Police Procedural Cozy

After a shooting party on a Scottish estate, one of the participants is found dead, having been unceremoniously hit on the head with a rock. Getting nowhere when interviewing the arrogant son of the wealthy landowner, DI Russell McCord is quietly relieved that with her family connections, bothersome journalist Amy Thornton might help the investigation. But with a new partner to train—one who, to his dismay, seems to have won the affections of Amy—McCord wastes no time putting the most likely suspect in jail.

There’s just something about “bad boys” that fascinates people. But there’s a reason they’re called “bad boys”. Is that why Kade, the one with the “bad boy” reputation, was murdered? Of course, there were a lot of people who had a reason to want him dead. Like Harper, his ex-girlfriend, whose parents told her no more partying with him and put her on a short financial leash.

Nachts auf dem Gletscher, da gehört der Mensch nicht hin. Da sind nur die Geister der Toten und der Sturm und der Schnee. Trotzdem entdeckt Skipisten-Toni hoch oben im Dezember ein seltsames Licht - und wenig später die Leiche eines Einsiedlers. Mit einer Pfeilspitze in der Schulter. Ähnlich wie der weltberühmte Steinzeitmensch Ötzi, der Jahre zuvor fast am selben Ort gefunden wurde. Commissario Grauner, der an manchen Tagen lieber "Viechbauer" wäre, macht sich mit seinem jungen Kollegen Saltapepe aus Neapel an die Ermittlungen.

Philippe Lagarde, ein ehemaliger Kommissar, hatte eigentlich vor, sich in seinem malerischen Dorf Barfleur zur Ruhe zu setzen. Allenfalls wollte er seiner Freundin Odette beim Kochen helfen und vielleicht dann und wann aufs Meer hinausfahren. Doch als ein deutscher Student auf mysteriöse Weise verschwindet, ist Lagardes Hilfe gefragt. Er hat nur einen Hinweis: eine Postkarte von Barfleur, die der junge Mann vor seinem Verschwinden abgeschickt hat. Bald findet Lagarde die erste Spur - und eine Leiche.

When the body of Rufus Moorcroft, a middle-aged widower with a distinguished war record, is found in his summerhouse, the verdict is suicide. But both reporter Jill Francis and her lover, Detective Richard Thornhill, approaching the case from different angles, discover there's more to it than that. The sixth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series.

Fame comes at a price. Some pay with their privacy. Others pay with their pride. Khloe Everest paid with her life. Determined to get her pretty face in front of the cameras, Khloe Everest fakes an abduction only to make a grand entrance in the midst of a press conference held by Spencer's Police Chief David O'Callaghan.

Eine verschwundene Extrembergsteigerin, zwei rätselhafte Morde im oberen Vinschgau und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit: In seinem neunten Fall ermittelt Südtirols beliebtestes Duo in luftigen Höhen. In Sulden, an der eisigen Nordwand des Ortler, hat sich die internationale Kletterszene versammelt. Eine Italienerin und eine Iranerin, die besten Eiskletterinnen der Welt, treten gegeneinander an, um einen neuen Rekord aufzustellen. Commissario Grauner und sein neapolitanischer Kollege Saltapepe haben derweil andere Sorgen: Unten im Tal wurde ein Toter gefunden.

Mitten im Wald, zwischen Tannen, Totholz und Touristenströmen, finden Spaziergänger den leblosen Körper des Industriellen Jakob Drittenbass. Ein Herzinfarkt beim Wandern oder Mord? Reifenabdrücke im moosigen Erdboden und verdächtige Finanzflüsse im Netz führen Kommissar Jennerwein und sein Team rasch auf die Spur des Täters. Doch dann gerät Jennerwein in Schwierigkeiten, die er sich in seinen wildesten Albträumen nicht hatte vorstellen können - unversehens steht er selbst unter Mordverdacht.

Leuchtender Lavendel und ein totes Schneewittchen in der Provence. Lavendel-Sturm ist der 6. Band der Urlaubskrimi-Reihe Die Lavendel-Morde von Carine Bernard und bietet wieder ganz viel Frankreich-Flair zum Miträtseln. Aufgebahrt wie Schneewittchen, so wird Angeline Cravasse gefunden, im Drogenrausch erstickt in einer geheimnisumwitterten Höhle am Rocher du Rocalinaud. Für die junge Kommissarin Lilou Braque bekommt der Fall besondere Brisanz: Bei der Toten handelt es sich um die Schwester ihrer Kollegin Valerie – und obwohl alles auf einen Unfall hindeutet, sucht Valerie die Schuld bei Angelines Freund Pascale.

Malerische Abgründe - Dupin ermittelt auf der traumhaften Belle-Île. Die Hitzewelle hat in diesem August sogar die Bretagne fest im Griff, keine Aussicht auf Abkühlung für Kommissar Dupin. Und zu allem Überfluss plant Nolwenn auch noch die große Feier seines zehnjährigen Dienstjubiläums. Doch dann wird eines Morgens ein Toter an der Küste bei Concarneau aus dem Meer gefischt, ein Bewohner der legendären Belle-Île - und ehe sich Dupin versieht, befindet er sich an Bord eines Schnellbootes auf dem Weg zur "schönsten Insel der Welt".

