International Police Procedurals

At the public execution of the anarchist assassin Laurent Moreau, the outgoing Chief Inspector warns his protégé, the newly promoted Lefebvre: “I’ve heard that some of Moreau’s cronies have sworn revenge. You don’t want to get killed your first week as chief.” Meanwhile, Lefebvre is charged with investigating the disappearance of the Baron de Livet, a brash millionaire with connections to Russian spies and a history of gambling, womanizing, and fighting in duels. The case is more complicated than it seems, of course....

Detective Ngaire Blakes is back on the case when a skeletonized murder victim is discovered - a crime that took place during the Springbok Tours of 1981. A period that pitted father against son, town against city, and police against protesters. When the victim is identified as Sam Andie, a young African American man transplanted from the States to NZ by his family, Ngaire must investigate whether racial motives were behind the death.

An unidentified man is fished out of the sea with an anchor strapped to his waist. And for DI Hal Challis, this sparks the beginning of a chilling series of shotgun killings. As Challis investigates, a farmer on the peninsula erupts into violence and is the target of a massive manhunt. And then Challis finds some aerial photographs in the possession of his friend Kitty that link her to the murders....

While enjoying a leisurely ride from Temecula to see their beloved San Diego Padres play, off-duty detective sergeants Bill Dix and Steve Petersen find themselves in the middle of a jaw dropping firefight… in broad daylight. The two can't believe their luck as this is the second vacation they've taken together that's turned out horribly wrong.

When the gutted body of a businessman is discovered in the Icelandic embassy in Berlin, Iceland's best detectives are sent to Germany to investigate the crime. The stab wounds and the murder weapon - an elegant hunting knife - suggest a ritualistic killing. But the only suspects present in the sleek modern office building were some of the island nation's cultural elite, including Jón the Sun Poet and ceramics artist Lúdvík Bjarnason.

Special agent indeed, Kandice Warner is everyone’s best friend. Talk about a Barbie doll! This female might have the same pretty-girl looks but even though she has a tender heart, she also has the resilience needed for a very successful FBI hostage negotiator. Feelings of inadequacy constantly force her to prove that she’s tough, and she demonstrates her courage when dealing with a murderous bank robber, a desperate jumper, being stalked, kidnapped, and beaten.

Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story...Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no suspect. Until, one night, on Mexico Street, a ghetto of high-rise blocks in the north of the city, a Fiat is torched. Only this car isn’t empty.

Retired Chicago homicide detective Jack Starkey is living what he calls every cop's retirement dream by owning a successful bar, the Drunken Parrot, and residing on a houseboat in Fort Myers Beach on Florida's Southwest Gulf Coast. Mostly, it's been working out just fine. He's dating the lovely Marisa Fernandez, who owns a real estate agency and supplements his usual diet of Pop-Tarts and diner food with gourmet Cuban cooking. But long-term serenity has never been Jack Starkey's destiny.

The bloody murder of a police captain in his hospital room exposes the particularly unsavory history of a man who spent 40 years practicing a horrible blend of strong-arm police work and shear brutality. Nonetheless, Martin Beck and his colleagues scour Stockholm for the murderer, a demented and deadly rifleman. As the tension builds and a feeling of impending danger grips Beck, his investigation unearths evidence of police corruption.

Claes Tillén och Peter van Rijssen, spanare vid länskriminalens Grova brottsrotel i Göteborg, är utlånade till Kalla fall-gruppen. De ger sig i kast med ett tjugo år gammalt fall – 22-åriga Jonna Eriksson som försvann spårlöst efter en fest i Torslanda sommaren 1993.

Can a father murder his only child? Kyla Gardener’s dead body is found on her bed one early morning. She had been stabbed multiple times. Her father, Paul, has blood stains on his shirt, and his fingerprints are all over the murder weapon. Paul has no memory of what happened.

