Police-procedural Stories

Some cases leave behind more than just evidence-they leave behind unanswered questions, broken trust, and hidden truths. As the ETF takes on a terrifying series of crimes that threaten innocent lives, every investigation pushes them closer to a mystery that is far more dangerous than it appears. But while the team races against time to catch ruthless criminals, old wounds, unspoken emotions, and strained relationships continue to test them from within. Will they solve every case before it's too late? And can the truths buried in the past ever be left behind? Every clue has a story. Every case has a price. A rewrite of the original Arjun series, staying true to its crime-thriller essence while exploring new investigations, deeper emotions, and unexpected twists.

Agent Gary Kehr, thought the first report of an identity theft complaint from the Granite Counter King of the Tri-State was a file and forget. Probably some local high school kid pulling a prank. But then there was one from the music professor in Terre Haute. Then the dentist and church elder from Bloomington whose checkered past was outed on social media. Then a singing surgeon in South Bend got hacked. "There's more where that came from, Sweet Heart," Meatloaf, his boss joked, as a flood of Section 1028's hit Kehr's desk. There was one thing they all had in common. They all suffered from the same genetic defect: A love for Barbershop Quartet music. [ word count: 18423] PRAISE FOR THE GUEST "Man, I thought it was gonna be like that Stephen King Room 237 thing, but it was different. Kinda funny. Liked it but it would be cool if there were like ghosts and shit too." Bill "Bubba" Duran, Little Rock, AR "I thought it was a cute story. I've never let alcohol touch my lips so what happened to those barbershoppers after they downed the devil's drink seems only righteous. " Tiffany Pendergast, Marion, IL. "Great story, well written. Very funny. Love the twist at the end." My Brother. P.S "Dude, you owe me a beer."

Stepsisters Yue Shield and Soleil Goldfield have spent their whole lives together. Season 1 - Fatal Tea and Fractured Hearts When her stepsister Soleil is poisoned by a toxic herbal tea, it leads CSI Yue Shield and her new associate, Detective Jon Stonecastle, to a mysterious group calling themselves Sons for Heirs whose rhetoric encourages gender bias and has caused the deaths of hundreds of pregnant women and their unborn daughters. Season 1.5- Fallen Icons - Yue watched a teen idol fall during a stunt, which leads her and Jon to a gambling den and trafficking ring, where Yue meets a surprising ally. Soleil begins rebuilding her life after the loss of her daughter and Todd's betrayal and murder. Season 2- Sanctimony and a Stepsister's Secrets Polyglot Naya-Mei Xuilan looked forward to being adopted by her aunt and cousin in South City after her mother's death, but more than that, she dreamed of leaving her nightmares behind. But when she and Biru are attacked during the Spring Festival, she makes the shocking discovery. Biru's bully was using her connections at the elite White Academy for Academic Excellence to continue harassing the gentlest person Naya ever knew. While Biru lay in the hospital dying, Naya-Mei devises a terrifying plan to humiliate the sanctimonious heirs of the wealthy families of South City. Money, privilege, and righteousness spawned from a lie can't resist the fire of a girl who has nothing left to lose. Can CSI Yue Shield and Detective Stonecastle find the proof of the criminal activity before a girl who believes that to beat the monsters, one must become a monster acts? Will Yue be able to stop Naya before she kills them all?

The body of a U.S. soldier reported AWOL during the Korean War is found encased in a concrete pillar. What secret did he carry to his grave and why is someone hell-bent on keeping that secret buried? Detective Sergeant Samantha Casey has an advantage over other cops. The dead speak to her, tell her secrets about their life and death. But sometimes what she learns can get her killed. Book 1 in the series. When the Dead Speak is a fast-paced, tension-filled joy ride sprinkled with humor, plot twists, romance, and a touch of native American culture.

Detective Lily Blanchette has a lot on her plate... Her sister Celine has recently been murdered and her parents are on the brink of divorce. Now she's lead on a multiple murder investigation. Six months after Lily's sister's death, the bodies of two young women are discovered. One look at the way the bodies have been posed and Lily knows her sister's killer is back. And she's determined to get him. When Lily visits the family of victim Tanya O'Neal, she learns the woman had arranged to meet a man going by the handle CtryGeek23 on the social networking site Scatter. Lily thinks finding the man behind the account is key to solving the case. But CtryGeek23 is very clever, and Lily has her work cut out for her. As she digs around, clues point her to a local brewery where she discovers the body of another young woman. The more Lily digs, the more she thinks there is more than one murderer at work, and CtryGeek23 is the mastermind. But who is he? And how will they catch him? As the investigation comes to life, death hits closer to home, and Lily discovers she may not be who she thinks she is at all. Filled with plot turns, suspense and mystery, Promised Lies will leave you wondering how well anybody knows anyone...

Some secrets are better left buried.

In Rookie on the Beat: Streets of Steel, Officer Ryan Quinn is a fresh-faced rookie navigating the gritty streets of his neighborhood. Paired with veteran cop Sergeant Mike Donovan, Ryan learns quickly that his idealism is no match for the reality of the streets. Alongside fellow rookie Tara Jensen, he faces challenges that test his resolve, from petty thefts to violent confrontations with gang leader Marcus "The Boss" Thompson, who's trying to recruit Ryan's sister into his gang. As Ryan strives to protect his community, he encounters the corrupt Detective Carl Reilly, who'll stop at nothing to keep his secrets hidden. Torn between loyalty to his badge and the pressure to expose corruption, Ryan finds an unlikely ally in former gang member Eric "EZ" Zamora, who offers insights into the city's criminal underworld. Guided by the tough but fair Captain Mitchell and supported by Homicide Detective Lisa Alvarez, Ryan must balance his loyalty to his fellow officers with his commitment to justice. Through life-or-death encounters and intense moral dilemmas, Ryan matures from a rookie cop into a seasoned officer. With a hard-earned promotion and a deeper understanding of the thin line between right and wrong, Ryan is ready to protect the streets of steel that have become his own. The story is one of resilience, integrity, and the unbreakable bonds formed in the line of duty.

