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After years of stultifying office work, Joseph Wiley will try anything to get rich in a hurry. He's hustled all kinds of products, but each venture has left him deeper in debt, chained tighter to his office desk. When his latest moneymaker goes up in smoke, Wiley doesn't even bother to quit his job. He takes every cent he has to the airport and flies south, landing in Colombia, where he will make his millions - or lose his life.

Temprato dalla vita di guerriglia nelle giungle del Sudest asiatico, lo straniero era un tempo un sicario silenzioso e letale, al soldo prima dei vietcong poi degli americani. Un uomo duro, inaridito dalla violenza e abituato a guardare in faccia la morte. Dal giorno in cui fu ritrovato il cadavere della prima figlia, brutalmente stuprata e uccisa, la sua esistenza ha però intrapreso un corso fin troppo ordinario per uno come lui, costretto a cancellare il proprio passato e a reinventarsi come uno dei tanti uomini d'affari di Londra, veterano della guerra del Vietnam.

Maxime, 31 ans, est un jeune lieutenant exerçant ses sombres talents au sein de la police judiciaire avignonnaise. D'ordinaire, aucun malfaiteur n'échappe à son instinct de chasseur, mais cette fois-ci, il va être confronté à la pire des machines à tuer. Sa nouvelle équipière saura-t-elle le guider ? Parviendra-t-elle à le libérer de la noirceur de son passé si torturé ? La quête de Maxime le conduira inexorablement au plus profond des ténèbres qu'il combat, mais saura-t-il en revenir indemne.

Beccarres neuer Fall: Ein Zwanzigjähriger wird erschlagen im Jasmund aufgefunden. Romy steht vor einem fast unlösbaren Rätsel - bis sie auf einen cold case stößt, den Tod eines Mädchens, und eine Verbindung ziehen kann.

Ein bizarrer Mord sorgt für Aufsehen: Ein Mann wurde an sein Bett gefesselt und hingerichtet. An den Füßen trägt er rote Stöckelschuhe. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass er zuvor eine Drohung erhielt: ein Foto von sich selbst – mit dem Absatz eines Stöckelschuhs im Gesicht. Er ist nicht der Einzige, der solch eine Nachricht bekam. Sind auch die anderen Bedrohten in Gefahr? Gleichzeitig jagt das Team um Polizeichef Sandro Bandini einen Mann, der in einer Frauendisko in einem linken Kulturzentrum um sich schoss.

"Da war der Wolf. Er kam jede Nacht. Nebelgrau, mit gelben Augen und mächtigen Pfoten. Er konnte seine Krallen durch den Stoff seines Hemdes spüren. Sie drangen in ihn ein. Der ganze Wolf drang in ihn ein..." Nach 30 Jahren Haft kehrt ein entlassener Mörder in seine alte Heimat auf die Insel Møn zurück. Alle wissen, was der "Wolf von Møn" damals getan hat. Als Leichen mit brutal auseinandergerissenen Kiefern auftauchen, beginnt für die Super-Recognizerin Marit Rauch Iversen und ihre Kollegen von der Kopenhagener Mordkommission eine Menschenjagd.

Dopo l’attentato subito da Veronica proprio nel giorno del loro matrimonio, il commissario Buonvino, straziato dal dolore, indaga insieme agli intrepidi e scombinati agenti del commissariato di Villa Borghese per capire se, colpendola, gli ignoti criminali hanno voluto mandare un segnale a lui o se nella vita di sua moglie si nasconde qualcosa che giustifichi una vendetta tanto efferata. Intanto, a piazza di Siena viene ritrovato il corpo di un uomo crivellato di proiettili, come se si fosse ritrovato davanti a un plotone d’esecuzione.

Em uma gélida madrugada de Natal, o atropelamento de uma jovem desaparecida há dez anos é apenas o início de uma sequência de crimes brutais. Nos dias que se seguiram, mulheres grávidas começam a desaparecer sem deixar vestígios, com seus corpos sempre sendo encontrados empalhados e posicionados em cenas teatrais montadas por um psicopata cruel, que todos passam a chamar de O Homem de Palha.

When a senior Edinburgh civil servant spectacularly takes his own life in Kinloch harbour, DCI Jim Daley comes face to face with the murky world of politics. To add to his woes, two local drug dealers lie dead, ritually assassinated. It's clear that dark forces are at work in the town. With his boss under investigation, his marriage hanging on by a thread, and his sidekick, DS Scott, wrestling with his own demons, Daley's world is in meltdown.