"Helena repäisi loput kukkakimppua suojaavasta valkoisesta paperista. Kuuden valkoisen neilikan näkeminen pyörrytti häntä." Idyllisen ruotsalaisen pikkukaupungin Vimmerbyn laitamilta löydetään eräänä leutona kesäyönä ulkopaikkakuntalaisen naisen ruumis. Hänet on murhattu raa’asti, ja poliisitarkastaja William Johnson pääsee ensimmäistä kertaa johtamaan murhatutkintaa. Koska naisella ei ole tuttavia Vimmerbyssä, kaikki epäilykset kohdistuvat ensin hänen aviomieheensä, mutta vähitellen selviää, että kuvioissa oli myös toinen mies.

Una mañana de otoño, a la inspectora jefe Ingrid Bergman le llega la noticia del macabro hallazgo de un cuerpo descuartizado dentro de un congelador que se ha dejado en el aparcamiento de una zona recreativa de la ciudad. Durante el verano, se han denunciado las desapariciones de varios hombres y las pruebas demuestran que el cuerpo encontrado pertenece a uno de ellos, un hombre de familia que previamente había desaparecido sin dejar rastro en el camino de regreso a casa desde el trabajo.

Fredrik Broman, nyinflyttad polis från Stockholm, tjänstgör sin första sommar på Gotland. Sent en kväll blir han uppringd av en äldre man som beklagar sig över att en Volvo står felparkerad vid en badplats. Den luktar konstigt också. Som släke – rutten tång. Motvilligt åker Fredrik dit för att ta sig en titt. Den gamle mannen visar sig ha rätt. Det står en obehaglig stank kring bilen. En snabb blick i den vita takboxen ger förklaringen: inuti ligger resterna av en död man – han påminner om ett slaktat djur. En hektisk jakt på en brutal mördare drar i gång.

Nu i ny uppläsning av Reine Brynolfsson! Bara några dagar före midsommar hittas ett ungt par skjutet i en stuga vid havet på södra Gotland. Båda visar sig ha egyptiskt ursprung och mycket talar för ett rasistdåd. Men snart kompliceras fallet då en tredje person visar sig ha varit tillsammans med paret i huset.

They call the pool at the Beverly Glen Hotel "the naked hooker." To the frustration of the Beverly Hills police department, the women there are so high class that it's impossible to distinguish guests and girlfriends from professionals. Women flock to the lavish hotel because it teems with film stars, businessmen - and America's richest criminals. Tonight, to detective Masao Masuto's chagrin, there is the body of a naked man in the pool.

When a colleague extends his summer vacation, Inspector Salvo Montalbano is forced to stay in Vigàta and endure the August heat. Montalbano’s long-suffering girlfriend, Livia, joins him with a friend - husband and young son in tow - to keep her company during these dog days of summer. But when the boy suddenly disappears into a narrow shaft hidden under the family’s beach rental, Montalbano uncovers something terribly sinister.

Jubiläumsfolge mit doppelten Umfang! Das G-Team rechnet damit, dass in den USA ein islamistisch motivierter Terroranschlag mit Biowaffen kurz bevorsteht. Eine anonyme Mail führt nach Berlin. Mr High entscheidet, dass Sarah Hunter in ihrer Funktion als Biologin und Chemikerin sofort nach Deutschland aufbrechen soll, während Cotton und Decker in New York ermitteln. Schon bald wird klar, dass die Gefahr viel größer ist als angenommen.

Five walkers set out to climb Ben Lomond on a fine October day. Within hours the weather has taken a turn for the worst. The group find themselves lost on the mountain. Two of the climbers manage to make it back down and call for help. The following day a body is found. One of the female climbers has been strangled, and another man is missing without a trace. DCI Dani Bevan is called to the Loch Lomond town of Ardyle to lead the case.

Imagine Christmas in Paris and an uneasy feeling that something is very wrong in the case you are investigating. Chief of Police Nico Sirsky returns to work after recovering from a gunshot wound. He's in love and rearing to go. His first day back has him overseeing a jewel heist sting and taking on an odd investigation. Dental students discovered a message in the tooth of a severed head. Is it a sick joke?