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A body is reported lying on an isolated country road. The Stone County sheriff's department sends out its newest homicide investigator - Dan Cutter. Cutter discovers a baffling scene that leaves him with few clues and no obvious motive. Experienced at working on murder cases, Cutter finds himself with a different problem: He's in unfamiliar territory. Stone County isn't the big city he came from, and finding the killer will test him in ways he never expected.

Clare Fergusson, St. Alban's new priest, fits like a square peg in the conservative Episcopal parish at Miller's Kill, New York. She is not just a "lady"; she's a tough ex-Army chopper pilot, and nobody's fool. Then a newborn infant left at the church door brings her together with the town's police chief, Russ Van Alstyne, who's also ex-Army and a cynical good shepherd for the stray sheep of his hometown.

DCI Whitney Walker’s in trouble. She’s threatened with demotion if she screws up another case. So, when a killer starts murdering female students, it’s a chance to redeem herself. Forensic psychologist, Dr. Georgina Cavendish, has spent her life inside the university walls, but when one of her students is murdered, she steps out from behind the text books and puts her skills to the test.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Walk in My Combat Boots: true-life stories from the men and women who protect and serve our homes, families and communities. Protect These men and women are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors. Those who wear a badge, doing their best to help...

Her twin sister killed four people. Wren Cade was the one who put her behind bars. Now she hunts monsters for a living—because she’s terrified she might be one. FBI Special Agent Wren Cade is brilliant, relentless, and utterly alone. She doesn’t sleep, doesn’t date, and doesn’t let anyone close. Obsessive work is this genius insomniac’s only coping mechanism. Her next case? Buried deep in the wild Ozarks. The most beautiful girls in Stonewater County are dying, like wilting flowers. When a young beauty pageant winner is found posed in the belly of a hidden cave, FBI Agent Wren ...

Officer Danny Sullivan has just become Detective Danny Sullivan, the first in a family line of Boston police officers to do so. It's a milestone the whole family can celebrate. But quickly, his new position turns into something more than he ever anticipated. His first case with a new partner throws him into a web of secrets, half-truths, and dead women. The conclusion he draws puts him at odds with everyone in his life, and the young detective must decide whether to risk everything to prove his theory that more women are about to die.

After tracking down a crazed sniper last year, homicide detective Mike Houston opted to leave Boston for the isolated mountains of Maine. He adjusted nicely to chopping his own firewood, relaxing in his log cabin, and simply enjoying the solitude of the mountains. But then his former partner, Lt. Anne Bouchard, pays him a visit and dangles the words serial killer in front of him. And suddenly he finds himself back in the game beside her - though not "officially".

Never written to be released to the public, this easy-to-follow format portrays the actual unfiltered personal journals of Chief Rodney Muterspaw, an award-winning Ohio police chief and Congressional guest at the Presidential State of the Union. You will feel the gamut of emotions as you follow him as a rookie, a patrol officer, investigator, narcotics officer, internal affairs supervisor, a chief of police, and a parent in one of the most well-known smaller cities in the Midwest.

When lawyer Jenny Cooper is appointed Severn Vale District Coroner, she's hoping for a quiet life and space to recover from a traumatic divorce, but the office she inherits from the recently deceased Harry Marshall contains neglected files hiding dark secrets and a trail of buried evidence. Could the tragic death in custody of a young boy be linked to the apparent suicide of a teenage prostitute and the fate of Marshall himself?

Carl Ross has spent over four decades inside the world of police work. His memoir takes the reader on patrol, into investigations, on SWAT calls, and inside the chief’s office, all the while explaining what officers do and why. Forever Blue has more than 225 true stories taken from the author’s files and unforgettable encounters. The following samples of the book’s stories give a glimpse of the variety of experiences in store for the reader: the best way to have a wreck in a police car; the murderer and the band saw; suicides in progress; one nightstick too many; all knives look sharp...

Perfect for fans of Peter James, Ian Rankin, and Lynda La Plante START AT THE BEGINNING. THREE LONDON CRIME THRILLERS. DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR ISAAC COOK'S FIRST CASES. Meet DCI Isaac Cook as he takes on his first major investigations—a missing actress with deadly secrets, a thirty-year-old corpse in a fireplace, and a methodical female killer carving numbers in blood. From the glamorous world of television to family secrets buried for decades to a serial killer stalking London's streets, Isaac proves why he'll become one of the Met's finest detectives. MURDER IS A TRICKY BUSINESS (Book...