When the cold, lifeless body of a policeman is pulled from the river Thames in the early hours of the morning, it appears at first glance to be a terrible accident. But when old diary pages predicting the exact details of the crime start appearing online, criminal psychologist Nathan Radley, the owner of the diary, becomes the number one suspect in the most disturbing murder investigation the London police have ever seen. Nathan’s partner, Detective Katie Rhodes is sure he’s innocent, because she was with him the night of the attack.

Cold War Marseille is a city of shadowy alliances and loose morals, where a good man can lose sight of which side he is really on and evil men profit from the misery and confusion of others. It is therefore the perfect town for Ernst Ludwig, an East German terrorist who is sadistic beyond measure. But when Ludwig kidnaps and murders the wife of Alex Moran, the US intelligence agent hot on his trail, he sets off a blood feud whose violent shock waves will span decades and reach all the way across the globe.

In Bangkok, Thailand, an American travel journalist and his Thai family find themselves inadvertently entangled in a web of dirty cops and far-reaching corruption when their daughter’s ill-gotten cell phone displays photographs of some very crooked cops, all of them thoroughly dead.

Un assassino spietato e una ragazzina. Esiste una coppia più letale? Una casa, una famiglia, una vita normale: queste sono solo alcune delle cose che Will Robie non potrà mai avere, un obiettivo impossibile da raggiungere, quasi quanto quelli che il lavoro gli impone.Narcotrafficanti, terroristi, ricchi sceicchi e criminali di ogni genere: se gli Stati Uniti ordinano, lui esegue, e questi individui spariscono dalla faccia della terra. Ma cosa succede quando entra in gioco la coscienza e non premere quel grilletto innesca una serie di pericolose reazioni a catena.

La calma de una pequeña localidad patagónica se rompe cuando uno de sus vecinos aparece muerto con signos de tortura en su sofá. Para la criminóloga Laura Badía, este es el caso de su vida: además de la brutalidad del asesinato, de la casa de la víctima han desaparecido trece puntas de flecha talladas hace miles de años por el pueblo tehuelche y cuyo valor es incalculable.

Just because you’re not guilty doesn’t mean you’re innocent. Jessie Dancing got away, but she can’t escape her past. She works at a call center, for roadside emergency assistance. One night, she gets a call from Darren Markson, who sounds like he is being murdered. After telling the local police, Jessie starts her own investigation into the possible crime, finding Markson's family, discovering that Markson is still alive.

When a young mother is found dead in her home with mysterious symbols drawn on her body, DI Katie Rhodes is shaken to her core; something is telling her that the clues link back to her old partner, Nathan Radley. Formerly one of the best criminal psychologists on the police force, Nathan was renowned for getting deep into the minds of the murderers he hunted. But for the past year he has lived in isolation, terrified of losing control over his own dark desires....

When an old man is found dead on the road - seemingly run over by a Hungarian au pair - police investigator Anna Fekete is certain that there is more to the incident than meets the eye. As she begins to unravel an increasingly complex case, she’s led on a deadly trail where illegal immigration, drugs and ultimately murder threaten not only her beliefs but her life.

Deve togliersi dalla testa i pensieri su Joanne e sul passato. Adesso deve solo pensare a se stesso, alla situazione in cui si è ficcato. Perché tra un'ora sarà tutto finito. Usman Kassar sta bene all'ombra degli affari di suo fratello maggiore. È comodo stare protetti, fuori dai radar di chi gestisce i traffici sporchi in una città dura come Glasgow. Massima tranquillità, grandi progetti, minimo rischio di essere scoperto. Prima o dopo però, il lavoro pericoloso ti mette in mostra, se sei bravo, se sei un bastardo, che tu lo voglia o no. Martin Sivok è un killer che viene da fuori, da un altro mondo, abituato ad altre regole.

When other young women left the little town of Campbell's Cove to acquire culture, see the world, fall in love, and marry, Hannah Blake stayed at home, taking a job at the bank and fighting for control of the library board. Overshadowed by the more stylish and popular women in town who seem to block every attempt she makes to improve her life, Hannah remains alone - an increasingly bitter woman whose frustration threatens to erupt into violence when something wonderful happens.

What really happened that tragic Valentine's night on Lake Erie? No one knows. Three old buddies - reckless Matty, successful Clark, clever Val - decided to cap Val's birthday celebration with a stroll across the frozen lake. They never returned. Matty's scarf was found snagged on broken ice. After the thaw, only the bodies of Clark and Matty are recovered - the latter with a bullet in it. Val remains missing, now a murder suspect. His desperate wife pleads with ex-nun investigator Christine Bennett to find him and prove his innocence.