Samuel Garvey leads the field in roller coaster design, so it is natural that Rachel White, of the National Transportation Safety Board, should ask for his help in investigating a fatal accident on Coney Island. Together they reveal a string of accidents that point to a new kind of serial killer.
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It took one moment to change his life: It begins with a call in the middle of the night from a woman at the mercy of her abusive husband. It ends with a split-second decision for LAPD detective Shane Scully. But the man Scully brings down is also his ex-partner, a cop with an impeccable reputation. Scully calls it self-defence. His department calls it murder. And it's touching everyone in his shadow including Chooch, a streetwise teen entrusted to his care, as well as the boy's mother, a prostitute whose high-profile connections and killer secrets have dubbed her the Balck Widow. It will take one woman to save it: It's Internal Affairs prosecutor Alexa Hamilton's job to strip the rank of bad cops. For an ice-queen tin collector with a reputation for destroying careeres, Scully's badge is her ultimate prize. But Alexa's investigation has only unearthed the truth about the man Scully killed - his treacherous double life that masked a labyrinth of deadly corruption. Now it's ushering the innocent into a shattering hall of mirrors wher everything's suspect, everyone's for sale and every chance at deliverance may be their last.
In the madness of L.A., Zen Moses is a risk-taking private investigator who has already fought for her life and her sanity - so what's wrong with doing a little favour for a friend? But this apparently simple case for attorney friend Jim Gray, proves extremely tough for both of them.
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This is the unbelievable true story of a woman who discovered, while watching "America's most wanted", that her husband was a murderer. She frantically searches for the truth and as she draws nearer to it, finds the lives of herself and her family in deadly jeopardy.
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A medieval mystery tale based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". Twelve years after the events of the play, the Duke of Orsino has been murdered and the duchy is in a state of political turmoil. Feste, the fool, is sent by the Guild to stabilize the political situation and uncover the culprit
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The threat of assassination hangs over the Governor of Tennessee and his security detail. But while his bodyguards concentrate on him, his wife is kidnapped. His Vietnam buddy, Elmo Flynn, rapidly reassembles his old commando corps to engage with the kidnappers - a shadowy, apocalyptic cult.
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Sargeant Peavy, newest member of the Federal Reserve Board, is found naked and dead in his Georgetown townhouse, with an earring belonging to his latest mistress on the floor beside him. Unforeseen cicumstances are uncovered as the intrepid Mrs Roosevelt starts to investigate the murder.
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The death of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey at Christmas 1996 galvanized America. Years after the event, the mystery endures. Who killed the young beauty queen and why? Thomas explores the case in detail, pointing the way towards an analysis that some might find too shocking to consider.
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When Natalie returns to her home town on a visit, the last thing she expects is the violent murder of her friend Tamara. Then a voice begins to haunt her; it is the voice of Tamara on the phone in a deserted building, warning her that Natalie will soon join her in death.
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Duncan Sloan is a 20th-century shamus who keeps a stash of pot in his mouldy refrigerator. He is hired to find an as-yet unborn baby in the grimy pockets of Orlando, Florida. But can the laid-back ex-con prevent a bunch of bad guys from killing it even before it is born?
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