Chief Inspector, Lord Ralph McGinniss has booked his boat fare to Australia to find his wife, Professor Claire Lane. Then a mysterious cold case file is handed to him from Sgt Pennyworth. British Army Intelligence has requested his help. Can he find Squadron Leader Mike Bristol? Was he last seen leaving The Fur & Feathers Pub in Stow on the Wold on the date stated on the warrant, 30th August 1944? Suspected of murdering two women. A well-known West End Actress Mia Jones and local shopkeeper Mrs Anne Tumbler. The Chief Ralph McGinniss is not convinced. With the war over, the cases of ...

When Homicide Detective Cameron Gates befriends Dolly, the little old lady who lives across the street, she is warned not to get lured into helping the elderly woman by investigating the unsolved murder of one of her girls. "She's senile," Cameron is warned. "It's not a real murder." Such is not the case. After Dolly is brutally murdered, Cameron discovers that the sweet blue-haired lady's "girl" was a call girl who had been killed in a mysterious double homicide.

Ein verflucht schwieriger Fall: Hauptkommissar Hirschberg steht im Wald. Am Nikolaustag liegt der wohlhabende Großbäcker Alfons Gerstl auf einer idylischen Waldlichtung am See - tot! Ihm wurde der Schädel eingeschlagen. Wer könnte dem Bäckerei-Mogul Böses wollen? Stimmt etwa tatsächlich die Legende von dem Fluch, nach der alle hundert Jahre an diesem Tag ein Mitglied der Familie Gerstl gewaltsam zu Tode kommen müsse? Hauptkommissar Hirschberg begibt sich auf Spurensuche in der Krindelsdorfer Vergangenheit - und deckt so manches Geheimnis auf.

World War Two has ended, but the peace is threatened when a shocking murder takes place in the Sussex countryside. Before long, police discover a link to another killing hundreds of miles away.... Scotland Yard detective Billy Styles is on the case, but a strange twist of fate brings former DI John Madden into the investigations. As the victim count rises, it becomes clear that to catch this serial killer they must act quickly.

When the curtain falls, the show is over. Unfortunately, it was opening night, and when it fell, it was definitely over for Angel Bridges! Affairs and jealousy, not to mention old resentments, are all good motives for murder. But just which one brought the curtain down on Angel? Join old friends from the Seattle area - DeeDee, owner of Deelish Catering; her husband, Jake, a private investigator; Cassie, a food critic for the leading Seattle newspaper; and her husband, Al, a reformed Mafioso with a sometimes questionable way of handling things, as they search for the murderer.

Throughout her distinguished career, Ann Granger has penned an array of hugely entertaining and gripping short stories. From a nosy neighbour who trusts no one to a jealous nephew protecting his inheritance, and from a ghostly apparition on a cruise ship to an Oxford undergraduate who cannot escape his past, Ann's short stories transport listeners from the Highlands of Scotland to the rugged coast of Cornwall and from the Victorian era to the present day.

When Sheriff Bud Shumway gets a call to fly into Utah’s remote and mysterious Maze District to help recover the body of a man wearing a tuxedo, he has no idea that it’s only the beginning of a series of strange happenings, from a missing symphony orchestra to a ragtag boatman who seems to be from the long-ago past.

When sixteen-year-old Jenny James goes missing, and the local police are unable to find her, the girl’s frantic mother hires private investigators Jake and Annie Lincoln to search for her daughter. When the body of Jenny’s boyfriend is discovered, the mystery of her disappearance deepens. Shaken out of their comfort zone of Internet searches and poring over public records, the couple soon find themselves facing the frightening possibility they are looking for the latest victim of a serial killer. As more bodies pile up, the town is gripped with fear. ...

You might think that a guy with the name of Steve Jobz would be one lucky man. That he'd be rich and have the world at his fingertips. But instead, Jobz is barely making ends meet at the New York State Department of Unemployment Insurance Fraud. A former cop who was forced to retire early after shooting a young man of color during a convenience store holdup, Jobz has since resigned himself to wasting away his days in a four-by-four cubicle inside an office space that's more boring than watching the paint dry.

Professor Claire Lane interrupted by a sudden telephone call to help in a murder investigation leaves the tranquility of Edinburgh for the country lanes of Oxford. Lord of the Realm, Inspector Ralph McGinnis is puzzled. Unlike his colleague Miss Lane is adamant this is a copycat murder. Last seen in the seventeenth century by an overzealous Venetian statesman. A well-known Australian financier is dead. Propped up in the Nativity scene outside the church. The vicar is acting strangely, could he have been persuaded to preach peace and good will during this festive season, or will Claire work ...