Crime and mystery: police procedural

A bloody death of an actress during a theatre show has DI Gilchrist and DS Heap investigate .

DI Herbert Reardon investigates the curious case of a man seemingly returned from the dead, in the latest 1930s-set historical mystery from Marjorie Eccles.

DS Aector McAvoy must face the dark, disturbing secrets of his past if he's to keep his family safe.

Sea, storm, superstition .

A young woman with a pushchair spotted teetering on the edge of a steep rock face on the Staffordshire moors draws Joanna Piercy into a disturbing new case.

A seemingly straightforward domestic tragedy leads to something deeper and darker for DCI Vogel and his team in this gripping police procedural.

Inspector Chen is excluded from a poetry case as he awaits possible disciplinary action, leaving him to reflect on his career .

An outstanding series NEW YORK TIMES Detective Inspector Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a personal fitness trainer in the twenty-second entry in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' critically acclaimed crime series.

Can Henry Christie catch a merciless gunman?

Family secrets and internal police politics cause trouble for Sheriff Hank Worth and his Chief Deputy Sheila Turley in this compelling mystery.

When Gabriel Ash comes across a terrified young woman fleeing a brutal attacker, he and Hazel Best are drawn into a complex and baffling investigation.

"e;Fascinating.

'Fans of police procedurals will want to read all in the series after this compelling, twisted story' - Library Journal Starred ReviewA murder of an Icelandic man during a Full Cold Moon reminds Lauren Riley of a previous case she failed to solve.

Henry Christie is drawn out of retirement by a brutal killer and must confront old foes in this breathless thriller.

A crisply written crime novel that methodically reveals the pieces of a complex puzzle, effectively challenging armchair sleuths Kirkus ReviewsA young mothers death leads Bristol detective David Vogel to uncover a shocking series of family secrets stretching back 30 years.

DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap are called in when the body of a man is found floating in a lake belonging to a reclusive ex-Hollywood actress.

Getting inside is easy; the stress comes in getting out clean.

After the dramatic events in Dying Fall, Woodend reminisces on his long career in a brand new story.

'This is a cracking good series, with this latest entry quite possible being the best yet' - Booklist Starred ReviewThis is the latest DCI Charlie Woodend mystery.

This is the new Charlie Woodend mystery.

Five little Englishmen, feeling quite secure, one went and lost his head, and then there were four.

A politician spills his guts - all over the road!

The latest Detective Chief Inspector Woodend mystery When Captain Robert Kineally went missing from Haverton American Army base in Devon in 1944, it was generally assumed he had lost his nerve and deserted.

'Spencer continues to display her mastery of the British procedural and this one.

It is one of the most brutal murders Chief Inspector Woodend has ever encountered .

DCI Woodend's first foreign holiday, in General Franco's Spain, ends abruptly when he sees a fellow guest plunge mysteriously from his hotel balcony to the rocky beach below With the help of Paco Ruiz a former policeman, living in disgrace since the Spanish Civil War Woodend embarks on an unofficial investigation which provides more questions than answers.

A village with a dark code for Woodend to crackTo be Witch Makers in the moorland village of Hallerton is both a great honour and a heavy burden.

A series of increasingly violent assaults is shrouding the happy-go-lucky resort of Blackpool in a veil of terror.

'a standout among her reliably entertaining procedurals' - Kirkus Starred ReviewThe tenth in the acclaimed Inspector Woodend seriesThere had never been a murder in Whitebridge like this one.

'Spencer's latest is her best: an ingenious puzzle that goes straight to the heart' - Kirkus Starred ReviewA miscarriage of justice for DCI WoodendThough it is thirty years since Margaret Dodds was tried and executed for the brutal murder of her second husband, many troubling questions raised during the trial are still left unanswered.

'Superior work from a best-selling British author' - Library JournalA man and a young woman are found blasted away by a rifle in a remote farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors.

The discovery of the body of a young, red-haired school mistress, lying in a pig-pen with her face half-eaten away, is the beginning of a new investigation for Charlie Woodend.

When the brutally murdered body of a Manchester drug dealer is found dumped just inside the Lancashire border, it turns out that the dead man had been a CID informant working for a small nucleus of corrupt detectives.

Transferred from CID to uniform duties, Inspector Henry Christie is back at the sharp end of policing and he's not happy about it -- especially when a brutal murder, apparently the work of a serial killer, takes place on his patch .

A young prostitute is murdered, and Inspector Peach finds himself with a complex, unpleasant case on his hands.

Head teacher Peter Logan is a strange case of Jekyll and Hyde.

The latest Chief Inspector Woodend mystery With the newspapers screaming for a quick solution, this is a case no one wants to touch -- so naturally it is Chief Inspector Woodend who finds himself left holding the baby.

Chief Inspector Percy Peach, Detective Sergeant Lucy Blake and the team, hindered as usual by the direction of Chief Superintendent Thomas Bulstrode Tucker, have one of their most puzzling and compelling mysteries to solve.

Welcome to Italian police detective Nic Costas Rome: the side of the city the tourist board does not want you to see.

A mysterious fire at a Somerset manor house leads to a complex and intriguing case for Bristol detective David Vogel.

Branson county sheriff Hank Worth struggles to uncover the truth behind a fatal car crash in this absorbing mystery.

Who was Anthony Garrett?

Constable Hazel Best attracts a sinister new admirer in this absorbing police procedural.

Assistant Chief Constable Iles finds himself suspected of murder in the fast-paced 35th installment of the popular Harpur and Iles police procedural series.

"e;Brings a creepy new note to Spencer's long-running series"e; Kirkus ReviewsThe discovery of a body on a local allotment site re-opens an unresolved cold case for Monika Paniatowski and her team.

A body found stabbed repeatedly outside the local lido leads DI Sarah Gilchrist and DS Bellamy Heap into an intriguing new case.

DI Joanna Piercy is not happy when she's assigned the apparently minor case of finding a missing elderly man, but it turns out to be far more sinister .

A deadly fire at a nudist club plunges DCI Harry Brock and DS Dave Poole into an explosive mix of deception, betrayal and fraud.

A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international #1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones.

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