Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Police Procedurals

LAPD detective Cassandra Lee is known for her single-mindedness, and right now she's got only one goal: track down the Bonebreaker, the man who murdered her father. But her quest for justice is derailed when LA comes under attack. The Aztec Empire, a Central American group determined to take back the US territories that their Spanish ancestors once controlled, has led a mutant army into California.

Lane Hansen has a problem. He needs a woman to portray his wife in an undercover operation, and the only females on his team are either very pregnant or built like linebackers who prefer the other team. Then he remembers gorgeous PI Frankie Douglas - a woman who could take his breath away by her beauty and take him down in two and a half seconds. Unfortunately she's the same woman he treated like a one night stand six months before.

Anne Mason thinks she'll be safe living in the Midwest building a wind farm. She may be dead wrong. Someone is dumping bodies in her corn field and telling Anne they are gifts - for her! As the body count rises, Anne realizes a cold-blooded serial killer is patiently waiting and watching her every move. And he won't stop until he ends her life. It is clear there are no limits to this killer's thirst for revenge or how far he will go to get it.

From the time she was a child, Mas Arai's daughter, Mari, was completely gasa-gasa - never sitting still, always on the go, getting into everything. And Mas, busy tending lawns, gambling, and struggling to put his Hiroshima past behind him, never had much time for the family he was trying to support. For years now his resentful daughter has lived a continent away in New York City and had a life he knew little about.

For generations, bitter old Andy Mattson terrified the children of Hillside and puzzled his adult neighbors. How did the scowling old codger, who seemed to spend his life stroking his cat on the front porch, support himself? How did he pass the days? And why did he die such a gruesome death? The police find Andy dead on his sofa, covered in blood, eyes wide with fear. The most likely suspect is the dead man’s cat, a howling beast that resembles a trapped badger.

Lotingen. Tre anni dopo gli omicidi di Könisberg, Hanno Stiffeniis e la moglie Helena conducono una vita di ristrettezze dopo la sconfitta dell'esercito a Jena contro le truppe napoleoniche. Quando vengono ritrovati i cadaveri mutilati di tre bambini, figli di un ufficiale ussaro, appare evidente che Stiffeniis dovrà indagare spalla a spalla con il nemico.

RCMP Constable Danutia Dranchuk is investigating a mysterious death at Sitting Lady Falls. The evidence she gathers points to three separate stories, leaving her with more questions than answers. Is this murder connected to two earlier killings of Aboriginal women? Are all three the work of the same killer? Some of the details are hitting a little too close to home, and Danutia is forced to examine her friendship with forensics head Corporal Surinder Sharma and his family.

A committed Inspector James and a young detective Amar Sagar come together to solve the murder case of Kishore, who was the manager of Harsha Shinde—a well-known businessman. Clues they untie lead them no-where while instances they encounter lead them to believe it as an accident and close the case. Restless Amar continues his investigation as he believes it is a murder. As enigma overshadows facts, suspicion turns over to everyone in the family. Can Amar foresee the hidden meaning in those clues? Is the murderer one among the shinde's family members?

Es sollte nur Spaß sein: ein harmloses Ballerspiel mit Platzpatronen. Doch als die 17-jährige Rachel auf ihren Halbbruder Luke schießt, wird dieser von einer tödlichen Kugel getroffen. Zwar berichten zwei Mädchen später von einem Schuss, der nicht aus Rachels Pistole gekommen sei, doch der Fall kann nie ganz aufgeklärt werden. 20 Jahre später fühlt sich Rachel noch immer schuldig, und letztlich ist an diesem Trauma auch die Ehe mit ihrer großen Liebe, Detective Cade Ryder, zerbrochen.

Someone is making a real killing on the housing market.... Best-selling mystery author Nora Bannister has found herself a very lucrative sideline, house-flipping. Along with a group of female friends, she buys a run-down house in Los Angeles, and while her business partners turn it into a show home, Nora makes it the scene of a grisly murder in her latest best seller. But, much to the horror of Nora and her pals, a series of real murders starts to take place.

Il 1955 è l'anno del grande schermo. Gli italiani vogliono sognare e affollano le sale cinematografiche. Anche il commissario Clodoveo si è lasciato tentare. Un pomeriggio diverso con la figlioletta in affido, Isabella. In cartellone c'è ‘Sabrina' con la mitica Audrey Hepburn. Ma, prima, sul palco arrivano comici e ballerine. La compagnia dell'avanspettacolo accende applausi, risate e battute sagaci. Fulmineo, si compie il dramma. Grida di raccapriccio, sguardi pietrificati. L'impensabile è di scena. L'assurdo carico di realtà.

