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Detective Inspector Jo Shaw is bored, desk-bound, and absolutely not supposed to answer the phone call that sends her to a body in an empty house. Thrown in at the deep end after an injury that almost killed her, she’s determined to prove she’s fit to work. And while a case full of unclear motives and multiple suspects isn’t quite what the doctor ordered, being back in a relationship with her favorite doctor certainly won’t hurt. When the investigation takes a chilling turn and the Serious Crime Team struggles to connect the dots, Jo asks Isla Munro to help her follow the slenderest of leads.

Detective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those. Jo has to risk her career to save the woman’s life, and a bad night gets worse when the trauma surgeon turns out to be Isla Munro, Jo’s only real love, who walked out on her 15 years ago and never came back.

Jemima Pardon, a paramedic with a daft name and chronic asthma, has never had much in the way of good luck. The only things she attracts are traumatic jobs, and no one wants to work with her for long. But when Jem bumps into devil-may-care police officer Rosie Jones, her fortunes seem to be changing. Rosie is bright and funny, and she doesn’t mind that Jem can’t go far without her inhaler.

For Sarah, leaving England to explore the North Cascades is an opportunity to regain her health and her confidence, while Alex has already abandoned LA to make the mountains her home. Drawn to the beauty and history of Desolation Peak, Sarah is hiking alone when a storm leaves her stranded. Determined to track her down, Alex heads into the wilderness, never anticipating the terrible danger she will face.

Dr. Grace Kendal never stands a chance. The injured woman comes out of nowhere, bleeding heavily and holding a gun. Compelled to help her, Grace is dragged into Elin Breckenridge’s nightmare. Their fight to survive will take them across the country and to the limits of their endurance. But who is Elin running from? As Grace struggles for answers, one thing becomes clear - Elin is somehow connected to a dead man, and Grace could be next.

Things are looking up for Detective Sanne Jensen and Dr. Meg Fielding. Dating each other seems to be working, their families are behaving themselves, and the worst of the post-Christmas crime wave is over. The discovery of a Pakistani girl's body out on the moors changes all that. No one knows who she is, who hurt her, or how she came to be there. As pressure mounts on East Derbyshire Special Ops for a quick resolution, it becomes ever more apparent that the case won't provide one.

Detective Sanne Jensen (not blonde, not tall, definitely not Scandinavian) and Dr. Meg Fielding (scruffy, scatterbrained, prone to swearing at patients) are lifelong best friends, sharing the same deprived background and occasionally the same bed. When a violent kidnapping stuns the Peak District village of Rowlee, both women become involved in the case.

Keiner weiß, wer sie sind ... Bei Renovierungsarbeiten finden Handwerker in einem Kellerraum eine junge Frau und einen zweijährigen Jungen, kaum noch am Leben. Niemand hat sie als vermisst gemeldet, und der ältere Mann, dem das Haus gehört, behauptet, die beiden nie zuvor gesehen zu haben. DI Adam Fawley übernimmt die Ermittlungen und stößt auf den Fall einer jungen Frau, die vor zwei Jahren mit ihrem Sohn verschwunden ist. Das Kind wurde schließlich in einem Kinderwagen gefunden, doch von der Mutter fehlt seither jede Spur. Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen den beiden Frauen?

"The policewoman got shot, and she's bleeding everywhere. Get someone here in one hour, or I'm going to put her out of her misery." An ultimatum that forever changes the lives of police officer Sam Lucas and Dr. Kate Myles. When heavy snowfall isolates the small English village of Birchenlow, a violent robbery shatters the community. Taken as a hostage and stranded with the increasingly desperate criminals, Sam is seriously injured during an ill-fated escape attempt.

A car lies crashed below a Welsh mountain road. One of the young women inside it is dead, the other badly injured with no memory of who she is or what just happened. All she has is a bus pass showing her photograph and a name she doesn't recognize. As she struggles to recover from her injuries, a startling revelation shatters everything she thought she knew, forcing her into an uneasy alliance with Detective Bronwen Pryce. With danger closing in from all sides, the two women must work together to uncover the truth - even if it kills them.

Two years after surviving their ordeal at the hands of white supremacists, Alex Pascal and Sarah Kent have new identities, new careers, and a new home together. The FBI warned them to keep their heads down, and a small town in Maine seems like the perfect place to do this, until a chance occurrence sets in motion a chain of events that no one could have predicted. With enemies closing in and friends turning their backs, Alex and Sarah find themselves fighting not only for their freedom, but for their lives.

