Showing results for "David Baldacci" in Police Procedurals

Memories can be a real killer. Melvin Mars awaits his fate on death row. He was one of America's most promising football stars until, aged 20 years old, he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his parents - just as he was due to begin a very lucrative contract with the NFL.

Amos Decker is a former professional football player whose career was ended by a terrible hit. Now a police detective, Amos is still haunted by a side effect from the accident he can never forget. One night Decker comes home from a stakeout to find his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law horrifically murdered. Obviously scarred and nearly broken, Decker has to use his skills as a detective and his unusual brain capacity to try to catch the monster who killed his family.

Amos Decker, David Baldacci's unique special agent, who suffered a head injury that resulted in giving him the gift of a remarkable memory together with a condition called synaesthesia, takes on another case in

The Fix. Walter Dabney is a family man. A loving husband and the father of four grown daughters, he's built a life many would be proud of. But then the unthinkable happens. Standing outside the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, Dabney shoots schoolteacher Anne Berkshire in cold blood....

John Puller es un combatiente veterano y el miembro más experto del Departamento de Investigación Criminal del ejército estadounidense. Su hermano, militar como él, cumple cadena perpetua por traición y Puller está empeñado en averiguar la verdad.

Fourteen years ago, prosecutor Jessica Yardley's husband went to prison for a series of brutal murders. She's finally created a life with her daughter and is a well-respected attorney. She's moving on. But when a new rash of homicides has her ex-husband, Eddie, written all over them - the nightmares of her past come back to life.

FBI Agent Peter Sutherland waits in the White House Situation Room. He monitors an emergency line for calls that might never come. Then the phone rings. A terrified young woman says two people have been murdered and the killer might still be in the house with her. One of the victims gave her this phone number with urgent instructions: "Tell them OSPREY was right. It's happening." The call thrusts Peter into the heart of a conspiracy years in the making. There's a Russian mole in the U.S. government and Peter must uncover who it is.

When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever. As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find....

Die ehemalige Polizistin Mickey Gibson macht in ihrem Job reiche Steuer- und Kreditbetrüger ausfindig. Als eine neue Kollegin sie bittet, persönlich ein Inventar von einem großen Anwesen zu erstellen, denkt Mickey sich nichts dabei. Doch kaum dort angekommen, findet sie in einem geheimen Zimmer die Leiche des Besitzers. Wie sich herausstellt, ist Mickey einer Betrügerin auf den Leim gegangen. Denn die Polizei verdächtigt sie, den Mann vergiftet zu haben.

El cadáver de una mujer es hallado en un bosque de Virginia. En su muñeca, el homicida ha dejado un reloj de pulsera con un extraño símbolo. Se trata de la primera víctima de un asesino en serie que tiene en vilo a la población de Wrightsburg. Su proceder es escalofriante y metódico: siempre deja en la escena del crimen un reloj al que detiene en una hora concreta.

Die ehemalige Polizistin Mickey Gibson macht in ihrem Job reiche Steuer- und Kreditbetrüger ausfindig. Als eine neue Kollegin sie bittet, persönlich ein Inventar von einem großen Anwesen zu erstellen, denkt Mickey sich nichts dabei. Doch kaum dort angekommen, findet sie in einem geheimen Zimmer die Leiche des Besitzers. Wie sich herausstellt, ist Mickey einer Betrügerin auf den Leim gegangen. Denn die Polizei verdächtigt sie, den Mann vergiftet zu haben. Aber wer hat sie so aufs Glatteis geführt?

Michelle Maxwell acaba de echar por la borda un brillante futuro en los servicios secretos estadounidenses: un candidato presidencial de cuya seguridad era responsable acaba de desaparecer sin dejar pistas. Sean King sabe muy bien cómo se siente la joven agente. Él también se vio forzado a renunciar a su cargo cuando el político al que debía proteger fue abatido por unos disparos. Cuando Michelle solicita su ayuda, basándose en curiosas coincidencias entre ambos casos, King acaba aceptando.

Las vidas de Sean King y Michelle Maxwell, ex agentes secretos reconvertidos en investigadores privados, no atraviesan un buen momento. Además, Sean se ve forzado a investigar la muerte de un científico en la comunidad que se sitúa frente a Camp Peary.

ÖVER 150 MILJONER BÖCKER SÅLDA! FBI-agenten Amos Decker minns allt. Det betyder inte att han vet allt, inte ens allt om sitt eget förflutna. När han besöker hemstaden Burlington i Ohio tillsammans med FBI-kollegan Alex Jamison konfronteras han av en till synes okänd man. Namnet däremot känner Decker genast igen: Meryl Hawkins. Hawkins var Amos Deckers första mordfall. Åren i fängelse har fått Hawkins att åldras till oigenkännlighet. Trots att han nu är döende hävdar han fortfarande att han blev oskyldigt dömd för mord.

John Puller non è semplicemente un agente speciale dell'Esercito degli Stati Uniti, ma la punta di diamante della Criminal Investigation Division, l'uomo a cui ci si affida per risolvere i crimini più complessi ed enigmatici. Questa volta, però, Puller è alle prese con un caso anomalo, dai delicati risvolti personali. Il cadavere di sua zia è stato rinvenuto a Paradise, una tranquilla cittadina della Florida, considerata un vero e proprio paradiso in terra dai numerosi turisti che ne affollano le incantevoli spiagge.

When a freshly mummified body is discovered at the Brighton Museum of Natural History, Detective Francis Sullivan is at a loss to identify the desiccated woman. But as Egyptian burial jars of body parts with cryptic messages attached start appearing, he realises he has a serial killer on his hands. Revenge, obsession and an ancient religion form a potent mix, unleashing a wave of terror throughout the city. Caught in a race against time while battling his own demons, Francis must fight to uncover the true identity of the Embalmer before it's too late.