True Police

Murder at Westgate Bay (Third in the Alan Clarke crime series) Now permanently relocated to the Kent coast after the successful outcomes of his two previous murder cases, DCI Alan Clarke is just settling in to his new environment, together with his wife and baby son, when he is called to solve the cold-blooded and premeditated murder of Dr Ian Jones at Westgate Bay. The doctor had been sedated and poisoned, dying in agony. DCI Clarke soon has a list of suspects, ranging from the doctor’s estranged wife and her lover, his gambling brother, his housekeeper and her sister. Added to these, ...

On a hot summer's day in Northern New South Wales, Mounted Police officer Tiffany Williams spotted an advertisement for a horse in the local paper – a Clydesdale-cross for a price almost too good to be true. On a whim, she and her husband drove out to see him. This moving true story about the extraordinary bond between horses and the humans who care for them reveals the power and the potential of a simple second chance.

The police killing of Christopher Alder was one of the most notorious deaths in custody in the UK, involving the destruction of evidence, a whitewash of an investigation and illegal surveillance. Christopher's sister Janet has been relentlessly fighting for justice for decades, and fearlessly holds the UK's state institutions to account in this extraordinary book.

The 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt was the biggest ever police operation in Britain. It was conducted across Tyne and Wear and Northumberland with the objective of apprehending fugitive Raoul Moat, the former Newcastle nightclub bouncer who had just been released from Durham jail. After killing one person and wounding two others in a two-day shooting spree in July 2010, the 37-year-old went on the run for nearly a week. The manhunt concluded when Moat committed suicide, having shot himself in the town of Rothbury, Northumberland, following a six-hour standoff with armed police.

The Talking Badge is a collection of true stories, fictionalized as necessary, by a cop who worked the streets for 30 years—twenty as a K-9 and bomb squad officer. Straight from the heart, self-described “crazy cop” Mike Garner tells you what it’s like to serve and protect the public. You'll experience what it's like to go on some of the funniest, saddest, and most exciting radio calls that can be imagined,

From a beloved master of crime fiction, True Blue Detective features Mario DeLuca, the hard-boiled detective of the New Orleans French Quarter. A detective with something to prove and desperate for justice. Mario DeLuca always wanted to be a cop and put bad guys behind bars. Can he bring law and order to the streets of New Orleans, or will his dream of bringing the city’s worst thugs to justice cost him more than he ever dreamed? This story is a prequel, taking place immediately before the events in the first book of the True Blue Detective series. The series has action, drama, mystery, ...

El mundo puede ser un lugar muy raro en general, pero, cuando abras las páginas de esta antología de novelas policíacas, rápidamente descubrirás que el mundo del crimen, específicamente, puede ser tan extraño como peligroso. En el libro que encontrarás a continuación, quedarás cautivado por enigmáticos casos de personas desaparecidas que desafían toda lógica y un par de casos de identidad equivocada asesina. Sigue el proceso de cómo los detectives llevan a cabo investigaciones criminales para resolver casos que alguna vez se creyó serían irresolubles.

"True Stories" is one of Vincent Zandri's most anthologized short stories. Based on the true story of Zandri having tackled and apprehended a car thief who was rampaging through his upstate New York neighborhood, this literary thriller begins with a 'seed of truth' around which grow invented circumstances - the result being a clever mesh of truth and creation.

Back in 1950 Pamela Rhodes became one of the first policewomen in the country. But the force's new female recruits faced a sceptical public in rural Yorkshire and even before they stepped out on the beat there were the prejudices of older male officers to overcome. Yet from the first Pam was thrust into the front line. From runaway bulls to investigating ladies of the night and cases of vice, her innocent eyes were quickly opened.

Unflappable Santa Fe detective Sam Williams must track down the murderer of the City Different’s most notorious "trust fund baby" - Farley Doyle III. Wealthy, tyrannical Doyle, known as 3D by friends and enemies alike, strides through the Southwestern resort town as if he owns it. He intimidates and browbeats everyone he comes in contact with.

