Resultados para "Underground" en Detectives tradicionales

It's 1934. When Miss Pongleton is found murdered on the stairs of Belsize Park station, her fellow boarders in the Frampton Hotel are not overwhelmed with grief at the death of a tiresome old woman. But they all have their theories about the identity of the murderer and help to unravel the mystery of who killed the wealthy 'Pongle'. Several of her fellow residents - even Tuppy the terrier - have parts to play in the events that lead to a dramatic arrest.

Chief Inspector Brian Hooley has a plan, and it won't make him popular. He wants to bring back autistic detective Jonathan Roper. Currently suspended on misconduct charges, his condition, coupled with a relentless work ethic, makes Roper a unique investigator with observational skills that allow him to see what others miss. But he is also a complex man who doesn't get social boundaries, and plenty of his colleagues just don't like him. Hooley doesn't care about that. He knows Roper is the one to make a difference.  

It is 1978 and senior police John Coffin has been drafted back to South London to oversee the Local Detective branch. Here, he becomes involved in a game so deadly that everyone is a possible victim...

In Londons U-Bahnen kommt es zu einer Serie äußerst brutaler Raubüberfälle. Zwei Verbrecher rauben gemeinsam spät heimkehrende Besucher der Theater, Opern und Vergnügungsviertel aus und verschwinden, bevor sie jemand fassen kann. Suchen sie sich ihre Opfer zufällig aus, oder steckt ein System dahinter? Als es dabei zu einem Mord kommt, nimmt Chief-Inspector Anthony Stafford die Ermittlungen auf, in deren Verlauf sich sein junger Sohn Kenneth gefährlich nahe an die Täter heranwagt.