Titres dans Polars

A woman is missing. The clock is ticking. There's no time to lose when a life hangs in the balance.

Después de recibir una llamada de alarma, la policía encuentra en un chalé de una urbanización madrileña a un hombre manchado de sangre y un cuchillo con sus huellas junto al cadáver de su mujer. Un año más tarde, un anciano se entrega a la policía afirmando ser el secuestrador de tres personas desaparecidas: el abogado defensor de su hijo, la jueza que le condenó y una joven estudiante que testificó en su contra en el juicio.

When elderly George Rainsford goes to investigate a suspicious noise one night, the last thing he expects to find is a bloodbath. A man has been killed and a woman brutally beaten, left for dead. The victims are Lois Craven and Kevin Hardaker - both married, but not to each other. Their spouses swear they knew nothing of the affair, and, besides, they both have alibis for the attack. With nothing else to link the victims, the investigation hits a dead end.

It's June in Montreal, and Dr. Temperance Brennan, who has left a shaky marriage back home in North Carolina to take on the challenging assignment of Director of Forensic Anthropology for the province of Quebec, looks forward to a relaxing weekend in beautiful Quebec City. First, though, she must stop at a newly uncovered burial site in the heart of the city. The remains are probably old and only of archeological interest, but Tempe must make sure they're not a case for the police. One look at the decomposed and decapitated corpse, stored neatly in plastic bags, tells her she'll spend the weekend in the crime lab.

Amos Decker's life changed forever - twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good and left him with an improbable side effect - he can never forget anything.

After Emery Hazard loses his job as a detective in Saint Louis, he heads back to his hometown - and to the local police force there. Home, though, brings no happy memories. Hazard's new partner, John-Henry Somerset, had been one of the worst tormentors, and Hazard still wonders what Somerset's role was in the death of Jeff Langham, Hazard's first boyfriend. When a severely burned body is discovered, Hazard finds himself drawn deeper into the case than he expects. Determining the identity of the dead man proves impossible, and solving the murder grows more and more unlikely.

Detective Nikki Galena's friend and neighbor meets a tragic end, but there's more to his death than meets the eye. And someone terrible from DS Joseph Easter's past is back.

Jackman’s sister-in-law Sarah disappears to London and throws herself into the river. What drove her to this? She was a woman with a seemingly happy home life and two beloved sons. DI Jackman and DI Evans dig into Sarah’s life. And Jackman realises he knew almost nothing about his sister-in-law’s past. Then, they discover a woman in a neighbouring village died in similar circumstances. What is the connection to a convicted murderer whose family are convinced he is innocent? Who is really pulling the strings?

Like his actor namesake, Ronald Coleman is a suave, well-spoken English gentleman. But although he's a movie buff, Coleman is no film star - he's a copper, and a Detective Inspector to boot. Together with his down-to-earth Scottish partner, DS Fred Astor, he sets about solving cases on two very different patches - rural Kirkcaldy and inner-city Southampton.

The Cold Case Squad of the NYPD is overworked, understaffed, but receiving great press due to star detective Everett Larkin. His uncanny memory and Holmesian-like skills of deduction have already led to the capture of one serial killer. Now he’s identified a second predator and brought an end to their 20-plus-year reign of terror. Routine construction at a Broadway souvenir shop leads to the discovery of a mummified woman in the wall. And when Larkin receives a mysterious VHS tape that same night, he knows it’s no coincidence.

L'aria è dolce a Napoli nel mese di maggio, ma non c'è da fidarsi. La squadra dei Bastardi del commissariato più chiacchierato della città è alle prese con un crimine odioso, il rapimento di un bambino di dieci anni, nipote di un ricco imprenditore. Tra furti apparentemente banali e fantomatici serial killer, le indagini procedono lentamente fino a quando i Bastardi non troveranno la forza di scandagliare il buio delle miserie umane.

Als eine alkoholabhängige, alleinerziehende Mutter verschwindet und einen Abschiedsbrief hinterlässt, gehen alle von einem Selbstmord aus. Bis ihre Leiche sieben Monate später in einem Lavafeld entdeckt wird. Auch im zweiten Band der preisgekrönten isländischen Krimiserie ermitteln Kommissarin Elma und ihr Team in einem hochspannenden und komplexen Fall. Im Spätherbst wird in einem Lavafeld in Westisland eine Leiche entdeckt. Es handelt sich um Maríanna, eine alleinerziehende Mutter, die vor sieben Monaten spurlos verschwand und von der man annahm, dass sie Selbstmord begangen hatte.

Paradise is rocked by the mayor's untimely death in the latest novel starring police chief Jesse Stone. The town of Paradise receives a tragic shock when the mayor is discovered dead, his body lying in a shallow grave on a property on the lake. It's ostensibly suicide, but Jesse's has his doubts...

When I find a powerful political figure dead in his home, I know the pressure is going to be on. His death was brutal, and anything but swift. The brass want answers yesterday, so it's going to take the combined might of Unit 13 to bring the killer to justice. In the meantime, things are heating up with Robbie Krieg, King of the Ogres, my fated mate, and general pain in my ass. He's been keeping secrets, and they may be inextricably linked to the corpse I've just found.

Det är polisassistent Danny Wilshires första dag i tjänst. Tillsammans med kriminalassistent Cat Cullen gör han ett snabbt ärende till konditoriet–men allt förändras i ett ögonblick när en svart bil med full fart svänger upp på trottoaren. Den siktar rakt mot dem. Kollisionen är brutal. Glas exploderar, montrar krossas, och Danny slungas genom skyltfönstret. Han blir liggande bland splitter, krossade bakelser och blod. Det var ingen olycka. Det var en varning.

When unsolved crimes resurface, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace faces a possible copycat killing in Dead Like You. By award winning crime author Peter James, read by Daniel Weyman (Silent Witness, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power). The Metropole Hotel, Brighton. After a heady New...

Das Sirren der Zikaden, der würzige Duft von Lavendel und hinter sanft geschwungenen Hügeln das azurblaue Meer, von einem silbrigen Schleier aus flimmerndem Licht ins Reich der Märchen gerückt. Das Dörfchen Fragolin im Hinterland der Côte d'Azur wäre der ideale Ort, um die Seele baumeln zu lassen - doch dazu fehlt Kommissarin Isabelle Bonnet mal wieder die Zeit. Der angebliche Selbstmord eines hohen Polizeibeamten, der Besuch eines exzentrischen Bekannten und ein Überfall auf ein Juweliergeschäft an der Croisette in Cannes halten Madame le Commissaire in Atem.

When 14-year-old Zoe Johnson doesn't come home on a Monday night in early December, the alarm bells in Kings Lake Central police station do not ring straight away - after all, she's from the Dockmills, one of the toughest estates in the town. But for Detective Sergeant DC Smith, due to retire in just three weeks' time, there are some strange echoes of the case that has haunted him for the past 13 years. Maybe it's simply his over-developed sense of irony, or maybe, in his final days as a police officer, Smith must look once more into the eyes of a serial killer.

Deep in the muddy fields of the Lincolnshire Fens, a teenage girl is found wandering, delirious, claiming to have been drugged at a party. Metres away, the drowned body of another girl is found on an isolated beach. And all this on a small stretch of land where, nearly 10 years ago, the shocking disappearance of a young girl remains an open case.

"Азазель" Бориса Акунина - первый роман из серии приключений Эраста Фандорина. Благодаря книгам и показу киноверсии романа по телевидению, "Азазель" на данный момент является, пожалуй, наиболее известным широкой публике произведением автора.