German Detectives

Experience the first episode of the Baumgartner & Momsen detective story series for German learners on your stereo or headphones, at home or on the go! The narration style and speed of this audiobook is aimed at providing learners with real-world spoken German which is clearly understandable, not too fast, but also not too slow.

A thirteen-year-old secret is buried in the Colorado mountains. A K-9 handler and her aging German Shepherd are about to dig it up. When skeletal remains surface on a remote trail outside Elk Creek, newlywed SAR handler Gemma Hartley-Reyes and her veteran air-scent dog Kira are pulled into a cold case that no one in town wanted reopened. As Gemma trains a new recruit and navigates married life, the investigation uncovers a web of silence stretching back over a decade. Someone in Elk Creek knows exactly what happened. And they're watching Gemma get closer. Perfect for fans of Margaret ...

Winter in Elk Creek hides more than snow. Four months ago, Nathan Cross told everyone he was leaving town for a job in Utah. His truck was found at a rest stop near the border. His apartment was cleared out. His goodbyes were said. He never made it. When Gemma Hartley and her search-and-rescue dog Kira are called to investigate an avalanche debris field, they discover what the mountain has been hiding: Nathan's frozen body, buried since October, preserved by the cold—along with evidence that his death was no accident. Someone in Elk Creek is a murderer. And with the roads closed and the ...

Was steckt wirklich hinter dem Verbrechen in der Wohnanlage der Elderly Flowers? Sky und Connor ermitteln und suchen dabei Hilfe bei den Ghost Reapers. Doch ihre Ermittlungen sind alles andere als ungefährlich und was sie dabei herausfinden, legt einen grausamen Verdacht nahe. Als die Unheilige Nacht anbricht, geraten jedoch alle Ermittlungen in den Hintergrund.

A supremely disturbing thriller set in the ruins of the Third Reich by an internationally acclaimed master of historical suspense. Bernie Gunther had his first brush with evil as a policeman in 1930s Berlin and came to know it intimately as a private eye under the Nazis, when each case drew him...

‘The Silk Code had me absolutely hooked… A great storyline full of bravery, trust, love, survival, betrayal and determination.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Based on the true story of ‘Englandspiel’, one woman must race against the clock to uncover a traitor, even if it means...

The Case of The Dead Dowager A fancy ladies luncheon at a posh Richmond restaurant goes south when one of the ladies collapses on the table. Can Mic and K9 Angel solve the case? When Countess Dottie Borghase's friend, Camilla Rothrock, collapses at a lunch gathering of old friends, the Countess's only concern is to dial 911 for help. But Camilla's subsequent death has authorities buzzing about international safety, national security, and terrorism, because her son is decorated U.S. Army four-star General, Stuart Rothrock. As other restaurant patrons in Richmond meet similar fates, Michaela,...

Eigentlich ist der Fall abgeschlossen: Vor fünf Jahren wurde die Schülerin Andie Bell von ihrem Freund Sal Singh ermordet. Die Polizei ist sich sicher, dass es so war. Die ganze Stadt ist sich sicher. Alle - außer Pippa. Für ein Schulprojekt will sie den Fall noch einmal aufrollen. Bewaffnet mit ihrem Laptop, einer Diktiergerät-App und viel Mut beginnt Pippa, Fragen zu stellen. Doch bald merkt sie, dass nicht alle wollen, dass die dunklen Geheimnisse der Vergangenheit gelüftet werden ..

Two smalltown deaths reveal two bigtime killers… Millbury, Massachusetts 1923. While vacationing in New England, PI Jax Diamond and his courageous canine partner, Ace, bite off more than they can chew when they discover a dead body in the woods, and it vanishes before the lawmen show up. Laura Graystone, Broadway star, auto expert, and Jax’s heartthrob, is once again front and center digging for clues while trying to ditch an old boyfriend. That is, until her brother becomes Jax’s prime suspect. Then all hell breaks loose, and Ace is left in the lurch, tracking down leads with his new...

