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Maui is sacred places, ancient artifacts, and the dark lava of deepest passions.

Nothing ever goes easy for detectives Lei Texeira and Michael Stevens. An investigation into heiau desecrations must take a backseat to the emergence of an enemy who targets those closest to them, leaving shrouds as a calling card. Lei and Stevens face challenges of the body, mind, and heart in this seventh in the best-selling Lei Crime Series.

When an old man sees an unidentified Civil War photograph of a woman in the newspaper, he begins a desperate search for a 160-year-old painting that he believes will match the image of the enigmatic woman in the photograph, and if it does, it will prove that his great-great-grandfather did not run from battle. After the old man hires Sean O’Brien to find the mysterious painting, O’Brien discovers it’s linked to a secret letter and map that will lead to a trapdoor where a hidden key to the most horrific war on US soil lies buried.

Inspector Green is coping with an office job, still eager to get back into the day-to-day fray of policing. His chance comes when an unidentified woman is drowned in the Ottawa River. In her possession is a Medal for Bravery from a peacekeeping mission. As Green and his team dig deeper into the military past, Green finds himself sucked not only into the murky past of a peacekeeping unit but into the high-stakes present of a federal election race. What crime was committed in Yugoslavia more than a decade ago? Is someone still killing to prevent that secret from coming to light?

St. Louis Police Department psychologist PJ Gray applies a new virtual-reality investigative technology to a new case involving a serial killer who mutilates his victims and finds that she must step into the mind of a murderer to prevent her own death.

Accident or suicide? That's the simple question put to Inspector Michael Green when a derelict stranger falls to his death from an abandoned church tower in a quiet river village at the edge of his jurisdiction. But when the victim turns out be a long-lost son of a local farm family cursed in recent years by tragedy, madness, and death, Green begins to suspect something far more sinister is at work. Probing the family's past, he uncovers a toxic mix of rigid fundamentalism, teenage rebellion, and a family secret so horrific that 20 years later, someone is still desperate to prevent the truth from coming to light.

In this second mystery featuring Chief Inspector Peter Cammon, the veteran detective is lured out of retirement once more. With a familiar cast of characters reacquainting themselves with readers of the series, the novel follows Peter as he embarks on his seemingly simple assignment: Travel to Canada to retrieve the body of a murdered Scotland Yard colleague. But Peter can’t resist delving into the oddities of the crime. His colleague was brutally attacked, run over by a car, and then dumped into a canal - all seemingly for the theft of three letters from the American Civil War era, one of which is signed by John Wilkes Booth.

En un degradado barrio proletario de Edimburgo aparece asesinado un sin papeles. ¿Podría tratarse de violencia racista o de algo distinto? Sin dudarlo, Rebus se vuelca en el caso. Sin embargo, el inspector se enfrenta en esos momentos a otros problemas: han cerrado su antigua comisaría y sus jefes quieres que se retire, pero Rebus es más obstinado que nadie.

In ihrem Spiekeroog-Urlaub wird Hauptkommissarin Hella Brandt von den Inselpolizisten um Unterstützung gebeten. Ein alter Mann, der seit vielen Jahren zurückgezogen auf der Insel lebt, ist tot aufgefunden worden. Die Obduktion ergibt, dass er erstickt wurde. Doch weder auf der Insel noch auf dem Festland findet sich ein Motiv für die Tat. Mysteriöser noch: Der Mann scheint keine Vergangenheit zu haben. Niemand weiß, wo er vor seinem Ruhestand gelebt und gearbeitet hat. Alle Ermittlungen führen ins Leere, bis Hella einen ersten Hinweis im Haus des Opfers entdeckt ...

When a dead man is lifted from the freezing waters of Oslo Harbour just before Christmas, Detective Lena Stigersand's stressful life suddenly becomes even more complicated. Not only is she dealing with a cancer scare, a stalker and an untrustworthy boyfriend, but it seems both a politician and Norway's security services might be involved in the murder. With her trusted colleagues, Gunnarstranda and Frølich, at her side, Lena digs deep into the case and finds that it not only goes to the heart of the Norwegian establishment, but it might be rather too close to her personal life for comfort.

Rügen sehen und sterben - Romy Becarre glaubt, auf Rügen ein wenig zur Ruhe zu kommen. Doch kaum hat sie sich auf ihrer neuen Dienststelle eingerichtet, hat sie ihren ersten Fall. Nach einem anonymen Anruf findet die Polizei auf dem Gelände einer Fischfabrik im Sassnitzer Hafen die Leiche des seit anderthalb Tagen vermissten Kai Richardt. Der 45-jährige Geschäftsmann, Familienvater und Triathlet aus Bergen, verlor im Keller eines Lagerhauses sein Leben.

