Scotland Mystery

Dunkle Machenschaften in der größten Metropole ihrer Zeit! London, 1830: Constable Graham Cluskey von Scotland Yard ist der Verschwörung gegen die Krone auf der Spur. Für seine Fahndungserfolge wird er zum Chief Inspector befördert. Doch ist die Gefahr gebannt? Da wird Cluskey zu einem Unglück gerufen: Bei der Eröffnung der Liverpool and Manchester Railway wird der Parlamentsabgeordnete von Liverpool von der Lokomotive "The Rocket" überfahren. Alles deutet zunächst auf einen Unfall hin - bis Cluskey die Beteiligten vernimmt.

Isherwood is the new boy in town, a well-known British detective brought into the Los Angeles Police Department's homicide squad to help get better results. Although Charley doesn't like the idea, he has no choice but to put up with it. Isherwood shows the squad what a difference observation makes to how a potential crime scene is viewed when asked to help by a member of the public who is worried for the safety of her sister.

Lawyer Bobby Carter did a lot of work for the wrong type of people. Now he’s dead and it was no accident. Besides a distraught family and a heap of powerful friends, Carter’s left behind his share of enemies. So, who dealt the fatal blow? DC Jack Laidlaw’s reputation precedes him. He’s not a team player, but he’s got a sixth sense for what’s happening on the streets. His boss chalks the violence up to the usual rivalries, but is it that simple? As two Glasgow gangs go to war, Laidlaw needs to find out who got Carter before the whole city explodes.

When NYPD Detective John Frankel's ex-wife is discovered murdered on the floor of his Manhattan studio apartment, he instantly becomes the prime suspect. Frankel's gun is linked to the fatal bullet, he had a motive, and he flees the city, all of which convinces his colleagues of his guilt. In spite of the mounting evidence, Frankel's bride-to-be, Rachel Grant, and her father, Austin Grant, formerly a detective at Scotland Yard in London, are certain of Frankel's innocence. But with the police under orders to use whatever force necessary to stop him, the duo will have to act fast to save him.

Christmastime in London: a period of joy and togetherness. Not for Metropolitan Police Commander Austin Grant, though. Three dead bodies have turned up on his patch, and the only thing they have in common is a number carved into their foreheads. A professor of ancient mythology, a sculptor of curious idols, frontman of The Blasphemers. It seems the killer is meting out their own justice, Biblically, punishing those who transgress the Ten Commandments. With seven commandments left, Grant sets the Met's best detectives to the case, scouring the capital before the zealot can strike again.

As the station prepares to close down for good, DI Georgie Strachan is running out of time to find out what is really going on in Burrowhead and put a stop to it. A deadly drug appears in the small Scottish village, best consumed with the blood of a freshly slaughtered animal. But what does this have to do with the deaths and suicides? And who is responsible for supplying it?

Alongside Jack the Ripper there is another brutal serial killer roaming the streets of Victorian London.... Spring, 1890. The spectre of Jack the Ripper still haunts Inspector Walter Day; he alone is convinced that the Ripper remains at large. But now a new killer is terrorising the citizens of London. They call him the Harvest Man; he hides away in the attics of the unsuspecting, emerging at night to terrorise his victims.

April, 1890: London wakes to the shocking news of a mass prison escape. The Scotland Yard Murder Squad now face a desperate race against time: If they don't re-capture the four convicted murderers before night settles, they'll vanish into the dark alleys of the London's criminal underworld forever. And in the midst of this mayhem and fear, the city's worst nightmare is realised: Jack the Ripper haunts the streets of London once more.

Der selbsternannte Berufsmagier Aillard Blackwood arbeitet seit etwa einem Jahr für das New Scotland Yard, das er durch seine besonderen Fähigkeiten bereits im letzten Sommer als Berater unterstützt hat. Nun stößt Blackwood durch seinen Magie-Schwund auf unverhofft menschliche Probleme. Nachdem in der Silvesternacht mehrere Tote am Ufer der Themse gefunden werden, klingelt wieder einmal das Telefon in der kleinen Kellerwohnung in Finsbury. Blackwood ermittelt an der Seite seiner Partnerin, Sergeant Paxton, die sich immer noch weigert, an das Übernatürliche zu glauben.

Dense fog masks foul play in the streets of London, as Ann Granger brings us her seventh Victorian mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross and his wife, Lizzie. It is March 1870. London is in the grip of fog and ice. But Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross has more than the weather to worry about when the body of a young woman is found in a dustbin at the back of a Piccadilly restaurant.

