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From the time she was a child, Mas Arai's daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him, never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City and had a life he knew little about.

Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win - from a novelty slot machine! - he's torn between admiration and derision. But the stakes are quickly raised when the winner, a friend of Mas's pal, G. I. Hasuike, is found stabbed to death just days later. The last thing Mas wants to do is stick his nose in someone else's business, but at G. I.'s prodding he reluctantly agrees to follow the trail of a battered snakeskin shamisen (a traditional Okinawan musical instrument) left at the scene of the crime...

Jakob Duschl, langjähriger Vermögensverwalter der Adelsfamilie von Valepp, wird vermisst. Doch dann werden Teile seiner Leiche im Tegernsee am Rand der örtlichen Seesauna aufgefunden, zerschunden von einer Schiffsschraube. Der Zeitpunkt seines Todes könnte nicht ungünstiger sein, da nur Duschl Zugang zu allen wichtigen Dokumenten der alteingesessenen Tegernseer Unternehmerdynastie hatte und gerade jetzt seine Anwesenheit dringend vonnöten wäre.

Bei einem Ausflug werden vier Kinder entführt, ihre Erzieherin brutal getötet. Bald ist mit Toni Knöchel nach einer beispiellosen Hetzjagd ein Verdächtiger gefasst, doch es bleiben Zweifel an seiner Schuld. Als Knöchel plötzlich ins Koma fällt und der Verdacht von Polizeifolter aufkommt, wird die leitende Kriminalbeamtin Julia Dahmer suspendiert. Max Quercher vom LKA sträubt sich, den Fall seiner Exfreundin zu übernehmen, obwohl auch ihn das Geschehen in seinem Heimattal nicht kalt lässt.

Ein entspanntes Leben in Italien fernab des kalten deutschen Winters - nur noch wenige Tage trennen den LKA-Beamten Max Quercher von der Erfüllung seines Traumes. Der letzte Auftrag vor seiner Frühpensionierung ist keine große Sache: Unter einem Baum in der Nähe des Tegernsees wurde eine Wachsleiche gefunden, die Identität des Toten ist bekannt. Quercher soll nun die Enkelin des Verstorbenen - eine reiche Amerikanerin - zum Fundort begleiten und dafür sorgen, dass der Leichnam in die USA überführt wird.

There's no rest for Paris's top criminal investigation division, La Crim'. Who is preying on women in the French capital? How can he kill again and again without leaving any clues? A serial killer is taking pleasure in a macabre ritual that leaves the police on tenterhooks. Chief of Police Nico Sirsky - a super cop with a modern-day real life, including an ex-wife, a teenage son and a budding love story - races against the clock to solve the murders as they get closer and closer to his inner circle. Will he resist the pressure?

Non c'è pace per il commissario Adalgisa Calligaris. Pensava di poter staccare la spina, dopo il suo trasferimento a Rivorosso, e invece, risolto un caso, in meno di ventiquattr'ore se ne presenta un altro. Il corpo senza vita di Silvia Ravelli è stato trovato dalla sorella, Antonia, nel salotto della sua villa. È un colpo d'arma da fuoco ad averla uccisa, ma non c'è traccia della pistola. Con l'aiuto del magistrato Gualtiero Fontanella, il commissario Calligaris scopre che tra le due sorelle non correva buon sangue, a causa dell'eredità di uno zio.

Wie wird man ein Killer? Für Roy Grace beginnt eine der schwierigsten Ermittlungen seiner Laufbahn. "Du stirbst für mich" ist der 13. Fall in der Roy-Grace-Serie von Diamond-Dagger-Award-Gewinner und Nummer 1-Bestseller-Autor Peter James. Lorna Belling hat genug. Genug von ihrer höllischen Ehe und ihrem brutalen Ehemann Corin. Und jetzt auch von ihrem Liebhaber Greg, der sie seit zwei Jahren über seine wahren Absichten belügt. Doch als sie ihm droht, rastet Greg aus.

In a single night, Kyle Davidson's life is derailed. His relationship is over, he is denied access to his young son and everything important to him is at risk. His thoughts stumble between fear and revenge. Kyle Davidson has a choice to make. Meanwhile, after the tragic end to a previous case, DC Gary Goodhew finds himself questioning his reasons for returning to work until the badly beaten body of a homeless man is found on Market Hill.

