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Everyone's heard the rumours about elite gentlemen's clubs, where the champagne flows freely, the parties are the height of decadence...and the secrets are darker than you could possibly imagine. DS Maeve Kerrigan finds herself in an unfamiliar world of wealth, luxury and ruthless behaviour when she investigates the murder of a young journalist, Paige Hargreaves. Paige was working on a story about the Chiron Club, a private society for the richest and most privileged men in London. Then she disappeared.

È una domenica mattina qualunque, in una piccola chiesa del centro storico di Genova. Mentre i fedeli, quasi tutti ultrasettantenni, si dispongono su due file per la comunione, il professor Sergio Bruzzone si fa largo e guadagna il primo posto con malagrazia; pochi minuti dopo aver preso l'ostia, l'uomo si accascia a terra, ed esala il suo ultimo respiro. I segni sono quelli di un avvelenamento e il panico coglie subito tutti i presenti. Appena arrivato sul posto, il vicequestore aggiunto Paolo Nigra capisce che il caso gli darà del filo da torcere.

Commissaire Lagarde in Gefahr. Mit seiner Freundin Odette verbringt der ehemalige Elitekommissar Philippe Lagarde unbeschwerte Sommertage am Meer und genießt seinen Ruhestand. Doch plötzlich holt ihn sein Beruf wieder ein: im Wald von Gonneville geschieht ein brutaler Mord. Ein Großindustrieller und seine Verlobte werden auf einem Hochsitz getötet. Sein ehemaliger Kollege bittet ihn um Hilfe. Offenbar hatte der Tote viele Feinde - alte Geschäftsfreunde und zahlreiche Exfrauen. Und wer ist das Mädchen, das plötzlich im Wald auftaucht? Dann gibt es einen weiteren Toten.

Taryn Moore is young, beautiful, and brilliant…so why would she kill herself? When Detective Frankie Loomis arrives on the scene to investigate the girl’s fatal plunge from her apartment balcony, she knows in her gut there’s more to the story. Her instincts are confirmed when surprise information is revealed that could have been reason enough for Taryn’s suicide - or a motive for her murder.

Ein neuer Fall für Kriminalhauptkommissar Sörensen: Es ist kurz vor Weihnachten. Und ausgerechnet jetzt passiert etwas Schlimmes im sonst so beschaulichen Katenbüll. Dem jungen Ole Kellinghusen läuft mitten in der Nacht eine junge Frau vors Auto: blind, abgemagert, trotz der eisigen Kälte im viel zu dünnen Nachthemd. Jette sagt nicht, wo sie herkommt, sie nennt keinen Nachnamen. Als Kriminalhauptkommissar Sörensen endlich die Adresse herausfindet, eröffnet sich ihm ein Geflecht aus Mord, religiösem Wahn und gut gehüteten Geheimnissen.

Rumors have swirled around Jake Cashen his whole life. Is he crazy like his father? Is it true they booted him out of the F.B.I. right after he cracked a career-making RICO case? Was he dirty? Only Jake knows, and he’s not telling. He came back to his tiny hometown at the foot of Ohio’s Blackhand Hills to serve as a deputy sheriff. He hopes to punch a clock and keep his head down until retirement. It was a solid plan—until someone put a bullet in the head of a revered county judge.

When Detective Erika Foster receives a tip-off that key evidence for a major narcotics case was stashed in a disused quarry on the outskirts of London, she orders for it to be searched. From the thick sludge the drugs are recovered, but so is the skeleton of a young child. The remains are quickly identified as seven-year-old Jessica Collins. The missing girl who made headline news 26 years ago.

The small community of Akranes is devastated after a young man dies in a mysterious house fire. When Detective Elma and her colleagues from West Iceland CID discover the fire was arson, they become embroiled in an increasingly perplexing case. For the dead man's final online search raises fears that they could be investigating not one murder, but two.

To the distaste of the Compton Dando villagers, the big house has been taken over by a group of New Age eccentrics. And when the first death is reported, no one is surprised...or disappointed. The coroner rules it an accident. But only weeks later, there’s another death. And this time, it is murder. Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby is called to the scene immediately, and there’ll be no escape until he has sifted through the world of psychics, cult leaders and horrifying deaths to get to the cause of it all.

