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Ex-Minneapolis Police Detective Rembrandt Stone walked away from a career he loved - just the price of being sure he can come home to the wife and daughter he cherishes. But he can’t shake the deep regret over a case left behind. When his mentor dies and leaves Rembrandt with a box of cold cases and a mysterious watch, he finds himself thrust into a world he recognizes - the same world he’s woken from in a cold sweat a hundred times. But is it a dream, or some kind of twisted reality? If he solves the case that plagues him, will it destroy the life he loves?

Descúbrelo al escuchar este audiolibro. Conoce también detalles sobre la insólita muerte de Nono Pugliese, un amante de ficción que fue asesinado de verdad, detalles y testimonios escalofriantes del golpe militar argentino, dónde quedó una niña que jamás volvió a su hogar, y mucho más. Contiene también una colección de hechos curiosos, como así también el prontuario de lo absurdo: un catálogo de los hechos policiales más insólitos de todo el mundo.

Arabelle's beloved town matriarch, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, is snatched from her car, held for ransom, and propped up to the sympathy of thousands online. Her leaked ransom video might have been enough to placate the headline-starved, but for the endlessly bored detective, Robert Ellery, the ticking time-bomb, Alice Daniels, and for Mrs. Thomas herself, a simple headline could never unfurl the secrets they keep from the lies they tell. There is far more to this story than meets the eye. There is more to the dueling towns of affluent, picturesque Arabelle and impoverished, crime-riddled Wood's...

MANHUNT details the heart stopping true stories of two of Britain’s most wanted men and the unprecedented police operations to apprehend them... Percy Toplis was a career criminal who emerged from the Great War into the austerity of the peace that followed. In a time when poverty was rife, there were plenty of opportunities to make big money if people were prepared to break the law. Percy Toplis grabbed those opportunities with both hands but his criminal exploits were to lead to murder and the largest manhunt ever seen in British criminal history... Barry Prudom led an unusual life. ...

When New York City cop Michael Beckett lands a walk-on role on the TV show Law & Order, he hopes to trade chasing murderers and rapists for a new life in front of the camera - and maybe even hooking up with the young, sexy writer on the show, Solana Ortiz. But when Solana's neighborhood goes up in flames in a string of arsons, Beckett must put aside his caviar dreams and do what he does best- police work. In the course of his investigation, Beckett collides with an old real estate developer friend, R. J. Gold (Donald J. Trump?) and unlocks a heinous scheme that reaches into the deepest ...

Appointed to conquer the "crime capital of the world", the first police chief of Paris faces an epidemic of murder in the late 1600s. Assigned by Louis XIV, Nicolas de La Reynie begins by clearing the streets of filth and installing lanterns throughout Paris, turning it into the City of Light. The fearless La Reynie pursues criminals through the labyrinthine neighborhoods of the city. He unearths a tightly knit cabal of poisoners, witches, and renegade priests.

During the first half of the 1970s, large swathes of England was subjected to a vicious crime wave the like of which had never been seen before. The perpetrator was one man, a hooded figure armed with a sawn-off shotgun who terrorised sub-post offices across the North and Midlands. Three innocent men were to die and a woman battered beyond recognition then left for dead during violent encounters with the man who’d come to be known as ‘the black panther’. Despite being placed under intense pressure from the media, try as they might, the police simply could not catch him. In a search ...

The Deadliest Twenty Year Period for the St. Louis Police Bank Robberies. Prohibition. Civil War Within Egan's Rats. This book focuses on the St. Louis during the 1910s and 1920s, two of the most dangerous decades in the city's history. This book chronicles some of the most significant crimes affecting the city during this time. Eye-opening crimes from a hundred years ago.

Los Angeles is a town of dreamers, and of those who prey on them. The scene of innumerable bizarre crimes, it is also home to a unique police unit called Homicide Special, whose mandate is to take on the toughest, most controversial, and highest-profile cases. Now, acclaimed writer Miles Corwin uses his unprecedented access to this legendary unit to portray six of its cases, and capture its newest generation at work.

