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Scandals. Secrets. Silence. When the grandson of the great Herring King is found dead in a newly renovated pilot house on the beautiful island of Smögen, Nathalie Colette and Sandra Haraldsson are first on the scene. Ruled as a suicide, the case baffles them as the victim was set to inherit the large fortune from his father who has just passed away. But is it suicide? And if so, what is really going on in the old merchant's house on Smögenbryggan? ´The Herring King´ is the third part of ´The Smögen Murders´ series.

A cold, grey January morning. A woman with a gun in her hand. A corpse on an abandoned golf course. Detective Inspector Andy Horton is taking a break on the Isle of Wight. But even when he’s on holiday trouble follows him... On an abandoned golf course, Horton finds a distraught, young woman with a gun in her hand, crouching over one of the derelict bunkers. Then the smell hits him. A dead man lies there. Dressed in walking gear, his body decomposing. The woman with the gun says she’s his sister. The local police think she killed her brother, but Horton’s not so sure.

The final thrilling instalment of The Centurions, an epic historical adventure set in Ancient Rome. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have won respect in service to the Empire. Correus, an esteemed soldier in the Roman Army of Eagles, has been entrusted with the honoured task of running the Emperor’s brutal games. Flavius, a Centurion at his brother’s side, has risen to become the Emperor’s most trusted advisor. Now Correus has been given the deadly task of quelling a barbarian uprising in Germany.

When Kathrine is kidnapped, the police quickly arrest a suspect. But when it becomes clear that they’ve got the wrong man, Felix Jørgensen goes after a gynecologist with a suspended medical license. The tracks lead the investigator to a seemingly abandoned house in rural Lolland in southern Denmark. Is Kathrine in the house? Does the murderer know about their trap? And will Felix manage to save his deputy from becoming yet another victim of this madman’s scalpel? Or is it all much too late? Black Notice is a crime story told in five parts.

It's Friday the thirteenth and Detective Inspector Andy Horton’s luck is about to run out. His Harley-Davidson is vandalized, a strange symbol etched into the paintwork. A convicted murderer, Luke Felton, a name he recognizes, has gone missing. A decomposing corpse washes up in Portsmouth Harbour. A mysterious phone call leads him to another in a windswept garden in Portchester. To make matters worse, Horton's nit-picking boss, DCI Lorraine Bliss, has returned early from her secondment to HQ. Horton's got a lot on his plate. Can he connect the dots before anyone else dies?

El detective Thomas Ravnsholdt, más conocido como Ravn, está de baja en la unidad especial de Copenhague tras el brutal asesinato de su esposa. A pesar de que Ravn necesita pasar página y dejar atrás Estocolmo, se implicará en la investigación de la extraña desaparición de una joven. Apresurado por averiguar si sigue con vida, la investigación dará un giro peligroso cuando se ve envuelto en la red de un sádico asesino.

Der Todesschrei ihrer Mutter klingt Abby noch immer in den Ohren, auch wenn es schon zwanzig Jahre her ist, seit diese in den Tod sprang. Ihre düsteren Erinnerungen erhalten neue Nahrung, als eine unheimliche Mordserie New Orleans erschüttert. Denn alle Morde stehen in einer seltsamen Verbindung zu jener Nervenheilanstalt, in der Abbys Mutter ihrem Leben ein Ende setzte. Dort, versteckt in den Kellergewölben, hat sich der Killer sein Reich geschaffen. Er will die Sünden der Vergangenheit rächen – und Abby wird zur Zielscheibe seines Wahns …

New propulsive thriller from Denmark’s King of Crime Criminal investigator Thomas Ravnsholdt—better known as Ravn—is on leave from Copenhagen’s special crime unit following the brutal murder of his wife. Racked with guilt over her death, Ravn must navigate the seedy underbelly of Stockholm he'd hoped to leave behind when he is informed of a young woman's strange disappearance. As he races to determine if the woman is still alive, Ravn's investigation takes a dangerous turn when he is drawn into the web of a sadistic murderer...

Matteo De Foresta, giornalista genovese e investigatore amatoriale, affronta la sua prova più difficile. Braccato sia dalla Polizia sia dalla Mafia, deve comprendere in fretta ciò che Bob gli ha detto prima di morire. Per salvare sé stesso, ma anche per scagionare il suo amico vicequestore Guido Rocchetti, ormai latitante e accusato di essere il contatto del clan mafioso dei Lo Nardo.

Skandi-krimi für Jussi-Adler Olsen Fans! Nach einem Partyabend mit Freunden im Nachtleben von Aarhus verschwindet ein junger Mann spurlos. Bei seinen Untersuchungen stößt Inspektor Roland Benito in der Familie des Gesuchten auf grausige Geheimnisse. Benito kommt in diesen Ermittlungen zunächst nicht voran, bis eine junge Frau unter unheimlichen Umständen in einem Kloster tot aufgefunden wird. Auch privat hat Benito mit Dämonen zu kämpfen. Seine Frau wird im Sozialamt von einem Klienten bedroht, ein Fall, in den auch die Journalistin Anne Larsen verwickelt wird.

