Police Crime

When DCI Jim Tyler believes he has uncovered evidence of deep rooted corruption in the police department, his thirst for justice and loathing of authority combine in a deadly cocktail that threatens to destroy him. A police officer is found dead in a Staffordshire park. It looks like suicide. DCI Tyler and DS Mills want to speak to the dead officer’s partner, a bent copper recently thrown off the force. Then the partner is found dead in almost the same location. It appears to be another suicide. Tyler believes there’s a bigger story and digs deeper, upsetting half of the local police ...

A practical handbook that focuses on the investigative methodologies regarding death investigations. It explains in a clear and concise manner the various investigative techniques that are employed in the conduct of death investigations. The ultimate goal of this handbook is to provide the reader with a knowledgeable understanding on the subject.

There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.

Struggling to balance her personal and professional life, young DS Becca Vincent has landed the biggest case of her career–and she knows that it will make or break her. But how can she identify one face in a sea of thousands? With the help of Police Super Recogniser Joe Russell, she strives to catch a glimpse of the elusive murderer, but he’s watching her every move.

Samantha Moon is used to monsters, magic, and murder cases. But this Thanksgiving, the only thing she wants to hunt is a giant turkey with her family. When her long-lost brother Clayton unexpectedly shows up—looking decades too young, thanks to faerie magic—Sam's happy reunion takes a turn. Clayton’s cursed with insomnia and guilt after failing to stop a faerie abduction. Now it’s up to Sam, her shapeshifting daughter, her empathic youngest, and her psychic witch bestie to travel into the dark faerie realm, face down ogres, and rescue a stolen infant before it’s turned into a ...

Time to discover a brilliantly twisty mystery series. A tradesman is set alight in his vehicle on an isolated road. His daughter is missing. And time is running out. “I was on the edge of my seat and couldn’t read fast enough.” “Totally riveting.” “Superb murder mystery and police procedural.” DI Fiona Williams is a driven detective juggling work with a family crisis and growing suspicions about her new boss. Her plan to take a break is shattered when she comes across a burning van while driving home late after visiting her father in hospital. It’s too late to help the ...

Surprise! Jim Knighthorse is back! Bigger, badder, and better than ever! Two cases. One unbreakable PI. And a very personal run at justice. Jim Knighthorse isn’t limping anymore. A miracle in the desert healed his ruined leg—but didn’t fix his sharp tongue or his appetite for trouble. This time, trouble comes in pairs. First, a group of women in their fifties hires Jim to track down a smooth-talking scammer who’s been ghosting them after lavish first dates—leaving them with the bill and a bruised sense of trust. Jim plans to make sure he pays them back. Literally. But then Sanchez...

A body in the waves. A town full of secrets. A detective duo like no other. What should have been a routine lifeguard exercise turns deadly when Inspector Enna Koopmann stumbles upon a chilling discovery—a man floating in the North Sea, the victim of a suspicious drowning. With no obvious motive and a million euros mysteriously wiped from his debts before his death, Enna and her meticulous new partner, Detective Chief Inspector Pavel Neuhof, have their work cut out for them. As they dig deeper into the case, they uncover a web of secrets lurking beneath this quiet coastal town. But every ...

When the body of girl is discovered in the walls of a Woodbridge church, Detective Amanda Steele is immediately called to the scene. On arrival she meets FBI Special Agent Sandra Vos who explains that while negotiating a hostage incident moments before, a gun was fired. The bullet missed its target but exposed human remains.

This time, it's more than personal. Within the tranquil confines of a west Wales village, peace gives way to pandemonium as a trivial theft transforms into a devastating tragedy. DCI Evan Warlow confronts what initially appears to be a straightforward case, only to find himself ensnared in a web of deceit. And when a routine press assignment also exposes a team member to a malevolent scheme, chaos begins to spiral. From idyllic coastlines to rugged peaks, Warlow races across diverse landscapes in pursuit of answers and to foil a deadly adversary.

