Ergebnis für "1 John" in Polizei

Herbst auf der Nordseeinsel Amrum. In einer stürmischen Nacht stirbt ein alter Mann, kopfüber aufgehängt am Quermarkenfeuer, dem kleinen Inselleuchtturm. Auch seine Frau wird brutal ermordet aufgefunden. Die Ermittlungen übernimmt Hauptkommissar John Benthien von der Flensburger Kripo. Benthien hat in seiner Dienstzeit schon viele grausame Fälle bearbeitet, doch dieser übertrifft alle. Wer steckt hinter dem Doppelmord? War es ein Racheakt? Der Kommissar und sein Team tappen im Dunkeln - bis sie auf zwei Ereignisse stoßen, die weit in der Vergangenheit liegen.

Ein Coup, der die Buchwelt erschüttert. In einer spektakulären Aktion werden die handgeschriebenen Manuskripte von F. Scott Fitzgerald aus der Bibliothek der Universität Princeton gestohlen. Eine Beute von unschätzbarem Wert. Das FBI übernimmt die Ermittlungen, und binnen weniger Tage kommt es zu ersten Festnahmen. Ein Täter aber bleibt wie vom Erdboden verschluckt und mit ihm die wertvollen Schriften. Doch endlich gibt es eine heiße Spur.

Der Flensburger Hauptkommissar John Benthien freut sich auf erholsame Feiertage. Gemeinsam mit seinem Vater möchte er auf Sylt ein ruhiges Weihnachtsfest verbringen, fernab von Stress und Arbeit. In ihrem Kapitänshaus auf der Nordseeinsel steht plötzlich die neue Nachbarin Annelie Jansen im Wohnzimmer. Die verängstigte ältere Dame berichtet von einem Einbruch in ihrem Haus und dass sie sich verfolgt fühlt. Bereitwillig nehmen die Benthiens ihre Nachbarin bis zu den Festtagen bei sich auf.

As a professional wizard, Harry Dresden knows firsthand that the “everyday” world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most of them don’t play well with humans. And those that do enjoy playing with humans far too much. He also knows he’s the best at what he does. Technically, he’s the only at what he does. But even though Harry is the only game in town, business—to put it mildly—stinks. So when the Chicago P.D. bring him in to consult on a double homicide committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs.

Blendend helles Licht und Meeresrauschen, sanftes Gläserklingen: Mittsommer auf einer Schäreninsel. Während Astrids Vater, der erfolgreiche Unternehmer Olof Helander, seine Gäste unterhält, schwankt sie zwischen Scham und Langeweile. Da nähert sich lautlos ein Schatten von der offenen See. Innerhalb von Sekunden wird die ganze Festgesellschaft ausgelöscht. Wie durch ein Wunder überlebt das Mädchen. Aber jetzt ist sie allein. Und in Gefahr.

The village of Badger's Drift is the essence of tranquillity. But when resident and well-loved spinster Miss Simpson takes a stroll in the nearby woods, she stumbles across something she was never meant to see, and there's only one way to keep her quiet. Miss Simpson's death is not suspicious, say the villagers. But Miss Lucy Bellringer refuses to rest: her friend has been murdered. She is sure of it.

DS George Cross can be rude, difficult and awkward with people. But his unfailing logic and dogged pursuit of the truth means his conviction rate is the best on the force. So when his police colleagues dismiss the death of a man as a squabble among Bristol's homeless community, Detective Sergeant George Cross is not convinced.

Officer Danny Sullivan has just become Detective Danny Sullivan, the first in a family line of Boston police officers to do so. It's a milestone the whole family can celebrate. But quickly, his new position turns into something more than he ever anticipated. His first case with a new partner throws him into a web of secrets, half-truths, and dead women. The conclusion he draws puts him at odds with everyone in his life, and the young detective must decide whether to risk everything to prove his theory that more women are about to die.

What would you do if your son went missing? How far would you go to get him back?Michael Barton comes home to find his infant son gone. There is no trace of the kidnappers, and the police have no leads. Michael is driven by a promise and he will not stop. Detective Jason Strong led the task force to find Michael's son and has become his friend. But as Michael's darkness grows, Jason fears he may be the only one who can stop him. It is a race against time, as the detective tries to stop the events that will change everyone, before it's too late.

