International Mystery & Crime

In England's shadowy corners, from misty woods to ancient university halls, criminal psychologist and head of the Ritualistic Behavioural Crime unit Dr Harrison Lane, confronts the country’s most challenging crimes. A boy's body with cryptic messages. A man pinned down by horseshoes. A student etched with strange symbols. Each scene is a piece of a terrifying puzzle only Harrison can solve. As he unravels these ritualistic killings, Harrison digs up long-buried secrets that shake quiet towns to their core. But the deeper he delves, the more his own past threatens to engulf him.

Act It Out's re-enactments of scenes from the life of Mary Queen of Scots are not as innocent as they seem. Are the Act It Out historic tours a cover-up a for a Scottish drug distribution gang…? Tasked by HM Revenue & Customs to investigate, undercover agent D J Smith and her sniffer cat Gorgonzola join a tour. Posing as Shelagh Macbeth from Historic Scotland, our intrepid heroine—and her cat ‘Lady M’—become suspicious of their fellow guests.

I never expected to fall for the woman investigating me. Ali Graham walks into my life and turns it upside down. As we work to uncover a dangerous mole within the CIA, I find myself torn between my duty and my growing feelings for her. With both our lives on the line, can I protect her and complete my mission? Or will I have to sacrifice everything, including my heart?

US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, an ex-cop who serves as detective for General Ike, is sent to Caserta, Italy, to investigate the murders of two American officers stationed there. The MOs are completely different, and it seems like the officers had no connection to each other, but one frightening fact links the murders. Each body was discovered with a single playing card: the lieutenant’s with the ten of hearts; the captain’s, the jack of hearts. The message seems clear—if the murderer isn’t apprehended, the higher ranks will be next.

When Aron, a twenty-one-year-old college student, arranges to meet his older brother, Brett, in the quaint village of San Martin on Spain's Costa Brava, he expects a fun-filled two-week vacation. But Aron and Brett encounter corruption and evil they could never have imagined. Crucial choices must be made, which resonate powerfully in this tale of love, doubt, envy, violence, and chance. Aron must grapple with the darkness hidden deeply in his own heart and must deal with the fact that nothing is as it seems to be.

Hallie, a young and successful fashion blogger, recently married to a station owner, is having trouble adjusting to the flies, dust, snakes and isolation in the Flinders Ranges. Left alone with her baby while her husband, Alex is often out on long bore runs during the day, she also has to contend with her father-in-law, Rod, who insists on making himself at home in their house. Alex is out on a bore run, and as Hallie and their daughter, Ruby, watch him in real time on the camera from the homestead, Alex suddenly disappears from view. He is found later, dead at the bottom of a windmill.

One by one, the deaths pile up in the village of Castillac. Seven deaths in a matter of weeks. Seven. The villagers are--understandably--worried. Then anxious. Finally, scared out of their wits. Yet expat Molly Sutton, who has proven herself to be the best murderer-catcher around, is distracted by other matters. She's simply not interested.

The body of a young woman is found in Chinatown. She's been beaten, tortured - and tattooed with the image of a sun. Called to the scene, Sergeant Jackie Rose asks herself whether this was a drug murder, or something else. But before her investigation can get under way, she is ordered to hand the case over to the Australian Federal Police.

Eine packende Geschichte in Nordschweden, wo die Wälder tief und die Geheimnisse noch dunkler sind. Obwohl das Verhältnis zu ihrem Vater und ihrer Stiefmutter zerrüttet ist, beschließt Kristina, nach Ragnas Tod nach Nordschweden zurückzukehren, um an der Beerdigung teilzunehmen. Aber kaum ist sie in der Heimat angekommen, werden alte Wunden aufgerissen. Noch immer hat sie den brutalen Mord an ihrer besten Freundin nicht verarbeitet, denn der Mörder wurde nie gefasst. Damals hatte sie die Stadt fluchtartig verlassen, um ihrer Stiefmutter und den traumatischen Erinnerungen zu entfliehen.

Der erste Fall mit Gretchen Larssen von den Bestsellerautoren B.C. Schiller: Am Strand auf Rügen wird die Leiche eines jungen Mädchens gefunden. Die neue Ostseekommissarin Gretchen Larssen übernimmt mit ihrem Team die Ermittlungen. Plötzlich taucht am Tatort ein Kind aus dem Gebüsch auf. War die Kleine Zeugin des schrecklichen Mordes und warum schweigt sie? Gretchen, die nach vielen Jahren in ihre Heimat Rügen zurückgekehrt ist, stürzt sich verbissen in den Fall, um sich von der erfolglosen Suche nach ihrem verschwundenen Sohn Niki abzulenken.

At the start of the Iraq War, a priceless antiquity is stolen from the Iraq Museum. The three-thousand-year-old Death in the Reeds once decorated an ancient throne. There are only two in the world, and billionaire collectors will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to secure it. The thief escapes Iraq with his prize, but is murdered before he can sell it. And now the missing antiquity becomes the object of a frantic chase.

Plus au nord que le nord, il y a : le Groenland. Une terre glacée, balayée par les vents, inaccessible sur la majeure partie de son territoire. Et qui recèle pourtant les histoire les plus sombres. C'est au travers du destin d'une femme que tout se joue. Elle porte en elle les déchirures et la soif de vengeance d'un pays. Elle est l'Inuite. Face à elle, deux flics, l'un groenlandais, l'autre danois, mènent chacun leur enquête : les meurtres récents d'un grand-père et de sa petite-fille sur une île isolée; et un scandale d'État qui remonte aux années 1950.

Step into the eerie world of Unsolved Mysteries of Germany: Murders, Mysteries, and the Paranormal, where the unexplained meets the unbelievable. Author Theodore F. Johnboro invites you to delve into the shadows of German history, uncovering chilling tales that have haunted the nation for generations.

Julia Garcia isn't just breaking barriers as the first woman sergeant in the San Amaro State Police; she's shattering them. Despite being the most educated officer on the force, her career aspirations seem out of reach amidst the monotony of solving petty robberies and domestic disputes. Adding insult to injury, her male superiors dismiss her, perpetuating a culture where female officers are an afterthought.

Im eisigen Norwegen lauert tödliche Kälte – und ein Mörder in der Dunkelheit. Der packende Kriminalroman vor der düsteren Kulisse Skandinaviens. Im hohen Norden Norwegens verschwinden Forscher von einer arktischen Wetterstation – ohne jede Spur. Kommissar Karl Sortland und sein neuer Partner Mats Samuelsson werden nach Bjørnøya entsandt, um das Mysterium zu lüften. Vor Ort erwarten sie eine verwüstete Forschungsstation, eine Leiche und eine schwer verletzte Stationsleiterin.