by an attractive stranger with an unusual physical characteristic. But who is she, and how did she know about the robbery Jimmy Ray and his brother Russell had been planning? Game Warden John Marlin will have to figure it out on his own, because the sheriff’s office is stretched thin, Jimmy Ray has a head injury and isn’t making much sense, and Russell is nowhere to be found.