Resultados para "Jam" en Procedimientos policiales

Cuando el estafador Ronnie Wilson ve cómo se desmoronan las torres gemelas en Nueva York, sus pensamientos no están con los miles de víctimas, ni con la sobrecogida ciudad escenario de los atentados terroristas. En Brighton, el protagonista de esta serie de novelas, Roy Grace investiga la aparición del esqueleto de una mujer en las costas de Brighton, lo que no hace más que despertar sus propios fantasmas: la desaparición de su propia esposa nunca esclarecida. Cuando se descubre que el cadáver es el de la esposa del estafador Wilson, la investigación se complica para Grace.

Un acosador obsesionado por Gaia anda suelto, incluso parece que ha viajado desde California a Brighton y ahí está, esperando, vigilando, acechando… Para el detective Roy Grace todo esto es una pesadilla hecha realidad.

Katie Bishop, esposa de un multimillonario hombre de negocios, aparece asesinada de un modo brutal en su lujosa casa de Brighton. Su marido, Brian, está en Londres por asuntos profesionales cuando se produce el crimen; sin embargo y a pesar de una coartada aparentemente sólida, poco a poco las sospechas se ciernen sobre él hasta convertirlo en el único sospechoso. Al frente de la investigación se coloca el comisario Roy Grace, cuyo instinto, desde un primer momento, le dirá que algo en la historia de los Bishop no encaja.

En el hotel Metropole de Brighton, la noche de Nochevieja una mujer es brutalmente violada cuando regresa a su habitación. Una semana más tarde alguien ataca a otra mujer. El detective Roy Grace se da cuenta enseguida de que estos casos son muy similares a otros que quedaron sin resolver en 1997 en cuya investigación él participó. Al criminal se le apodó Hombre de los zapatos y se cree que violó a cinco mujeres antes de acabar asesinando a la sexta de sus víctimas y de desvanecerse.

Cuatro cadáveres. Un sospechoso. Ninguna pista … Primera novela de la serie de misterio del detective Roy Grace, un hombre atormentado por el recuerdo de su mujer muerta. A Michael Harrison pretenden gastarle una broma inolvidable en su despedida de soltero; algo que jamás pueda olvidar: enterrarlo vivo durante unas horas. Todo se complicará cuando sus amigos, que son los únicos que conocen el verdadero paradero de Michael, mueran esa misma noche en un accidente de tráfico.

Carly Chase está todavía traumatizada por el accidente de tráfico que tuvo hace unos diez días y en el que resultó muerto un estudiante de la universidad de Brighton. Roy Grace de la policía de Sussex advierte a Carly de la seriedad del peligro en el que se encuentra, porque ella podría ser la siguiente. Lo que desconoce, es que el asesino se ha anticipado y la observa, espera y se prepara.

Ein harmloser Junggesellenabschied. Ein tödlicher Scherz. Wenige Stunden später ist der Bräutigam spurlos verschwunden – und seine Freunde tot. Drei Tage vor der Hochzeit beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Die verzweifelte Verlobte bittet Roy Grace um Hilfe.

Hollows Bend es un pueblo idílico al que suelen acudir los turistas para relajarse los fines de semana, escapando del ruido de la ciudad, y que cuenta con una tasa de criminalidad del cero por ciento, índice del cual la sheriff Ellie Pritchet se enorgullece enormemente. Hasta que un día, y tras la llegada de una adolescente que aparece de la nada y a la que nadie parece conocer, la calma del lugar se pone en peligro.

Detective Mina Harker has built a reputation as the sharpest mind in the New Orleans Police Department, closing cases no one else can crack. But the case that's been haunting her for years is unlike anything else in her files. The victims leave behind no forensic evidence, no witnesses, and not a single drop of blood in their bodies. When FBI Special Agent Jon Weston enlists Harker to help track a serial killer who's striking in New Orleans, she knows two things: he's closer to the truth than he knows.

FBI agent Sarah Cole is stunned to receive an invitation to the “Game of Nines,” the most secretive and longest-running murder puzzle in history. Thrust into a mystery that has confounded law enforcement for decades, she proves to be an unexpectedly formidable "player"—and might finally end the deadly game once and for all.

When Mandy Gibson, a teenage schoolgirl, disappears in the affluent East Lothian town of North Berwick, DC Scott Cullen finds himself caught in the cross-fire of competitive police politics. When her body is found, the heartbroken parents don’t hesitate to point the finger of suspicion at young Jamie Cook, a tearaway teen with a long history of run-ins with the police. But where is he now?

DC Scott Cullen of Lothian and Borders CID has only been in the job three months. Young, eager to please and desperate to do good. So a missing persons should be an easy case to solve. Right? Fresh from a messy divorce, Caroline Adamson’s future is finally looking up. Her son seems happy and she’s dating again. Trouble is, Cullen can’t find Caroline or the man she met on Schoolbook, the latest social network taking Edinburgh by storm.

As Acting DC Scott Cullen works with DC Craig Hunter to track down a witness who didn’t show during a court case, they stumble upon another crime–two homeless women, dying of a suspected heroin overdose. As they investigate, they uncover a far-reaching criminal empire, dealing death and misery to Edinburgh’s underclass. And come across another investigative team who may not be exactly on the same side. As the case brings two cops together and drives a wedge between another pair, can Cullen and Hunter rescue the witness and bring her assailant to justice?

The final masterpiece by James Sallis, author of the cult classic Drive When an old friend from his days on the police force makes a plea for him to come and help with what seems to be a murder case, jazz guitarist Bishop steps back into a former life. Two major problems, though. The job’s in...

John Grebble wakes up to discover he’s been declared dead. His bank account is frozen, his car repossessed, and his entire existence erased. Someone wants him gone—permanently. Within hours, his world unravels. His debit card is declined. His car is towed away. His office locks him out. The...

Chi è realmente Gary Soneji, timido e stimato professore di matematica in una esclusiva scuola di Washington? E perché, senza un motivo apparente, ha rapito Maggie Rose, figlia di una star del cinema, e Michael Goldberg, figlio del ministro del Tesoro? Un caso micidiale per Alex Cross, detective con una laurea in psicologia, che lavora nel ghetto di Washington.

By-the-book forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck and rogue BCA agent Van Reed must catch a cold-case killer who’s returned to abduct a small town’s children one by one in this heart-stopping novel from the Edgar Award–nominated author of Unspeakable Things. In 1998 an Alku, Minnesota, family...

Three bombs. Three targets. One explosive secret.When the homes of three prominent Black members of Congress are bombed in Washington, D.C., FBI agent Lisa Owens is thrown into a high-profile case with national implications. Still adjusting to life in the Bureau, Lisa can't shake the feeling...

DC Scott Cullen isn’t so much disillusioned with the police force but his insufferable boss, DI Bain, and the way he constantly sidelines Cullen, hampering his ability to solve cases. Is it personal? When the owner of Dunpender Distillery near Dalkeith opens a cask of whisky for a special edition, he finds more than a single malt – the barrel contains the body of a man, mangled and unidentifiable.

On a cold Christmas Eve in Edinburgh, Detective Constable Scott Cullen investigates the gruesome murder of a local businessman. Battling a brutal hangover and with the lure of a promotion dangled in front of him, Cullen has the lingering feeling his days as a cop might just be numbered.