This is the second book in the police procedurals series about Morgan Olsen when she was a homicide detective in Houston. In Book 2 we learn a great deal more about the kind of person the Morgan Olsen is, and also her propensity for seeing past surface things to the underlying truth. She comes up hard against internal resistance in the department as her path leads her to powerful and connected people. Morgan will not let anything stop her from getting to the bottom of who killed the young men in the TV commercial for shoes

Deputy Sam Bennett dives into a meth-fueled mystery in rural Arkansas. Grit, guts, and a wrecked truck-read on! Loved it? Try Ronnie's Apocalypse Tapes.

In Seouls glittering nightlife, love is just a swipe away and so is death.

Speaking second-hand truths can be deadly ... Detective Lily Blanchette will stop at nothing to solve a murder. Her current case involves the killing of an undercover cop working to bring down the mob for prostitution and drugs. But Lily's usual laser-like focus on the case has been disrupted. Two weeks earlier, she learned she was pregnant by her murderous husband whom she'd killed in self-defense. Unsure whether to keep her baby or place the child of this cruel man up for adoption, Lily keeps the pregnancy a secret from her colleagues. Under mounting pressure to solve the case, Lily arranges a sit-down with a local mob boss only to find out her suspect is also wanted by them. But before Lily can warn her team, she and her new partner, Jeremiah, are shot at, and another body is found. When she discovers Jeremiah has a connection with the underworld, she is pulled into a conflict that swirls around the boss's son who's hell-bent on revenge. To add to the complexity of the situation, Lily learns that her victim might still be alive if it wasn't for opportunistic Assistant District Attorney, Ibee Walters, who has a twisted vision of justice. As Lily gets closer to finding the killer, she unravels ugly secrets that point to Ibee and Jeremiah - placing Lily's life and her unborn child in danger.

"Couldn't he have come up with a better name? It's so... classless." An agent on the brink of despair, Neil Archer has hit rock bottom. Demoted and exiled to a branch office nicknamed 'the graveyard', he's saddled with the most ridiculed department and a new partner-the formidable Alexandra "Reaper" Caldwell. A woman with a reputation that precedes her, she's an outsider with a troubled past of her own. They clash all the time. But when a series of high-profile cases involving national security lands on their desk, they have no choice but to work together. They're quickly drawn into a hunt for a killer known only as "Redrum," a name that unearths a painful memory for Neil. With time running out, will Neil be able to solve the case? - But what he didn't know was that the real Reaper was laughing loudly in the background. *** The original work is in Japanese.

Reluctant RCMP Constable David Leith travels inland from his post in Prince Rupert to the villages of the Hazeltons, to take on the case of a missing young woman. Popular rockabilly singer Kiera Rilkof has walked out the door following what on the surface seems a mild argument with her boyfriend Frank Law, and hasn't returned. When her vehicle is found abandoned up a logging road, Leith worries she has been taken by the faceless killer in a pickup truck who is forever on the hunt, and forever slipping from his grasp. Or does the answer lie here in the community, somewhere among her maddeningly cagey fans and friends? Leith has much to contend with: rough terrain, punishing weather, motel-living and wily witnesses. The local police force is tiny but headstrong, and one difficult young constable named Dion, brought in from Smithers to assist with the search, seems more hindrance than help -- until he wanders straight into the heart of the matter. The urgency ramps up as one missing woman becomes two, the second barely a ghost passing through. Suspects multiply, but only at the bitter end does Leith discover who is the coldest of them all.

It's two in the morning when Hannah Sheraton slips into Archer's Hermosa Beach apartment to see if Josie Bates sleeps in his bed. But Josie isn't there. In fact, Josie isn't anywhere. When her Jeep is found abandoned in a parking lot near the Redondo pier, the only clue to her whereabouts leads Archer to Daniel Young, an expert witness for the prosecution in the case that made Josie's reputation as a defense attorney ten years earlier. Fighting to keep Hannah from being taken into custody by child protective services, racing against a clock ticking off the minutes of Josie's life, Archer reluctantly partners with Daniel Young and a rogue Hermosa Beach detective, Liz Driscoll, to race down a winding road of intrigue. From the Hollywood Hills to the glitzy evangelical enclave of Orange County; the seedy side of Los Angeles to the pristine and remote California mountains, Archer bores into the past. What he finds is that the woman he loves was once a ruthless and hated defense attorney, that the system he believes in has released a double murderer, and that there is more than one person who would be happy if Josie Bates was never seen again.

Some killers leave behind bodies. Others leave behind whispers. Detective Seo Ji Hoon, a brilliant and disciplined investigator in Seoul' s Homicide Division, has spent years chasing monsters hidden in the city's shadows. But when a string of meticulously staged murder begins surface-each victim marked with a mysterious symbol near the ear-he finds himself pulled into a deadly game. Called in to assist is forensic psychologist Park Young Woo, Ji Hoon's closest friend and roomate, known for his ability to crawl inside the minds of killers. But this case is different. The killer isn't just leaving clues-he's taunting them. Watching them. Studying them. And standing right beside them is celebrated crime journalist Kang Ji Hwan, whose uncanny access to crime and connection to the victims go unquestioned... for now. As the city whispers of a ghost they call "THE ECHO", Ji Hoon and Young Woo must race against time before the next victim is someone they love, and the final echo is left behind... just for them. Authored by : H. Eclipse & Jiae

Second in the series of science fiction police procedurals with K.N.D Phiipe. A street mugging leading to a mysterious conspiracy.