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In the wake of a trial loss and personal upheaval, defense attorney Sam Johnstone is drawn back into the legal fray by an accused drug dealer involved in a fatal fentanyl case. The dealer's tantalizing offer? Pivotal information that could exonerate the son of Sam's former partner in exchange for representation. As Sam ventures deeper into this moral minefield, he uncovers suppressed testimony that could incriminate a former client. and threaten his own career.

A retired teacher is found dead in her Somerset home on a cold January night. At first glance, it is a routine unexplained death and a simple referral to the coroner, until a neighbour reports an unscheduled visit from an occupational therapist an hour before the body was discovered. Detective Chief Inspector Nick Dixon is convinced the elderly woman has been strangled—a cause of death confirmed by the pathologist—and a murder investigation is launched.

In this first installment of the Brad Madison novel series, Madison finds himself defending Patrick Strickland against a mounting evidence base. Despite Strickland claiming he has no criminal connections, there are clear signs his involvement in organized crime runs deep. When the case receives national attention, the underbelly of power in LA is thrown into the limelight. Madison fights desperately to find the one piece of evidence that will prove his client's innocence. But where there's power, there's danger. The further Madison digs for the truth, the more he puts his life at risk.

John Beckett's retirement plan had been simple: escape the perilous game of espionage and seek solace in the peaceful Portuguese town he'd visited in his youth. But fate, it seems, has other plans. What he finds in Sao Lourenco is a community paralyzed by fear and in the malevolent grip of the Silva family. After a chance encounter puts Beckett in the family's crosshairs, he is torn between the allure of a quiet life and the moral pull to help the town overthrow their cruel oppressors.

This tight-knit four-person unit has worked together to save countless lives and stop out of control fires before they cause major destruction. They've also stolen millions from banks, jewelry stores, and art galleries. Under the cover of saving the city, they've used their knowledge and specialist equipment to become the most successful heist crew on the East Coast. Andy Nearland is the newest member of the unit, and she's helping them prepare for their largest heist yet. She's also an undercover operative.

After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southern Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff in a landscape given way to crime and defeat. Impoverished and abandoned, this remote land of tobacco plantations, razed forests, and boarded-up homes seems stuck in the past in a state that is trying to forget its complex history and move on. Will’s efforts to go about his life are wrecked when a mysterious, brutal homicide claims the life of an old friend, Tom Janders, forcing Will to face the true impetus for his return.

Iggy Guerra is out of prison, but his homecoming is anything but smooth. His beloved mother is gone, his grief-stricken father Armando is deep in debt, and they are about to lose the butcher shop that has been in their family for generations. Iggy must earn his father’s lost trust in order to save La Carnicería Guerra from the threats imposed by a new rival business, a vigilante activist, and big-game hunter Orin, who has dragged Armando into his dangerous money-making schemes deep in the Everglades, where more than secrets are buried.

After a disastrous mistake ended her career as a crime reporter, Del Cooper returns to Sedona and takes a gig with a down-on-its-luck tour company while she rebuilds her life. Her peaceful small-town escape ends when, hiking in a remote red rock canyon, she finds the broken body of a murdered man. At first, she believes the murder is connected to a proposed land trade that will pave the way for a luxury development on the edge of town, but it seems money isn't the killer's only motive.

Was ist richtig und was falsch, wenn ein Mörder Verbrecher jagt? Der packende Ermittler-Thriller über tiefe menschliche Abgründe. Als ein bekannter Vergewaltiger kurz nach seiner Freisprechung brutal ermordet wird, übernehmen die erfahrenen FBI-Agents Carl Maddox und Nici Fulton den Fall. Schnell ergibt sich eine Verbindung zu einem anderen Fall, bei dem ein Mehrfachmörder, der wegen eines Verfahrensfehler davongekommen ist, tot aufgefunden wird. Alles spricht dafür, dass jemand die Justiz auf brutale Weise selbst in die Hand nimmt.

Eine Leiche im Wald, eine verschwundene Zeugin und eine antike Kanone: Totholz ist der 11. Bayern-Krimi aus Andreas Föhrs humorvoller Krimi-Reihe um die Kult-Ermittler Wallner & Kreuthner und ihre neue Chefin Karla Tiedemann von der Kripo Miesbach. Leo Kreuthner ist außer sich: Da wagt es doch so ein dahergelaufener Lump, ihm bei der Schwarzbrennerei Konkurrenz zu machen! Das muss selbstredend sofort unterbunden werden – wenn nötig auch mithilfe einer alten Kanone aus dem 18. Jahrhundert.

Eine Ärztin unter Anklage – ein KI-System unter Verdacht: »Der 1. Patient« ist der 4. Justiz-Krimi der Bestseller-Autoren Florian Schwiecker und Michael Tsokos, die für exklusive Insider-Einblicke in die Medizin der Zukunft, das Justizsystem und die Rechtsmedizin sorgen. Der neue Fall des Berliner Strafverteidigers Rocco Eberhardt sorgt für hitzige Debatten in den Medien: Eine Routine-Operation der Chefärztin Dr. Sasha Müller endet für den Patienten tödlich. Nach der Obduktion kommt Rechtsmediziner Justus Jarmer zu dem eindeutigen Schluss, dass ein Behandlungsfehler vorliegt.