The Family Man died twenty years ago, cheating DCI John Drake of the chance to bring him to justice. But when a mother is found with her entire family brutally murdered at an isolated house in Yorkshire, the grim discovery bears all the hallmarks of the dead serial killer’s work. Haunted by what he’d witnessed during the original investigation, Drake knows his experience makes him the obvious choice to head the specialist team investigating these latest killings.

After putting a stop to one of Edinburgh's most notorious serial killers 3 years ago, DCI Liam Brodie is known as a man who can handle - and solve - the hardest of cases. When a child's bones are unearthed beneath the floorboards of an old house in Fife - the same house where his girlfriend, psychologist Ruth Calder, grew up as a foster daughter - Brodie uncovers a tangled web of lies and jealousy.

Julia Malmros is thriving. A former police officer making her way in the world of crime fiction, she’s turning popularity into fame by writing the next book in a world-renowned suspense series. To help her research, Julia connects with Kim Ribbing. More hacker than man, Kim bears a dark past that’s the very antithesis of the promising future she has planned for herself. They share an undeniable spark—yet it’s likely to implode. That’s the least of Julia’s worries. Hounded by publicity, Julia retreats to her cottage in the Stockholm archipelago.

A woman is found in a local cemetery, crushed to death under a gravestone. A production company is there, filming the remake of a classic sci-fi TV show on the grounds, making the investigation more difficult for DCI Harry McNeil. It's his first day in charge of the cold case unit in Edinburgh. After spending four years in Professional Standards, he has little choice but to take the promotion.

A body is reported lying on an isolated country road. The Stone County sheriff's department sends out its newest homicide investigator - Dan Cutter. Cutter discovers a baffling scene that leaves him with few clues and no obvious motive. Experienced at working on murder cases, Cutter finds himself with a different problem: He's in unfamiliar territory. Stone County isn't the big city he came from, and finding the killer will test him in ways he never expected.

Horning, escaping professional troubles in Texas, accepts the vacant job in Port Stirling, Oregon, looking for a fresh start in what he thought would be a peaceful coastal town where the far west meets the mighty Pacific Ocean. Nothing much ever happens here…or does it?

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the first Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’. THE FIRST INSPECTOR FRENCH MYSTERY At the offices of the Hatton Garden diamond merchant Duke and Peabody, the body of old Mr Gething is discovered...

When an English expat is brutally murdered, his charred corpse left on a Loire Valley hillside, the police turn to juge d’instruction Matthieu Lombard to find the perpetrator. Instead, Lombard discovers a wealth of secrets, grudges, and feuds in the idyllic town of Saint-Genèse-sur-Loire. He begins to suspect that the remaining members of the Comité des Fêtes know more about the death than they are letting on.

Some deserve to live. Others deserve to die. A lunar eclipse hovers above Hamburg and bathes houses and streets in an unearthly light. In the exclusive district of Blankenese, four men are brutally murdered in the basement of a villa. Only the granddaughter of the owner survives the bloody massacre. Severely traumatized and completely listless, she is found sitting in the middle of the corpses. She cannot remember anything. Assistant District Attorney Alex Gutenberg, who has to struggle with a number of personal issues himself, asks the criminal psychologist Dr. Evelin Wolf for support.

Der erste Teil der Frank Elder Serie bildet einen grandiosen Auftakt und macht Lust auf mehr. Vor fünfzehn Jahren verschwand in Nottingham eine junge Frau, bis heute fehlt jede Spur von ihr. Der verurteilte Mörder und Sexualstraftäter Shane Donald wird aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Dem pensionierten Detective Frank Elder geht er ungelöste Fall noch immer nicht aus dem Kopf und er nimmt die Ermittlungen wieder auf. Daraufhin wird wieder eine junge Frau ermordet und der Detective erhält mysteriöse Postkarten.

London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend – until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Mlle La Victoire, a beautiful French cabaret star writes that...