Showing results for "o" in Police Procedurals

Michael Bennett says a prayer every time he witnesses a death. In his line of work, it happens too often. But lately he’s attended so many police funerals that his deepening sadness is crossing into the zone of suspicion. Bennett must find the person responsible for the deaths of his friends – before he becomes their next target.

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.

Detective Alex Cross and Bree’s wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most hated public figures: a corrupt congressman and an underhanded lobbyist. As more crooked politicians are picked off with similar long-range shots, public opinion is divided - is the marksman a vigilante or a hero?Media coverage of the case explodes, and the FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to the investigation.

Yasuko Hanaoka is a divorced, single mother who thought she had finally escaped her abusive ex-husband Togashi. When he shows up one day to extort money from her, threatening both her and her teenaged daughter Misato, the situation quickly escalates into violence and Togashi ends up dead on her apartment floor.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson, Alex Cross encounters his most explosive case ever as a D.C. assassin picks off politicians—and his most deadly enemy is waiting to kill everyone he loves.

The O’Connells of Livingston, Montana, are not your typical family. Follow them on their journey to the dark and dangerous side of love in a series of romantic thrillers you won’t want to miss. Raised by a single mother after their father’s mysterious disappearance 18 years ago, the six grown siblings live in a small town with all kinds of hidden secrets, lies, and deception. This boxed set collection in The O’Connells series includes The Neighbor, The Third Call, and The Secret Husband.

Kolejne śledztwo łódzkich śledczych zaprowadzi ich do skrywanych przez lata tajemnic. Komisarz Rudnicka i sierżant Wolski zrobią wszystko, by odkryć prawdę. Za wszelką cenę. Trzynaście lat temu mieszkańcy Łodzi żyli w strachu. Mężowie drżeli o życie swoich żon, rodzice zamykali w domach córki. Nieuchwytny, przebiegły i bezwzględny morderca, któremu media nadały pseudonim Trzynaście, długo igrał z policją, w końcu jednak popełnił błąd... Łodzianie odetchnęli z ulgą. Przeszłość jednak nie pozwala o sobie zapomnieć.

Wiktor Leszczyński, autor poczytnych kryminałów, rozczarowany swym dotychczasowym życiem rzuca wszystko i wyjeżdża z Krakowa w nieznane. Osiedla się w Borach Tucholskich, w starej leśniczówce, w której wreszcie zaczyna odzyskiwać spokój. Tam poznaje młodą policjantkę Emilię Radecką, która coraz bardziej go intryguje, adoptuje Dropsa – psa ze schroniska – i powoli jego życie zaczyna wracać na właściwe tory. Niestety w jego otoczeniu dochodzi do kilku morderstw. Co więcej, ofiary giną w taki sam sposób jak bohaterowie jego książki.

The O’Connells of Livingston, Montana, are not your typical family. Follow them on their journey to the dark and dangerous side of love in a series of romantic thrillers you won’t want to miss. Raised by a single mother after their father’s mysterious disappearance 18 years ago, the six grown siblings live in a small town with all kinds of hidden secrets, lies, and deception.

Polisen Fatima Barsawi och hennes väninna Malin Skogh åker till Söderarm för att delta i en kurs i mindfulness och meditation. Den första morgonen hittas en av deltagarna död. Det ser ut som en olyckshändelse, men när det visar sig att flera av deltagarna har gamla band till varandra börjar Fatima misstänka att allt inte står rätt till. En storm blåser upp och isolerar dem på ön, samtidigt som dramatiken stiger. Fatima och Malin söker febrilt efter svar, men blir själva inlåsta. Samtidigt börjar hemligheter ur det förflutna komma fram i ljuset.

Duas décadas após uma série de estranhos assassinatos assolar a cidade de Vitoria, no País Basco, os bizarros crimes voltam a acontecer justamente quando Tasio Ortiz de Zárate, antiga celebridade local e o homem preso pelas mortes, está prestes a sair da cadeia. Casais começam a aparecer mortos em locais históricos da cidade, e o especialista em perfis criminais Unai López de Ayala, que vinte anos antes era apenas um jovem obcecado pelos misteriosos homicídios, é chamado para ficar à frente do caso.