When Julia Henry's daughters disappear, she uncovers a web of secrets rooted in their birth mother's past. Every mother's nightmare becomes Julia Henry's reality when her daughters, Jewel and Opal, vanish without a trace. The secret to their abduction might lie buried in a dark past, tangled in a web of secrets and deceit of their birth mother. As Julia digs deeper, she uncovers secrets that stretch to her own doorstep, challenging everything she knows about her life. In a race against time, Julia must navigate a maze of lies to rescue her daughters.

Unearth the chilling truth behind a small town's secrets as a mother battles against time to save her abducted son. In the chilling aftermath of seven-year-old Derek's inexplicable disappearance, a distraught yet fiercely determined mother, Katie, refuses to stand by idly. Fueled by an unyielding love and aided by her resilient best friend Sophia, she delves into a harrowing race against the clock, plunging into a whirlpool of town secrets and personal demons that threaten to engulf her. As a looming winter storm threatens and the kidnapper skillfully covers their tracks, time is fast ...

To solve a high-profile abduction, one former police officer must confront a dark past. A child's abduction reveals a frightening pattern within a small town where nothing is as it seems. Katy Dowry's world shatters when her son, Denny, is abducted from his school. Amidst heavy snowfall and rising tensions, Katy uncovers a web of secrets involving the disappearance of the child.

Nick Kaldas is a cop's cop. From investigating war criminals to taking down global drug operations, Kaldas has seen the worst humanity can offer. But he's also seen which human qualities can lead to greatness. This is the compelling true story of an immigrant boy from Egypt who rose from beat cop to become one of the most senior police officers in Australia. During his time in the NSW police force, he was one of Australia's first Arab undercover cops, headed up both the Homicide and Gang Squad units, reformed the Counter Terrorism team and then became the Deputy Police Commissioner.

Caught in a deadly game, Dominic Deluca must choose between the family he leads and the family he loves, as a father's war collides with a mobster's oath. Dominic Deluca has two families. The first is his wife Maria and young daughter Isabella. The second is the Deluca New Jersey Crime Family, which he leads with an iron fist. But when a rival family kidnaps his daughter, Dominic will go to war as both a feared crime boss and a father desperate to get his little girl back. Dominic's loyalties to both families will be tested when the FBI approaches him with an offer to help. Will Dominic ...

A collection of 13 award winning short stories the true adventures of California Fish and Game Wardens and the wildlife-destroying outlaws they pursue. These stories illustrate the wide variety of wildlife-related problems wardens face in California, which has a greater diversity of wildlife and wildlife habitat than any other state and is second only to Alaska in its vast expanses of wilderness.

For several years, a prolific predator haunted Bristol. Avon and Somerset Police had tried all their usual tactics to catch the ‘Clifton Rapist’, and public pressure was mounting. In 1979, a daring new plan was introduced. A small group of young female officers – some aged just 18 – put their lives on the line, walking the quiet residential roads late at night, acting as bait. Drawing on in-depth research and first-hand interviews with the women at the heart of the operation, Decoy is a dramatic retelling of one of the most groundbreaking agent provocateur stings in British history.

A collection of 11 award-winning short stories concerning the true adventures of California fish and game wardens and the wildlife-destroying outlaws they pursue. These stories illustrate the wide variety of wildlife-related problems wardens face in California, which has a greater diversity of wildlife and wildlife habitat than any other state and is second only to Alaska in its vast expanses of wilderness.

The Deadliest Shootout in St. Louis Police History A daring train robbery. Desperate criminals. The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. These events collided to create the deadliest shootout in St. Louis Police History. Read this detailed true crime account with more chilling events than anything imagined in crime fiction. The Shootout That Shook a City to It's Core

On October 28, 2007, 23-year-old Stacy Peterson disappeared without a trace. Her husband, Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson, became a media sensation, sparking questions about what really happened to his third wife, Kathleen Savio. While he was still married to Kathleen Savio, 47-year-old Drew began dating 17-year-old Stacy Cales.

In 2015 and 2016, Baltimore was reeling after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody and the protests that followed. In the midst of this unrest, the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) roamed the city, robbing people, selling drugs and guns back onto the same streets they were supposed to be policing, and dividing the loot and profit among themselves. Created to trace guns back to the criminals responsible for Baltimore's high crime rates, instead, on March 1, 2017, all members of the GTTF were arrested on federal racketeering charges.