Winter keeps secrets. Some, deadly. First-year State Trooper Carter Jons is trying to make up for lost time. At 42, he’s coming to grips with a failed vocation and the scars raked onto his soul on the way out the door. The man of faith is eager to learn, ready to serve, even as he struggles with the bigger questions of calling and life. But evil lays quietly beneath a snowbank, a few miles south of McClelland, Iowa, forcing the rookie into a crash course on terror and the uneasy junction of justice and redemption. Here’s what early readers are saying: “I love this book. Christian ...

Bears are born to protect. No one knows this better than bear shifter Lily Wood who has dedicated her life to the U. S. Marshal Service. But her life is turned upside down when she fails to protect a pregnant witness whose dying wish is for Lily to raise her newborn daughter Angel. Now Lily must come to terms with the haunting failure and adjust to life as a parent all while trying to woo her stubborn neighbor Alex. Tea shop owner Alex is hopelessly attracted to Lily, but that only makes her more determined to push the U. S. marshal away. A relationship could never work out between them, ...

Big secrets run deep. Former FBI agent Jack McBride took the job as chief of police for Stillwater, Texas, to start a new life with his teenage son, Ethan, away from the suspicions that surrounded his wife's disappearance a year earlier. With a low crime rate and a five-man police force, he expected it to be a nice, easy gig; hot checks, traffic violations, some drugs, occasional domestic disturbances, and petty theft. Instead, within a week he is investigating a staged murder-suicide.

A boxed set of books 5-8 of the full length Morelville Mysteries series novels featuring Sheriff Mel Crane and Agent Dana Rossi. You get: Book 5: Viva Mama Rossi! - A delayed honeymoon getaway takes a deadly turn for newlyweds Mel and Dana; meanwhile, two meddling mothers won't let sleeping fisherman lie in the latest Morelville Mystery. Does an unsolved shooting death far away from Morelville have local ties? Did a fisherman really drown or was there something more sinister afloat? Book 6: A Crane Christmas - Is it the Christmas season or the ‘silly season’? All Sheriff Mel wants to do...

Former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily - and his staff of investigators uses the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases.

In 1998 an Alku, Minnesota, family of five was brutally murdered in their sleep. The event shook the insulated community but, without any solid leads, was relegated to the cold case files, where it moldered for twenty-five years. Until today. Agent Harry Steinbeck hoped never to return to the northland, a place that holds terrible memories of his sister’s abduction. But when a recent homicide is connected to Alku’s unsolved mass murder, he and cold case agent Evangeline Reed have no choice but to investigate.

Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow hands Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before - the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals.

Rebecca Heilshorn lies stabbed to death in her bed in a remote upstate New York farmhouse. Rookie detective Brendan Healy is called in to investigate. All hell breaks loose when her brother bursts onto the scene. Rebecca turns out to have many secrets and connections to a sordid network mixing power, wealth, and sex. Detective Brendan Healy, trying to put his demons behind him, pursues a dangerous investigation that will risk both his life and his sanity.

Nathan, a devoted father of two, gets the shock of his life when he wakes one morning to find that both of his children are missing. When they don’t return, his world is turned upside down as he is forced to defend himself from accusations and mistrust. The sheriff thinks he did the unthinkable. His relatives don’t believe him. His world begins to slowly fall apart. To find the answers, Nathan must finally come to terms with deep secrets and deceit in his past before he can face the unbelievable truth about his family—and himself. This fast paced, mystery, suspense novel will keep you...

It’s a time for celebration. Unfortunately in Twilight Cove, the festivity is masking something ominous... PI Dean Steele has had to solve many strange mysteries throughout his career. This time he is called to the small seaside town to unmask the truth behind a chilling murder. Who would kill a man and tie him up to a parade float? While following clues in this case, Dean stumbles upon an intricate web of secrets. Skeletons that seemed to have shaped Twilight Cove for many generations. Across town at the palatial home of Joseph Palmer, a Gatsby-like figure. The most incredible party in ...