Urban Fiction Police

It's easy to kill a man. It's hard to kill a man well. A 29-year-old man lives alone in his Glasgow flat. The telephone rings; a casual conversation, but behind this a job offer. The clues are there if you know to look for them. He is an expert. A loner. Freelance. Another job is another job, but what if this organization wants more? A meeting at a club. An offer. A target: Lewis Winter, a necessary sacrifice that will be only the first step in an all-out war between crime syndicates the likes of which hasn't been seen for decades. It's easy to kill a man.

Toni Trinidad es un atípico policía de pueblo. Un tipo solitario e imperturbable, pero que se desmaya si ve una sola gota de sangre, sobre todo si es suya. Sin embargo, su tranquila existencia está a punto de cambiar: su puesto de trabajo pende de un hilo y por si esto fuera poco, su hermana Vega ―una de las pocas personas que le importan en este mundo― ha contraído una deuda que no puede pagar con un cruel narcotraficante de la zona que se hace llamar el Colmenero.

Zweiter Teil der Krimi-Reihe um Kommissarin Vivien Stein. Mit viel ostfriesischem Charme, spannenden Charakteren und einer Prise Humor. Der malerische Hafen in Greetsiel birgt eine unangenehme Überraschung: Die Leiche eines wohlhabenden Anwohners wird aus dem Wasser geborgen. Vivien Stein und Tamme Martens erfahren schnell, dass das Opfer im Ort sehr unbeliebt war. Niemand scheint um ihn zu trauern. Bei ihren Befragungen stoßen Vivien Stein und Tamme Martens nicht nur auf verschlossene Türen und schweigsame Zeugen, sondern auch auf seltsame Gerüchte.

The number one priority for Bradley Reynolds of Maryland's Organized Crime Taskforce is Andre Hector Federico. The mob boss is old school - a devoted family man, treacherous as hell, and paranoid enough to have escaped Reynolds's sting. Now Reynolds has a new plan: enlist prize-winning crime novelist Alan Seybold to concoct a foolproof chapter-by-chapter scenario on how to lure Federico out of his safe zone and collar him. There's just one condition: Seybold has to play by the rules of real life.

Officer Norman Green is your typical human rookie, which means he'll need to watch his back in this city full of vampires, homicidal leprechauns, and the occasional meth-head gator-shifter. Underpaid and overwhelmed, Green's only hope of surviving his first year on patrol is Heather Valance, his werewolf field training officer who scares the everliving shift out of him.

Following the devastation of World War III, nuclear radiation has spawned magic, ranging from nuisance koppa oni plaguing the Golden Gate to masters of the elements. It falls to the FBI's supernatural quads and their supervisors to protect those who can't protect themselves.

When rookie patrol officer Rose Brighton chases a suspect down an alley, she finds herself in the middle of every cop’s nightmare—staring down at a dead body with two bullet holes from her gun...in his back. He’s dead and now she has to explain it, which is going to be a problem because what happened was so strange, she doesn’t understand it herself. Rose must unravel the mystery of what happened and who she really is—a witch of the House of Rose. If she doesn’t figure it out fast, there will be more bodies, including her own.

Detective Joe Lazarus works for the Dying Squad, solving crimes the living police can't. When the Generation Killer starts wiping out Manchester's innocents, Joe and his new partner Bits have mere hours to catch the murderer. A young woman's life depends on it. Joe's former partner Daisy-May has her own problems. Children are going missing in the afterlife, and she's the only one who seems to care. Her investigation uncovers a conspiracy so vast, it threatens both the living and the dead.

"Buicks gibt es überall..." Eines Morgens taucht an einer Tankstelle ein alter Buick auf. Der geheimnisvolle Fahrer verschwindet, und schließlich zeigt sich, dass der Straßenkreuzer genauso wenig ein Buick ist, wie der schwarzgekleidete Fahrer ein Mensch. Der Wagen entwickelt ein ungewöhnliches Eigenleben.

A story about good cops versus bad cops amid a crooked, criminal, and political regime. Based in the capital city of Ohio, the stories surround a diverse group of Columbus detectives. Against all odds, the team takes on the inestimable task of maintaining integrity and staying alive while bringing the city to justice from top to bottom.