Cuando el general Thaddeus Carlyon, insigne veterano del Imperio de Su Majestad, muere en una elegante fiesta londinense, nadie sospecha que se trate de un asesino. Sin embargo, la bella esposa del general, Alexandra, se confiesa autora del crimen, lo que causará una profunda conmoción en la aristocracia victoriana. El detective William Monk trabajará incansablemente junto a Oliver Rathbone, su colaborador habitual y abogado defensor de Alexandra Carlyon, para conseguir salvar la vida de la acusada.

Stella York och Jac sitter på ett plan som just ska landa på den vackra ön Mallorca som stiger upp ur havet likt en grönskimrande smaragd. Polischefen i Stockholm, Nick Ernekow, har kallat ner dem för ett nytt uppdrag. En ung student har hittats mördad i en av bergsbyn Valldemossas olivlundar. Den lokala polisen har bett om förstärkning och Nick ser ingen annan råd än att låta Stella York hjälpa honom eftersom han själv är tillsammans med hustrun Lina på husletarsemester längs Mallorcas turkosa vikar. Vem kan hysa agg mot den ödmjuka och omtyckta studenten Cristóbal?

FDLE agent Bill Tasker’s boss is worried about the stress Tasker’s been under, but he has a solution. The governor wants somebody from the outside to take a look into an inmate homicide at Manatee Correctional Prison, and the boss figures he can do the state a favor and give Tasker a break at the same time. Some break. Turns out there’s a whole lot going on at Manatee. The prison captain likes to enforce discipline by fairly unorthodox methods. The psych ward has been known to misplace a mental patient occasionally....

So hatte sich Janna Berg das Weihnachtsfest nicht vorgestellt! Da sie sich seit ihrem letzten gemeinsamen Abenteuer etwas besser verstehen, besucht sie ihren Geheimdienst-Partner Markus Neumann am Heiligen Abend in dem kleinen Irish Pub HellHole, um ihm ein wenig Gesellschaft zu leisten. Leider ist die Agentin Alexa auf die gleiche Idee gekommen, was der weihnachtlichen Stimmung nicht unbedingt förderlich ist. Zu allem Überfluss wird Alexa dann auch noch vor Jannas Augen von einer Gruppe verkleideter Weihnachtsmänner entführt.

Reverend Carlton Connors remained true to his principles when he found himself under arrest for a ghastly double murder in the small Ohio town of Scotsdale - a crime he did not commit. Framed by the Ohio Bureau of Investigation, he watched in horror as the town turned against him, including his own congregation, lawyers, friends, and members of his family.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent Bill Tasker is still smarting from a run-in with the FBI that almost got him killed when he reluctantly teams up with them again on a case involving a stolen Stinger missile. The op goes smoothly enough (though the feds take all the credit; what else is new?), but something about the whole set-up just doesn’t feel right to him. He pokes around a bit and stirs up more trouble than a nest of rattlesnakes: with his boss, with the FBI, with the ATF, and worst of all, with a certain gentleman who loves to see things blow up.

Kapitan Watucki odpowiada na pilne wezwanie swojej starszej ciotki. Jak się okazuje, kobieta nie potrzebuje pomocy, ale zaprasza go do udziału w seansie spirytystycznym. Choć kapitan sceptycznie podchodzi do wszelkich zjawisk paranormalnych, dla świętego spokoju ulega namowom krewnej. Uczestnicy zasiadają w kręgu, stykają się dłońmi i stopami. Mimo zamkniętych drzwi, zaczynają się dziać rzeczy trudne do wytłumaczenia. Ktoś gra na fortepianie, słychać dźwięk dzwonka, a na koniec... jedna z kobiet pada trupem.

Sit on a quiet hillside at dawn among the wildflowers; take a picture of a car coming up a deserted highway from the south. Simple orders for Inspector O, until he realizes they have led him far, far off his department’s turf and into a maelstrom of betrayal and death. North Korea’s leaders are desperate to hunt down and eliminate anyone who knows too much about a series of decades-old kidnappings and murders—and Inspector O discovers too late that he has been sent into the chaos.

The critically acclaimed A Corpse in the Koryo brought readers into the enigmatic workings of North Korean intelligence with the introduction of a new kind of detective—the mysterious Inspector O. In the follow-up, Hidden Moon, O threaded his way through the minefield of North Korean ministries into a larger conspiracy he was never supposed to touch.