Detective John Druitt is new to homicide. His first case is a young woman found in an urban bayou. He immediately sees clues that lead him places he doesn't want to go. But his own demons may be the clue to solving the mystery of the woman's death. And as the case widens, so do his new partner's suspicions about his past and motivations.

Ein Pferderipper geht um in Werlesiel, dem kleinen Fischer- und Touristenort an der ostfriesischen Nordseeküste. Als auch Menschen sterben, zeigt sich, dass die Dorfbewohner ein schreckliches Geheimnis hüten. Ein Geheimnis, das die LKA-Sonderabteilung SKO rund um Tjark Wolf und Femke Folkmer, deren Heimatort Werlesiel ist, lösen muss. Die Ereignisse führen in die Zeit zurück, als der Eiserne Vorhang fiel und - wie heute wieder - Flüchtlinge nach Deutschland strömten. Wo sie nicht immer willkommen waren.

With one phone call from a man he barely recalls meeting years ago, South Florida detective Louis Kincaid heads to the Michigan town of his college days to reopen a disturbing cold case -- and finds himself confronting his own painful past secrets...secrets that risk his future with the woman he loves, detective Joe Frye.

Truck Robbery und Polizistenmorde an der winterlichen Nordseeküste - und ein Showdown auf dem überfrorenen Wattenmeer, zwischen mannshohen Eisblöcken bei einsetzender Flut... Die SOK um Femke Folkmer und Tjark Wolf folgt scheinbar unzusammenhängenden Spuren in ein Dickicht aus Korruption, Verrat und Mord und lässt den Hörer von Puzzlestück zu Puzzlestück miträtseln.

Ostfriesische Küste: Ein Geisterschiff auf der Nordsee, eine Yacht mit drei Toten und einer Überlebenden an Bord, die kein Wort spricht: Ein mysteriöser Fall für die Sondereinheit des LKA Niedersachen rund um die Ermittler Femke Folkmer und Kriminalhauptkommissar Tjark Wolf. Die Toten scheinen zu einer Gesellschaft zu gehören, die Offshore-Windparks betreibt. Zunächst glaubt die Polizei, die Überlebende sei die Täterin, alles deutet auf ein Eifersuchtsdrama hin.

Der zweite Fall für das ostfriesische Ermittlerduo Tjark Wolf und Femke Folkmer: Ein Mann ohne Fingerabdrücke, ein Raum voller Leichen - die Polizei jagt einem Phantom nach, einem Wahnsinnigen, der ein Arsenal von Waffen und Sprengstoff an sich gebracht hat und ein Massaker plant. Bevor die Polizei den Gesuchten fassen kann, entführt er eine voll besetzte Nordseefähre, um sie in die Luft zu jagen. Ermittler Tjark Wolf schafft es in letzter Sekunde, an Bord zu gelangen.

In dem kleinen Ort Werlesiel an der friesischen Küste verschwindet ein junges Mädchen nachts im dichten Seenebel. Femke Folkmer, Chefin der kleinen Polizeiinspektion, glaubt nicht an einen normalen Vermisstenfall. Aber auch die Schauergeschichte, die die Küstenbewohner sich erzählen, hält sie für eine Mär. Kriminalist Wolf verstärkt ihr Team. Doch statt der Vermissten finden die Ermittler den versteckten Friedhof eines Serienmörders.

La carrera de Leopoldo Bonavista pende de un hilo. La reputación del famoso articulista de la socialité española está por los suelos tras su último escándalo. Un extraño encargo puede devolverlo a su vida de lujo y vanidad. La oferta: una gran suma de dinero a cambio de un reportaje biográfico sobre Silvia Domenech, la matriarca de una de las familias más ricas e influyentes de toda la Costa Blanca: los Fonseca. La letra pequeña del contrato: Bonavista debe pasar una semana en la residencia de verano con la familia. Mentiras, disputas familiares, traumas y un cadáver.

A new urban fantasy featuring a man working on the right side of the law - with talents that come from left field. Psychometry - the power to touch an object and divine information about its history - has meant a life of petty crime for Simon Canderous, but now he's gone over to the good side. At New York's underfunded and (mostly) secret Department of Extraordinary Affairs, he's learning about red tape, office politics, and the basics of paranormal investigation. But it's not the paperwork that has him breathless.