Max Yuma has a score to settle but, for now, there is no need to carry out his plan. He and Chloe Nicholas have managed to stay well-hidden, allowing Max to bide his time and strike when he's ready. If no one is looking for him, why bother? He knows that he will eventually need to strike; it's only a matter of time. If he doesn't strike, they will they track him down; he's absolutely sure of that. They will never forget about him. Without warning, Max and Chloe are cast into the public eye, forcing them into action, but they need time to prepare.

In his landmark novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote made infamous the murder of the Clutter family that occurred in Kansas in late 1959. Fact: Dick Hickock and Perry Smith were executed for those crimes. Fact: Two months after the Clutter killing, the Walker family were slaughtered in similar circumstances in Florida. Fact: The Walker family murder is still unsolved. In this brilliant, addictive novel, the longtime cold case heats up. Becky Masterman imagines what might have happened then...and who will be the next.

BKA-Rechtsmediziner Dr. Fred Abel arbeitet unter Hochdruck an einem großen Fall: Ein winziger Einstich in der Kniekehle eines Toten verrät ihm, dass einer der gefährlichsten Killer der letzten Zeit weiterhin sein Unwesen treibt. Doch bevor Abel ihn stoppen kann, wird er in heikler Mission in den osteuropäischen Pseudostaat Transnistrien geschickt. Dort soll er zwei Mordopfer identifizieren, die in Kalkfässern gelagert wurden und fast vollständig zersetzt sind.

Im Umkreis mehrerer europäischer Hauptstadt-Flughäfen geschehen Morde an Frauen - an alten wie jungen, Raubmorde wie Sexualdelikte. Das Bindeglied: Der Täter markiert die Beine der Opfer mit blutroter Schrift. Bei der Haplotyp-Genanalyse (einer speziellen Untersuchung, die man auch mit winzigsten Mengen DNA durchführen kann) stößt der Rechtsmediziner auf einen Verdächtigen - und es ist ausgerechnet ein alter Kumpel von ihm aus Bundeswehrzeiten.

When a flash mob on Brick Lane is interrupted by a sudden explosion, DI Maya Rahman dashes to the scene. A fire is raging through one of the city’s most infamous streets, the site of Maya’s childhood home. And the discovery of two charred bodies in the burnt-out building transforms an arson attack into a murder case. With witnesses too caught up in the crowd to have seen anything useful, Maya is facing a complex investigation without a single lead.

Dr. Fred Abel ist von seiner lebensgefährlichen Verletzung genesen, und die ersten Fälle halten ihn schon wieder in Atem. Vor allem aber freut er sich darauf, seine Zwillinge aus einer lang vergangenen "karibischen Affäre" in Berlin zu begrüßen. Doch kaum sind die Jugendlichen da, werden sie entführt. Gibt es einen rassistischen Hintergrund? Ein verbrecherisches Komplott in deren Heimat? Oder hat jemand mit Abel noch eine Rechnung offen?

When one hears the term "Victorian", many images come to mind. For some, the term conjures up visions of lace and gloves and delicate fans. Others think of tight corsets and even tighter morals. Others, swayed perhaps by one too many British costume dramas, envision gentle elegance and long lost beauty. Naturally, few people think of multiple dead bodies cast about in the streets or dark bedrooms.

Alex Copeland is that kind of guy…and Jess knows it. She’s worked too hard to make detective, to be taken seriously, to be ready for that next promotion, to let an office flirt like Officer Copeland sway her. Jessica is so ready to say no, that she’s even told him she’s not available when he’s just asking for paperwork. Jessica Valverde is the only woman Alex would ever consider filling out HR paperwork for. Nothing he does gets her attention until a building fire puts him in harm’s way and her ambition puts him in her way. Maybe Jessica has kept her walls too high and maybe ...