Winter in the Derbyshire Peaks: months of knee-deep snow, short days, and rocketing crime rates. Detective Sanne Jensen is living in self-imposed isolation and quietly falling apart, while Dr. Meg Fielding, Sanne's best friend and occasional lover, is struggling to cope with her violent brother, who is back in town and demanding money that she doesn't have.

Dicono che, quando si compra una casa, l'acquirente in realtà prenda la sua decisione nei primi trenta secondi della visita. A un poliziotto d'esperienza come l'ispettore Adam Fawley della polizia di Oxford, entrando in una casa, ne bastano molti meno per farsi un'idea della famiglia che vi abita. La famiglia di Daisy ha infatti molti più segreti di quanto traspaia all'esterno; segreti ben nascosti, alcuni inimmaginabili, che l'ispettore Fawley, insieme alla sua squadra, dovrà svelare a uno a uno in un'indagine frenetica in cui anche un solo secondo è prezioso.

Was tust du, wenn jemand versucht, deine Familie zu zerstören? DI Adam Fawley wird an einen schrecklichen Tatort gerufen: Aus einem brennenden Haus werden nachts zwei kleine Kinder geborgen, von den Eltern fehlt jede Spur. Bald ist klar: Es war Brandstiftung. Offenbar hat die Familie sich in den Wochen zuvor seltsam verhalten. Nachbarn berichten, dass die Mutter sich zu Hause nicht mehr sicher gefühlt habe und der Vater eine aufwändige Alarmanlage installieren ließ. Dann wird in den Trümmern des Hauses eine Leiche gefunden - die Mutter der Kinder. Und sie war schwanger.

La pequeña Daisy, de ocho años, ha desaparecido durante una celebración familiar. Ninguno de los vecinos de la tranquila calle de las afueras de la ciudad ha visto nada. ¿O sí? El inspector Adam Fawley trata de no llegar a conclusiones precipitadas, pero sabe que nueve de cada diez veces, el culpable es alguien a quien la víctima conocía. Lo que significa que alguien miente. Y que la carrera contrarreloj para encontrar a Daisy ha comenzado.

Una casa arde en Oxford... y sus cenizas ocultan una verdad terrible. Las apacibles calles de Oxford se encuentran en plenas celebraciones navideñas, cuando un incendio irrumpe en la oscuridad de la noche. Los bomberos se afanan en apagarlo y logran localizar a dos niños. Pero todos se preguntan dónde están los padres, y más aún cuando se confirma que el incendio fue provocado.

Alerte enlèvement : la petite Daisy Mason, 8 ans, a disparu lors d'une fête, donnée dans le jardin de ses parents. Elle était déguisée en pâquerette : elle portait une robe, des collants et des chaussures vertes, ainsi qu'une coiffe avec des pétales blancs. Et personne n'a rien vu. L'inspecteur Adam Fowley, qui prend en charge l'enquête, sait bien que, dans 90% des cas, c'est un proche qui a fait le coup. Il a lui-même perdu un fils, Jake, quelques mois plus tôt.

Una vittima. Sei esperti. Puoi risolvere il caso prima di loro? UN COLD CASE ANALIZZATO IN DIRETTA TV MILIONI DI SPETTATORI COL FIATO SOSPESO CHI HA UCCISO LUKE RYDER? ENTRA NELL'INDAGINE ANALIZZA FOTO, MAPPE, RAPPORTI INVESTIGATIVI RIUSCIRAI A RISOLVERE IL CASO. PRIMA DI AVER LETTO L'ULTIMA PAGINA? Nell'ottobre 2003, Luke Ryder venne trovato morto nel giardino della casa di famiglia a Londra. Nessuno vide nulla, o almeno così dichiararono gli interessati. La moglie e i tre figliastri erano in casa, quella notte, ma tutti negarono di aver sentito o notato movimenti sospetti.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Crime Scene Investigations - but were afraid to ask.Join DI Andy Thompson, former CSI Joey Giddings, and crime writer Cara Hunter as we pick our way over what TV depictions of police work get right - and criminally wrong...

Sie bestimmt die Regeln. Er könnte alles verlieren. Und einer von beiden lügt. An der renommierten Universität Oxford wird der schwerwiegende Vorwurf eines sexuellen Übergriffs laut. Das routinierte Team von DI Adam Fawley glaubt zunächst, dass sie derartige Geschichten schon oft auf dem Schreibtisch hatten. Doch diesmal sollten sie sich gewaltig irren. Die mutmaßliche Täterin: eine hoch angesehene, aufstrebende Professorin der Universität mit makellosem Ruf.