Police Adventures

Un productor de Hollywood aparece muerto dentro del maletero de su coche. Parece que la mafía está detrás del asunto. Harry Bosch lleva dieciocho meses sin investigar un homicidio: ha sido apartado temporalmente del cuerpo. Junto con Jerry Edgar y Kiz Rider forma un equipo de tres detectives. El primer caso al que se enfrentan es el asesinato de Tony Aliso, productor de películas porno en Hollywood, encontrado muerto en el maletero de su Rolls Royce.

Harry Bosch, detective de la Policía de Los Ángeles, ha sido siempre un solitario. Hijo de una prostituta asesinada, fue criado en orfanatos y quedó luego marcado por la dura experiencia de Vietnam. Ahora, un caso rutinario de muerte por sobredosis le devuelve a su pasado. La víctima, Billy Meadows, había servido en su misma unidad. Ambos eran "ratas de túnel", ambos combatieron en los túneles del Viet Cong y ambos habían experimentado el horror del "eco negro".

Wibble & Pplimz, the Crucible's most unusual private investigators, must set off from their office in Hub City to clear the name of a former client. Along the way, their investigation broadens from a simple accusation of theft to include a missing person, a potential murder, and a highly unusual gem.

Top Texas Ranger investigator Jake Morgan heads home to wait out an administrative leave of absence from the Rangers, but Jake’s return to his Midwest town turns perilous when he asks probing questions about the bizarre death of his best friend, Gage Burnell. Morgan’s return home fans the embers of his first love, Pam Mitchell, whose family members are the most likely suspects in the murder of Burnell.

When an officer's murder in Biscayne National Park threatens to expose a corrupt agency, one man is tasked with finding the killer, but he’s running into a wall of organizational conspiracy built to conceal a devious plot. Special Agent Kurt Hunter is fighting to find the truth hidden behind a maze of twisted coworkers and interagency tensions. From the glamorous Intracoastal Waterway of Miami to the natural beauty of Biscayne National Park, this new mystery from best-selling author Steven Becker reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly of South Florida.

Skyrocketing boat sales have made the waters of South Florida increasingly dangerous by turning quiet backwater coves into venues for huge sandbar parties - and not everyone is there for a good time. Along with the fun-seeking crowds come the worst elements of Miami society. When a boat is found adrift in the national park with the body of a DEA agent aboard, Special Agent Kurt Hunter is caught in the crossfire between the city’s seedy underbelly and the natural habitat he’s sworn to protect.

A gruesome murder linking to a famous painting sends FBI Criminal Profiler Eli Archer down a path of lies, deceit...and infatuation. Eli Archer has been called many things at the Bureau, but carefree and light-hearted aren’t two of them. As one of the FBI’s top criminal profilers, Eli spends his days inside the minds of sadistic serial killers, and he’s got the brooding eyes and permanently packed suitcase to prove it. Days, murderers, and dead bodies blend together until he gets a call about a homicide that’s shockingly similar to a case that haunts him.

Carter Crossing, Mississippi, marzo 1997. La ragazza è bellissima, vestita di bianco e con la gola tagliata. La cittadina è piccola e non conterebbe nulla se nelle vicinanze non sorgesse Fort Kelham, un'importante base dell'esercito, in cui sono di stanza due compagnie di Ranger, una delle quali è comandata dal capitano Riley, figlio del senatore che presiede la Commissione sui servizi armati.

Can murder ever be justified? When a prominent judge is found stabbed to death on Valentine's weekend in what appears to be a crime of passion, homicide detective Maggie Novak knows her skills are about to be put on trial. Bobby Russell is everybody's favorite judge, and at first Maggie is hard-pressed to find anyone with anything bad to say about him, let alone someone harboring a hatred so deep that they will kill him over it.

After suffering a traumatic head injury while playing softball, 14-year-old Deidre “Dee-Dee” Olsen is alarmed and confused when she sees unfamiliar people that no one else can see and initially dismisses her condition as a side effect of her injury. But when she sees and communicates with her deceased father, Dee-Dee realizes that the people she is seeing are the spirits of the departed.

En el tramo final de su carrera, el detective Josh Lauper, se encuentra ante uno de los peores casos de su intachable trayectoria. Junto a su compañera, Margaret Casidi, presencia el escenario de un crimen espeluznante: tirado en una orilla del río Kansas, yacen los restos de un muchacho con los genitales abrasados y evidentes signos de violencia. Los primeros indicios apuntan a un ajuste de cuentas, pero la realidad es mucho más aterrador e inquietante. Al margen, dispuesto a concluir lo empezado, el verdugo prosigue ejecutando su plan.

Sherlock Holmes receives a delicate mission. King Cetshwayo, representing the Zulu from South Africa, was poisoned during his stay in London. A swift and discrete investigation is necessary.

Sein ganzes Leben lang wurde Thordric gesagt, dass seine Magie gefährlich sei und er sie niemals benutzen dürfe. In ganz Dinia werden Halbmagier auf dieselbe Weise behandelt. Ihre Magie wird als gefährlich und unkontrollierbar gebrandmarkt.Als Hochmagier Kalljard unter mysteriösen Umständen stirbt, fällt es dem jungen Thordric zu, den Fall zu lösen. Das Problem?

Nikki began to shed a tear as her finely manicured, slender fingers stroked the oversized wooden casket sprinkled with knotholes, splinters, and other imperfections that housed the small body of Kamari Prescott. A young boy who seemed to love life despite its harsh realities. Kamari had been befriended by abuse far too often in his battered young life and visited by death much too early than what Nikki believed the good Lord intended. As she stood wondering if there was more she could have done or should have done, she began to ponder the injustice of it all.

Being a cop was never something that Riley was very good at. But now, as she must become a vigilante to clear her name, she finds new reserves of strength and courage, all with a healthy dose of sarcasm. With her name and photo splashed across the nightly news, Riley should leave the city ASAP. Instead, she decides to stay undercover and track down the real killer. But somebody knows that Riley is still in the game, and soon the police are the least of her worries as a sexy assassin starts closing in. Can she become the hero the city needs without getting herself killed?