There's a serial killer targeting the streets of Newcastle, seemingly picking his victims at random but subjecting them all to the same torturous end. When the Chief Inspector on the case goes missing, it falls on DCI Ryan to track down the man who is brutally murdering women and goading the police to 'catch me if you can'. As everyone becomes a suspect, Ryan and his team get drawn further and further into the case, but for Ryan the nightmare gets closer to home than he could ever have imagined.

The body of a young woman is found by a river outside Belfast and Detective Sergeant Ryan McBride makes a heart-wrenching discovery at the scene, a discovery he chooses to hide even though it could cost him the investigation—and his career. The victim was a loner but well-liked. Why would someone want to harm her? And is her murder connected to a rapist who's stalking the local pubs? As Ryan untangles a web of deception and lies, his suspects die one by one, leading him to a dangerous family secret and a murderer who will stop at nothing to keep it.

You step into a doorway to see a man levelling a shotgun at your chest You hold a dying child in your arms You crawl into a mangled car to help someone trapped and bleeding These are a small sampling of the kinds of things that police officers encounter. Not everyone is able to do the job that cops do, fewer still are willing. Those who do it with grace and dignity are special people. CODE 4 is an insider's view of the police profession, seen through the eyes of one of its veterans. Over a 37-year span Terry Smith worked as a uniformed officer, a long-haired undercover narcotics agent, an ...

Gus Freeman is a retired detective inspector who has spent the past three years alone. Freeman’s wife, Tess, died from a brain aneurysm six months to the day after his retirement. He is still coming to terms with his enforced solitary existence. His old boss wants Gus to head up a Crime Review Team investigating cold cases. Old witness statements plus fresh clues, and the hunt would be on. But Freeman wonders whether his superiors need his old-style methods.

A comprehensive exploration of how police forces have become militarized—both in equipment and mindset—and what that means for American democracy. “Fascinating and at times wrenching.” ―The New Yorker The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that soldiers in the...

Will Johnnie Veal—convicted of the murder of two police officers in 1970—be granted parole after 50 years in prison? How can he convince the parole board he’s reformed when he insists he’s innocent? What is prison time even supposed to accomplish? These are the questions that propel The Parole Room forward as it builds toward Johnnie’s 20th parole hearing—after 19 rejections.

Maldonado: The Complete Crime Mystery Series (10 Books) Ten gripping detective thrillers packed with murder, corruption, and betrayal. A hard-boiled PI. A city built on secrets. Justice that cuts both ways. Once Madrid’s top homicide cop, Javier Maldonado lost everything the night his career went up in flames. Now he walks the rain-slicked streets as a private investigator—taking the cases no one else dares touch. From Spain’s elite districts to the darkest corners of the underworld, Maldonado faces powerful enemies, lethal conspiracies, and betrayals that hit too close to home. ...

Exiled from Glasgow for exposing corruption, DI Sarah Lynch was sent to Fort William as punishment. The remote Scottish Highlands were meant to end her career. Instead, they became her purpose. From dark lochs to frozen peaks, from burning moorland to ancient forests, DI Sarah Lynch investigates murders that the powerful want buried. Each case transforms her—from bitter outsider to Highland protector, from exile to home. This complete six-book series includes over 180,000 words of atmospheric British crime fiction: 📖 THE DARK LOCH - A body in the water exposes illegal poaching and ...

Perfect for fans of Peter James, Ann Cleeves, and Faith Martin THE COMPLETE SERIES. TEN MURDERS. ONE UNFORGETTABLE DETECTIVE. SALISBURY'S DARKEST SECRETS. Detective Inspector Keith Tremayne is ageing, cynical, and refusing to retire. In the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral and ancient monuments, he investigates murders where history, ritual, and revenge collide. Alongside Sergeant Clare Yarwood, Tremayne confronts crimes that test not just his detective skills, but his failing health and determination to see justice done—no matter the cost. DEATH UNHOLY (Book 1) A man reduced to ash in a ...