Die Kommissarin Isabelle Bonnet hat sich gegen die große Karriere in Paris und für ein Leben im beschaulichen Fragolin entschieden. Immer noch leidet sie unter dem Trauma, dass ein Attentat in der Hauptstadt bei ihr hinterlassen hat. Als ihr Assistent Apollinaire in den Akten auf einen alten Mord stößt, bei dem ein Mann mit einer Mistgabel übel zugerichtet wurde, erwacht Isabelles Jagdeifer - vor allem als sie bei ihren Untersuchungen über einen anderen Mord stolpert, bei dem eine nackte Leiche am Strand gefunden wurde. Bald entdeckt sie Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen den beiden Verbrechen, die alle übersehen haben.

Joey McCarthy is stabbed to death in a pub car park in a random act of violence. Shortly afterwards Charlotte Stone's terminally ill mother dies, and then, within weeks, two of her teenage friends commit suicide. With her home life disintegrating and both her father and brother racing towards self-destruction, Charlotte realises that her own personal nightmare may not be over yet. When DC Gary Goodhew finds the body of another suicide victim, he is forced to recall some deeply buried memories of an earlier death.

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.

Maui is sacred places, ancient artifacts, and the dark lava of deepest passions.

Nothing ever goes easy for detectives Lei Texeira and Michael Stevens. An investigation into heiau desecrations must take a backseat to the emergence of an enemy who targets those closest to them, leaving shrouds as a calling card. Lei and Stevens face challenges of the body, mind, and heart in this seventh in the best-selling Lei Crime Series.

A priest hears the confession of a frightened prison inmate, and he learns that a man facing lethal injection in 84 hours is innocent. The lead investigator on the high-profile case was his old friend, Sean O'Brien. And now O'Brien has a chance to right a horrible wrong. But he has less than 84 hours to uncover clues to a crime that sent an innocent man to death row.

New York Police detective Dave Strauss is haunted by the one case he couldn't solve: A schoolgirl vanished off the streets of Brooklyn, with only a trail of blood and a series of untraceable phone calls from "the Groom" hinting at her fate. Now the cold dark night has engulfed another young girl - but this time she is part of Dave's family. He and his wife, Susan, know 14-year-old Lisa has not run away, and they know her disappearance is not just a tragic coincidence. And once the first phone call comes, they know she's not alone....

You never forget your first case.... Police Constable Jane Bennett is back on the beat after a spell away from the force. Working with the Serious Case Team, she's witnessed some of the worst crimes and endured them all. With her eye on promotion, Jane attends each call-out without complaint, determined to show her superiors her dedication. However, nothing could prepare her for this next case. Behind the ordinary façade of someone's home, she discovers a truly chilling scene.

An eccentric letter arrives at the police station from a man threatening to kill his aunts. Detective Kate and her colleagues don’t take it seriously. But an elderly woman is found strangled in her home. 'RIP Auntie' is written on the floor in red lipstick. Then another older woman is murdered. With a major police manhunt underway, it becomes clear that they are up against a very dangerous serial killer, who is engaged in some kind of personal vendetta. An adversary who will not stop until he has achieved what he set out to do.

'He hadn't seen her arrive. She had stopped on the pavement a few steps away from him and was peering into the courtyard of the Police Judiciaire, where the small staff cars were parked. She ventured as far as the entrance, looked the officer up and down, then turned round and walked away towards the Pont-Neuf.' When an old lady tells Maigret someone has been moving things in her apartment, she is dismissed as a fantasist - until a shocking event proves otherwise.

When DI Joe Burton and DS Sally Fielding are called to investigate a suspicious death in a care home, it is just the start of their problems. As further bodies are discovered, with playing cards placed beside their bodies, the Manchester police realise they have their work cut out. With the press closing in on the case, a criminal profiler is called in to help work out what the killer’s motive is. With the clock ticking and more victims uncovered, Fielding and Burton must race to track down a twisted killer before it’s too late.

Stretching along the shelf, standing upright, were 12 wooden coffins. Nine were closed and three open...with little dolls standing inside them. It was supposed to be the most special day of her life - until the unthinkable happened. Leslie Petersen is shot dead on her wedding day. With the bride's killer vanished without a trace, the investigation into the murder grinds to a halt before it's even begun. But then, the decomposing body of an unidentified homeless man is found in an old Cold War bunker, and DCI Mark Lapslie makes a bizarre discovery.