Showing results for "the system" in Crime Fiction

Living busily on Planet Earth, we rarely remember that we actually inhabit only a miniscule part of the universe. In The Planets and the Solar System, Jen Green paints the wider picture, and takes us on a journey across billions of kilometers in our galaxy, from our Sun to near and distant planets. Some, like Mercury, have a molten core surrounded with crust and spins quickly; Jupiter, on the other hand, is a big ball of gas.

In a city where every movement is tracked and every decision optimized, Detective Miles Corbin still trusts paper, coffee, and instinct. When a powerful tech executive vanishes without a trace, Corbin uncovers a hidden layer beneath the city’s systems—places where surveillance fails and human choice still matters. As corporations close ranks and the city’s algorithms tighten their grip, Corbin must decide how much truth can survive in a world designed to erase it.

There is something nefarious going on in 1966 Monte Carlo. The extravagant casino owner Gerard Legrand has been charged with human trafficking. But coincidentally, all the evidence is destroyed. Unable to accept the ruling, two judges join together with a team of ex-military special services men to bring Legrand to justice by any means necessary.

When a terrified young woman seeks help after her sister’s mysterious death, Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into a dark country estate filled with strange whistles in the night, bolted shutters, and a sinister stepfather with a violent temper. What begins as a puzzling locked-room mystery quickly becomes a race against time as Holmes uncovers a method of murder so cunning it has shocked people for generations.

Comfortably settled into a civil law practice in Albany, Tom Berte has finally left behind the conspiracies and threats of his past. But when a shocking murder strikes the Supreme Court, Madison Redding reaches out with a desperate plea for help, and Tom can't ignore her call. A young Supreme Court clerk accused of killing Tom's former mentor, Madison swears she's innocent; the victim of a ruthless set-up carefully engineered to frame her as the perfect culprit.

They all had a system: the professional car thief, the cop, the sex trade operator, the heroin dealer, the DEA agent. But in Detroit all bets are off and you're on your own. Follow Elena Krizi, duped into sex slavery on the promise of a job, dancing and hooking in an 8 Mile Road strip club owned by Vlad "The Dragon" Dragovic. Ride with professional car thief Chris Wolfe boosting Escalades and busting them down at Eddie Siegler's chop shop, deep in Detroit. Take a wild ride on the lawless streets of Detroit in The System - A Detroit Story by John Silver.

Twenty-two years ago, Ike Rossi’s life was shattered when his parents were murdered in cold blood. He surrendered his football scholarship and returned home to find their killer and raise his nine-year-old sister. Now, the crime of a local 10-year-old genius, Jack Cole, threatens to unearth old wounds rather than provide the closure Ike desperately wants.

Stell dir vor, du hast nur eine Wahl: das Richtige zu tun – oder zu überleben. In "Die Zentrale", dem 2. Teil von Veit Etzolds knallharter Thriller-Reihe aus den Untiefen der Finanzwelt, gerät Bankerin Laura unter Mordverdacht – und das ist erst der Anfang! Für die junge Bankerin Laura Jakobs scheint sich eigentlich alles zum Besten zu wenden: Ihr Arbeitgeber versetzt sie auf ein Spezialprojekt in die Zentrale der Bank, was einer beachtlichen Beförderung gleichkommt. Doch je tiefer Laura in das Projekt eintaucht, desto tiefer werden auch die Abgründe der Finanzwelt, die sich vor ihr auftun.

Chrysalis, ein mächtiger, milliardenschwerer Tech-Konzern, ist weltweit führend in der Entwicklung von Robotik und Unterhaltungstechnologie. Als der Medienmogul Russel Spearman während einer Aufsichtsratssitzung plötzlich verstirbt, glaubt man zunächst an einen Herzanfall. Doch innerhalb weniger Tage sterben zwei weitere Geschäftsführer unter mysteriösen Umständen. Jeremy Logan, Experte für unerklärliche Phänomene, wird beauftragt, den rätselhaften Todesfällen auf den Grund zu gehen.

The man known as Dewey Decimal works in a near-future Manhattan decimated by terrorism and plague, running dirty operations for the crooked Senator Howard - though he’d prefer to spend his time among the stacks at his beloved New York Public Library. When Dewey is tasked with disrupting unrest from a growing group of outcast civilians, and simultaneously given the assignment of protecting a pair of Saudi royals, he is forced to look within and make some impossible choices - and it will put him at odds with his benefactor and the powers that be....

Step into the shadowed streets of Victorian London with The Cabman’s Story, a gripping crime fiction short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. Told through the keen, world-weary voice of a London cabman, this atmospheric tale reveals how ordinary professions often brush against extraordinary—and dangerous—secrets.

In the heart of the scorching Arizona desert, a man ensnared in the web of an oppressive justice system that thrives on officials, driven by power and relentless pursuit, inflicting harm while casting shadows of despair over those they are meant to supervise. Cook is confronted with the harsh realities of a system designed to control and break, rather than rehabilitate. This true story recounts rouge officers hellbent on destroying his rebuilt life after leaving San Quentin, as well as a viral vendetta across state lines.

Hidden Behind the Robe is a tapestry of stranger-than-fiction scenes, observed over Matt Graham’s 43-year career in the criminal justice system. The story traverses the unexplored and overlooked inner workings of the raunchy, salacious, often hilarious, behind-the-scenes happenings of Los Angeles justice. Combining issues of privilege, race, and sexual misconduct, Hidden Behind the Robe provides a raw, behind-the-scenes perspective, and insight into the legal system that could only have been written by a Judge who has seen it all.

The Problem of Thor Bridge by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most dramatic Sherlock Holmes mysteries, blending jealousy, deception, and tragedy into a gripping tale of deduction.

Step into the cunning world of Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle—a masterful tale of deception, wit, and hidden passages. When a priceless diamond vanishes and a ruthless thief plots revenge, Holmes turns the tables with a wax effigy, a violin, and a daring plan that blurs the line between illusion and reality. Set in the iconic 221B Baker Street, this story showcases Holmes at his most theatrical, outsmarting his enemies with precision and style.