In the darkness reigning over wartime Nazi Berlin stood Paul Ogorzow, the sadist who was emerging from his cocoon of long-hidden hatred of women to make them all pay – leaping out of the dark to frighten to finally mastering the perfect weapon, the perfect spot to exact his judgement – the darkened S-Bahn train. This is the story of Nazi Germany’s most notorious serial killer, known as The S-Bahn Murderer, who used the wartime blackouts to commit brutal crimes against women beginning mid-1938. Inspired by true events and told by Detective Wilhelm Lüdtke – head of the Serious Crimes...

"Fred Berman brings the team to life. His well-paced delivery allows the story's laugh-out-loud humor to shine, particularly the dry one-liners and wisecracks from Corey and Andy...Berman's narration, along with the fun and engaging mystery, results in a thoroughly enjoyable listen." --...

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The guns of Navarone, huge and catastrophically accurate, embedded atop an impregnable iron fortress in the Mediterranean Sea. Twelve hundred British soldiers trapped on a nearby island, with no hope of rescue...

A darkly comic, speculative debut following an adrift Pakistani translator in London who attends a mysterious language school which boasts complete fluency in just ten days, but at a secret, sinister cost. Anisa Ellahi dreams of being a translator of “great works of literature,” but instead...

New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns with a propulsive new thriller featuring forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs (from The Bone Collector) as they investigate a series of arsons in New York City. When a harrowing arson in Manhattan burns a building...

Sechs Freunde. Ein Mörder. Wem kannst du trauen? Südengland an einem heißen Juliabend des Jahres 1983. Sechs Schulfreunde treffen sich, um gemeinsam im Wald zu zelten. Sie alle sind aufgeweckte Jugendliche und anarchisch, unerschrocken, schön, scheinbar für höhere Ziele geboren. Die erst vierzehnjährige Aurora kann kaum glauben, für ein paar Stunden zu ihrer Clique gehören zu dürfen. Am nächsten Morgen ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Dreißig Jahre später taucht in eben jenem Wald eine Leiche auf.

The stakes turn deadly aboard a gambling riverboat. New York City, 1923. After three easy cases explode into a mess of major crimes, PI Jax Diamond is ready to throw in the towel on his job. He can barely make ends meet, so how will he ever give Laura, his fiancée, the comfortable life that she deserves? In the nick of time, one of his wealthy clients makes him an offer he can’t refuse – a side job on a gambling steamboat making a thousand bucks a week. But Laura and Ace, their loyal companion, smell something fishy about the steamboat captain. With the help of their friends and a ...

Experience the fourth episode of the Baumgartner & Momsen detective story series for German learners on your stereo or headphones, at home or on the go! The narration style and speed of this audio book is aimed at providing learners with real-world spoken German which is clearly understandable, not too fast, but also not too slow.

Es sieht nicht gut aus für Detective Nick Belsey: Er hat einen Haufen Schulden - verursacht durch zwei hartnäckige Exfrauen und einen ausschweifenden Lebenswandel -, kein Dach mehr über dem Kopf und ein Disziplinarverfahren am Hals. Fieberhaft überlegt er, wie er sich aus dem Staub machen könnte. Da landet ein Fall auf seinem Schreibtisch: Ein russischer Oligarch aus dem reichsten Stadtteil Londons, Hampstead Heath, ist spurlos verschwunden.

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House...

Eigentlich wollte der Kommissar in Maigret hat Angst nur seinen alten Studienfreund Chabot in Fontenay-le-Comte besuchen. Doch schon im Zug bittet ihn ein Mitreisender um Hilfe: Zwei Morde haben die Kleinstadt in Angst versetzt, sogar eine Bürgerwehr patrouilliert. Maigret versucht, seine Anwesenheit geheim zu halten – vergeblich, bald setzt die ganze Stadt ihre Hoffnungen in den berühmten Besucher aus Paris. Dann geschieht ein dritter Mord. Maigrets 42. Fall spielt in der Vendée.