Forensic Crime Mystery

A cold case dating from the 1960s draws forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver to the Channel Islands decades later to shine a light on the mysterious connection between two men who died there on the same night.

Alex Torkelsson has just gotten word: His late uncle Magnus's plane has been found south of Hawaii's Big Island after 10 long years. So too have Magnus' few skeletal remains, now handed over to the only man who can fit together the pieces of this mystery. What forensic detective Gideon Oliver discovers could shake the Torkelsson family tree to its very roots. But this time his work is yielding more questions about the past than answers. Questions about the long-ago execution-style murder of Magnus's brother...about a mysterious will that benefits - as well as incriminates - its heirs.

When a young woman's body is discovered on a popular jogging trail in Birmingham, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts and his team are plunged into a disturbing murder investigation. Not only has the woman been violently stabbed - her head is missing. When a close examination of the crime scene results in a shocking discovery linking the present murder to a past crime, criminologist Will Traynor is brought in to assist the police. Aware of Traynor's troubled past, Watts is sceptical that he will bring anything useful to the investigation. He's about to be proved very wrong.

When a body is found half-submerged in a molten mud pot in one of Rotorua's famous geothermal wonderlands, forensics expert Alexa Glock spots a way to prolong her stay in New Zealand, which she has been visiting for work. Teeth are her expertise, and the investigation needs her help, as other ways of identifying the body may have...melted away. Joining Detective Inspector Bruce Horne and his team, Alexa discovers that the murder victim, a city councilman, had trespassed on an island sacred to the Maori.

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....

Jill Quint, MD, is a forensic pathologist, vintner, and future private investigator from California. She joins her three friends in Antwerp, Belgium. In the diamond industry hub of the world, they plan to enjoy their annual girlfriends’ vacation exploring the museums, food, and beer of Belgium and the Netherlands. When a medical emergency thrusts Jill and her friends into a deadly case, they team up with Belgian police and Interpol to uncover what is so valuable in the diamond trade that someone would be willing to kill for it.

Pediatrician Erica Rosen is stymied when two of her patients don't respond to medicine as expected. When other patients later develop strange, unexpected illnesses, she is determined to get to the bottom of it. Meanwhile, the department's newest pediatrician, Dr. Nilsen, appears to be trying to steal her patients. Erica suspects he is after her job as the clinic director. She also discovers Dr. Nilsen has become romantically involved with her trusted assistant, Martha.

I de minsta av städer finns de största hemligheterna. Ibland så stora att mord är det enda sättet att bevara dem. Efter att hennes äktenskap går i kras söker den danska läkaren Maja Holm tillflykt i en avlägsen norsk kuststad. I ett försök att glömma sitt förflutna och orka med de dygnslånga arbetspassen på det lokala sjukhusets vårdcentral självmedicinerar hon med både alkohol och läkemedel, något som hennes omgivning snart börjar uppmärksamma. När en av hennes akutpatienter dör av en överdos får hennes känslomässiga bedövning ett abrupt slut.

Keine Lüge hat Bestand, wenn die Toten sprechen! Die toughe Expertin der Gerichtsmedizin, Cassie Raven, löst ihren 2. Fall: "Wer mit den Toten spricht" ist der 2. Teil der außergewöhnlichen Forensik-Thriller-Reihe "Raven & Flyte ermitteln" aus England. Cassie Raven, Assistentin der Rechtsmedizin mit einer Vorliebe für Piercings und Tattoos, ist für gewöhnlich hart im Nehmen. Als ihre geliebte Großmutter ihr jedoch gesteht, sie jahrelang über den Tod ihrer Eltern belogen zu haben, ist Cassie tief erschüttert.

Eine grausame Mordserie und nur eine Psychologie-Professorin kann das Rätsel entschlüsseln... Der hochspannende und packende Thriller von Matthias Ernst. London: Ein Serienkiller tötet und verstümmelt junge Frauen. Die Polizistin Olivia Jenner ist überzeugt davon, dass es sich bei dem Täter um den Putney-Slasher handelt, der sieben Jahre zuvor mehrere Frauen auf die gleiche Weise ermordete. Das Problem: Der Hauptverdächtige wurde damals angeschossen und ist seitdem bei vollem Bewusstsein in einem gelähmten Körper gefangen.