Control of Glasgow’s infamous Haghill estate has been fought over for decades. But thanks to an uneasy truce between notorious local families - the Alexanders, the Tallans, and the ruthless Savages - for now the streets are peaceful. For Carly Savage this means she can think the unthinkable, and contemplate a future with her family’s sworn enemy, Jack Alexander, ignoring warnings that he can’t be trusted. But when crime boss, Rod Tallan, takes a romantic interest in her too, Carly feels like a pawn in some very dangerous men’s game.

Sobald du online bist, gibt es kein Versteck mehr... Die Dahlien-Morde von der australischen Autorin Ashley Kalagian Blunt ist ein echter Gänsehaut-Thriller um die Gefahren des Dark Web, den Verlust unserer Privatsphäre und Stalking im Netz. Nach einem traumatischen Ereignis in ihrer Kindheit findet Reagan Carsens Leben in Sydney ausschließlich offline statt: kein Handy, keine Sozialen Medien. Reagan fühlt sich sicher – bis zu dem Tag, an dem sie in der Nähe ihrer Wohnung beinahe über ein Mord-Opfer stolpert.

It’s been fifteen years since Gem’s eight-year-old daughter Sara-Jane went missing, snatched with her best friend Abby right outside their school. A frantic search united the community at first, but after Abby was found and brought home, single mother Gem’s dogged persistence only led to accusations that she was stirring up class tensions. Even that she was somehow involved.

Desperate to break free of small-town Florida, Addie Anne Buckley dreams of following in the path of her glamorous aunt Jean—known to the world as Marilyn Monroe. When Aunt Jean plans a trip to Hollywood for Addie’s eighteenth birthday, Addie sees her chance to escape. One thing stands in her way: her boyfriend. Truitt Holt is Addie’s first and only love and will be joining her in California. But days before Addie’s due to leave, Truitt does an about-face and gives her a painful ultimatum: stay and marry him, or they’re through. Addie chooses her dream.

It’s been three months since Jesse McDermitt had any time off to go back home to Florida. When two surprise openings on the leave roster open up, he and his friend Rusty Thurman jump on it, and head back to the Keys for some scuba diving. The husband of a local reporter’s friend has nearly been killed. Not once, but four times in less than a month. The reporter is Jesse’s new girlfriend and they become curious. How does a man survive four attempts on his life?

On a lazy Sunday morning, Jenny Harris is shaken awake by her panic-stricken boyfriend, Joseph. Their baby daughter lies asleep on her chest. ‘We’ve got to go!’ Joseph screams. In their hotel room, Jenny hurriedly wraps her tiny baby up. All their belongings are left behind. There’s no time. Joseph’s panic is contagious. Jenny sprints with her family from the hotel. And it’s clear that they are being chased. Their pursuers are indiscriminate and they are deadly. Her boyfriend falls, caught up in the carnage, but he manages to give her one last message: 'RUN!’

Die Liebe einer Mutter und ein schreckliches Geheimnis. Für Jen steht die Welt still, als ihre Tochter Gracie in einen schrecklichen Autounfall verwickelt wird. Zunächst wird Gracie am Unfallort für tot erklärt, und es grenzt an ein Wunder, dass es den Sanitätern gelingt, das kleine Mädchen wieder zum Leben zu erwecken. Jens' Erleichterung über Gracies Rettung, wird nur noch von ihrer Wut auf die Fahrerin des Wagens übertroffen - Ella, die neue Freundin ihres Ex-Mannes. Jen hat Ella nie vertraut. Nun scheinen sich ihre schlimmsten Befürchtungen bestätigt zu haben.

2003. Kabul has become a frontier city, Afghanistan's fledgling democracy struggling with crime and corruption as NATO coalition troops, gangs and warlords jostle for control. When the body of a British serviceman is discovered in the city's infamous tank graveyard, the Kabul Police reach out for support in their investigation. Alasdair 'Mac' MacKenzie, formerly of the Metropolitan Police, is seconded to the team.

Helsinkis schönste Insel zeigt ihr dunkelstes Gesicht: Der erste Fall für Reporterin Ronja Vaara. An einem grauen Oktobertag wird am Strand der Insel Lauttasaari, im Stadtgebiet von Helsinki, ein lebloser Mann am Strand gefunden. Wenig später erhält Journalistin Ronja Vaara in London einen Anruf: Ihr Vater ist der Tote am Strand, und er wurde allem Anschein nach ermordet. Sofort fliegt sie in ihre Heimat, doch die Ermittlungen der Polizei bleiben zunächst ergebnislos, und Ronjas eigene Nachforschungen werfen nur weitere Fragen auf.