Oonagh O'Neil is back with another dark and chilling investigation. 'Do that which is good and no evil shall touch you.' This is the message the so-called Raphael killer leaves on each of his victims. A clue - and a reminder - that three decades later they're still at large. When investigative journalist Oonagh O'Neil is given a tip off about one of the biggest tragedies to hit the NHS, the tainted blood scandal, she can't help but spot that the two seemingly different events could be linked.

Odysseus’s greatest challenge is only just beginning. The armies of Troy have been defeated, and the city lies in ruins. His oath fulfilled, Odysseus can at last sail for Ithaca and the long-awaited reunion with his family. But the gods, who were once his allies, have turned against him. Exiled with the warrior Eperitus, he is thrust into a world of seductive demi-gods and man-eating monsters.

Ein betrunkener Siebzehnjähriger rast nachts mit einem gestohlenen Auto durch Dundee. Für seine drei Kumpels endet die Fahrt tödlich. Der Hooligan überlebt - im Koma, für immer schwer gezeichnet. Überraschend fördert ein Routine-DNA-Test eine Verbindung zu einem zwanzig Jahre zurückliegenden, ungelösten Mordfall zutage. Wie kann das sein? Detective Chief Inspector Karen Pirie von Police Scotland ist sehr erfolgreich darin, verzwickte alte Fälle aufzuklären. Doch schnell stellt sich heraus, dass der Fall mindestens so viele Windungen hat wie die DNA-Helix.

Iris Caldwell and Nell Ryland were never meant to be friends. From two very different backgrounds, one the heir to the Caldwell estate, the other a humble vicar's daughter. Both have their secrets, both have their pasts, but they each find solace with one another and soon their futures become irrevocably intertwined. Until May Day 1912, a day that haunts Missensham. The day two girls disappeared. The day the girls were murdered. Now, many years later, old footage has emerged which shows that Iris Caldwell may not have died on that spring morning.

Greenville, état du Maine, États-Unis. 2017. Un lac sauvage. Une île désertée. Une forêt dense. Une villa isolée. Une bande de jeunes fêtards. Une disparition inquiétante. 2022. Karen Blackstone, journaliste spécialiste des cas de disparitions irrésolues, pose ses valises et ses interrogations à Greenville, bourgade tranquille au bord du lac Moosehead. Bien décidée à élucider le mystère de la disparition de Veronika Lake, elle va très vite se heurter à la méfiance des habitants. De découvertes en révélations, l’enquêtrice tente pourtant de faire émerger la vérité sur cette affaire taboue.

When Bunny Carter, the old lady from the Manor House, is discovered in an open grave, Sophie Sayers is sure it’s a case of foul play. But when it comes to suspects, she’s spoiled for choice. One of Bunny’s squabbling children from three different husbands? Petunia Lot from the Cats Prevention charity, always angling for a legacy? All these and more had motive and opportunity. But who is to blame? And can Sophie and her boyfriend, village bookseller Hector Munro, stop them before they strike again? Debbie Young is a British writer of cosy mystery novels.

When the research vessel Idun arrives in Smögens harbour one early winter morning, the head of research, Kaj Malmberg, is found murdered in his cabin. For the university's rector, Regina Löfdahl, the tragedy is along leaving her short, as Kaj Malmberg is to present the research elite's top prize in marine research at Smögens Havsbad that same evening. Dennis Wilhelmson and Sandra Haraldsson are drawn into a murder investigation that puts both their cooperation and important relationships across national borders at risk.

In der oberbayerischen Januarkälte glitzert der zugefrorene Spitzingsee. Niemand vermutet in dieser Idylle etwas Grauenvolles, bis unter dem Eis die Leiche eines 15-jährigen Mädchens gefunden wird. Es wurde durch einen Stich ins Herz getötet und trägt ein goldenes Brokatkleid. Als in ihrem Mund eine Plakette mit einer eingravierten Eins entdeckt wird, wissen Kommissar Wallner und sein urbayerischer Kollege Kreuthner: Das ist erst der Anfang einer grauen haften Mordserie.

Eigensinnig, gewissenhaft und tough. Harry Bosch ist in Rente gegangen und nicht mehr beim Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), aber sein Halbbruder, der Anwalt Mickey Haller, braucht die Hilfe des erfahrenen Ermittlers. Eine Frau ist im Schlafzimmer ihres Hauses brutal ermordet worden, und alle Indizien deuten auf einen von Hallers Klienten.

Die berühmt-berüchtigte Künstlerin Kristal Havfruen wird tot aufgefunden - in einem Tank mit Formaldehyd treibend. In Laurence Anholts Krimi müssen der Zen-Ermittler Vincent Caine und seine ironische Partnerin Shanti Joyce sich zusammenraufen, um den spektakulären Mord aufzuklären. Ein charmanter Krimi und Auftakt der neuen Serie um den achtsamen Buddhisten Mr. Caine. An einem Juliabend versammeln sich zweihundert Gäste, um der Eröffnung der Retrospektive von Kristal Havfruen beizuwohnen.