Jenseits des Vorstellbaren lauert das Grauen... London im Jahre 1829 - ein dreckiger Moloch voller finsterer Geheimnisse und unerklärlicher Phänomene. Die neugegründete Polizeitruppe des Scotland Yard soll Licht ins Dunkel bringen. Constable Graham Cluskey ist Feuer und Flamme - doch die mysteriösen Fälle führen ihn an die Grenzen seines Verstandes... Ein Buch wie eine Netflix-Serie - John Sinclair meets Sherlock Holmes! Diese Ausgabe enthält alle 8 Folgen der Hörbuch-Serie London Dark.

The past is the future. A young physicist, Sandy Say, is dispatched to a Scottish highland estate to secretly decipher a decrepit manuscript that may hold the key to reinventing the 21st century, devastated by a series of solar storms. There he finds whispers of a reincarnated wizard, a hidden laboratory that is said to be the gate to the Otherworld, and a girl. A Summer in Amber is set in Scotland and England in the not too distant future, after a series of extremely powerful solar storms has laid to waste the modern world of cell phones, computers satellites, and even the power grids. ...

Thomas Lynley torna a indagare affiancato dalla sua collega Barbara Havers e da Winston Nkata, da poco promosso detective, e il caso che devono affrontare richiederà tutte le loro abilità deduttive. Per le strade di Londra si muove un sinistro assassino. Sulla sua strada ha lasciato il corpo nudo e mutilato di un giovane adolescente e una serie di macabri indizi lasciano pensare all'opera di un serial killer. Lynley scopre presto che l'assassino ha già colpito altre tre volte, senza che la polizia sia arrivata a collegare i casi o a dare loro importanza.

In New York wurde ein Toter von der Decke hängend gefunden, das Wort "Köder" ist tief in seine Brust geritzt. Das lässt nur einen Schluss zu: Ein Killer kopiert den berühmten Londoner Ragdoll-Fall. Chief Inspector Emily Baxter wird sofort von den US-Ermittlern angefordert. In den USA ist der Druck der Medien enorm. Als ein zweiter Toter entdeckt wird, diesmal mit dem Wort "Puppe" auf der Brust, dreht die Presse völlig durch und mit ihr die Internet-Communities.

Der umstrittene Detective William Oliver Layton-Fawkes, genannt Wolf, ist nach seiner Suspendierung wieder in den Dienst bei der Londoner Polizei zurückgekehrt. Wolf ist einer der besten Mordermittler weit und breit. Er dachte eigentlich, er hätte schon alles gesehen. Bis er zu einem grausigen Fund gerufen wird. Sechs Körperteile von sechs Opfern sind zusammengenäht zu einer Art Lumpenpuppe, einer "Ragdoll".

Da inspektør West står med en sag om to dræbte piger, der er blevet kvalt til døde, finder han snart ud af, at begge piger var skønhedsdronninger. Begge havde de deltaget i og vundet en stor virksomheds skønhedskonkurrence, og mens West i al hast dykker længere ned i sagen, føjer en uhyggelig morder flere ofre til sin "dronningerække".

Da Daphne Mallow kommer til bevidsthed, er hun i helvedes forgård. Bundet, kneblet og indespærret - og med ingen udsigt til at undslippe sine overfaldsmænd. Og Daphne Mallow er blot ét ud af flere ofre. For mystiske penge trækker deres blodige spor i kølvandet på en række morderiske hændelser. Alle affødt af en skånselsløs griskhed. John Creasey (1908-1973), engelsk forfatter og politiker.

En gravid kvinde bliver dræbt under et røveri i en lille købmandsbutik. Snart viser det sig, at dette kun er én i en række af systematisk udførte forbrydelser - organiseret af en yderst effektiv bande. Roger West fra Scotland Yard må bruge al sin intelligens - og mod - for at optrævle den brutale bande.

A 13-year-old boy commits suicide. A 65-year-old man dies of a heart attack. Dan Forrester, ex-MI5 officer, is connected to them both. And when he discovers that his godson and his father have been murdered, he teams up with his old friend, DC Lucy Davies, to find answers....

The chase is on as thirty-two-year-old single mother Amaya Frakes transitions from bounty hunting to her dream role as a private investigator. She knows her autism spectrum disorder grants her unique insights, and it doesn’t take long before she jumps right into her first case— Barry Evans, a quiet and unassuming stamp collector, is dead. Amaya soon discovers that her investigation at ACRE Retirement Home reeks of foul play—Are Joe Bishops’ stamps more than collectibles?