Manchmal ist der Weg in die Vergangenheit die einzige Chance, die Gegenwart zu retten. Es ist Winter in North Carolina. Mit den Temperaturen sinkt auch die Verbrechensrate, und die forensische Anthropologin Tempe Brennan kann sich um ihre Tochter Kathy kümmern, die nach ihrem Einsatz bei der Armee wieder im Zivilleben angekommen ist. Doch dann machen Mutter und Tochter auf der Veranda eine grausige Entdeckung: ein Paket mit einem menschlichen Augapfel.

A well-known scientist, who has recently discovered an effective vaccine for cocaine addiction, dies from anaphylaxis after a routine injection in the office of his allergist, Dr. Leonard Haberman. A malpractice lawsuit ensues, fanned by a politically ambitious senator. Questions arise when it is discovered that the cocaine vaccine specifications are missing along with the head technician who worked closely with the deceased scientist. CBI Agent Ben Locke connects these events with a cold case involving the mysterious death of another scientist.

Bei Ausgrabungsarbeiten in New York werden 30 Leichen eines Serienmörders entdeckt, der um das Jahr 1870 sein Unwesen getrieben hat. Allen Toten ist gemeinsam, dass Teile der unteren Wirbelsäule entfernt wurden. Nachforschungen des Agenten Pendergast führen zu einem Professor Enoch Leng, der im neunzehnten Jahrhundert eine Raritätenschau betrieb, ein sogenanntes Kuriositätenkabinett.

Im Museum of Natural History in New York findet man zwei grausam zugerichtete Leichen. Da man kurz vor der Eröffnung einer Ausstellung steht, will die Museumsleitung nicht viel Aufhebens um die beiden Toten machen. Doch dann werden weitere verstümmelte Leichen entdeckt, die immer von einem seltsamen Gestank begleitet werden...

For software pioneer Martin Post, the third richest man in America, his private compound on the Florida coast is a sunny no-man’s-land separating his family from the rest of the world. Now, expert forensic analysts Ellie Carr and Rachael Davies of the renowned Locard Institute have been summoned to its dark side. Martin’s pregnant daughter, Ashley, had ventured on a day trip in her motorboat into the Gulf, only to wash up dead on a nearby shore. Although the local coroner determined her death was an accident, Ellie and Rachael soon confirm Martin’s gravest fear: His daughter was murdered.

Michael Kough is an Australian virologist and degenerate loser who accidentally discovers a cure for the common cold. And a vaccine to neutralize all the world’s deadly viruses. He becomes the richest man in the world. And the most hunted. Dictators, multi-national drug companies and global criminal gangs circle like vultures for a chance to steal the secret to his Holy Grail of virus control.

Mutig, clever & hautnah an der Realität: Im Rechtsmedizin-Thriller "Mit kalter Präzision" von Bestseller-Autor Michael Tsokos ermittelt erstmals Dr. Sabine Yao aus Berlin. Der erste Teil von Michael Tsokos‘ neuer True-Crime-Thriller-Reihe. "Mit kalter Präzision" ist der Start der neuen rechtsmedizinischen Reihe von Michael Tsokos. Hauptfigur ist Dr. Sabine Yao, die wir bereits als Rechtsmedizinerin im Sektionssaal an der Seite von Dr. Fred Abel aus der berühmten Fred Abel-Thriller-Reihe von Michael Tsokos kennen.

In 1983, deep in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, the bodies of a young woman and two children were found. Who were they? How did they get there? Thirty years later, two women find themselves drawn to the cold case. Librarian Laura MacDonald begins her own investigation as a way to distract herself from breast cancer treatments and becomes consumed by her search for answers. Jean Martinez is a veteran detective determined to keep working cold cases for the Sierra County police force even as her family begs her to retire.

Würdest du morden, um dein Kind zu retten? Hippokratischer Eid oder Mutterliebe: Im rasanten Thriller "Die Herzchirurgin" wird Ärztin Anna Jones vor eine unmögliche Wahl gestellt. Was wiegt schwerer: Der Eid einer Ärztin, ihren Patienten niemals zu schaden – oder der Instinkt einer Mutter, ihr Kind zu beschützen, koste es, was es wolle? Als die erfolgreiche Herzchirurgin Anna Jones eines Abends nach Hause kommt, ist ihre Babysitterin tot, ihr kleiner Sohn verschwunden.

A heart-pounding hunt begins when 18-year-old Monica goes missing from a dig site with an archaeologist whose shady past spills into the present. The frantic search takes her aunt Claudia to Egypt, Gibraltar, and the UK, where Claudia's skills as a forensic handwriting expert of international renown are needed to help foil a deadly terrorist plot in which Monica may become a casualty.