Looking for clues about her sister’s death amid the crumbling decay of a derelict and near-deserted London neighbourhood, urban explorer Connie Darke makes a terrifying discovery: William Stark, the estate’s architect and long-time resident, is hanging from the church’s vaulted ceiling. For DI Lew Kirby, there’s no doubt that Stark was lured to his death—but who wanted him dead, and why? As Connie begins a covert investigation, desperate to find a connection to her sister, Kirby soon discovers that the remaining residents have something to hide.

In the spring of 1981, Parker City is rocked by a series of brutal murders. Unthinkable crimes the likes of which are unheard of in the close-knit community. Under great pressure from the powers-that-be, it is made clear to newly minted Parker City Police Detectives Ben Winters and Tommy Mason that their first case could very well be their last if they can't catch the killer. Decades later, after distinguished careers in law enforcement, Ben and Tommy find themselves on the eve of retirement. But in their final days on the job, their very first case comes back to haunt them.

Agentin Kimberley Reynolds ist beim FBI zuständig für seltsame, übernatürliche und schlichtweg okkulte Dinge. Leider gibt es in den Keller-Akten beklagenswerte Lücken, so dass sie nach dem rätselhaften Anruf eines Ex-Kollegen ziemlich blindlings nach Wisconsin reisen muss. Ungünstigerweise hat dort ein Eistornado Stadtverwaltung und Polizeirevier in einen Trümmerhaufen verwandelt und Patrick Henderson ist spurlos verschwunden. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass er gewaltsam entführt wurde - von etwas, das kein Mensch war.

Der Berufsmagier Aillard Blackwood wird nach einer Inhaftierung durch das New Scotland Yard in deren Dienste als paranormaler Berater gestellt. Nachdem die Polizei sich in Sackgassen verrennt, sehen sie diese ungewöhnliche Kooperation als letzte Chance. Die knallharte Polizeibeamtin Sergeant Paxton wird von ihrem Vorgesetzten dazu verdonnert, den schrulligen Magier in ihre Ermittlungen einzubinden. Der Fall, an dem sie aktuell arbeiten, soll sich als verzwickter und gefährlicher erweisen als bisher angenommen.

Police inspector Cecilie Mars is a different kind of cop. She has a heavy cocaine habit, fantasizes about vigilante violence, and constantly falls in love with men she shouldn’t. Late one night, while tailing a suspect, Mars makes an ill-fated choice that has far-reaching consequences. Unluckily for her, her misstep has been observed and filmed. Now, an anonymous foe is threatening to reveal the truth unless she submits to his terrifying agenda.

A woman witnesses from her bedroom window a violent assault on her elderly neighbor, and becomes embroiled in something much larger involving a criminal gang. They want her eliminated. DCI Allison has his work cut out as he tries to close his file on Kelland and Paulson, in the sex trafficking case, together with a number of other crimes linked to the OCG.

TV investigative reporter Topher Davis, the only Black journalist on that beat, has exactly three weeks to do one final story before his position is eliminated due to corporate budget cuts. Enlisting the aid of his sister, SFPD Homicide Detective Lynn Sloan, he decides to investigate what the families of Blacks killed by police—and the families of the cops themselves—go through when tragic events like this occur. Instead, they find themselves involved in an ever-expanding mystery as more officers who’ve committed the same offense turn up dead.

Some secrets never die. When the mutilated corpse of an ex-con is found in the bowels of an old church, haunting Biblical verses scrawled at the crime scene speak of divine retribution, and a killer hellbent on revenge. Special Crimes detective Tom “Doc” Holliday doesn't need his fickle clairvoyance to see that a murder like this is only the beginning.

Detective Joe Lazarus is missing. The Dying Squad are on the case, but following reports of his sighting, signs suggest he may have fallen back into his criminal ways. A new drug is taking the world by storm. Spook allows the living to see the dead, but its effects are often fatal. The Dying Squad's visit to a Berlin nightclub quickly turns their search into an entirely more sinister case.

I used to work for the Telepath’s Guild before they kicked me out for a drug habit that wasn’t entirely my fault. Now I work for the cops, helping Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino put killers behind bars. My ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes me the best interrogator in the department. But the normals keep me on a short leash. When the Tech Wars ripped the world apart, the Guild stepped up to save it. But they had to get scary to do it - real scary.