True Crime Fiction

Rochelle Hawthorne is good at gardening. She is good at everything. As she lifts a pointed shovel from the rack in the secluded garden center, she wonders if she’ll also be good at disposing of her husband’s dead body. All this time, Rochelle believed she was the one who was broken, her barren womb unable to hold a child, the only thing she’s ever wanted in life. Until she accidentally finds the crumpled and faded paperwork in her husband’s briefcase — the one that tells of a secret, a secret he’s hidden from her for eight years.

After Evan’s latest case ends in disaster, he’s at the end of his tether — until fate throws him headlong into Linda Clayton's desperate world and a long-dead investigation that everybody wants to stay that way. But Evan never does what everybody wants, and he vows to find answers for her that he can’t find for himself. As the suspense ratchets up, he’s caught in a desperate fight for his life with a stone-cold killer who will stop at nothing to protect his secrets....

In the early morning hours of November 5, 1989, the calm of a seemingly typical Sunday morning was shattered by the ringing of gunfire. The shooting occurred in the home of one of Marston Hill’s most prominent medical malpractice attorneys, Daniel Broderick III. By the time police respondents arrived at the scene of the crime, there appeared to be no evidence of forced entry. However, what waited for them in the bedroom would be something that would be etched in their minds forever.

In this fascinating thriller, a virus is sweeping the country, and America's hospitals are no longer safe. Patients across the United States are checking into hospitals for routine procedures but never checking out. Join Dr. Isaac Carlson and his team of medical superstars as they race against the clock to defeat the mysterious illness and save lives. Joseph has the kind of life many people dream about: A challenging career, a house in the suburbs, and millions in the bank.

For years, the public believed The Morning Star Killer was dead. Special agent James Beamer and retired agent Reid Hoffman knew different. They searched the shadows for the notorious serial killer, but he was always one step ahead. With his need to bring the world to an end, The Plague Vendor presents the perfect smokescreen to allow The Morning Star Killer step out of the shadows and play his endgame.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful, naive young woman with fairy-tale dreams. Instead of happily ever after, Beauty became the obsession of a beast. One who only found true pleasure in the vicious acts he committed. Caught within his web of cruelty, her merciless dance for survival begins. Will Beauty be able to outmaneuver the Beast? Or, will he take the ultimate sadistic prize?

33-årige Janne dödades av en fjärrutlöst bomb som apterats i hans bil. Dådet utfördes mitt i Helsingfors i juli 2002 och gav upphov till långtgående spekulationer. Efter en intensiv utredning lyckades helsingforspolisen klarlägga bakgrunden - som visade sig ganska krånglig. Mordet var ett beställningsjobb, där uppdragsgivaren ville göra sig av med Janne för att han inte längre skulle "stå i vägen" för honom och hans flickvän. I Nordisk kriminalkrönika berättar poliser själva om sina mest uppmärksammade, omskakande, och svåra fall.

Det låter som sånt som händer i sagor, du vet filmer. Fast sånt händer i verkligheten. När jag berättar här, det låter så... man kan tro att det inte händer... men det gör det, man måste uppleva det för att överhuvudtaget kunna förstå det. Att alltså, att typ styvmödrar är taskiga emot en... Så inledde Beatrice sitt första förhör i november 2011. Förhörsledaren försökte enträget att lista ut vad vittnesmålet handlade om, men informationen som skulle uppenbaras var något som han aldrig skulle kunnat föreställa sig.

Cazador de viejas en Viena - Harald Sassak. Dramatizado, con música y efectos. Viena, 1971. El joven Harald Sassak acepta la proposición de su amigo Johans Scharadisch para desvalijar a unas cuantas ancianas en sus domicilios, con la idea de reunir así una buena cantidad de dinero y salir del país. Es un trabajo fácil y no van a encontrar resistencia.