When an old man dies a seemingly natural death in a parking lot, only Inspector Michael Green finds it suspicious. Something about the closed case has caught his eye - why did the victim have a mysterious gash on his head, inflicted around the time of his death? Talking to the man's family only increases Green's curiosity. They are obviously hiding something about the old man, who lived in isolation as though avoiding painful memories. A search of his house turns up an old tool box with a hidden compartment containing a German ID card from World War II.

Vor über zwanzig Jahren wurden die Eltern der Hauptkommissarin Enna Andersen brutal ermordet. Der zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilte Ronald Grothe beteuert von Anfang an seine Unschuld und hofft nach seiner Freilassung auf eine Wiederaufnahme des Verfahrens. Inzwischen zweifelt auch Enna an dem Urteil des Gerichts. Sie nimmt sich drei Wochen frei, um den wahren Täter auf eigene Faust zu suchen. Eine Spur führt sie in die ehemalige Hamburger Anwaltskanzlei ihres Vaters, eine andere zu zwei Mandanten, die Ennas Vater vor Gericht verteidigt hat.

En una tarde brumosa, cuatro turistas viajan a Ronda para admirar el Puente Nuevo, una construcción de casi cien metros de altura. Debido al mal tiempo, tres de ellos deciden regresar al hotel. El fiscal malagueño Álvaro Pérez se queda solo haciendo fotos, mientras su esposa sueca, Marianne, y sus amigos lo esperan en el hotel durante horas. Cuando al día siguiente su cuerpo aparece destrozado en un barranco, asignan el caso al inspector Héctor Correa, de la Policía Nacional de Málaga.

Le donne della famiglia Jackson, Indiana e Amanda, madre e figlia, sono molto legate pur essendo diverse come il giorno e la notte. Indiana, che esercita come medico olistico, è una donna libera e fiera della propria vita bohémienne. Sposata e poi separatasi molto giovane dal padre di Amanda, è riluttante a lasciarsi coinvolgere sentimentalmente, che sia con Alan, ricco erede di una delle famiglie dell'élite di San Francisco, o con Ryan, enigmatico e affascinante ex navy seal dell'esercito americano, ferito durante una delle sue ultime missioni.

Hugo Martins é policial há menos de um mês quando dois corpos que tiveram os corações arrancados são encontrados em uma propriedade rural de um pequeno município catarinense. Enquanto avança em sua primeira investigação, ele é transportado para dentro de um perigoso jogo de vida e morte, no qual precisará enfrentar um adversário cruel, que não mede esforços para acobertar seus rastros.

Beccarres neuer Fall: Ein Zwanzigjähriger wird erschlagen im Jasmund aufgefunden. Romy steht vor einem fast unlösbaren Rätsel - bis sie auf einen cold case stößt, den Tod eines Mädchens, und eine Verbindung ziehen kann.

Tony Colletti, a good suburban cop and father of a child with autism, finds himself drawn into the controversy over the apparent but rarely acknowledged connection between childhood vaccines and autism. His quest to uncover the truth forces him to risk all he holds dear while confronting corrupt government officials, the powerful pharmaceutical industry, and disturbing elements of his own past. Even while holding down his job and dealing with family crises, Colletti spearheads the drive to contend with industrial espionage, Russian gangsters, and sexual predators.

Malaje. (De mal ángel.) 1. adj. Dicho de una persona: Desagradable, que tiene mala sombra (Fuente: RAE). Los inspectores Jiménez y Villanueva se huelen que la cosa no está para bromas. Todo el mundo parece estar loco detrás de "la sagrada lanza" con la que Longinos hirió a Cristo -solamente falta Indiana Jones-. Pero los dos detectives saben que tras el robo de este objeto hay algo más... un plan diabólico que los llevará a un infierno muy particular.

Sterbehilfe – oder Mord? "Vergänglich" ist der 5. Medizin-Krimi von Sabine Fitzek, der mit Insider-Wissen und brisanten Einblicken in unser Gesundheitssystem punktet. Vom Mitarbeiter eines Pflegedienstes wird der Berliner Kommissar Kammowski zu einem Todesfall gerufen. Auf den ersten Blick sieht alles nach einer assistierten Selbsttötung mithilfe eines Schweizer Vereins für Sterbehilfe aus – der 72-jährige Theodor von Hausmann war unheilbar an ALS erkrankt und hat einen Abschiedsbrief hinterlassen.

Although the citizens of Berkeley are famously tolerant, that progressive attitude disappears at the property line between the homes of Dr. Hasbrouck Diamond and Leila Sandoval. In the Berkeley hills , there are no worse neighbors than Diamond and Sandoval. What began as a tiff about garbage cans and street parking has exploded into full-blown war, drawing in the city, the press, and now—to the irritation of detective Jill Smith—the police department.