Resultados para "The Tree" en Procedimientos policiales

The spotlight is on Rio County's first female Sheriff, and everyone wants answers ... Newly elected West Texas Sheriff Mare Carlson prepares for her hometown's 140th anniversary. There are decorations on the light poles, Rosemary is selling her famous burritos at triple-price, and a parade marches from the elementary school to the courthouse ... and there's a murder. It's happened before, but not often, and the man killed was a harmless drunk who was crippled thirty years ago. It's a case with no context, an execution without reason.

After a young woman is found strangled to death, Bliss is called to the scene. When he learns that one of his business cards was found among the victim's clothing and he is told what was written on the back of it, Bliss is immediately troubled. The card was one of five he handed out to trafficked young women he and his team had previously rescued from a shipping container. 

The murder of a young girl found barefoot in a country park and the re-emergence of shoes from the victims of a serial killer from over 40 years ago. A coincidence or a connection? Will Blake is determined to find out, but as he unearths the past, questions are raised about the original investigations, and it becomes clear that The Wirral has a killer on the loose, once again.

È autunno, momento magico di silenzi, di foglie dorate e di funghi e il commissario Bartolomeo Rebaudengo passeggia nei boschi di Ceva. Ma la tranquillità dura poco, subito funestata da un delitto atroce, quasi un rituale che rimanda a un fatto di cronaca nera vecchio di dieci anni. Lo scenario è una bella villa sulla collina di Alassio, tra palme, eucalipti e profumo di mareggiate invernali. Nel frattempo gli uomini del commissariato indagano anche su una vicenda poco chiara che si svolge all'interno di una sfarzosa galleria d'arte e antiquariato appena inaugurata.

Chi vuole la morte di Marzio Santoni, ispettore del piccolo paesino di Valdiluce? La valanga che lo ha travolto e da cui è scampato per miracolo sembra avere ben poco di naturale... E che fine ha fatto la libraia del luogo, scomparsa senza alcun motivo? Forse c'è un legame tra questi due misteri, all'apparenza così diversi. Per trovare il colpevole o i colpevoli, il sopravvissuto ispettore e il suo fidato assistente devono scandagliare gli indizi in mezzo alla gelida valle. La neve, però, cancella presto le tracce, e i due devono trovare in fretta una pista che possa portarli nella giusta direzione.

Nell'ultima delle sue avventure letterarie, il commissario De Vincenzi è chiamato a risolvere un delitto insolito. Lo scenario con cui si apre uno dei capolavori del romanzo giallo all'italiana è il rinvenimento di un cadavere nella Casa di Mode della fascinosa Cristiana O'Brian. Accanto a esso è adagiata un'orchidea, fiore che simboleggia passione e sensualità. Seguiranno altri due omicidi della stessa matrice che porteranno le indagini della detective story a fluttuare tra i salotti della raffinata Milano degli anni trenta e cupe atmosfere d'oltreoceano.

A new mystery featuring the complex and fascinating London policeman John Coffin finds Coffin investigating the apparently accidental deaths of two of his officers, deaths linked to a strange half-dead tree.

When Gail Zigman, town selectwoman and Joe Gunther's companion of many years, is raped, Gunther finds himself caught between the media, local politicians, and a network of well-meaning victims' rights advocates as he tries to put his own feelings aside and follow a trail of evidence. Every lead points to a single obvious suspect, but is the evidence too perfect?

Tre män hittas döda i den lilla staden Kristinefors i Värmland. Av allt att döma har de fallit offer för en och samma mördare - som av okänd anledning involverar journalisten Leo Bredberg i sina kallsinniga planer. Leo dras mot sin vilja in i en mörk historia där människoliv står på spel.

Book 6 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch. Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty's...

The town of Rangeley, Maine is in an uproar: fingers are pointing in every direction. A pattern has started, and the local police department is finally paying attention and placing every piece they can find together.

This winter, fear comes gift-wrapped. *FROM THE KINDLE TOP 20 BESTSELLING AUTHOR* In the dead of winter, the Pennine Way is treacherous. As snowstorms hit, hikers have been told to stay away. But not everyone has heeded the warning: a lone walker finds a parcel in the snow, addressed to her. But...

The serenity of northern Maine's idyllic wilderness is shattered when a logger is mysteriously murdered. Veteran Maine State Police Detective Peter Wallace must solve the case, but finds few clues, no motive, and a dead end at every turn. With pressure mounting to find the murderer, Wallace accepts the assistance of Michael Grant, a young psychic medium who reveals information about the deaths of a group of loggers at the murder location over 100 years before, and a personal message for Wallace.

When a body is found on the new electric railway line, Owen has to discover whether this is just another of Egypt's revenge killings or whether the murdered man had got caught up with the power groups jostling for position around the new railway.

Sukey Reynolds is treasuring the late-summer sun, taking long walks in the countryside, and enjoying the golden views across the Cotswold hills. At home, she’s busy cooking up feasts for her growing teenage son - amateur sleuthing is definitely off the menu. When she is called to photograph a crumbling manor, the day suddenly turns cold. In the charming garden, the body of beautiful Una May has been discovered, and all fingers are pointed at the tempestuous owner of the house, who was overheard arguing with Una that morning.... But who is the rotten apple in this beautiful orchard?

David Swain is two years into his life sentence for murdering the lover of his ex-girlfriend, Katya Osman. In the dead of night, he escapes from prison. Hours later, Katya is found murdered in her uncle’s home, Blackwater Hall. Having first brought Swain to justice two years earlier, Inspector...