Efter år av misshandel fick Lorena Bobbit nog ... Natten den 23 juni 1993 fick John Wayne Bobbitt berömmelse av ett slag som ingen man någonsin önskar sig. Hans fru Lorena fick nog efter åratal av misshandel och skar av hans penis medan han sov. Därefter körde hon iväg i sin bil och kastade ut den avskurna penisen genom bilfönstret ut på en åker. Lorens friades senare för brottet med hänvisning till tillfällig sinnes förvirring. Vad för ont kan mannen ha gjort för att hon skulle fatta beslutet att korta ner hans mandom? Och vad hände med de två efteråt?

Wahres Verbrechen aus Argentinien: Die Geschichte, die Rodolfo Walsh in diesem Hörbuch erzählt, ereignete sich in einem Land, das in weiterer Ferne zu liegen scheint als das Jahr 1966, in dem sich die Ereignisse tatsächlich zugetragen haben. Deshalb kann man ohne Schwierigkeit den Vorschlag des Autors akzeptieren und seinen Text als einfachen Kriminalroman betrachten. Im Vordergrund des Hörbuches steht der Tod eines sympathischen Schlägers und Glücksspiel-Unternehmers mit dem Namen Rosendo García.

After an illicit liaison with his mistress, the owner of a private sanitation company in New York is murdered. His wife, aware of the affair, first believes it could be the motivation for the killing. But when her garbage truck drivers are attacked by her husbands “associates”, the district attorney assigns Detective Frank Miranda to infiltrate the organized crime family running the garbage cartel. Family values are questioned...temptation and loneliness create unfortunate bedfellows.

Early one morning, a young woman awakens alone in an unfamiliar hospital room, with no recollection of her own identity. She feels no emotion, no physical pain, and is puzzled when the staff at the facility offers no explanation for her injuries. Assigned a temporary name and invited to meet other residents, she listens to their stories. Slowly, the sealed doors of her mind begin to unlock, flooding her with the pain of her own recent traumatic experience.

By day, he wears a mask, concealing his true nature from the world. By night, he conducts his plans, carefully composing death for those deemed less worthy in his eyes of existence. When bodies of convicted felons start turning up, Detective Gregory Shaw is called upon to investigate. His suspicions fall on a well-known attorney, but can he prove his hunch holds merit?

Pinkerton Detective Caleb Lincoln struggles against the worst natural disaster ever to strike the US - the 1900 Galveston hurricane - while fighting for his own life during the investigation into the murder of the Texas philanthropist whose estate founded Rice University in Houston in 1912. Chased by a mysterious assassin paid to stop him from finding the truth, Lincoln races across a continent and back before meeting his nemesis on the battlefield of a famous Texas hill even as the monumental Spindletop oil gusher explodes in the background.

Two youths, Sam and Stacie, live their college years in full symbiosis. Year in and year out, their circumstances and ambitions change. The two main characters separate and live two parallel lives. After some time, coincidentally, their fates will cross again but the background is no longer the carefree time of their lives during college.

Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863-1938) was an English author best known for his adventure and detective fiction. He also wrote supernatural and fantasy stories. 'The Battersea Flat Mystery' is the true story of a particularly unusual unsolved murder in the Battersea area of London. A man is found shot on the stairs outside the empty flat below the one where his ex-mistress lives and where his son is visiting for supper. A mysterious stranger is seen running from the scene.

Shotguns and Stagecoaches tells the true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives....

In the first part of the 19th century, many young men held a secret longing to abandon their lives in North Shields, along with their homes and families, and sail away to distant lands in search of wealth, romance, and adventure. John Margetts was not one of them! He disappeared one night under the most unnatural circumstances.

I en skov et sted i Sverige mødes tre mænd. To yngre og en ældre. Den ældre har en udfordring til de to yngre. Det gennemsikrede værdihåndteringsselskab i udkanten af Stockholm. Et umuligt kup, men manden har en idé. Fire måneder senere, tidligt på morgenen d. 23. september går alarmen i G4S-bygningen i Västberga. Det er optakten til et af de mest spektakulære røverier verden har set. Fire røvere flyver en helikopter op på taget af G4S bygningen i Väsberga og borer sig nu ned og ind til bankboksen.