When the ancient waters of Lady’s Well in the rural village of Holystone begin to run red, it seems to be a nasty Hallowe’en prank and nothing more. But things take a sinister turn when the entire village suffers severe poisoning, and one old man turns up dead. Accusations abound in the small close-knit community, and ‘old’ religions spar against ‘new’ while fear runs like wildfire through the streets. With so many potential motives and countless opportunities, there’s only one man who can help solve this particular mystery.

Eine Villa nur für Frauen - für Frauen, die vor ihren Männern fliehen mussten, das ist aus dem Erbe geworden, das ihr Lover Thierry Isabelle Bonnet in Fragolin hinterlassen hat. Die Kommissarin ist glücklich, dass sie Thierrys Hinterlassenschaft so einem guten Zweck zuführen konnte. Doch dann entpuppt sich der wahr gewordene Traum als Albtraum, denn aus der "Villa des Friedens" verschwindet eines Tages eine der Bewohnerinnen spurlos - mitsamt ihrem Kind. Und sie wird nicht die Einzige bleiben.

In the remote forests of Stillwater, Minnesota, you can scream for days and no one will hear you. So when the bodies of two 15-year-old girls are discovered frozen in the snow, Special Agent Nikki Hunt is sure the killer is local: Someone knew where to hide the girls and thought they would never be found. Though Nikki hasn’t been home in 20 years, she knows she must take over the case.

In a cabin by a lake, a mother and father tuck their little girl into bed and kiss her goodnight. But they can’t enjoy the evening summer breeze—because this is no ordinary family on vacation. This is a family with nowhere left to run…and no one left to trust.

Yoshitaka, who was about to leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the logical suspect—except that she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The lead detective, Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi, is immediately smitten with her and refuses to believe that she could have had anything to do with the crime. His assistant, Kaoru Utsumi, however, is convinced Ayane is guilty. While Utsumi's instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter.

Bei einer Sturmflut auf dem Darß bricht ein Stück der Steilküste weg und die Gebeine einer Frau werden freigelegt. Noch während die Überreste geborgen werden, entdecken die Kriminaltechniker ein zweites Skelett. Kriminalhauptkommissar Tom Engelhardt und sein Team vermuten, dass es sich bei den beiden Toten um weitere Opfer des sogenannten Darß-Rippers handeln könnte, der im Sommer 1989 auf der Halbinsel mehrere Liebespaare brutal ermordete. Die Mordserie endete mit dem Fall der Mauer, der Täter wurde nie gefasst.

A ruthless gangster. Imprisoned at the Bolton Federal Correctional Facility. A daring prison break. Police and witnesses ruthlessly murdered as he barrels across frosty South Dakota. Now, FBI Special Agent Kim Otto lands in the middle of the gangster’s desperate escape to freedom. She joins law enforcement to recapture the brutal felon before he disappears forever. But Agent Otto is no longer working alone. She wanted a new partner, and now she’s got one.

Il y a une affaire qui avait hanté Kate tout au long de sa carrière, une affaire qu’elle n’avait pas réussi à élucider. Aujourd’hui, 10 ans plus tard, un deuxième mari est assassiné de la même manière - dans la même petite ville chic de banlieue. Quel est le lien? Et est-ce que Kate pourra se racheter et élucider cette affaire avant qu’elle ne soit classée?

Quand un couple est retrouvé assassiné et qu’il n’y a aucun suspect en vue, Kate Wise, 55 ans, ancien agent du FBI avec 30 ans de carrière derrière elle, reprend du service au sein du Bureau. L’intelligence et le talent incomparable de Kate à entrer dans l’esprit des tueurs en série sont indispensables à l’enquête et le FBI a besoin d’elle pour élucider cette affaire déconcertante. Pourquoi deux couples ont-ils été assassinés de la même manière à 80 kilomètres de distance ? Qu’est-ce qu’ils peuvent bien avoir en commun?

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.

NOW A MAJOR TELEVISION EVENT FROM NBC, STARRING RUSSELL HORNSBY, ARIELLE KEBBEL, AND MICHAEL IMPERIOLI This follow-up to Jeffery Deaver’s massive bestseller The Bone Collector (also a feature film starring Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington) is a “simply outstanding” (San Jose Mercury...